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.
BOARD
STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS
Alexander Jacobs
Klea Kalia
Lead
Sunaina Pamudurthy
Fellow, Strategic Partnerships
EDITORIAL AND COMMUNICATIONS
Maya Adereth
Deputy Editor
Tim Barker
Contributing Editor
Sanoja Bhaumik
Senior Editor
Mario Campa
Contributing Editor
Molly Dektar
Director
Oliver Eagleton
Managing Editor
Andrew Elrod
Senior Editor
Emma Fajgenbaum
Senior Editor
Hugo Fanton
Associate Editor
Camilo Andrés Garzón
Associate Editor
Jack Gross
Research Writer and Editor
Daniel Souza Pavan
Associate Editor
Luiz Roque Miranda Cardia
Contributing Editor
Maria Fernanda Sikorski
Senior Editor
Pablo Uc
Associate Editor
RESEARCH
Francis Tseng
Lead Developer
Jack Landry
Lead Researcher
Jerome Hodges
Jonah Allen
Vice President & Lead Researcher, Minerals for Development Portfolio
Mikhael Gaster
Data Science Research Associate & Lead Developer, CAS
Paul Katz
Senior VP
Sina Sinai
Senior Research Associate
RESEARCH FELLOWS
Arden Ali
Fellow
Adriel Araujo
Research Fellow
Laura Beamer
Fellow
Marcella Cartledge
Research Fellow
Madeline Craig-Scheckman
Fellow
Sultana Fouzia
Fellow
Leah Hamilton
Senior Fellow
Eduard Nilaj
Fellow
Sérgio Pinto
Fellow
Shane Sethi
Research Fellow
Marshall Steinbaum
Senior Fellow
FELLOWS EMERITI
David Gray Grant
Senior Fellow Emeritus
Lily Hu
Senior Fellow Emeritus
Greg Keenan
Fellow Emeritus
Milo Phillips-Brown
Senior Fellow Emeritus
Théophile Pouget-Abadie
Fellow Emeritus
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.


