Women in Payments Symposium 2023 - USA | Women in Payments | 27 March 2023 | The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, 1250 South Hayes Street; Arlington, VA 22202, USA

This Symposium is a unique event that provides perspectives from key women leaders in payments, supports diversity and gender parity, and includes topics impacting all aspects of the payments ecosystem. The format is split between networking breaks, keynote addresses, executive panel discussions and career development breakout sessions. This forum is an unparalleled opportunity that is empowering, current and immediately relevant to any woman pursuing a career in payments.

2023 Speakers

Peter Tapling
Nacha Consulting

Akbar Ghaswala
ISD Service Manager - Certificate Management Engineering, NFCS

Ray Harishankar
IBM Fellow, Quantum

Tynika Wilson
NFCU, Payments

Amanda Estiverne-Colas
SVP, Client Account Lead - Retail Bank North America, Endava

Sharon Rivera
Head of Credit Strategy, Imprint Payments

Alissa “Dr. Jay” Abdullah
Deputy Chief Security Officer, Mastercard

Robin LoGiudice
Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer, PayGen

Angela Martin
Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Payments

Marie Mui
National Sales Leader, Merchant Services Commercial Banking, Wells Fargo

Ryan Rugg
Global Head of Digital Assets, Citi Treasury & Trade Solutions

Randi Abernethy
Specialist Leader, Blockchain & Digital Assets, Deloitte Consulting

Flavia Naves
General Counsel, Circle

Jennifer Lucas
Chair of Women in Payments Awards Committee, Head of Payments for FSO Americas, Ernst & Young LLP

Julia Streets
Founder & CEO, Streets Consulting

Nell Campbell-Drake
Vice President, Industry Relations, Federal Reserve Financial Services

Nicole S Tackett
Head of CPTS Strategy & Commercial Card Solutions | DEI Champion, U.S. Bank

Kristy Duncan
Founder and CEO, Women in Payments

Mary Hines Droesch
Head of Consumer & Small Business Products, Bank of America

Bunita Sawhney
Executive Vice President, U.S. Financial Institutions, Mastercard

Carolyn Homberger
President of Americas, Featurespace

Jennifer Acosta
Managing Director, Global Head of Media & Telecommunications & NAMR Enterprise Technology, J.P. Morgan Payments

Patty Juarez
Executive Vice President & Head of Hispanic/Latino Affairs – Diverse Segments Representation and Inclusion, Wells Fargo

Deborah Murphy
SVP Business Banking Sales Transformation, Business Banking Segment, U.S. Bank

Colleen Taylor
President, Merchant Services - US, American Express

Jo Ann Barefoot
CEO, Alliance for Innovative Regulation

Laurie Gentz
Senior Solutions Consultant, Feedzai

Jackie Perinotti
Head of SMB Sales, Corporate & International Banking Solutions, FIS

Debopama Sen
Managing Director & Co-Head – Global Payments & Receivables Treasury & Trade Solutions, Citi

Joanna Wisniecka
Senior Engagement Manager, Glenbrook Partners

Leah Genone
Strategic Global Relationships, Swift

Roshni Joshi
Head of Banking & Expansion, North America, Wise

Angelica Valencia
Global Clearing Commercialization Lead Head of Clearing Solutions for Latin America, Payments, J.P. Morgan

Susan Meyer
Vice President Product Development, The Clearing House

Roseanne Silva
SVP, Security Director, PNC Financial Services

Rachel Eisenpress
Vice President Global Digital Partnerships, Mastercard

Monica Kennedy
SVP Head of Merchant Services Portfolio Management, Bank of America

Vanessa Lin
Managing Director Head of Commercialization & Digital Treasury Services, BNY Mellon

Frances Zelazny
CEO, Anonybit

Margaret Weichert
North America Payments Lead / Managing Director, Accenture

Heather Dolan
Bank of America

Geetha Gandhi
Executive Managing Director, Avanade

Jenny Lee
Director Payments Product Manager, Bank of America

Rachel Levy
Vice President, Head of U.S. Merchant Marketing, American Express

Marina Hodges
Senior Director & Head of Incentives Marketing, BHN

Gail Locascio
US Director of Sales, Global Payment Solutions, HSBC

Bevin McArthur
CMO Financial Services Consulting,, Deloitte

Neda Shemluck
Global Lead Client Service Partner, Deloitte

Mindy Davidowski
Senior Vice President Enterprise Acquisition Products & Platforms, American Express

Debbie Guerra
Chief Product Officer, ACI Worldwide

Glenn Murray
Vice President Strategic Growth, Sutton Payments

Kirstin Farrelly
Global Operations / SVP, Strategic Account Services, Elavon

Abeera Aguiar
SVP, U.S. Payments Delivery, TD Bank

Laura Balach
Vice President Partnerships & Cobrand Product Management, American Express

Juatise Gathings
Chatham Operations Director, Discover

Linda Kugblenu
Vice President Product Solutions Specialist, J.P. Morgan Payments

Kelly Carpenter
Sr. Manager, Treasury, The AES Corporation

Lauren Holohan
Senior Manager Banking & Capital Markets Payments Practice, Deloitte

Linh Young
Head of Digital Assets Intelligence, Western Union

Carmen Cutajar
Partner, IBM Payments Center

Amanda Fraga
Vice President, Insights, Mastercard

Yasmin Ulrich
Vice President B2B Payables Product Manager, J.P. Morgan Payments

Donna Turner
FSO Advisor in Residence, EY

Lauren Giles
Chief Counsel, Elavon

Jennifer Rosario
VP, Chief Information Security Officer, Spreedly

Judy Stoldt
Global Head of Compliance Advisory for Global Payment Solutions, HSBC

Carrie Blankenship
Payments Innovation Principal - Americas, Volante

Nicole Hill
SVP, Payments Risk & Compliance, SWIVEL

Bernadette Ksepka
VP, Deputy Head of FedNow Product Management, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Elena Whisler
SVP, Sales & Relationship Management, The Clearing House

Michelle Ziolkowski
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Payments Strategy, Wells Fargo

Dr. Chris Bray
CEO/Founder, Adaption Institute

Amy Lynn Johnson
Chief Experience Officer, Identifee

Lolita Wang
Head of Core Product Management & Cash Management, Bank of the West

Sarah Billings
Group Senior Vice President & Head of Payments & International, PNC Financial Services

Aurora Garza Hagan
CEO & President of PNC Global Transfers

Christine Loh
General Manager of eCommerce, Square

Dar Miranda
Vice President of Product, UX and Research, Dailypay

Sydney Osborne
Channel Account Manager, LexAlign

Danielle Pensack
CEO, Rightfoot

Rufei Qian
CEO, NihaoPay

May Park
VP Sales & Business Development - US, RFI Global

Kalyani Bhatia
Global Head of Payments & PMI Go To Market Business Development, Swift

Christina Wagner
Head of Global Product, Omnichannel, FIS

2023 Sponsors

PLATINUM:
• J.P. Morgan

INNOVATION:
• Citi

LEADERSHIP:
• Mastercard

GOLD:
• American Express
• US Bank | Elavon
• Swift
• Worldpay from FIS
• IBM
• The Clearing House
• Wells Fargo

SILVER:
• Bank of America
• HSBC

BRONZE:
• BNY Mellon
• Visa
• APC
• Deloitte
• Feature Space | Outsmart Risk
• Nacha
• The Federal Reserve Financial Services
• Swivel
• Volante

AWARDS:
• EY

UNICORN CHALLENGE:
• PNC

NEXT GEN TALENT:
• Discover Global Network

FEATURE:
• Accenture
• Feedzai