As senior vice president, strategic investments, 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. Previously, 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, research and analysis department, and progressed to her other roles: vice president, product management; and co-head, emerging strategies and products group. She started her career in investment banking, at Morgan Stanley and WR Hambrecht + Co.
Hinkle holds a bachelor’s degree from Brown University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.