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Jesse Rothman
Jesse Rothman
Program Associate, Criminal Justice Reform
Jesse works as a Program Associate for the Open Philanthropy Project’s Criminal Justice Reform focus area. Prior to joining the Open Philanthropy Project, he worked at the Prison University Project where he helped administer a college program for people incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison and as a community organizer in Minnesota and Jerusalem. Jesse graduated from Carleton College with a BA in political science/international relations and from Harvard Divinity School with an MTS in Religion, Ethics, and Politics. He joined the Open Philanthropy Project in July 2018.