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John Beccia

John provides a wide range of regulatory and compliance solutions for financial services, fintech and cryptocurrency firms.  He was most […]

Richard Berner

Richard Berner is Clinical Professor of Management Practice in the Department of Finance, and, with Professor Robert Engle, is Co-Director […]

Christopher Brummer

Chris Brummer is a Georgetown law professor, lecturer, and author. He has earned an international reputation as a premier thought […]

Jerry Buckley

Described by Chambers as “a recognized dean of the consumer finance bar,” Jerry Buckley has, over a 40 year career, […]

Agnes Bundy Scanlan

Agnes Bundy Scanlan, Esq., is the President of The Cambridge Group LLC, a strategy and risk management advisory firm. The […]

Andrew Burt

Andrew Burt, an internationally recognized expert on the intersection between data privacy, security and artificial intelligence, is Chief Legal Officer […]

Fabrice E. Coles

Fabrice Coles is a Senior Manager, Global Public Policy, at PayPal. He is an attorney and a former senior Capitol […]

Jotaka Eaddy

Jotaka L. Eaddy is the founder and CEO of Full Circle Strategies, LLC – a social impact consulting firm committed […]

Judith Erwin

Judith Erwin is the former CEO of Grasshopper Bank, the first digital commercial bank in the United States. Judith was […]

Amy Friend

Amy has over 25 years of experience shaping banking and consumer financial protection law and regulation.  Amy was Senior Deputy […]

Chris Giancarlo

Christopher Giancarlo is Senior Counsel to the law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher and the former Chairman of the U.S. […]

Daniel Gorfine

Daniel Gorfine is an experienced regulatory, public policy, strategic communications, and business executive, and the founder of Gattaca Horizons LLC, […]

Yvette Hollingsworth Clark

Yvette is Executive Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer at State Street.  Yvette began her career with the Federal Reserve […]

Howell Jackson

Howell Jackson is the James S. Reid, Jr., Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. His research interests include financial […]

Wendy Jephson

Wendy Jephson is Co-Founder of LetsThink where we are Making Decisions Better with People, Data & Technology. Former Head of […]

Dan Kimerling

Dan Kimerling started Deciens because of the realization that there was (and, other than Deciens, is) no Venture fund focused […]

Arjan Schutte

Arjan Schütte is the founder and a managing partner of Core Innovation Capital, a mission-driven venture capital fund investing in […]

David Silberman

David Silberman has been involved in consumer finance issues from a wide range of perspectives for over three decades.  As […]

Laura Spiekerman

Laura Spiekerman is a cofounder and CRO at Alloy. Alloy’s API enables financial services companies to better manage their digital […]

Diana Taylor

Ms. Taylor started her career as an investment banker in New York, where she worked from 1980 through 1996. She then joined Governor George Pataki’s administration, where she worked in several capacities in the environmental, energy, housing and banking fields. In 2003, she was appointed Banking Superintendent for the State of New York, which appointment she held for four years. In 2007, she moved into Private Equity, where she was involved in investments in financial institutions globally and then as an advisor on consumer businesses.

Ms. Taylor now sits on the boards of two public companies, Citigroup and Brookfield Asset Management, chairs three not‐for‐profit boards, Accion, Hot Bread Kitchen and the New York City Ballet Theater, is co‐chair of the board of overseers at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia and is a board member of the Cold Spring Harbor Lab, and Ideas42. She is a former member of the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College, and the Mayo Clinic, among others. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Economic Club of New York City.

Ms. Taylor earned her AB from Dartmouth College, her MBA from the Columbia School of Business, and her MPH from the Mailman School at Columbia.

Matt Van Buskirk

Matt Van Buskirk is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Hummingbird Regtech. Hummingbird gives superpowers to the people fighting financial crime by […]

Raul Vazquez

Raul Vazquez is the CEO of Oportun, a high-growth, mission-driven Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and provider of inclusive, affordable […]

Colin Walsh

Colin Walsh is the CEO and co-founder of Varo Money, which is on track to become the first mobile-centric national […]