GEOFF DAVIS

Co-Founder, Unitus

Geoff Davis is a co-founder of Unitus and served as CEO and President from 2001 to 2008.

Geoff has worked in microfinance worldwide since 1995, beginning with a program he founded in central Mexico. He was an early employee at Grameen Foundation USA, a global microfinance leader, and has spoken widely on microfinance, including speeches and lectures at the International Monetary Fund and Harvard, Stanford, and Brigham Young universities. In addition to being interviewed on National Public Radio, Geoff has been a speaker on microfinance topics at conferences in Chile, Switzerland, Bangladesh, and elsewhere.

A social entrepreneur, Geoff formed several companies earlier in his career and has worked at numerous startups. In March 2008, the World Economic Forum named Geoff a Young Global Leader. He was named the 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the Pacific Northwest region and, in 2005, as one of Puget Sound Business Journal’s “40 under 40”, recognizing him as one of Seattle’s top 40 up-and-coming leaders. Also in 2005, Geoff was named an Entrepreneurial Thought Leader by Stanford University. He also sits on the board or advisory board of The Dignity Fund (a microfinance debt fund); Kiva (an Internet-based microlending organization); and Swadhaar and Bandhan (fast-growing Unitus microfinance partners in Mumbai and Kolkata, India).

Geoff holds a B.A. in international relations from Brigham Young University and a master’s degree in development economics and public policy from Harvard University. He and his wife Darcie live in Redmond, Washington, with their three wonderful, beautiful daughters.