2025 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
Ilana Fass
Director, Fintech Banking
SVB
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Amanda Estiverne
Director & Head of Payments Practice
Perficient​
Vikas Raj
Co-Founder and General Partner​
ResilienceVC​
FOUNDERS
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Ximena Aleman
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Prometeo
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Michele Alt
Co-Founder & Partner
Klaros Group​
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Elaine Asher
Co-Founder
Eve Wealth
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Sarah Biller
Co-Founder
Fintech Sandbox
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Ruth Blader
Founder and Managing Partner
Foxe Capital
Tess Bloch
Co-Founder & COO
Spade
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Emily Cisek
CEO & Co-Founder
Paige
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Anna Joo Fee
CEO and Co-Founder
Goodfin
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Dana Fry
CEO/Founder
Ujamaa.Financial
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Danielle Hill
Co-Founder & COO
Upward Financial
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Katie Katz
Founder & CEO
Mitzi
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Rachel Lauren
COO and Co-Founder
Debbie
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Erin Levine
CEO & Co-founder
Hello Divorce
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Ennie Lim
Ceo & Co-Founder
Kina
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Cindy Morand
Co-Founder & CEO
FinOptiv AI
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Lauren Myrick
Cofounder and CEO
Found
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Rachael Saunders
Founder
Saturday Legal
Martha Sylla Underwood
CEO
Prismm
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LEADERS
Lindsey Baptiste Fiedler
CFO
Capitolis Inc.
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Norah Beers
CISO
Grayscale Investments
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Gail Burgos
CEO
Paytech Women
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Crissi Cole
Founder
Penny Finance
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Karla Hall
Managing Director
Goldman Sachs
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Andrea Inokon
Co-Founder & COO
Breva
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Allison MacLeod
Chief Marketing Officer & GM US Flywire
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Keren Milman
COO
Mesh Payments
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Renuka Nayani
Chief Financial Officer
Fundbox
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Sofya Pogreb
CEO
Butter Payments
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Casey Powers
CEO
Climb Credit
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Tami Rosen
Board Member, Chief Development Officer
Pagaya Technologies​
Colleen Rozanski
Chief Operating Officer
Nutshell Labs
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Rebecca Schick
Chief Financial Officer
Kalshi
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Bobbie Shrivastav
Co-founder and CEO
Solvrays
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Amanda Tuminelli
Executive Director & Chief Legal Office
DeFi Education Fund
Yvonne Wang
COO
DirectBooks
MONEY MOVERS
Galia Beer - Gabel
Managing Partner
Team8
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Stephanie Foster
Director, Solutions Management
Visa
Tanvi Lal
Investor
Intuit Ventures
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Dominique Ritchie
Chief of Staff
Portage
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Julie Wagne
Managing Director
SVB
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Rocio Wu
Partner
F-Prime​​
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NETWORK BUILDERS
Nikol Barikos
Group Head of Global Customer Success
London Stock Exchange Group​
Brittany Eden
Head of Marketing & Growth
VGS
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Jane Ginsburg
GTM Head Capital Markets and Fintech
AWS​
Christina Hsu
Founder
SF Tech Unleashed
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Ashley Kiolbasa
CMO
Prove
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Ashlyn Lackey
Director, Emerging Technology
Prudential
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Linda Lipovetsky
Customer Advocacy Leader
Unqork
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Jennifer Marshall
Sr. Marketing Manager
VGS
Divine Muragijimana
Founder & CEO
Savoir-Faire Global
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Cadi Perez
Growth Manager
Checkbook
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Natalie Riso
Head of Startups and Strategic Partnerships
Rho​
Nicole Wood
Vice President, Communications
Vestwell ​
Po On Yeung
Head of Community
Aptos Foundation
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Kseniya Zaslavskaya
Business Development Operations Manager
Wysh
PRODUCT BUILDERS
Caryn Campelo
Principal Product Manager
Digital Onboarding
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Ayesha Jaggi
Head of Growth and Customer Experience
Plaid​
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Pam Kaur
Head of Platform
Alloy Labs
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Emily Kurtz
Head of Product
Public
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Andrea Sabet
Head of Solutions Architecture for Fintech and Capital Markets
AWS​
Colleen Wilson
Chief Product Officer
Best Egg​
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OPERATORS
Kelly Buchanan
Chief Divisional Technology, Data & Operations Officer
Truist​
Melissa Desjardins
Director
Protiviti
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Inna Erenberg
VP Treasury Services Commercialization, Payments
JPMorgan Chase & Co​
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Meryem Erzi
Chief Compliance Officer
Pagaya Technologies Ltd.
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Cass Sanford
Senior Product Counsel
AngelList
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Kristin Slink
Founder
Tech AF
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Tiffany J. Smith
Partner, Co-Chair of Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Working Group
WIlmerHale​