2022 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
FOUNDERS

MARGARET HARTIGAN
CEO, Founder
Marstone

BRIAN LUCIANI
Head of Rise New York
Rise, created by Barclays

ASYA BRADLEY
Senior Partner
Mendoza Ventures

ALLISON BISHOP
President
Proof Trading

ALEXANDRA BONO
Founder, CEO
Pelican

NICOLE CASPERSON
Founder
WTFintech?

CYNTHIA CHEN
Co-Founder, CEO
Kikoff

DANIELLE COHEN-SHOHET
Founder, CEO
GlossGenius

ROCHELLE GOREY
Co-Founder, CEO
SpringFour

VRINDA GUPTA
Co-Founder, CEO
Sequin

KELLY IFILL
Founder, CEO
Guava

KRISTY KIM
Co-Founder, CEO
TomoCredit

ANA MAHONY
Founder, CEO
Addition Wealth

MAIA MONELL
Co-Founder, Chief Growth Officer
Nav.it

ALICE NAWFAL
Co-Founder, CEO
Notabene

MELISSA PANCOAST
Founder, CEO
The Beans

ANNE-MARIE SCHOONBEEK
Co-Founder, COO
KEY ESG


DANAE VACHATA
Founder, CEO
Grounded

NIKKI VARANSI
Founder, CEO
Staax

KELSEY WILLOCK
Co-Founder, CEO
Aura Finance
LEADERS

AMANDA ABRAMS
CEO
Cohen Circle

LINDSAY DAVIS
Head of Markets
Atomic

EMILY ELLIS
Head of People
DriveWealth

ALEX FORD
President, North America
Encompass Corporation

MARGARET KING
VP, Fintech Partnership & Corporate Venture Capital
Franklin Templeton

ANITA RAMASWAMY
Senior Writer
TechCrunch

SIYA VANSIA
Chief Brand & Innovation Officer
ConnectOne Bank

JING ZHUANG
Managing Director, FinTech Investment Banking
Mizuho Americas
MONEY MOVERS

ASHLEY AYDIN
Principal
VamosVentures

MARIQUIT CORCORAN
Head of Fintech Advisory and Venture Capital Coverage
Independence Point Advisors

JOYCE MEHLMAN
Owner
iLEX Consulting Groupl

SARAH MORGENSTERN
Venture Partner
Flourish Ventures

ISABEL STEINHAUS
Investor
Nyca Partners

TIFFINE WANG
Partner - Investments
MS&AD Ventures

CHRISTA WILLIAMS
Principal
Citi Impact Fund
NETWORK BUILDERS

MIA ALEXANDER
VP Customer Success
Dave, Inc

JOSIE BALLEW
Chief of Staff
Billd

CRISTINA CIARAVALLI
Account Executive, Head of Community
Unit / This Week in Fintech

LAUREN DOCKTOR
Associate Director, People Operations Business Partner
Gemini Trust Company LLC

VERONICA GENAO
Business Development Director
Encompass Corporation

DANITA HARRIS
Managing Partner
GUICE Wealth Management

ELENA HASSAN
Head of Marketing, North America
Currencycloud (a Visa solution)

KATHRYN KMIOTEK
Director Channel Marketing
Fortis

APARNA MOHAN
Global Head of Partnerships, Spring by Citi

STACEY PAUL
Senior Director of Client Success
Affirm

JODY PERLA
Managing Director - Global Banking and Payment Infrastructure
Managing Director - Global Banking and Payment Infrastructure
PRODUCT BUILDERS

BRITTANY CANTY
Product
Guava

SPANDANA GOVINDGARI
Staff Payments Engineering Lead
Meta

SNIGHA KUMAR
Head of Product Operations
Digit

AMIE MILLER
Operations Lead
Cash App

DALIA NAYFEH
Senior Manager, Global Merchant Lending
PayPal

SHEETAL PARIKH
Associate General Counsel, VP of Compliance
Treasury Prime

SAIRA RAHMAN
VP, New Investor Initiatives
Fundrise

EMILY SALTSGAVER
Director of Product Content
Jack Henry

LAKSHMI SUBBRAMANIAN
Engineering Manager
Alloy

SILVIA TUEROS-COSSIO
Senior Director of Product Design
Stash

COLLEEN WILSON
VP - Product
Mantl

MEREDITH YOUNG
Compliance Analyst
Clear Street