Jeremy Travis is a Senior Fellow at the Columbia Justice Lab. In this role, Jeremy will work on a book with Bruce Western, the Lab’s Director, on the role of values in the future of justice reform, help launch of a major research project on the impact of mass incarceration on New York City neighborhoods, and continue his involvement with the Square One Project, a multi-year initiative dedicated to “reimagining justice”. Prior to joining the Justice Lab, Jeremy served as Executive Vice President of Criminal Justice at Arnold Ventures, one of the nation’s largest funders of justice reform. There he led a team advancing evidence-based reforms. Jeremy joined Arnold Ventures after serving as President of John Jay College of Criminal Justice for 13 years. Under his leadership, John Jay became a senior liberal arts college, raised graduation rates, secured record levels of financial support for John Jay students and became a national leader in the justice reform movement. Prior to John Jay, Jeremy served six years in the Clinton Administration as director of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ). During his tenure, NIJ quadrupled federal funding for criminal justice research. Jeremy’s career also includes government service as Deputy Commissioner, Legal Matters at the New York City Police Department, Special Advisor to the the Mayor of New York, Chief Counsel to the House Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and law clerk for Ruth Bader Ginsburg when she sat on the Court of Appeals.