Jeri L. Jensen
Private Equity Investor at SEAF Management LLC
Profile
As Director of Strategic Partnerships, Jeri works to scale SEAF and CEED’s work through innovative partnerships with corporations, foundations and international development organizations.
She has been a leader in designing, developing and implementing partnerships that drive sustainability for corporations and other institutions and unleashing entrepreneurship as an inclusive economic development tool.
She is an expert on market-led development programs that promote inclusive growth and has successfully attracted investment, funding and private capital to an array of projects and organizations.
Prior to her role at SEAF, Jeri was Director of Partnerships for Social Justice at Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University, where she scaled the breadth and impact of its portfolio of accelerator programs.
She has held senior positions at several US government agencies and nonprofit organizations and led her own company providing strategic advice to US development agencies, social entrepreneurs and companies to help scale their impact.
She held positions at the Millennium Challenge Corporation, where she led its efforts to form public-private partnerships with corporations and social investors, Vice President for Policy at the Initiative for Global Development, a nonprofit network of corporate leaders focused on strengthening Africa’s private sector, Deputy Assistant US Trade Representative at USTR, Executive Director for Trade Policy and Promotion at the Department of Commerce, Director of Inter-American Economic Affairs at the National Security Council and Strategic Advisor to the Chairman of the US Export-Import Bank.
Jeri has a Masters of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science from Northwestern University.
Jeri L. Jensen active positions
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SEAF Management LLC
SEAF Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance SEAF Management LLC (SEAF) is a private equity firm founded in 1989 by Bert Jan van der Vaart. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia. | Private Equity Investor | 31/12/2021 |
Former positions of Jeri L. Jensen
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Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship
Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Part of Santa Clara University, Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship is a university-based social enterprise accelerator that has accelerated over 1,000 social enterprises since 2003. The center leverages its location in Silicon Valley and Jesuit ambition to end poverty and protect the planet. Miller Center also helps transform social ministries to more sustainable social enterprise models and engages Santa Clara University students in field research to support social entrepreneurs. With an emphasis on climate resilience and women's economic empowerment, Miller Center accelerates social entrepreneurship to eliminate poverty. The center has served more than 1,300 social entrepreneurs, engaged 162 SCU students in field research, and currently works with more than 300 business leaders from around the world who participate as mentors in the center's programs. The social enterprises accelerated by Miller Center have collectively improved, transformed, or saved the lives of over 400 million people in 100 countries. | Private Equity Investor | 30/12/2021 |
Center for Strategic & International Studies, Inc.
Center for Strategic & International Studies, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Center for Strategic & International Studies, Inc. provides strategic insights & policy solutions to decision makers in government, international institutions, the private sector, and civil society. Its projects focus on areas such as AIDS, arms control, conflict resolution, NATO, the environment, immigration, intelligence, trade, health care, OPEC, space policy, and terrorism. The company was founded in 1962 by David M. Abshire and Admiral Arleigh Burke and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/07/2014 |
Initiative For Global Development
Initiative For Global Development Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Initiative For Global Development is a non-profit organization that works towards sustainable development and inclusive growth by engaging and utilizing the power of the private sector. The CEO of the American company is Leila Ndiaye. | Private Equity Investor | 31/07/2012 |
Millennium Challenge Corp. | Private Equity Investor | 31/12/2009 |
US Department of Commerce Office of The Secretary | Private Equity Investor | 31/12/2005 |
Training of Jeri L. Jensen
Northwestern University | Undergraduate Degree |
Georgetown University | Graduate Degree |
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US Department of Commerce Office of The Secretary | Government |
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Export-Import Bank of the United States Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Export-Import Bank of the United States operates as an export credit agency. It offers working capital guarantees, export credit insurance, loan guarantees, and direct loans. The firm offers its services to brokers, lenders, congressional and government stakeholders. The company was founded by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1934 and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Finance |
Millennium Challenge Corp. | Government |
Initiative For Global Development
Initiative For Global Development Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Initiative For Global Development is a non-profit organization that works towards sustainable development and inclusive growth by engaging and utilizing the power of the private sector. The CEO of the American company is Leila Ndiaye. | Commercial Services |
Center for Strategic & International Studies, Inc.
Center for Strategic & International Studies, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Center for Strategic & International Studies, Inc. provides strategic insights & policy solutions to decision makers in government, international institutions, the private sector, and civil society. Its projects focus on areas such as AIDS, arms control, conflict resolution, NATO, the environment, immigration, intelligence, trade, health care, OPEC, space policy, and terrorism. The company was founded in 1962 by David M. Abshire and Admiral Arleigh Burke and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Commercial Services |
Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship
Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Part of Santa Clara University, Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship is a university-based social enterprise accelerator that has accelerated over 1,000 social enterprises since 2003. The center leverages its location in Silicon Valley and Jesuit ambition to end poverty and protect the planet. Miller Center also helps transform social ministries to more sustainable social enterprise models and engages Santa Clara University students in field research to support social entrepreneurs. With an emphasis on climate resilience and women's economic empowerment, Miller Center accelerates social entrepreneurship to eliminate poverty. The center has served more than 1,300 social entrepreneurs, engaged 162 SCU students in field research, and currently works with more than 300 business leaders from around the world who participate as mentors in the center's programs. The social enterprises accelerated by Miller Center have collectively improved, transformed, or saved the lives of over 400 million people in 100 countries. | Commercial Services |
SEAF Management LLC
SEAF Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance SEAF Management LLC (SEAF) is a private equity firm founded in 1989 by Bert Jan van der Vaart. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia. | Finance |
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