Our Team

JFI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit applied research organization founded in 2014 by Bob Jain.

Our team of staff and fellows includes experts and academics from the fields of economics, data analysis, financial modeling, political economy, and policy, among others.

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BOARD

Founder, Chairman

Bobby Jain

Trustee

Carola Jain

Trustee and Chief Executive Officer

Michael Stynes

STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS

Chief Operating Officer

Alexander Jacobs

Strategy and Operations

Klea Kalia

Lead

Strategy and Operations

Sunaina Pamudurthy

Fellow, Strategic Partnerships

EDITORIAL AND COMMUNICATIONS

Phenomenal World

Maya Adereth

Deputy Editor

Phenomenal World

Tim Barker

Contributing Editor

Phenomenal World

Sanoja Bhaumik

Senior Editor

Phenomenal World

Mario Campa

Contributing Editor

Editorial and Communications

Molly Dektar

Director

Phenomenal World

Oliver Eagleton

Managing Editor

Phenomenal World

Andrew Elrod

Senior Editor

Phenomenal World

Emma Fajgenbaum

Senior Editor

Phenomenal World

Hugo Fanton

Associate Editor

Phenomenal World

Camilo Andrés Garzón

Associate Editor

Phenomenal World

Jack Gross

Research Writer and Editor

Phenomenal World

Daniel Souza Pavan

Associate Editor

Phenomenal World

Luiz Roque Miranda Cardia

Contributing Editor

Phenomenal World

Maria Fernanda Sikorski

Senior Editor

Phenomenal World

Pablo Uc

Associate Editor

RESEARCH

Special Projects

Francis Tseng

Lead Developer

Guaranteed Income

Jack Landry

Lead Researcher

Chief Research Officer

Jerome Hodges

Financing the Energy Transition

Jonah Allen

Vice President & Lead Researcher, Minerals for Development Portfolio

Financing the Energy Transition

Mikhael Gaster

Data Science Research Associate & Lead Developer, CAS

Social Wealth

Paul Katz

Senior VP

Social Wealth and Financing the Energy Transition

Sina Sinai

Senior Research Associate

RESEARCH FELLOWS

Digital Ethics and Governance

Arden Ali

Fellow

Social Wealth

Adriel Araujo

Research Fellow

Higher Education Finance

Laura Beamer

Fellow

Empirical and Field Research

Marcella Cartledge

Research Fellow

Financing the Energy Transition

Madeline Craig-Scheckman

Fellow

Higher Education Finance

Sultana Fouzia

Fellow

Guaranteed Income

Leah Hamilton

Senior Fellow

Higher Education Finance

Eduard Nilaj

Fellow

Higher Education Finance

Sérgio Pinto

Fellow

Financing the Energy Transition

Shane Sethi

Research Fellow

Higher Education Finance

Marshall Steinbaum

Senior Fellow

FELLOWS EMERITI

Digital Ethics and Governance

David Gray Grant

Senior Fellow Emeritus

Digital Ethics and Governance

Lily Hu

Senior Fellow Emeritus

Digital Ethics and Governance

Greg Keenan

Fellow Emeritus

Digital Ethics and Governance

Milo Phillips-Brown

Senior Fellow Emeritus

Decarbonization of the EU

Théophile Pouget-Abadie

Fellow Emeritus

AI for the Public Good

Friederike Schuur

Fellow Emeritus

OPEN POSITIONS

The Jain Family Institute has frequent openings for research fellowships. We share new opportunities in Sources, Phenomenal World’s weekly letter. If you feel an affinity for our work and have a strong background or interest in higher education finance, digital ethics, guaranteed income, or, more broadly, economics, policy, finance, and the social sciences, please contact us, even if there is no specific job listing active. Send your CV and a few paragraphs about your background and interest to us at [email protected].

JFI fellowship funding is for the benefit of fellows and does not cover indirect or overhead costs, if any, at third party institutions.