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We know what it takes to solve the toughest problems of poverty.
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We operate in markets where our capital can transform the lives of people left behind by business as usual.
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Jesse Clarke

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Jesse has a diverse professional background and has worked for everything from a Fortune 500 company as a Vehicle Dynamics Engineer to co-founding a startup focused on innovating the capacity building space. Jesse also co-founded the Los Angeles chapter of +Acumen and the inaugural LA+Acumen Impact Circle. She has been a grantmaker in the energy access sector for over 10 years at the Osprey Foundation and now is leading the Distributed Power Fund. The Distributed Power Fund is focused on both bringing energy (power) to the underserved and the distributed power of equality. She holds a MS in Engineering from Purdue University and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University.

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