The Tanner Lecture Series on Ethics, Citizenship, and Public Responsibility

"Entrepreneurship as a Tool for Social Change"

In 2005, Jessica Jackley co-founded Kiva, an innovative micro-lending website. She went on to co-found and serve as CEO of ProFounder, a crowd-funding platform providing tools to small business entrepreneurs to access capital and harness community involvement. She is a now a Venture Partner with the Collaborative Fund, and a Visiting Practitioner at Stanford University. A highly sought-after speaker, she has received numerous awards for her work, including The Economist’s “No Boundaries” Innovation Award.