Event

SeaMo Presents: Matt Flannery, Co-Founder and CEO of Kiva.org

Please join SeaMo at Town Hall in Seattle as we host Matt Flannery, the CEO and Co-Founder of Kiva.org, at 7pm on March 5th. Matt will discuss microcredit as a means of poverty eradication, how technology helps facilitate development, and Kiva's plans to continue innovating. Tickets are available through Brown Paper Tickets.

Kiva is an innovative peer-to-peer microcredit site that enables individuals to make small loans to microentrepreneurs around the world. Matt has been featured on Oprah, written about in Bill Clintons book, Giving, and lauded on the CNN Heroes program. Matt began developing Kiva in late 2004 as a side-project while working as a computer programmer at TiVo, Inc. In December 2005 Matt left his job to devote himself to Kiva full-time. As CEO, Matt has led Kiva's growth from a pilot project to an established online service with partnerships across the globe and millions in dollars loaned to low income entrepreneurs.

SeaMo is also seeking volunteers for the event. If you are interested, please email ryan@seattlemicrofinance.org.