Mindy Tarlow

Senior Fellow and Research Professor, NYU MARRON

Mindy Tarlow is a Senior Advisor to For The People’s Board of Directors. She is a Senior Fellow and Research Professor at NYU’s Marron Institute of Urban Management, and Director of the Institute’s SCALE + Lab. The SCALE + Lab is a collaborative platform for building sustained growth and impact of interventions that advance safety, health, and economic mobility.  

Before joining NYU Marron, Mindy was a Managing Director at Blue Meridian Partners, a collaborative philanthropy. During her tenure Mindy created and led the Justice and Mobility Fund (JAM), committing close to $400 million to reduce barriers and build opportunities for millions of justice-impacted people. 

Previously, Mindy led the Mayor’s Office of Operations in New York City where she oversaw citywide performance and project management, including the creation of mobile performance monitoring systems to improve city services.  She also played a leadership role in numerous strategic efforts to advance efficiency, equity and opportunity.

Prior to her work in the Mayor’s office, Mindy spent close to two decades as the founding Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO), a nonprofit organization (and spinoff of the Vera Institute of Justice) that provides employment services to people who have recently been incarcerated, leading a national expansion effort of CEO to multiple states.  Early in her career, Mindy worked in New York City’s Office of Management and Budget, where she rose to the position of Deputy Director.