I am the Housing Research Director at Arnold Ventures. I am establishing a housing research portfolio that can inform the design and implementation of policies to make it easier, faster and cheaper to build housing of all different types.

I am a research economist by training. In my research, I combine theory and methods in applied econometrics and industrial organization to study housing policy. I received my PhD in Economics from Harvard in 2025, and my BA from Swarthmore College in 2016. In my free time, I enjoy playing with my dog Dexter, playing video games developed by my husband, knitting and sewing.

You can reach me at skestelman at arnoldventures.org.