Before joining Princeton, Jeremy spent five years working in philanthropy at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF), a New York City-based foundation with thematic focus areas of democracy, climate change, and peacebuilding. Most recently, as director of special projects, he led a $14M funding initiative that sought to strengthen American democracy through reforms to political institutions, civil society, and civic culture. He also helped to build and secure seed-funding for a national philanthropic collaborative, slated to launch in 2024, that will invest in rural civic life across the United States with annual, $10M RFPs. Earlier, as a research assistant at the RBF, he supported the foundation’s president and CEO on issues related to Iran and Afghanistan. For his MPA internship, Jeremy worked as a Graduate Fellow at The Quantum Hub in New Delhi, India. He graduated from the University of Chicago with honors in philosophy, minoring in classics and mathematics. After college, he moved to Berlin as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant. Jeremy lived in Berlin for three years, continuing to work as a music teacher and legal translator. Born and raised in New York City, he enjoys hiking, German literature, and noodling on the jazz guitar.