David Lehr
First Name: David
Last Name: Lehr
Organization/Company: Mercy Corps
Sector: Non-Profit
City, State, Country: San Francisco, CA,

About Me:
David Lehr has over fifteen years of experience in international business and development focused primarily on information communication technologies and job creation and is currently Senior Advisor, Social Innovations at Mercy Corps. He has consulted for several non-profits, including Acumen Fund and Gates Foundation on issues related to technology and poverty alleviation.

David recently returned from a year in India as an Acumen Fund Fellow, working with Drishtee, to assist the management team in their expansion efforts. Earlier, David was co-founder of an early-stage initiative under the auspices of Reuters that delivers customized market data via mobile phones to farmers in the developing world. Previously, he held management positions with key Silicon Valley companies, including launching Adobe Systems in China.

He has lived and worked in several countries in Asia and speaks Mandarin Chinese. David was a Fellow at Stanford University, holds a Masters from the University of California, San Diego, and a BA from the State University of New York at Albany.

Areas of Interest:
Market-based models for addressing poverty, especially Social Entrepreneurism, Microfranchising, Microfinance. Also interested in Cell Phone-based interventions,and in anything having to do with China.

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