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Jessica Flannery
San Francisco, CA, United States
Cofounder, Director
Member since March 05, 2008
Jessica Jackley Flannery is a co-founder of Kiva with her husband Matt, and the spirit behind the organization. Jessica first saw the power and beauty of microfinance while working in rural Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda with Village Enterprise Fund and Project Baobab on impact evaluation and program development. Jessica has worked in the Stanford Center for Social Innovation to launch the inaugural Global Philanthropy Forum, and at Amazon.com, Potentia Media, the International Foundation and World Vision. Jessica has spoken widely on microfinance and social entrepreneurship, and has seen microfinance at work in a variety of communities in more than 30 countries. Jessica holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business with Certificates in Global Management and Public Management, and a BA in Philosophy and Political Science from Bucknell University.
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- Industrial Design
- Environmental Design
- Communication Design
- Fashion Design
- Audio/Visual Design
Just one Allumonde Ring...
Can purchase rice for one month for the family of a war-wounded citizen of Sierra Leone.
