Lisa X. Walden is a speaker, strategist and consultant dedicated to helping businesses create authentic, empowering workplaces that don’t inspire the dreaded Sunday scaries. Her presentations deliver action-oriented insights that help people better connect, collaborate and communicate.

As co-founder of Good Company Consulting, her work is centered on the (strangely revolutionary) concept that people and strategy don’t have to be mutually exclusive. She takes a holistic approach to workplace strategy, keeping human beings - arguably the most valuable resources - at front and center. Lisa's speeches focus on how to maintain thriving cultures, best-practices for mindful communication practices, and tactics for nurturing the single most important component of a healthy work environment—trust.

Lisa has worked with a broad range of clients and organizations, ranging from architects, to finance, real estate and hospitality. In her speeches, Lisa strives to inspire mindset shifts by presenting valuable, research-based insights in a way that resonates, engages and entertains. She weaves in stories, statistics, case studies and some good old-fashioned self-deprecating humor into each and every one of her presentations.

She is the co-author of Managing Millennials for Dummies and is deep in the trenches of planning her next book. Lisa is a voracious consumer of all business-related books, podcasts, magazines and think pieces.

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Katrina is an Executive Vice President with a focus on Financial Services. She specializes in strategic communications, ongoing reputation management, CEO counsel and corporate positioning for asset management firms, hedge funds, private equity firms, and public and private companies. Over her career, she has worked with senior executives at top firms such as Russell Investments, Guggenheim Investments, Northern Trust, Papa Johns, Eurazeo, Wafra, Berskhire Partners and Farallon Capital Management.

Before joining Edelman, Katrina was a Managing Director at strategic communications consulting firm Polisi Jones. For nearly 10 years, Katrina has worked with global companies and investment management firms providing counsel on succession planning, media and investor communications, marketing strategies, messaging, brand building, online branding and social media strategy, media and presentation coaching, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder activism, internal communications and corporate crises.

Prior to Polisi Jones, Katrina was a Director at ASC Advisors, a leading communications firm focused exclusively on the alternative asset management industry. In addition to her work in strategic communications, Katrina also spent over 10 years as a Senior Writer and Research Editor for publications focused on the global alternative asset management industry run by Euromoney Institutional Investor.

Katrina graduated with a B.A. in English and a B.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1998.

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Originally from Israel, Sarit started her career in market research and has also worked in management consulting, ultimately finding financial services as an industry ripe for disruption.

She holds a Ph.D. in Demography from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. and B.A. in Sociology from the University of Florida. She volunteers with various accelerators supporting female entrepreneurs and teaching Product-Market Fit.

"Work hard, be nice to people and have a little fun" – Erin Barbeau is proud to live out this motto each day in both her personal and professional life working in the FinTech and Payments industry.

Erin joined FIS in 2013 as a summer intern and has grown her career over the past decade, taking on stretch roles in the areas of finance, corporate risk, business operations, strategic initiatives for the office of the president, and enterprise-wide transformations. Erin is passionate about growing, learning new things and working hard to exceed partner expectations and prides herself on being a strong advocate for females in the industry. Currently a Performance Office Director at FIS, Erin is tasked with being a strong executor and trusted partner to support an enterprise-wide transformation at FIS.

Born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Erin attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she received her Bachelor of Business Administration in 2016 and is excited to now be in her final year of a Master of Business Administration program at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Erin’s notable industry achievements include being named one of the Electronic Transactions Association 40 Under Forty Award recipients in 2023, being chosen for the Electronic Transactions Association’s Young Payments Professional Class of 2023 and winning the PayTech Women Emerging Trendsetter Award in 2021.

Erin is located in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, and when she is not at work, you can find her spending time with her family, hiking her two rescue dogs and adventuring with her friends to music festivals across the U.S.

A 25+ year HR veteran and member of Chief, Mayrov Baru is the Chief Human Resource Officer at MerchantE, the U.S. arm of Opn. Mayrov has extensive experience leading strategic planning, organizational development and management proficiency in the Fintech space, with a focus on payment technologies. She thrives in an ever-changing environment, which includes tactical and comprehensive experience in business transformation.

To create and sustain a culture of inclusivity, Mayrov spearheaded the creation of a consistent, growing DE&I program at MerchantE. She’s also committed to supporting and collaborating with women in all roles to propel women’s careers in payments. If you’re looking for Mayrov after hours, you’ll likely find her at the yoga studio or eating sushi with great friends & family.

As a Senior Account Supervisor at Edelman Smithfield, Evann brings a wealth of expertise in financial services message development, media relations, and crisis management. Her distinctive background in both public policy and communications allows her to offer a unique and strategic approach to crafting compelling narratives. Throughout her tenure at Edelman Smithfield, her work has been particularly impactful in the fintech landscape, where she has orchestrated targeted media campaigns that have fortified brand trust and awareness among consumers and policymakers alike.

Evann’s ability to seamlessly blend her financial services expertise, public affairs acumen, and strategic communications proficiency uniquely positions her as a sought-after leader in the fintech public relations landscape. Her proficiency extends beyond the realm of communication strategy. She has adeptly guided clients through challenging crises, leveraging her tactical rapid response skills to effectively manage reputational risk across internal and external communication channels.

Prior to joining Edelman Smithfield, Evann served almost four years as a policy advisor and deputy communications director in the United States Senate. In her role as Senior Advisor of Communications and External Engagement to the National Credit Union Administration Chairman, she played a central role in conceptualizing and implementing the agency's financial inclusion and digital transformation initiative. A native Mississippian, Evann holds a degree in Biomedical Engineering from Mississippi State University.

Tiara Berry is a Senior Manager, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Community Partnerships at Fiserv, Inc. She joined Fiserv in 2021 and leads diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives for North America including Employee Resource Group programming, managing relationships with diverse professional and collegiate organizations, and supporting overall associate engagement strategies.

Tiara has successfully led, designed, and initiated programming that encourages learning, reflection, awareness, and community building. She strives to be a strategic and inclusive thought leader on the topic of DE&I.

Born and raised in New Jersey, Tiara graduated from Spelman College, a historically Black college for women, located in Atlanta, GA in 2020. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Comparative Women’s Studies with a concentration in Business Management and Marketing.

Sarah Bounaim is a Florida native with over five years of experience in the fintech space. She graduated from the University of Florida with her B.S. in Public Relations and early from that experience she has always understood the importance of having a people first mentality.

Sarah has experience in relationship management, executive reporting and corporate communication. From working with clients to now having internal clients, she has seen how both sides operate. When she is not working, you can find her at the dog park or shopping till she drops at the nearest mall.

Gail Burgos was the Senior Diversity Officer of TSYS, a Global Payment company and Senior Vice President, Diversity Equity Inclusion, at 1st Sentry. Upon retiring after 25 years with TSYS, Gail started her own consulting company and is currently the CEO of Burgos Consulting Group, Inc.

Prior to retirement , Gail led Global Payments’ efforts to continue to build its inclusion and diversity efforts across the company. She previously served as the senior advisor to the chief information officer, supporting all business lines and aspects of the information technology business at legacy TSYS.

Gail received her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Columbus State University, a master’s degree in Human Resource Management from Troy State University and a doctorate in Organizational Theory and Leadership from the University of Phoenix. Gail currently serves as the Executive Director of Girls Inc of Columbus, responsible for after school and summer programming for girls ages 6-18. She also serves on the board for the Greater Columbus chapter of "Partners in Education" and Hope Harbor, a battered women’s shelter in Columbus Georgia, as well as on the board of PayTech Women, the premier professional organization for women in payments. She is also an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Michael Canady is currently Vice President, Client Services & Global Operations for Discover Global Network. In this role, Mr. Canady has responsibility for leading DGN’s client experience and partner enablement efforts globally as well as providing operational support for the company’s commercial payments initiatives.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Canady led client engagement efforts for the Strategic Merchant Relations team, comprised of Discover's largest and most strategic merchant clients. Mr. Canady was also previously VP, Acquirer Relations - Americas with responsibility for acquiring and acceptance priorities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.

Mr. Canady has 30+ years of payments experience, holds a BA from Morgan State University and an Executive MBA from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management.

Aditi Chakravorty leads the J.P. Morgan Relationship Management team across our partnerships, franchisees and referral programs. She is responsible for developing, fostering and maintaining strong senior level relationships with key decision-makers to drive retention & expansion of client relationships. She oversees merchant acquiring and payment processing for over 30,000 merchants with $72B+ in annual sales volume.

Aditi has over 20 years of Financial Services experience within Transaction Banking and Payments. Since joining the firm in 2012, Aditi has been in diverse leadership roles across Merchant Services, Commercial Bank and Commercial Card. Most recently, Aditi headed the CIB Account Management team owning the service relationship across our largest, most complex CIB clients in Merchant Services. Additionally, Aditi led the Target State Operating Model for the new merchant acquiring platform Helix as part of our Payments Transformation agenda. She worked across lines of businesses to develop target state recommendations around organization design, onboarding and servicing tools/technology and processes. Prior to that, Aditi worked in the Commercial Bank heading the KYC Migration Strategy and implementation of CDD (Customer Due Diligence) KYC platform across Corporate Investment Bank and the Commercial Bank.

Prior to joining JP Morgan, Aditi worked in Consulting for 10 years with Capgemini and Publicis Sapient managing digital transformation programs and client relationships. She has a proven track record of delivering customer and product innovation with strategic business vision, market foresight, technology acumen & operating discipline. Aditi has led dynamic and multi-disciplinary teams to develop and enhance e-Commerce Payments and Product platforms owning short-term and long-term vision, strategy and roadmap. She is adept at managing & building collaborative relationships with her clients across financial services verticals. Aditi has managed large Agile teams across geographies and has over 15 years of Global Distributed delivery experience.

Aditi is actively involved in diversity and inclusion activities and represents J.P. Morgan at the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAP). She used to chair ASPIRE Business Resource Group at JP Morgan in Chicago and continues to be actively engaged. She has recently joined The Friends of Chicago River, a non-profit organization as a Board member. She is passionate about empowering women leaders and establishing avenues for mentorship and advancement of diverse talent in the organization.

Aditi resides in Chicago and earned her Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Kansas.

Mousumi Chatterjee, SVP, Enterprise Payments Global Banking Product Innovation, is celebrating 21 years with Bank of America, including 10+ years of people leadership in Technology and Operations.

She has an MS in Statistics and an Executive MBA from UTD, Dallas, TX. Mousumi is Co-Chair for Women in Tech and Ops - North Texas, Enterprise Payments Career Council leader and a D&I leader. She is a 2019 and 2022 Global D&I Award winner and received a patent in 2023 for a system that monitors networked computing devices with electronic data encryption.

Seema Chavan is a hands-on technology manager at Discover Financial Services and has more than 20 years of experience working in the financial industry. At Discover, she leads a team of skilled technical experts who deliver digital payments solutions for Discover Global Network.

Her focus of work is building solutions on tokenization, transaction security and enablement of digital wallets such as ApplePay, GooglePay, SamsungPay in domestic and international markets. She is passionate about payments security and knowledgeable in various payment cryptograms such as InApp, Protect Buy, PSD2, etc.

Lindsey Cole is the Chief Operating Officer of Affiliates Consolidated Services, the for-profit arm of the League of Southeastern Credit Unions.

Lindsey was awarded the 2023 Forty Under 40 from the Electronic Transactions Association (ETA), currently serves on three boards and is a member of the CUNA Payments Sub-Committee. She also brings 16+ years experience in payment solutions for financial institutions.

Manny has an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business, a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering/Device Physics from Cornell University and Charter Financial Analyst (CFA) Designation.

As Executive Vice President, Global Head of Corporate Strategy & Development, Manny Cofresi Jr. oversees Elavon’s global strategy, mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments and strategic partnerships.

Prior to joining Elavon, Manny held various senior executive roles within Automatic Data Processing (“ADP”), including Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development, member of the International Executive Committee and Board Member for ADP’s operations in Mainland China. He has also served as a Strategic Advisor to WestSphere, a Private Equity firm and as an Investment Banker at Merrill Lynch and Citigroup.

Manny has an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business, a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering/Device Physics from Cornell University and Charter Financial Analyst (CFA) Designation.

Jennifer Cruz is Vice President of Global Marketing and Strategic Client Management within Discover Network overseeing the Discover Global Network and Diner’s Club International global brands growth, portfolio & product marketing as well as the strategic direction, profitability and relationship management of clients within Canada and the United States. She is an accomplished business executive and reliable leader with 20 years in the financial services industry.

During her tenure with Discover Network, Jennifer ran the Domestic Operations and Client Support division leading a team of 120 with a focus on premier customer service to over 500+ clients. Jennifer has worked with the largest merchants and acquirers in Canada and the United States. During her first rotation as a Director in Global Marketing, Jennifer developed and implemented marketing incentives and multi-pronged marketing approaches driving acceptance growth, volume and revenue. Jennifer holds her Executive MBA from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University – and received her Bachelor of Science degree from Arizona State University.

Professionally, Shelonda Darling is a self-proclaimed storyteller and will tell you that with so many stories to share…one job just isnt enough! So she has two… Corporately, she currently is a Senior Manager and product owner of a corporate intranet platform, supporting over 24,000 team members to foster communication and collaboration enterprise-wide. She has worked at Global Payments since 2011 in a variety of teams; including Training and Development, HR Communications, Employee Engagement, and Corporate Communications. She is also currently serving in the role of Co-Chair for the Global Payments Women’s Network.

ndividually, she is a professional speaker at Magnet Culture, delivering keynotes on reducing unnecessary employee turnover, faciliating training for many industries on how to develop magnetic leaders, and shifting mindsets around the expectations of today’s new workforce. Privately, Shelonda is married, mother of three daughters, and lives in Indiana.

You will find her most nights and weekends cheering in the stands at the pool, ballfield, court, or ballroom as she transports her girls to their multiple commitments. She jokes that with the chaos of raising three tween girls, work feels like a vacation!

Sukhmani Dev (Sukh) is the Senior Vice President, Digital Product Management, North America, Mastercard. She is responsible for commercialization of Mastercard’s digital payment solutions in the U.S. & Canada. Prior to this role, she was the head of Digital Payments & Cybersecurity Solutions for Mastercard Canada.

Sukh acts as a key strategic advisor to business executives and IT stakeholders. With extensive experience in technology strategy, digital product development and delivery, Sukhmani's passions include building scalable B2B2C products.

Prior to joining Mastercard, Sukh was at ICF Next where she led Enterprise Architecture & Cloud Consulting. Sukh graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Master of Engineering in Computer Networks & Security and has a certificate in Strategic Management from Harvard University.

Genevieve Dozier has excelled for over 17 years in the financial services industry. She is a global speaker, PayTech Women Board Director, Money 2020 Advisory Board member, VizyPay Advisory Board Member and well regarded strategist. Her most recent role is Director, Business Development, Finova Capital. She is also Founder & CEO of startup, Warpaint Consulting inspired by her upcoming book: My Makeup is My Warpaint - How to Stand Your Ground and Succeed in the War of Being a Woman in Business.

Previously she held leadership positions at BB&T, Ingenico, CardConnect, First Data, Fiserv and was Chief Business Development Officer at a fintech startup. In 2019, she was named an ETA Top Forty Under 40 honoree, member of the Money 20/20 Rise Up Program, and recipient of the PayTech Women Making Waves award. In 2021, Genevieve was the recipient of the PayTech Women Game Changer award. Genevieve was a contributor to the book, Mega Deals that reveals strategies on B2B selling for $100M + deals.

Michael Durroh is a seasoned banking professional with an impressive track record of 33 years in the financial industry, contributing his expertise and leadership to drive organizational excellence and innovation. For the past 11 years, Michael has been a vital asset to Synovus, a leading financial institution, where he has consistently demonstrated his commitment to fostering growth, customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.

Early in his illustrious career, Michael embarked on a journey of continuous development by completing a comprehensive management development program. His early experiences laid a strong foundation for his future success, equipping him with invaluable skills and insights that would prove instrumental in his leadership roles.

Over the years, Michael's career has been marked by his ability to take on diverse responsibilities and excel in various facets of banking operations. He has overseen critical divisions within financial services, including Customer Service, Customer Marketing, Human Resources, Marketing, Business Development and Fraud Claims & Recoveries. His multifaceted expertise has been instrumental in optimizing customer experiences, driving strategic marketing initiatives and ensuring a resilient organizational structure.

In addition to his executive roles, Michael has made significant contributions to core banking functions, having worked in Credit, Collections and Customer Retention. His deep understanding of these fundamental areas has enabled him to implement best practices, mitigate risks and maximize profitability.

Education has always played a pivotal role in Michael's journey. He is a proud alumnus of the University of Delaware, where he pursued both his undergraduate and graduate studies, majoring in International Relations and International Political Economy. This academic foundation has provided him with a unique global perspective, which has proven invaluable in navigating the complexities of the financial industry.

Beyond his professional achievements, Michael is a passionate advocate for community engagement. He has dedicated his time and expertise to collaborate with various external organizations, exemplifying his commitment to corporate social responsibility. As a former board member of Girls Inc. and Big Brothers/Big Sisters, he has actively contributed to the betterment of local communities, demonstrating his leadership in and outside of the boardroom.

Michael is a fluent communicator in both English and Spanish, reflecting his dedication to fostering inclusive and diverse workplaces and expanding the reach of financial services to a broader audience.

Michael is a fluent communicator in both English and Spanish, reflecting his dedication to fostering inclusive and diverse workplaces and expanding the reach of financial services to a broader audience.

As a distinguished banking executive with an illustrious career spanning three decades, Michael Durroh continues to drive innovation, operational excellence and community engagement within the financial industry. His expertise, leadership and unwavering commitment to success make him an invaluable asset to Synovus and the broader financial community.

Amanda is SVP - Client Account Lead at Endava. She is responsible for the strategic direction, vision, growth and performance of a variety of Retail Banking Clients in North America. This role entails leading project teams to deliver transformative work for our banking clients.

Prior to working with Endava, Amanda worked with Synchrony and has managed relationships with organizations such as American Express, VISA, Mastercard, Discover, FIS and PayPal.

Recently announced and selected as one of ETA’s 2023 40 under 40, Amanda is a dedicated advocate for women and payment professionals of color. She is passionate about sharing her story, uplifting others and connecting with passionate Fintech and Payments professionals.

Amanda is affiliated with Women in Payments as a Global mentor, Women in Products as a Conference/Digital content committee member, and Money 20/20 as a program ambassador and an Amplify cohort ’22 alumni.

Jennifer Frasier is a seasoned HR professional with 25 years of experience within the technology, hospitality, healthcare, waste management and professional services industries.

Over the course of her career, Jennifer has held a number of HR generalist and Inclusion & Diversity specialist roles of progressive global responsibility. She currently serves as the first leader of Inclusion & Diversity for FIS, the world's largest provider dedicated to financial technology solutions. In her role, she is responsible for developing and leading the company’s strategy to leverage inclusion and diversity as a change agent to respond to ever-evolving and complex global dynamics and to drive positive bottom-line impact.

Prior to FIS, she worked in I&D roles at Marsh & McLennan Companies and Mercer. Jennifer has a M.S. in Industrial and Organization Psychology from University of Tennessee.

Jennifer currently resides in Atlanta, GA, with her son, Jackson, and her pet Corgi, Ella. She is an avid traveler (when not in pandemic) as part of her

Catherine Gacad is currently the director of bank partnerships at Airbase, the leading spend management platform for middle market and early enterprise companies. She was previously with Wells Fargo in roles spanning product management, investor relations and technology partnerships.

Catherine earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a Masters in Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Carolina leads a business development team focused on acceptance enablers in the payments ecosystem. In this role, she drives the go to market execution of strategic initiatives for global, regional and market specific partners who support Visa in enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive.

She is passionate about payments, solving complex client problems and leveraging data to tell a story to drive informed decision-making. She is also an advocate for diversity and inclusion through her volunteer work in Women in Identity.

Carolina is based in Miami and has had prior roles at Visa and First Data (now Fiserv) supporting North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Business from Washington University in St. Louis and a Master’s degree in International Business in Entrepreneurship from Nova Southeastern University. Carolina is also certified as a Project Management Professional with the Project Management Institute.

Tyson Goings is currently the Director of Product Innovation at The Clearing House working on the development and delivery of the TCH Labs program, which will be an educational resource and technical playground for FinTechs wanting to understand where RTP fits into their payments strategy and to test new concepts.

Prior to The Clearing House, Tyson was at Discover Financial Services for 15+ years where he worked in New Products and Solutions, Business Development and Innovation. On the Discover innovation team, Tyson developed the payments innovation program and pipeline and oversaw the FinTech partnership to develop a secure payments gateway for automotive payments.

At TCH, Tyson is responsible for the delivery of the TCH Innovation Lab program which includes our framework for identifying high-priority use cases and partners, hosting and facilitating design sprints and testing in our lab environment (currently under development).

Marina is the Senior Partner, Inclusion & Diversity – Talent & Learning Lead for FIS. She has more than 20 years of Human Resources & Client Enablement experience with expertise in change management, talent management, organizational development and learning, as well as implementing client training and adoption programs. Marina joined FIS through their acquisition of Payrix where she led the People function for 2 years and helped ready the team for integration into Worldpay and FIS. As part of the FIS Inclusion & Diversity team, Marina leverages her experience to help build a more robust talent and learning strategy for greater impact and sustainability.

She further demonstrates her commitment to Inclusion & Diversity by serving her community both as a parent-elected member of the Site Based Decision Making council for her daughter’s school, where she helps ensure equitable practices as they set policies, allocate budget, and review the culture and climate of the school; and as an elected member of the Board of Directors for the Kentucky Derby Festival, Inc. where she has volunteered for the last 20+ years to help plan and execute more than 70 annual events that celebrate the community, the city of Louisville and the Kentucky Derby.

Marina and her family live in Louisville, KY, and when she isn’t working her day job or at a board meeting or event, she is spending time with her children. Her youngest daughter Mikyla will graduate in the spring and is a competitive dancer so they spend a lot of time traveling and watching her dance.

As a Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Global Payments, Robyn Growe is responsible for executing talent strategies to maximize business profitability, performance and team member engagement.

Robyn joined the company in 2008 and has led the HR Business Partner function for several of Global Payments' business units. She and her teams currently partner with the Vertical Markets, International and Issuer businesses and the Worldwide Product, Operations and Facilities functions.

Megan Heinze is President of IDEMIA’s North America Payment Services Institutions Business Unit. Leveraging her experience in banking, technology and payments, Megan is responsible for growing IDEMIA’s business within the Payment Ecosystem and Financial Institutions. As President, she manages the P&L and directs the identification and implementation of projects that deliver innovation, efficiency and profit.

A veteran of more than 20 years in the banking and finance sectors, Megan is known as a thought leader and advocate for breakthrough ideas. Prior to joining IDEMIA, she held senior management positions with several of the country’s largest banking and processing institutions, and led programs in sales and marketing, enterprise transformation and business strategy.

Since she joined IDEMIA in 2017, Megan has been championing the transition from the physical world of payment cards and identification to the digital world, which includes the use of biometrics for payments, physical and logical access control, digital payment provisioning, digital identity and tokenization. She has appeared on the stage at Money 2020 USA, and has spoken at influential venues such as TRANSACT, Fintech South and the Payments Summit. In 2020, she co-launched Women in IDEMIA Network (WIN), an employee resource group, to foster diversity, provide leadership training, develop mentorship programs and motivate all colleagues to take charge of their futures.

Megan holds a BA from Northwestern University, and an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

Taylor Horan is a project manager at FIS who strives to bring positivity to every experience. With almost half a decade of experience in the fintech space, Taylor has experience with relationship management, enterprise implementations, product launch and employee education initiatives.

She has a B.S.B.A in Marketing from the University of Central Florida. Outside of her day job, Taylor enjoys hot yoga, reading fiction and personal development books and baking fresh bread.

Michelle Jenkins brings 30 years of experience in sales and marketing in the financial, manufacturing, non-profit and payment industries. Ms. Jenkins is currently the Marketing and Communication Manager for NCR Payments Solutions.

For more than 15 years, Ms. Jenkins was the President of Strategic Thinking, a marketing communication consulting firm that worked with various clients, including banks, credit unions, manufacturers, non-profit organizations, payments companies and municipalities. Strategic Thinking was primarily focused on strategic and marketing plans to grow businesses, raise money and build awareness in new markets.

Before Strategic Thinking, Ms. Jenkins was a marketing director for several bank holding companies. Ms. Jenkins was responsible for all marketing and communications, brand development and ongoing management, including centralized process management, employee engagement and building a corporate culture focused on the vision and core values.

Additionally, Ms. Jenkins contributed considerably to the North Texas community. A few of the organizations she dedicated time to include: Communities In School, Young Women’s Leadership Academy, the Metro YMCA of Fort Worth, YMCA Camp Carter, Compass Christian Church, ETA Communications Committee and PayTech Women, just to name a few.

Through her well-rounded and extensive experience in the planning, managing and execution of a "tailored communication campaign," Ms. Jenkins takes the lead at telling NCR Payments story in the most direct method to employees, customers and not-yet customers in the most concise way.

CaraMae Jordison is the Digital Customer Success Product Group Leader at Elavon, where she leads teams focused on enhancing the global maintenance and service customer and employee experience. She is passionate about using technology to create innovative solutions that solve real-world problems.

With a diverse background in government, consulting and the private sector, CaraMae has experience in digital products and program management, enterprise strategy and financial planning and analysis. She is skilled at leading cross-functional teams and delivering results.

CaraMae is a graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan University and The American University. She is a bookworm, baker and a proud dog mom to Butter. She enjoys spending time in the outdoors, biking, hiking, skiing and camping.

Sarah Kindland, Partnership Development Manager, Americas Fuels and Lubricants Marketing.

Sarah is the Partnership Development Manager for Chevron Americas Fuels and Lubricants Marketing Team. Sarah has worked for Chevron for 25 years. Sarah has been in her current role for 6 years leading Business Development and Innovation for the Global Customer Experience Team.

Prior to this role, Sarah has had a diverse background of experience ranging from multiple sales roles as well as Project Managed Key Strategy Program Initiatives – POS upgrade projects, Image Programs for the Chevron Brand and Havoline Express Lubes, Retail of the Future Project and EV Strategy.

Sarah has a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from the University of Illinois with a minor in French and an MBA in Finance from Georgia State University. Sarah loves to play tennis and most recently Pickle Ball has become a favorite as well as running and swimming.

Margie Kreutz currently helps lead sales strategy for Chase Consumer Digital Products for the U.S. Merchant Services sales team. In this role, she works with merchants on consumer marketing programs, connecting them and their brands with our Chase consumer cardholder portfolio. Merchant Services is the global payment acceptance and merchant acquiring business of JPMorgan Chase and a leading provider of payment, fraud management and data security solutions.

Margie has more than 22 years of sales, marketing and relationship management experience and most recently, served as a relationship manager for JP Morgan Payment - Merchant Services, where she managed and grew some of our largest, most complex consumer retail and luxury merchants. Margie previously worked as a Business Development representative for the Commercial Bank. This is her 15th year with the firm.

In addition to her current role, Margie is also a member of Women on the Move as both a participant and as the Events Coordinator Co-Chair for the Indiana Chapter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. launched Women on the Move to help promote dialogue regarding challenges to professional success faced by women.

She is also the firm’s Corporate Champion Co-Chair for PayTech Women, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women in payments achieve greater personal success, influence and professional parity. In this role, she has helped elevate the firm’s PTW sponsorship and has helped quadruple the number of JPMorgan Chase’s PTW members, now at over 550.

Margie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Communications from Butler University and lives in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana.

Linda Kugblenu is a Vice President Product Solutions Specialist at J.P. Morgan where she covers cross-border payments and remittances and is a thought leader in Payments.

As an advocate for financial inclusion, Linda is passionate about partnering with financial institutions, technology companies, government bodies, corporations, public sector agencies and entrepreneurs to make capital accessible for positive social and economic change.

In 2022, Linda was awarded a RiseUp fellowship through Money 20/20 USA. As a Fulbright Scholar, Linda worked with small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Uganda where she leveraged financial technology to help local women-led businesses acquire capital, troubleshoot business obstacles and promote financial independence.

Did we mention Linda is multilingual? Yes! She speaks five languages and has years of experience working in Asia, Europe, Africa and North America in Payments, impact investing, micro-finance and financial publishing. In her spare time, you can find Linda in a boxing ring or sipping chai from her collection of vintage porcelain tea mugs.

Catherine Latoya Grant-Alston is a corporate executive, award-winning entrepreneur, 2x Amazon #1 best-seller author, certified life coach, and co-host of the internationally streamed podcast Kingdom Treasures. She is the CEO and Co-Founder of ART Financial Solutions, LLC d/b/a Alston Kingdom.

Catherine holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Connecticut and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts. She has worked in the financial industry for 20+ years. Currently, Catherine is a Senior Director of Global Cash Operations at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. She is responsible for the strategic liquidity planning of the company’s $16 billion revenue, cash mobilization and consolidation, and treasury technology transformation. Catherine has implemented numerous efficiency and cash optimization processes, a world-class treasury management system and centralization of global payment and reporting processing. Catherine’s services have earned distinguished awards: the Treasury Management International (TMI) Innovation and Excellence Corporate Recognition Award for Treasury Team of the Year, the Alexander Hamilton Award for Technology Excellence and the FIS Impact Award for Corporate.

ART Financial Solutions, LLC provides financial consulting services for small businesses and corporations specializing in treasury technology and liquidity. Alston Kingdom, a d/b/a of ART Financial Solutions LLC, is a lifestyle brand that promotes love, family, and business in the Black community. Her work has afforded her awards, such as the ACHI 2021 Orator of the Year and 100 Women of Color.

Catherine resides in Connecticut with her husband and two children.

Jill Mack is Senior Principal, Program Manager at Discover Financial Services and is responsible for overseeing the execution of business initiatives while ensuring necessary functionality and flexibility aligned with the company's long-term objectives.

She previously worked on Discover’s Corporate Internal Communications team, driving employee understanding of strategic business priorities through management of company-wide communications channels, counseling on various types of communication through content, timing and delivery methods, and was managing editor of Discover’s company-wide intranet platform.

Jill has a robust background, in addition to program management and strategic communications, including sales, relationship management and event planning in the Payments, Credit Card and Healthcare Supply Chain Management industries.

Bethany is a Global Senior Associate at Glenbrook Partners, a payments industry strategy consulting firm that provides strategy consulting, research and education programs (e.g., Payments Boot Camp®). Glenbrook serves a broad array of clients across the payments value chain, including Central Banks, networks, merchants, ISVs and fintech startups, among others.

At Glenbrook, Bethany focuses on market trends and emerging technologies in the payments industry, including topics such as Global and U.S. faster payment systems, Open Banking, payments facilitation (PayFac), fraud in real-time payments and more. In her work, Bethany helps her clients solve tricky problems by identifying their key strategic issues and conducting detailed analyses, then offering recommendations and strategic vision.

Prior to joining Glenbrook, Bethany worked at Funding Societies, Southeast Asia’s largest SME digital financing platform, which has lending operations in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. the National University of Singapore.

Crystal McCorkle has over 15 years of experience in the payments industry. She is currently a Client Service Consultant, working daily as an enthusiastic and versatile leader, skilled in relationship management, issue resolution and facilitation, & process improvement. Receiving several awards and recognitions over the years, her most recent and cherished recognition was as a 2022 ETA Forty Under 40 Honoree.

Extremely passionate about promoting and upholding a culture of excellence, diversity and inclusion, she is a member of the Steering Committees for both the Global Payments Women’s Network, leading External Partnerships, and the Global Payments Onyx Network, leading the Community Pillar. She’s also a very active servant leader for PayTech Women, serving on the President’s Advisory Council as a Co-Chair for the JEDI Task Force and as Atlanta Chapter committee leader.

For more than three decades, Diana Mehochko has built a successful career in financial services and payments technology, with solutions-focused leadership and excellence in strategic development, planning and execution.

Earlier this year, Mehochko brought her professional expertise to NCR, formerly JetPay, as a chief operating officer for Payment Services. Mehochko is responsible for the overall direction of operations in payment processing, human resources, payroll and tax filing. Her focus includes process improvements, alignment, prioritization and enhanced service delivery. Diana is an NCR Corporate Executive Vice President and General Manager of NCR Payments & Network.

Angela Murphy, Ph.D., is a thought leader in B2B payments, fintech, credit cards, partnerships and innovation strategy. Angela brings an entrepreneurial perspective to create solutions for her clients. She commercialized one of the largest closed-loop card products and invoicing networks in the US and currently works at the intersection of strategy and insight in the payments industry.

Angela was previously the Vice President of Business Development at Photon Commerce, the industry's fastest and most accurate invoice and receipt capture solution. Her background in eCommerce and solutions integration informs her expertise in digital commerce and payments innovation. She regularly provided guest lectures and webinars for the University of California: Berkeley and consulting firms around the world and is a Founding Fellow of Coruzant Technologies. Her thought leadership has been featured on PCN, MPC and Versatile Ph.D.

After earning her Ph.D., Angela built a partner program at a Fortune 100 company from the ground up, leveraging her global experience and relationships across the fintech sector. She knows that the best transformations are not based on numbers but on people. Angela loves to travel with her husband, Brock, and spend time with her German Shepherd, Roscoe.

Rabia Nelson is a Payments professional with 20 years of experience in the financial industry. She leverages her Finance, Business Operations, Technology Resilience and Enterprise Risk background to guide cross-functional teams.

She has held various leadership roles during her 17-year career at Elavon | U.S. Bank. Her most recent role is in the Payment Services Chief Risk Office. As a Senior Vice President, she oversees several risk functions.

Rabia graduated from the University of Georgia with her Executive MBA in May and recently completed her first year of Pacific Coast Banking School. She is passionate about community service and closing the opportunity gap for women and other minorities.

Yemi is a recognized payments strategy and products executive with a track record of driving revenue growth and increasing long-term client value and brand loyalty. Responsible for engagement deliverables and partnering with clients to drive growth and improve profitability. 17+ years of experience in new business building, new product development, exceptional execution, partnership structuring and leading cross-functional high-performing global teams on strategic projects.

Demonstrated partner and thought leader with strong executive presence, executive-level presentation, communication and relationship-building skills. Stellar problem solver with demonstrated ability to structure complex problems, develop solutions and craft high-quality, analytically sound outputs.

Kristin Oja is the CEO and Founder of STAT Wellness, the nation’s first medicine + movement practice. She has expertise in combining the best principles of Functional Medicine with strength training. STAT Wellness has three locations around metro Atlanta (West Midtown, Roswell and Peachtree City) with plans to expand nationwide.

She has her Doctor of Nursing Practice, Masters of Science in Nursing with a Family Nurse Practitioner focus, and is a certified Functional Medicine provider through the Institute of Functional Medicine. Passionate about taking a Functional Medicine approach, Kristin focuses on uncovering the root cause of chronic illness and disease. Taking into account her patients’ lifestyle, diet, genetics, environment and stress, each treatment plan is unique and individualized.

Kristin has been serving and caring for patients for over 13 years. She strives every day to provide high quality care by doing everything with compassion, integrity, and above all a serving heart. Kristin founded STAT Wellness, which stands for Strength To Achieve Total Wellness, to help transform medicine putting HEALTH back in HEALTHcare.

Chinwe is a results-oriented IT leader focused on aligning the Information Technology (IT) strategy to strategic business objectives to ensure technology is utilized to maximize operational efficiency, an improved customer experience, and bottom-line profitability. She is a domain expert in Enterprise IT transformation, change management and cultivating high-performing cross-functional teams.

She has over 14+ years experience in delivering large, complex initiatives for major organizations. Trusted advisor to senior leadership. Able to develop and lead top-performing teams to deliver substantial improvements in productivity and operating efficiency. Expertise in DevOps management and agile methodology. Expertise in business transformation, continuous improvement and coaching.

Sarah has over 20 years’ experience in driving innovation, product development and business transformation in the Payments space. As Chief Product Officer of One Inc, she is responsible for leading the product strategy, design and user experience teams to deliver against the company’s roadmap. Sarah is passionate about building empowered and engaged product teams, having discovered that there is not a one-size-fits-all approach to product development.

Prior to joining One Inc, Sarah was the Senior Vice President of Consumer Engagement Products at TSYS, a business unit of Global Payments. There she was the Group Executive responsible for the product strategy, delivery and modernization of their suite of Digital Customer Engagement Products. She has also held senior leadership roles at WorldPay, Heartland and First Data Corporation.

Melody is a co-founder of Blankfactor, an end-to-end technology consulting company specializing in providing innovative solutions to businesses in the financial services space.

An alum of Yale University and Stanford University, Melody has been immersed in the tech space for over a decade, primarily focusing on product delivery and innovation. She has overseen the creation and successful expansion of products impacting over a million users.

Melody has built her career on her ability to engineer solutions with practical business applications. Under her management, Blankfactor has become one of the top 500 fastest-growing companies in the U.S.

Jackie Perinotti is Vice President, Sales Performance Office, at FIS. With 15+ years of financial services experience and 10 of them at FIS, she has served in various leadership roles in sales, business development and marketing. In her current role, Jackie is focused on the First Year Experience, building a new hire community that empowers sales employees globally to accelerate time to revenue.

Jackie began her career in the nonprofit industry in the early 2000s, where her passion for giving back was ignited. Since then, she has served on various committees and boards, focused on diversity, inclusion and female empowerment. She resides in northern New Jersey with her husband and two children.

Kayley is a DE&I practitioner, professional certified coach, lean management coach, and trusted leader. Kayley graduated from University of Utah with a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology, Sociology and Gender Studies. They live in the Phoenix suburbs with their partner, daughter, and two bonus sons.

Kayley is passionate about having brave authentic conversations that create space to connect and grow while working to understand how our systems and processes enable us to be and do our best. Their passion is shaped by their lived experience as a transgender non-binary queer human with non-apparent disabilities and as a proud parent of three amazing kids.

Sree Pradeep is a Senior Manager, Products at Discover Global Network, leading the Secure Remote Commerce, Click to Pay teams. She has over 7 years of experience in the payments industry, with a passion for emerging digital payments and payment transaction fraud management products.

Outside of work, Sree enjoys traveling, practicing kickboxing, and dancing. She lives in Chicago, IL, with her husband and two daughters.

Jessica Rogers is an enthusiastic Senior Manager of Sales Operations executive at Fiserv and resides outside the St. Louis, MO, area with her husband, horses, dogs and cats.

Jessica is a graduate of Lindenwood University, where she received a BA in Business Management in 2006. After graduation, Jessica launched her professional career path and held a variety of consulting and sales roles including, but not limited to, Subject Matter Expert/Account Executive within TransUnion, Manager of Business Development at American Express and VP Business Consultant at Bank of America Merchant Services.

Jessica brings 13+ years of sales experience in financial services where she was successful in multi-level/complex sales structures with high-profile clients and C-level executives. Her diverse experience with B2B sales in the payments industry brings a multitude of benefits to her current sales operations role within Fiserv.

Deepak Sevak is currently Vice President, Core Platforms and leads a 150+ international team for Discover Global Network - driving core platform strategy, development and agility transformation to achieve long-term objectives and key results.

Deepak has 20+ years of product management, business operations and IT experience including significant leadership responsibilities within consulting and industry for large complex global enterprises. He lives a balanced life of coaching his three sons in various sports, biking 50-100 miles per week and remains actively involved in Indian (Gujarati) community activities.

Dana is a serial networker and connector of people. This is how she accidentally fell into the payments industry fresh out of college. The serendipity has continued ever since.

Dana is pleased to have helped PMT Services, Inc. grow organically to go public during her tenure. As the 5th hire in the credit division in a company of approximately 55 employees, she helped Lynk (RBS Lynk/RBS WorldPay, WorldPay) over 16 years expand from a private company through two acquisitions. While there, she earned Lynk’s first Employee of the Year Award for greatest fiscal contribution among approximately 500 employees with the national release of sales management software. She developed training, product management and business development while at MainStream, handing opportunity after opportunity off to talented team members that she networked into the organization.

Today Dana manages Product and Marketing for CHARGE Anywhere, a gateway product solution serving North America and beyond. She also chairs the PTW Atlanta Chapter and welcomes any opportunity to meet and help our growing team of current and future industry leaders.

Purnima Srivastava is a product leader driving digital and tech transformation. She currently holds the position of Vice President/Product Leader in Emerging Technologies at U.S. Bank.

With extensive experience across B2B, B2C and D2C domains, Purnima's track record showcases her ability to lead teams, innovate and deliver impactful results. Her passion for leveraging technology to navigate complex challenges underscores her commitment to shaping the future through digital excellence.

Elizabeth Stephens currently serves as the Vice President, Human Resources at REPAY, a leading provider of vertically-integrated payment solutions.

She provides both strategic and tactical leadership for REPAY’s Human Resource Operations, Talent Management and Talent Acquisition functions and is additionally responsible for developing and managing programs that help ensures that REPAY recruits, retains and develops top talent.

For 20 years, Whitney Stewart Russell has been focused on the ways technology can enhance consumer financial services experiences. Whitney’s combined expertise in consumer payment behavior, customer segment strategy, and retail banking products have prepared her for a leadership role at Fiserv. Whitney is currently tasked with guiding management of development of Fiserv’s Digital Banking and Digital Lending Solutions for banks and credit unions.

Prior to joining Fiserv, Whitney held executive positions at Higher One, SunTrust Bank and Discover Financial Services. She has also held senior management positions at Carreker, Bank of America, eFunds Corporation and Deluxe Corporation.

A recognized industry thought leader, Whitney has served on the Steering Committee of the US EMV Migration Forum, the MasterCard Debit Advisory Board, the MasterCard Point of Interaction Advisory Board, the STAR Network Advisory Board, the Accel Exchange Advisory Council, the Deluxe Corporation Collaborative, the Consumer Bankers Association Interchange Working Group, and the Financial Services Roundtable Interchange Working Group.

Whitney earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, and an MBA from the University of Texas.

Millicent Tracey is a financial services product management executive with more than 20 years of experience assisting public fintech companies and start-ups develop B2B payments strategy. Her career reflects a demonstrated track record of leading strategic growth initiatives, advising on digital payments transformation and designing and delivering innovative technology solutions.

Millicent understands cyber and financial fraud risks and has developed risk mitigation strategies for digital payments products. She also brings governance experience through her advisory work with corporate and nonprofit boards, including audit and finance committees. Recognized as a thought leader, Millicent is a frequent speaker in the industry.

Abui is a Senior Manager in the Global Treasury Services practice of Ernst & Young LLP with over 20 years of consulting and project management experience implementing leading-class treasury technology for global organizations in both the public and private sectors.

She collaborates with companies to deliver strategic treasury management platforms that improve performance metrics and operational efficiency by supporting system selection, assessment, design and configuration, testing and training. Her treasury experience includes cash and liquidity management, cash forecasting, payment processing, bank account management, support with regulatory compliance (i.e., OFAC), internal controls, in-house banking, investment and debt management.

Abui has a SWIFT certification for corporates and is a member of the Association of Financial Professionals (AFP) as well as the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Ashley Usher is the COO and former CIIO at Fortis, bringing over two decades of experience in the payments and financial services sector. Usher holds seat on the board of MAU (MAU Workforce Solutions), a company that provides solutions for success in staffing, recruiting, and technology, playing into her strengths in both strategic development and creative problem-solving.

Even more, Usher is a two-time winner of the Global Payments Circle of Excellence Award for merger and acquisition transformation work and for internal business results. Most recently, Usher was included on CRN’s Women of the Channel list for 2023.

At Fortis, Usher has created the vision and seen through 10 integrations in the last two years, contributing to the company’s five-fold growth. She regularly heads major successes with partners, from implementing Fortis’s solution in record time to finding creative ways to process payments on short notice when a client’s system crashed.

She also has a passion for leading and mentoring, guiding professionals who have gone on to succeed in significant industry leadership positions.

Polly Van Duser is Vice President, Talent Acquisition at One Inc, a InsurTech/FinTech that is transforming the insurance space with their digital payments platform. Polly has more than 20 years of recruiting and talent identification experience including 15 years in Payments and FinTech building and leading Talent Acquisition teams with Greenings International, Bank of America Merchant Services, Heartland Payment Systems and WorldPay.

She dedicates much of her own time to organizations focused on empowering women and has led enterprise-wide Women’s Leadership Networks and is on the Executive Board for PayTech Women. Her love for championing others spans her professional and personal life where she serves as a coach and mentor for women.

Polly has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Georgia State University and has her Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR) certification.

She further demonstrates her commitment serving others with two other organizations. She and her husband are actively involved in Sleep in Heavenly Peace, where they build beds for kids who are sleeping on the floor. She also serves on the Board of LaAmistad, an organization committed to education, after school programs and camps for underserved Latino children.

Polly lives in Atlanta and enjoys spending time with her husband, Brad and her stepdaughter, Sarah. She loves traveling and entertaining.

Ana is a seasoned Latina marketing leader with more than 27 years of experience in both consumer and B2B marketing. Ana brings a wealth of experience working across global, cross-functional teams to drive marketing ROI.

In her current role, as Affinipay CMO/EVP, she is responsible for the Marketing Strategy (Brand, Demand Generation, Product Marketing, Comms, Operations, Content, Creative, Partner, Digital and Campaigns) and activation across all verticals, all customer segments. Her focus is the customer.

In her previous role, she was NI’s Chief Marketing Officer. Ana is a thought leader and frequent speaker on the topics of B2B marketing, Corporate Responsibility and Diversity and Inclusion at international conferences.

Ana is an advocate for DEI initiatives, served on NI’s Corporate Impact and DEI Councils, and sits on the boards of Latinitas, a non-profit focused on empowering girls to innovate through media and technology and Raven + Lily, a socially and environmentally conscious brand.

Stephanie Watson is a Health Coach, wife, and mom of 2 boys. She has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction. She is an Emory University Certified Health/Wellness Coach and she also attended the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.

After teaching elementary school for 6 years, Stephanie worked at Whole Foods Market for 3 years as a Healthy Eating Educator. She learned A LOT about how our food is sourced which completely opened her eyes. She is passionate about eating quality food whenever possible.

Stephanie has been a Health Coach for 7 years. She has worked in a school setting helping faculty and staff as well as a clinical setting. She believes that everyone has the ability to make small, sustainable, changes in order to achieve optimal wellness because life is too short not to feel good! Wellness really does feel good!

When Stephanie is not health coaching at STAT Wellness, she’s going on adventures with her husband and two boys. Nature is where everyone is happy! She tries to incorporate self-care into her day like practicing grounding, taking an epsom salt bath, calling her best friend, meditating, deep breathing, or spending time outside so that she can take care of others.

She also loves to cook wholesome meals for her family and listen to inspirational podcasts. Stephanie loves to learn about all things health and wellness!

Leslie Williams has 25 years of experience in the technology sector. Fifteen of those years are in the payments industry. In her role as E2E Program manager, she oversees several parallel Merchant product teams across multiple lines of business and technologies which include Integrated Payments, Commercial Digital Payments, Biller Solutions, Merchant MSFI, SMB and Compliance. Leslie is known by her colleagues as a consummate quality champion and a staunch proponent of Agile Transformation.

Prior to FIS, Leslie has worked in technology for various sectors to include Energy, Gaming, Airlines, Retail and Telecommunications.

A PayTech Women, formerly Wnet member since 2017, Leslie serves on the President’s Advisory Council (PAC). She is the PayTech Women Black/African American Inclusion Group Co-Chair, PayTech Women North Texas Chapter member, PTW Membership Ambassador and serves on the PTW Merchandise Task Force. She is also a FIS PayTech Women Corporate Champion, FIS Mentor, FIS Empower Women’s Inclusion Network member and a FIS Tech Next Culture Task Force member.

Leslie is very active in networking and service organizations, community outreach and health education advocacy. Currently, Leslie is on the Executive Board of Directors for her neighborhood H.O.A., a founder of a Breast Cancer Advocacy and Education nonprofit and regularly serves with the Congressional Directed Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program as a Grant Consumer Reviewer. Leslie passionately believes that all women, professionally or personally, have influence, connections and an opportunity to be a servant leader that reaches back to women who are walking in their shadow.

Rebecca Walden is a payments marketing consultant, freelance writer and editor, and breast cancer advocate. Before making the shift to payments consulting, she served as Vice President of Marketing for First American by Deluxe. In the role, she helped shape go-to-market sales strategy across the First American family of companies.

Within the payments industry, Walden serves on the President’s Advisory Council for PayTech Women and has also chaired various ETA committees. In 2018, she was selected as one of 30 women out of more than 500 applicants for the inaugural class of Money 20/20’s Rise Up leadership accelerator program.

A former journalist and proven PR ace, Walden has worked with industry-specific journalists and mainstream media reporters for two-plus decades, placing her clients in top-tier media outlets including The Associated Press, CNN, National Public Radio, and The New York Times, among others. She also serves as a freelance writer and editor, contributing lifestyle content to brands including Reader’s Digest and Taste of Home.