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'''Jessica Flannery''' (née Jackley) is the co-founder of [[Kiva (organization)]].<ref>[http://www.kiva.org/about/advisors/ Kiva.org]</ref>
'''Jessica Jackley'' is the co-founder of [[Kiva (organization)]].<ref>[http://www.kiva.org/about/advisors/ Kiva.org]</ref>


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]]. She holds a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in Philosophy and Political Science from [[Bucknell University]] and an [[M.B.A]] from [[Stanford Business School]].
Jackley 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]]. She holds a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in Philosophy and Political Science from [[Bucknell University]] and an [[M.B.A]] from [[Stanford Business School]].


Along with her ex-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 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]].
Jackley has worked in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda with Village Enterprise Fund and [[Project Baobab]].


==References==
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* [http://sic.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3252.html Podcast Interview with Jessica Flannery] Social Innovation Conversations, April 11, 2007
* [http://sic.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3252.html Podcast Interview with Jessica Flannery] Social Innovation Conversations, April 11, 2007


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Jessica Jackley
Jessica Jackley speaking at the University of Tennessee on March 24, 2010.

'Jessica Jackley is the co-founder of Kiva (organization).[1]

Jackley 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. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science from Bucknell University and an M.B.A from Stanford Business School.

Along with 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.

Jackley has worked in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda with Village Enterprise Fund and Project Baobab.

References