Proudly Presenting Special Keynote Speaker
Jessica Jackley
Jessica Jackley is a Founder and former Chief Marketing Officer of Kiva, the world's first peer to peer microlending website. As a technology-driven nonprofit, Kiva lets users lend as little as $25 to poor entrepreneurs around the world, providing affordable capital for them to start or expand microenterprises. Named one of the top ideas of 2006 by The New York Times Magazine, and praised by Oprah, Bill Clinton and countless others, Kiva is one of the fastest-growing social benefit websites in history. Since its founding in 2005, it has loaned nearly $200 million from lenders to entrepreneurs across 206 countries.
Currently, Jessica is Founder and CEO of ProFounder, a new platform providing innovative ways for start-ups and small business entrepreneurs in the U.S. to access start-up capital through crowdfunding and community involvement. She is also a Visiting Practitioner at Stanford’s Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society.
Join us as Jessica shares the inspirational path that led her to create Kiva, along with her views on the impact of technology and corporate involvement toward creating successful nonprofits.
