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Jessica Lee

Interim Executive Director at Impact Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Jessica Lee is the Interim Executive Director at Impact Bay Area, with a BA from Stanford University. She previously served as VP & GM at Goodwater Capital and played a key role as the first employee at Loki Studios, which was later acquired by Yahoo.

Work Experience 

  • Interim Executive Director

    2024 - 2024

    IMPACT Bay Area is a nonprofit organization that offers violence-prevention programs for people to embody their own power, set effective boundaries, defend their physical and emotional safety, and heal. We build safe spaces for people who experience and resist violence differently because of who they are or how they are perceived, like women, youth, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, etc. Our vision is a courageous future where people use their individual empowerment skills to live fuller, more confident lives and create safer communities. Previously served as Board Secretary (2021-2022) and Board Vice Chair (2023).

IMPACT Bay Area provides empowerment and self-defense to individuals, schools, and companies.

  • VP & GM

    2017 - 2023

    Goodwater's mission is to empower exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for good. We believe consumer technology is the most powerful force on earth, shaping global culture and transforming the global economy at unprecedented speed and scale. Founded in 2014, Goodwater is the world’s largest consumer-tech focused venture capital firm and manages several billion USD across early and late stage venture funds.

Goodwater Genesis seeks out exceptional entrepreneurs and helps them cultivate the success they deserve.

  • Senior Product Manager

    2015 - 2017

Jana enables free apps to be truly free in emerging markets.

Raised $93,675,008.00 from Verizon Ventures, Publicis Groupe and Spark Capital.

  • Product Manager

    2014 - 2015

  • Product Manager

    2010 - 2014

  • First Employee

    2010 - 2012

  • Ethnography Research Assistant

    2011 - 2011

PARC provides custom R&D services, technologies, expertise, and intellectual property to startups, government agencies, and partners.

  • User Experience Intern

    2009 - 2009

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