Jessica Jackley
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Jessica Jackley

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Jessica is an entrepreneur focused on financial inclusion, the sharing economy, and social justice. She is best known as a cofounder of Kiva, the world's first p2p microlending website that has facilitated over $700M in loans since its founding. Jessica was also a cofounder and CEO of ProFounder, a pioneering crowdfunding platform for U.S. entrepreneurs, which then joined forces with GOOD in 2011. Jessica is currently an independent consultant and investor with the Collaborative Fund. She also recently served as Walt Disney Imagineering's first Entrepreneur in Residence. Jessica is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a 2011 World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leader, and serves as an active board member or advisor for several nonprofit organizations including Habitat for Humanity. She holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, a Global Leadership and Public Policy certificate from the Harvard Kennedy School, and a BA from Bucknell University. Jessica is the author of Clay Water Brick: Finding Inspiration from Entrepreneurs Who Do the Most with the Least (Random House). She lives in LA with her husband Reza Aslan and their three young sons.
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