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Stephanie brings considerable experience in international economic development to Omidyar Network, leading the Property Rights investment area as well as investing in Microfinance. In Property Rights, she focuses on investments that help formalize land rights and increase security of tenure for the poor. In Microfinance, she focuses on investments that improve infrastructure by expanding networks, enabling the sharing of credit information, and mitigating foreign exchange risks. Her portfolio also includes microfinance equity and debt funds.
Stephanie oversees a number of investments for Omidyar Network, including the Landesa, the SEEP Network, MFX Solutions, Microfinance Information eXchange (MIX), Foundation for Ecological Security, Catalyst Microfinance Investors, and MicroVest, among others. Stephanie is a board member for MFX Solutions and MIX, and a board observer for Landesa and the SEEP Network.
Stephanie came to Omidyar Network after serving as a senior investment officer at Planet Finance, where she originated loans to microfinance institutions and advised socially responsible investors. Previously, Stephanie specialized in fixed income deals at UBS Investment Bank in New York City and London. She also focused on microfinance for ACDI/VOCA, where she coordinated USAID-funded microfinance programs in Central Asia and Russia. In addition, she contributed to education infrastructure projects based in sub-Saharan Africa for the World Bank and UNESCO. Stephanie earned an MPA from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government where she specialized in trade and finance, an MS in comparative government from the London School of Economics, and a BS from the University of Bristol, England in philosophy and politics.