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'''Jessica Flannery''' (or Jessica Jackley) is the co-founder of [[Kiva (organization)]].<ref>[http://www.kiva.org/about/advisors/ Kiva.org]</ref> |
'''Jessica Flannery''' (or Jessica Jackley) is the co-founder of [[Kiva (organization)]].<ref>[http://www.kiva.org/about/advisors/ Kiva.org]</ref> |
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Flannery spent three years in the [[Stanford Business School]]'s Center for Social Innovation and Public Management Program, where she helped launch the inaugural [[Global Philanthropy Forum]]. Jessica holds a [[B.A.]] in Philosophy and Political Science from [[Bucknell University]] and an [[M.B.A]] from [[Stanford Business School]]. |
Flannery spent three years in the [[Stanford Business School]]'s Center for Social Innovation and Public Management Program, where she helped launch the inaugural [[Global Philanthropy Forum]]. Jessica holds a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in Philosophy and Political Science from [[Bucknell University]] and an [[M.B.A]] from [[Stanford Business School]]. |
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Along with her husband, Matt Flannery, she founded Kiva Microfunds in October 2005. Kiva is an organization that allows people to lend money to small local businesses in developing countries and in the United States. |
Along with her husband, Matt Flannery, she founded Kiva Microfunds in October 2005. Kiva is an organization that allows people to lend money to small local businesses in developing countries and in the United States. |
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Jessica Flannery (or Jessica Jackley) is the co-founder of Kiva (organization).[1]
Flannery spent three years in the Stanford Business School's Center for Social Innovation and Public Management Program, where she helped launch the inaugural Global Philanthropy Forum. Jessica holds a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science from Bucknell University and an M.B.A from Stanford Business School.
Along with her husband, Matt Flannery, she founded Kiva Microfunds in October 2005. Kiva is an organization that allows people to lend money to small local businesses in developing countries and in the United States.
Flannery has worked in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda with Village Enterprise Fund and Project Baobab.
References
External links
- Podcast Interview with Jessica Flannery Social Innovation Conversations, April 11, 2007