2024 INSPIRING FINTECH FEMALES
NYC FinTech Women’s mission is to connect, empower and promote women in FinTech. The Inspiring FinTech Females list will recognize women who, in their role, are transforming fintech and who are advocates for women and gender equity.
JUDGES
Ashlyn Lackey
Director, Innovation Strategy
Prudential Financial
Netta Jenkins
CEO
Aerodei
Andrew Harrison
Head, US Digital Partnerships
BMO US
Jane Tran
Founder
Sixfold
FOUNDERS
Alex McLeod
Founder, CEO
Parlay Finance
Ashi Agrawal
Co-Founder
Kobalt Labs Inc
Chermaine Hu
Co-Founder, CFO
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Kara Stevens
Founder, CEO
The Frugal Feminista
Katrin Kaurov
Co-founder, CEO
Frich
Lori Shao
Founder, CEO
Finli
Neha Narkhede
Co-Founder, CEO
Oscilar Inc.
Nikki Varanasi
Founder, CEO
Parrot Finance
Noa Simons
Co-Founder, CEO
GoodBread
Stefania Di Bartolomeo
Founder, CEO
Physis Investment
Suelin Chen
Founder
Cake
Tess Michaels
Founder, CEO
Clasp
Shanthi Shanmugam
CEO
Casap
Frances Zelazny
CEO
Anonybit
LEADERS
Alex Ford
President, North America & CRO
Encompass Corporation
Alex Johnson
Chief Payments Officer
Nium
Alisha Lehr
COO - Firmwide AI
Morgan Stanley
Amy Butte
CFO
Navan
Cleve Mesidor
Executive Director
Blockchain Foundation
Helia Kavoosi
Chief of Staff
FalconX
Kira Speer
Head of Growth
Conum
Laura Bock
Partner
QED Investors
Lucille Mayer
Chief Solutions Officer
Apex Fintech Solution
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Meghan Sutherland
CEO
Fiverity
Mitsu Narang
Managing Director
Bank of America
Renee Hunter
General Counsel, Corporate Secretary & Head of People
Proof
MONEY MOVERS
Asya Bradley
Multi-exited Founder, Angel Investor, LP
Elizabeth McCluskey
Managing Director, Discovery Fund
Trustage Ventures
Katie Quilligan
Investor
BankTech Ventures
Mirit Lugassi
Investor
Laconia Capital Group
Pamela Cytron
CEO
The Founders Arena
Sandra Lam
Director (FibTech), Global Payments Solutions
HSBC
Sophia Samutin
Vice President
Headline
Stephanie Choo
General Partner
Portage
Stephanie Rieben
CEO & Cofounder
Diadem Capital
Sue Mulligan
CEO & Founder
Agile Advisors
Tahira Dosani
Co-Founder, General Partner
ResilienceVC
Tiana Pidgeon
Investor
American Family Ventures
NETWORK BUILDERS
Annelise Osborne
Chief Business Officer
Kadena
Amrit Kang
VP of East Coast Business Development
London & Partners
April Mellas
SVP, Internal Sales & Strategy
Vestwell
Bristol Jones
Director of Fintech PR, Head of Miami
Avenue Z
Genevieve Dozier
Founder, CEO
Warpaint Consulting
Geri Stengel
President
Ventureneer
Hally Peck
VP of Marketing & Communications
Additional Wealth
Kathryn Kmiotek
Head of Marketing
Kmiotek Consulting
Kesi Johnson
Senior Vice President, Client Success
Storm2
Khyati Srivastava
Sr Director, Marketing
VGS
Lauren Hogan
Executive Director, Innovation Economy - Fintech
JPMorgan
Meghan McKenna
Founder and CEO
FIF Collective
Nicole Casperson
CEO
Fintech is Femme
Rachel Morrissey
Head of Content
Money2020
Sahar Omrani
VP of Product Management
Signal Advisors
Stefany Bello
SVP- Digital Partnerships, Fintech & Enablers
Mastercard
Svetla Marinova
Global Head of Cloud Alliances - Enterprise Data
Bloomberg
Sarah Carrion
Vice President, Global Startup Programs
Mastercard
PRODUCT BUILDERS
Sasha Tsiatsera
Director of Product, Digital
Assets
Mastercard
Anuradha Parameswaran
Vice President, Senior Product Owner
Bank of America
Fabiola Salazar
Director, Product - FX Solutions
Fiserv
Izge Cengiz Ercan
Director of Product Innovation
Valley Bank
Karen Hsu
SVP Mobile DevOps & Security
Appdome
Katy Eng
Senior Software Engineer, Financial Platform
Chime
Laura Tobak
Head of Platform, BQuant Product
Bloomberg
Linda Kugblenu
Vice President Product Solutions Specialist, Payments
JP Morgan Chase & Co
Maduri Asokan
Head of Product - Cobranded Cards
JPMorgan Chase & Co
Meg Ashby
Senior Security Engineer
Alloy
Schonda Fields
Director of Product, Indexes
Coin Metrics
Sonal Desai
Senior IT Executive, Service Delivery Specialist
Turing
Vanessa Ngai Christopher
VP, Product
Bank of New York Mellon
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Xiang (Stella) Li
Lead Product Manager
BILL
OPERATORS
Aditi Pendharkar
Principal Financial Services Compliance Specialist
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Angélique Wynants
Head of Operations
Comun
Chinasa Nwokocha
Financial Consultant
Northwestern Mutual
Heather Balke
Business Development Director
Encompass Corporation
Kera Logan
Director, PCI Compliance
North
Lu Sun
Credit Manager
TikTok
Martha McKinley
Director, Client Success
Marstone
Melissa Magner
Head of Legal
Versana
Nicky Klein
Vice President, Open Finance
MX Technologies, Inc.
Rohini Pandhi
Head of Expansion
Mercury
Saira Rahman
Vice President, New Investor Initiatives
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