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
Criminal Justice Manager
Ezekiel Edwards
Vice President Criminal Justice — Pretrial
Jocelyn Fontaine
Vice President of Criminal Justice Research
Dina Grove
Senior Counsel
Lauren Hardy
Grants Manager
Dylan Hayre
Director of Criminal Justice (he/him)
Alexa Herzog
Criminal Justice Manager
Juliene James
Vice President of Criminal Justice (she/her)
Nadege Joseph
New York 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 Heidrich
Criminal Justice Manager, Projects (she/her)
Alexius Marcano
Manager of Criminal Justice Research
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)
Diana Rodriguez-Spahia
Criminal Justice Research Manager
Rebecca Silber
Director of Criminal Justice
Jordan Simpson
Criminal Justice Analyst (she/her)
Jasmine Tran
Criminal Justice Analyst (she/her)
Jeremy Travis
Executive Vice President of Criminal Justice
Asheley Van Ness
Director of Criminal Justice
Whit Washington
Criminal Justice Manager (they/them)
Carson Whitelemons
Criminal Justice Manager
James Williams
Vice President of Criminal Justice Advocacy
Dina Xie
Criminal Justice Manager – Corrections
