Jocelyn Fontaine is vice president for strategic program development at the Urban Institute. She works with the executive office, development office, and the research and program divisions to develop strategies and build support for Urban’s research and policy initiatives. She is also a senior fellow of justice policy. She has significant experience as an executive leader, strategist, and researcher, and she is committed to using research to improve the safety and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. Before joining Urban in this new capacity, Fontaine was vice president for criminal justice research at Arnold Ventures. She led high-impact investment strategies and oversaw the development of research agendas and research projects on community safety, policing, pretrial justice, and corrections that use rigorous social science methods to advance justice reform and racial equity.

Fontaine is the inaugural executive director of the Black and Brown Collective for Community Solutions to Gun Violence, an organization of scholars committed to supporting community-driven solutions to gun violence prevention and equitable policy and practice change. She has also held roles at the Pew Charitable Trusts and the National Institute of Justice.

EDUCATION:

• PhD in Justice and Public Policy, American University
• BS in Sociology, Villanova University

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