Jesse Arm is the executive director of external affairs & chief of staff at the Manhattan Institute, where he oversees government relations, outreach, polling, and special projects for Manhattan Institute President Reihan Salam.

Prior to the Manhattan Institute, Jesse worked as a pollster and project manager at Applecart, an NYC-based political consulting and data analytics firm, where he advised political campaigns, advocacy organizations, trade associations, and corporations. Jesse has also participated in the Public Interest Fellowship and worked for Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), Representative Dan Benishek (R-MI1), and the analytics arm of American Continental Group, a major lobbying firm. Jesse’s writing and commentary have appeared in the New York Times, New York Post, City Journal, NPR, Jerusalem Post, and in the book Anti-Zionism on Campus: The University, Free Speech, and BDS.

Jesse graduated with honors from the University of Michigan, where he majored in international political economy, and studied language and international affairs at Tel Aviv University.