# Clementine Jacoby

> Clementine Jacoby is the co-founder and CEO of Recidiviz, a nonprofit that untangles the fragmented, decades-old data systems that quietly trap people in the U.S. criminal justice system. A former Google product manager and aerial-hoop acrobat who once taught circus to gang members in Brazil, she built Recidiviz out of a Google volunteer project after watching her own uncle cycle through prison. Within two years of launch, the platform helped states identify and release more than 40,000 people who had already earned their freedom. She is a TED Fellow, a Forbes 30 Under 30 and TIME100 Next honoree, and one of Fast Company's Most Creative People.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Recidiviz
- **Organizations:** Recidiviz, Google, OPower, TED Fellows
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Symbolic Systems, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Recidiviz, a nonprofit data platform used by state corrections agencies across the U.S., Helped states identify and release more than 40,000 people who had already met requirements for release, TED Fellow (2022) and TED speaker

## Career timeline

- **2010-2015** — Studied Symbolic Systems at Stanford; taught dance at a local prison and trained as a circus performer
- **during studies** — Spent a year as an aerial-hoop acrobat in circuses in Brazil and Mexico, teaching acrobatics in a gang-diversion program
- **post-grad** — Worked at OPower, a behavioral-economics platform helping people reduce energy use
- **~2015-2019** — Product Manager at Google for ~four years, working on Google Maps, Android, and augmented mobile games
- **2017** — Co-founded Recidiviz with Andrew Warren as a volunteer project at Google
- **2019** — Recidiviz became a standalone nonprofit; Jacoby became full-time CEO
- **2020** — During COVID-19, North Dakota used Recidiviz to cut its prison population ~25% in one month
- **2020-2021** — Recidiviz helped states identify and release 40,000+ people across its early launch period
- **2022** — Named a TED Fellow; delivered TED Talk 'How bad data traps people in the US justice system'

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Recidiviz, a nonprofit data platform used by state corrections agencies across the U.S.
- Helped states identify and release more than 40,000 people who had already met requirements for release
- TED Fellow (2022) and TED speaker
- Forbes 30 Under 30, Social Impact (2021)
- TIME100 Next (2021)
- Fast Company Most Creative People in Business (2020)
- Featured in TIME, Slate, Forbes, and on Freakonomics Radio

## Latest updates

- **2022-04** — Named a TED Fellow and delivered a TED Talk on how bad data traps people in the U.S. justice system.
- **2021-02** — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (Social Impact) and TIME100 Next.

## Links

- Website: https://recidiviz.org
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clementine-jacoby-50578483/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/recidiviz
- GitHub: https://github.com/Recidiviz
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1RBhX1esq8

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Last updated: 2026-06-25