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 2008 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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Sara Schaumburg
Vice President of Advocacy, Communications & External Affairs - Chief of Staff
Daniel Schory
Chief of Staff, Infrastructure
Jenny Schuetz
Vice President of Infrastructure, Housing
Chelsea Shaffer
Legal Counsel
Julius Smalls
Executive Assistant (he/him)
Kirby Smith
Executive Vice President of Strategy and Programs
Erica Socker
Vice President of Health Care – Payor Reform
Alexandra Spratt
Director of Health Care – Commercial Sector Prices
Katherine Szarama
Director of Health Care – Clinical Trials (she/her)
Jessica Taketa
Higher Education Manager
Megan Tastan
Grants Analyst (she/her)
Golnar Teimouri
Criminal Justice Research Manager (she/her)
Gillian A. Tisdale
Health Care Manager – Complex Care (she/her)
Jasmine Tran
Criminal Justice Policy Manager (she/her)
Anna Tyger
Public Finance Manager
Tabitha Valdez
Executive Assistant, Office of the Co-Chairs
David Vanek
Salesforce Platform Architect
Quang Vu
Grants Manager (he/him)
Syd Washington
Grants Analyst (she/her)
Elaine Wei
Evidence and Evaluation Analyst (she/her)
Nathan Weil
Criminal Justice Research Director
Carson Whitelemons
Director of Criminal Justice Policy
James Williams
Executive Vice President of Advocacy, Communications & External Affairs
Ebonie Williams
Director of Office Services
Bridget Williamson
Vice President of Finance
Margaret Wittenmyer
Legal Counsel
Shatina Wright
Accounts Payable Analyst (she/her)
Dina Xie
Criminal Justice Policy Manager
Kate Young
Director of Health Care – Drug Pricing (she/her)
