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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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In each area, we advocate for policy reforms that will lead...
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We tackle the most pressing problems in the U.S.: policing,...
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Our giving is focused on evidence-based solutions to some of...
- Mark E. Miller
Mark leads Arnold Ventures' work to lower the cost and...
- Kelli Rhee
Prior to joining Arnold Ventures, Kelli served in numerous...
- Kirby Smith
Before joining Arnold Ventures, Kirby worked as a management...
- Jennifer Nelsen
While in private practice, Jennifer provided pro bono legal...
- Elizabeth Banks
Prior to joining Arnold Ventures, Beth worked as a financial...
- Roxanne Almaraz
Roxanne has received professional recognition by...
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Founded in 2008 by Laura and John Arnold with the launch of a foundation, the philanthropy is dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans through evidence-based policy solutions that maximize opportunity and minimize injustice. We are a team of more than 100subject-matter experts headquartered in Houston with offices in New York and Washingto...
Evidence-Based Policy, Research, and Advocacyguide our work. We focus on areas where public and private sector outcomes are falling short, incentives are misaligned, and political will is lacking. We follow the research to identify root causes of problems and gather evidence about what works and what doesn’t. We then fund policy development and tec...
Philanthropic dollars alone cannot solve the problems we face as a nation. But we believe philanthropy is uniquely positioned to take risks and make big bets in ways the public and private sector are often unable or unwilling to do. We approach philanthropy as an engine for innovation that can help catalyze new solutions, evaluate what works, and a...
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.
John Douglas Arnold (born 1974 [1]) is an American philanthropist, former Enron executive, and founder of Arnold Ventures LLC, formerly the Laura and John Arnold Foundation. In 2007, Arnold became the youngest billionaire in the U.S. [ 2 ] His firm, Centaurus Advisors, LLC, was a Houston -based hedge fund specializing in trading energy products ...
Criminal justice -through its criminal justice assistance, the Laura and John Arnold Foundation strives to advance community safety and the values of fairness, effectiveness, and racial justice.
Arnold Ventures is a philanthropy dedicated to tackling some of the most pressing problems in the United States. We invest in sustainable change, building it from the ground up based on research...
Jun 20, 2024 · Laura Arnold is an attorney and a former oil company executive. John Arnold founded Centaurus Advisors, a hedge fund specializing in energy products. John and Laura Arnold have committed to The Giving Pledge, and have pledged to give away at least half of their wealth to philanthropy.
