Dr. Jessica Vernon is the founder and CEO of Maisha Meds, a technology company transforming access to high-quality, affordable health care through Africa’s private sector provider networks. Building Maisha Meds combines her background in clinical medicine, health economics, and impact evaluations. Previously, she was part of the founding team of Innovations for Poverty Action/Evidence Action’s Dispensers for Safe Water program, as it expanded to support over one million people in East Africa. She was also part of the founding team of Lyra Health, a U.S.-focused healthcare startup now valued at over $5B, and worked at McKinsey & Company in the healthcare practice. Jessica has a B.A. with honors, Phi Beta Kappa, in Economics from Stanford University, after which she served as a Fulbright Scholar to South Africa. She completed her medical training at Stanford School of Medicine, during which she worked in Kenya’s public health system.
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