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Jessica Jackley

2015 Speaker

JESSICA JACKLEY 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 and largest p2p microlending website. She is also a cofounder of ProFounder, a pioneering crowdfunding platform for U.S. entrepreneurs, as well as Kin & Co. consulting group, helping organizations support women and working families. She is an active investor and advisor with the Collaborative Fund, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. An active board member for several nonprofit organizations including Habitat for Humanity, Jackley earned an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, a certificate in Global Leadership and Public Policy from the Harvard Kenney School, and a B.A. from Bucknell University. @jessicajackley