Erica Mackey

CO-FOUNDER, MYVILLAGE. Erica Mackey is a serial entrepreneur building a high-quality, community-driven solution to the national childcare shortage by empowering home-based childcare and preschool providers with the tools they need to grow a successful business that puts kids and families first. She led the largest venture capital seed round in Montana history at $6 million last April. Previously, Erica co-founded and served as COO of Zola Electric, the world’s first scalable off-grid electric company, connecting over 1 million Africans to affordable solar energy. Her ventures have raised over $130M from investors including Elon Musk, Paul Allen, Jeff Skoll, and others.  Erica is also on the HATCH Board of Directors. Topic: EDUCATION