Meet our team
Arnold Ventures is a group of more than 100 passionate people from all walks of life who feel a deep urgency to help people in need. Laura and John established the Laura and John Arnold Foundation in 2010 with a straightforward mission: to improve lives through evidence-based solutions. As co-founders, Laura and John actively engage in the organization’s overall direction and daily execution. Laura is an attorney and a former oil company executive. John is an investor. They have three children and reside in Houston, Texas.
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Joanna Abaroa-Ellison
Criminal Justice Manager, Policing

Crystal Banks
Executive Assistant

Virginia Bersch
Director of Criminal Justice

Destiny Carter
Advocacy Manager, Criminal Justice

Alyson Clements
Director of Advocacy, Criminal Justice (she/her)
Tyrell Connor
Criminal Justice Research Manager
Jennifer Doleac
Executive Vice President of Criminal Justice

Julia Durnan
Criminal Justice Manager (she/her)

Ezekiel Edwards
Vice President of Criminal Justice — Pretrial

Jocelyn Fontaine
Vice President of Criminal Justice Research

Dina Grove
Senior Counsel

Thomas Hanna
Communications Manager (he/him)

Lauren Hardy
Grants Manager

Dylan Hayre
Director of Criminal Justice (he/him)

Rasulan Inayat-Khan
Criminal Justice Analyst

Joshua Jackson
Criminal Justice Research Manager

Juliene James
Vice President of Criminal Justice (she/her)

Nadege Joseph
Office Manager and Lead Executive Assistant

Walter Katz
Vice President of Criminal Justice

Cybele Kotonias
Director of Criminal Justice
John Koufos
Director of Advocacy, Criminal Justice

Marc Krupanski
Director of Criminal Justice - Policing

Alexius Marcano
Manager of Criminal Justice Research

Randall McNeil
Criminal Justice Fellow

Carlton Miller
Director of Criminal Justice

Matthew Mizel
Director of Criminal Justice Research — Corrections (he/him)
Emily Mooney
Advocacy Manager, Criminal Justice

Linda Phiri
Criminal Justice Research Fellow

Anita Ravishankar
Director of Criminal Justice Research (she/her)
Kevin Ring
Vice President of Criminal Justice Advocacy