2021 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

Sruthi Lanka
Public.com
CFO

Nik Milanović
Head of BD & Strategy at Google Pay

Jane Barratt
MX
Chief Advocacy Officer / Acting Chief People Officer

Chenni Xu
Ant Group
Head of Corporate Communications, Americas Region
FOUNDERS

MICHELE ALT
Co-Founder, Partner
Klarnos Group

NORA APSEL
Co-Founder, CEO
Morty

LILAC BAR DAVID
Co-Founder, CEO
Lili

SARAH BILLER
Co-Founder, Executive Director
Fintech Sandbox

WENDY CAI-LEE
Founder, CEO
Piermont Bank

TANI CHAMBERS
Founder, CEO
RAVN

SWATI CHATURVEDI
Co-Founder, CEO
Propel (x)

MARGARET HARTIGAN
Founder, CEO
Marstone

RENEE KING
CEO, Founder
FundBlackFounders

ENNIE LIM
Co-Founder, CEO
HoneyBee

MAYA NIJHAWAN
Co-Founder, Head of Marketing
Finch

JESSICA SCHAEFER
Founder and Executive Chair
Bevel

KIRTI SHENOY
CEO
Zeal
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BILLIE SIMMONS
Founder
Daylight


YANIQUE WILLIAMS
Founder & Technologist
Young Ambitious One
LEADERS

BROOKE BERMAN
Head of Financial Partnerships
Propel, Inc.

ANYA BOUTOV
Chief Revenue Officer
Beacon Platform

THAIS BRANCO
Head of Marketing
nate

RACHEL CARPENTER
COO, Global Consumer Technology Partnerships
Citi

ANGELA CERESNIE
CEO
Climb Credit

LULE DEMISSIE
President
eToro

TRACY GARLEY
CEO
GoFundHer

DELISHA GRANT
Associate General Counsel
Addepar

ALIYA HAIDER
General Counsel
Beacon Platform

TOAN HUYNH
Fintech Entrepreneur, Investor, Advisor, Board Member & Champion
Various

ERIN JAEGER
Head of US GTM Operations
Klarna

DENIZ JOHNSON
COO
Stratyfy

KERYN KOCH
VP People
CommonBond

BETH KURTESON
Managing Director
Gemini

AMANDA LUI
Head of Product
Albert

CALANTHIA MEI
VP, Head of Partnerships
Fast

ROBIN NUNN
Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

BRIDGETTE PENEL
Head of Customer Success
Synctera
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SYDNEY SCHAUB
Chief Legal Officer
Gemini

GARIMA SHAH
President
Biller Genie

JULIETTE-MARIE SOMERSET
CEO, Board Member, Advisor
Somerset Capital
MONEY MOVERS

CHRISTINE CHANG
Advisor, Board member, Angel Investor
TBD Angels

ELIZABETH DAVIS
Principal
Anthemis

JASLEEN KAUR
Principal
CE Innovation Capital

JENNIFER LEE
Partner
Edison Partners

SENOFER MENDOZA
Founder & General Partner
Mendoza Ventures

AMEE PARBHOO
Managing Director
Accion Venture Lab

GINA KIRCH
Founder
The Venture Collective

NISHA DESAI
Managing General Partner
Andav Capital
NETWORK BUILDERS

AMBER BUKER
Director of Insights
Alloy Labs
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ILANA FASS
VP
Silicon Valley Bank

CARA HAYWARD
Director of Partnerships, North America
Currencycloud

PARKER JAY-PACHIRAT
Chief of Staff
Fintech Today

ASHLYN LACKEY
Startup Commercial Catalyst
Citibank

GLORIA LI
Researcher (& Student)
Harvard University

LINDA LIPOVETSKY
Senior Client Success
Vise

ALLISON SCHNEIDER
Venture Partnerships
Vouch Insurance

NNEKA UKPAI
Senior Director, Business and Legal Affairs
Better

KELSEY WEAVER
Board Member
Locality Bank
PRODUCT BUILDERS

SHRIYA BADDULA
Senior QA Analyst
Gemini

SREYA BASUMALLIK
Senior Project Manager, Product Design
Marqeta

JAN CHOY
VP of Data Analytics
Evaluserve

CATHERINE CORNELL
Sr Director of Product, Invest and Brokerage
Stash

MARYALEXA DIVVER
Director of Product, Investing
Public.com

DYLANI HERATH
Head of Engineering
Greenwood

RAAKHEE MILLER
Chief Product Officer
DriveWealth

MALIHA SALIM
Global Product Manager
Bloomberg LP

NELLIE TAN
Product Manager
Revolut

DORY WEISS
Executive Vice President, Engineering
nCino, inc.