Founder
John William served as a Youth Development Peace Corps Volunteer in Peru. With a background in tech startups and development economics, he founded Jump Finance with the vision of helping his former students, and millions of others finance their education.
Strategy and Operations
Benaz has extensive experience driving innovative technology initiatives for startups to Fortune 500 companies. She leads strategy and operations for the global rollout of the Jump Finance student and university product.
Technology
Robert has worked in software and software consulting for the past 5 years, and has a passion for mentoring and developing team members. He has a Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and is a Masters candidate in Computer Science from Georgia Tech.
Technology
Christine is passionate about helping others and making a positive impact on underserved communities. She made a shift from pre-med into software engineering after graduating from the General Assembly Software Engineering Intensive, and has been working as a frontend developer at a cybersecurity firm for the last year.
Operations
With over 25 years of global experience in IT and nonprofits – Aparna supports Jump Finance by developing data reporting, finding solutions to complex problems and serving as a strategic advisor.
West African Regional Director
With over 10 years of experience in the private sector, Mafugi Bah runs the Jump Finance Operations in The Gambia and heads up development of University partnerships in the West African Region.
Operations
With a professional background in higher education and Masters in Statistics and Business Administration, Yerro oversees the operations of the Jump Finance pilot program at the University of The Gambia.
Marketing
JP Allen has worked as a speechwriter, marketer, translator, and teacher. In addition to helping with Jump Finance's copywriting and marketing, he currently works at Tremendous.