Nithila Arumugam

Nithila Arumugam (she/her) is a strategist and facilitator for social change. In her current role at the Vera Institute of Justice, she works as part of an internal innovation hub for sourcing, developing, and testing new initiatives in the criminal justice and immigration fields. She works closely with early-stage initiative teams to design and test their strategies through real-world pilots. Recent pilot project have included creating greater pathways to safety outside of criminalization for domestic violence survivors in New York and advocating for policies that reform long prison sentences in Illinois. Nithila graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in Economics and Human-Centered Design.