Prior to founding MicroPlace, Tracey was CFO of KickStart, an organization that designs and sells products focused on poverty alleviation. In 1998, she started her first company, 4charity, a web-based marketplace for charitable giving, and served as its CEO. Earlier in her career, Tracey held a variety of positions with socially responsible firms including the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, Calvert Ventures and the World Bank.

Tracey’s numerous leadership awards include 2000 Top 25 Women of the Web Award, San Francisco Business Times Leadership Award and a Working Woman Magazine Entrepreneurship Award. Tracey holds a degree in engineering and economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Stanford Business School. Outside MicroPlace, Tracey plays left wing on her soccer team, trains for Ironman triathlons and snowshoes in Lake Tahoe with her husband.

Abstract: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
What if the everyday person could have a way to make socially responsible investments, earn a return AND address global poverty? Microfinance has proven that the world’s working poor don’t want charity; they prefer small loans that help them start a business and lift them from poverty with dignity and equality. Turner will discuss a new direction in microfinance to end poverty for the one billion working poor around the world through Microplace.com.