Jessica is Cofounder and CEO of ProFounder, a platform providing new ways for small business entrepreneurs in the U.S. to access start-up capital through crowdfunding and community involvement.
Prior to ProFounder, Jessica was Cofounder and Chief Marketing Officer of Kiva, the world's first p2p microlending website. Named as one of the top ideas in 2006 by the New York Times Magazine, Kiva lets internet users lend as little as $25 to individual entrepreneurs, providing affordable capital to help them start or expand a small business. Kiva has been one of the fastest-growing social benefit websites in history and since its founding in October 2005 has facilitated nearly $300M in loans among individuals across 216 countries. | 
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Jessica is a Visiting Practitioner at Stanford University’s Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society, and has taught Global Entrepreneurship at the Marshall School of Business at USC. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a 2011 World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leader, and has served as an active board member on numerous organizations championing women, microfinance, tech, and the arts including the International Museum of Women, Allowance for Good, Opportunity International, among others.
Jessica has been recognized for her work in many ways. She is a recipient of the 2012 NCWIT Symon's Innovator Award, the 2012 Center for Unconventional Security Affairs' Human Security Award, the 2011 Economist's "No Boundaries" Innovation Award, the 2010 USA Network's Character Approved Award, and was voted as a finalist for TIME's 100 Most Influential People in 2009, among other honors. Convinced that social change happens across all sectors, Jackley has worked in public, nonprofit, and private organizations including the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, Amazon, World Vision, Village Enterprise Fund, Project Baobab, Potentia Media, and others.
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. She is a trained yoga instructor and an avid surfer. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, author Reza Aslan, and their twin sons.
Jessica has been recognized for her work in many ways. She is a recipient of the 2012 NCWIT Symon's Innovator Award, the 2012 Center for Unconventional Security Affairs' Human Security Award, the 2011 Economist's "No Boundaries" Innovation Award, the 2010 USA Network's Character Approved Award, and was voted as a finalist for TIME's 100 Most Influential People in 2009, among other honors. Convinced that social change happens across all sectors, Jackley has worked in public, nonprofit, and private organizations including the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, Amazon, World Vision, Village Enterprise Fund, Project Baobab, Potentia Media, and others.
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. She is a trained yoga instructor and an avid surfer. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, author Reza Aslan, and their twin sons.
