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Jessica

Jessica Hinkle

Title

  • Senior Vice President of Strategic Investments, Strada Education Foundation

Education

  • BA in Political Science, Brown University
  • MBA, Harvard Business School

About Jessica Hinkle

As the senior vice president of strategic investments at Strada Education Foundation, Jessica Hinkle evaluates potential mission-aligned investments and manages Strada’s portfolio of direct minority investments and early-stage fund investments.

Previously, Hinkle advised and supported Strada’s mission-aligned affiliates, leading product strategy and innovation for Strada’s commercial and products division. A product strategy and innovation leader in higher education, Hinkle joined Strada in March 2018.

Prior to joining Strada, she was a principal with Silverstrand Strategy + Innovation, providing strategic advisory services. She also held a variety of roles with Laureate Education Inc., including as chief product officer for Walden University, for which she led the team of product managers at Laureate’s flagship online university. She also co-led an innovation team that incubated a new model for competency-based education.

Hinkle began at Laureate in 2002 as senior market analyst in the research and analysis department, and progressed to her other roles: vice president, product management; and co-head, emerging strategies and products group. She began her career in investment banking at Morgan Stanley and WR Hambrecht + Co.