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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Stephanie Akhter
Criminal Justice Chief of Staff
Kristin Bechtel
Director of Criminal Justice Research (she/her)
Virginia Bersch
Director of Criminal Justice
Destiny Carter
Advocacy Manager, Criminal Justice
Tyrell Connor
Criminal Justice Research Manager
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)
Alexa Herzog
Criminal Justice Manager
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
Marc Krupanski
Director of Criminal Justice - Policing
Lindsey Lovel
Criminal Justice Manager, Projects (she/her)
Alexius Marcano
Manager of Criminal Justice Research
Mikayla McClue
Executive Assistant
Randall McNeil
Criminal Justice Fellow
Carlton Miller
Director of Criminal Justice
Matthew Mizel
Director of Criminal Justice Research — Corrections (he/him)
Anita Ravishankar
Director of Criminal Justice Research (she/her)
Rebecca Silber
Director of Criminal Justice
Jordan Simpson
Criminal Justice Analyst (she/her)
Golnar Teimouri
Criminal Justice Research Manager (she/her)
