2023 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

JULIE ISKOW
CEO
Workiva

AMY KADOMATSU
CEO
ComplySci

CHARLEY MA
Co-Founder, General Partner
Exponent
FOUNDERS

ALLI JORDAN
President
LibertyFI

AMI KUMORDZIE
Founder
Sika Health

CARMEN PEREZ
Founder
Much

KELLY WALTRICH
Founder, CEO
Intention.ly

LAURA KORNHAUSER
Founder
Stratyfy

LAURA SPIEKERMAN
Founder
Alloy

MARGEAUX GILES
Founder
Irys Insurance

MARLA SOFER
Founder
Knomee

MARY KOPCYZNSKI
Founder
RegAlytics

MICAL JEANLYS-WHITE
Founder
WealthMore

MICHELE ALT
Founder
Klaros Group

RASHMI MELGIRI
Founder
Functional Finance

SOPHIA GOLDBERG
Founder
Ansa

SIVAN TEHILA
Founder
Onyxia Cyber

YANIQUE WILLAMS
Founder
Ambitious Global
LEADERS

ALLA LIBERMAN
CFO, COO
Beacon Platform Inc.

AMANDA ESTIVERNE-COLAS
Delivery Partner
Endava

BETSABE BOTAITIS
CFO and Treasurer
Hedera
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DELISHA GRANT
VP, General Counsel
Addepar

DENIZ JOHNSON
COO
Stratyfy

ELIZABETH LYONS
COO
T-Rex Group

JENNIFER GONZALEZ
Director of Lending Strategies
Informed IQ
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JANEEN FRANCE
SVP, Head of Global Client Management & GTM Strategy & Ops
Addepar

LAURA GIBSON-LAMOTHE
Executive Director
Georgia Fintech Academy

MARIANA LOPERT-SCHAYE
Managing Director
BNY Mellon

MICHELLE FEINSTEIN
GM Global Financial Services Solutions & Strategy
Salesforce

NIMISHA PATEL
CFO
Mastercard Technology

PHOEBE CHEN
Fintech Startup Growth Strategy Lead
AWS
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SHARON KEAN
EVP, Global Head of Product
Wise

SHARON RIVERA
Fintech Consultant
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JESSICA ZALL
CMO
Percent
MONEY MOVERS

CAT MIDDLETON
General Partner
The Venture Collective

KIMBERLY TRAUTMANN
Head of DRW Venture Capital
DRW Venture Capital

PAM KAUR
Head of Bank Technology
Bank Tech Ventures

RENEE NALBANDYAN
Director, Global Strategic & Sustainable Investments
Bank of America

TAL SIGURA
Venture Investments
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TANVI LAL
Senior Associate
Intuit Ventures

TATYANA KRATUNOVA
FIS Accelerator
FIS
Network Builders

ASHLEY EVERETT
Director of Operations
Revtech Labs

ASHLYN LACKEY
Director, Innovation Strategy
Prudential

CARINA ORIEL
Head of Rise New York
Rise - Created by Barclays

CATHERINE UNERTL
Head of Financial Partnerships & Operations
Mercury

GRACE BERKERY
Director, Startup Engagement
Mastercard

JENN ROSENTHAL
VP, Communications
Grayscale Investment

KRISTA CARR
Head of Americas,
UBS Next

KRISTEN CASTELL
Managing Director
Fintech Cafe

MONICA MURTHY
Director of Fintech
Alloy

RENEE LAU
Business Development Principal
AWS

SHADE ALCINE
Enterprise Account Manager
Human Security

ZAYAN HAGENS
Global Account Manager
AWS
Product Builders

AKITA SOMANI
SVP, BNPL/POS
Elavon (U.S. Bank)

ANAT GILBOA
Senior Product Manager
Current (Finco Services, Inc.)

ANGELICA ALAM
Senior Product Manager, Head of Correspondent Banking
Wells Fargo
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CATHERINE CUI YE
Head of BaaS Engineering
Stripe

CRISTINA PASCALAU
Software Developer
Bank of America

HANNA BYERS
VP of Product
Wealth.com

JESSICA JIANG
Vice President
Goldman Sachs

MICHELLE WILSON
VP, Head of Product
Canoe Intelligence

TAYLOR PORTER
Product Lead
Plaid

YEHUDIT NATHAN
Director of Engineering
Octane