2025 Speakers
Meet the Visionaries Shaping the Future
This conference brings together the industry’s most influential speakers — top banking executives, financial innovators, and strategic leaders — for two days of high-impact insights and C-suite-level discussion. Across keynote sessions, candid interviews, and interactive discussions, these leaders share the insights, strategies, and real-world experiences that drive performance and spark innovation.
Every voice brings a fresh perspective, every story offers a catalyst for action.
Our Speakers
Amanda Allexon
Partner
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Sri Ambati
CEO and Founder
H2O.ai
Rachel Anderika
Global Head of Operations; COO
Anchorage Digital
Alyse Belavic
Senior Director, Payment Partnerships
Prove
Cyrine BenFarhat
Global Equities Business Manager
BNP Paribas
Irina Berkon
CFO
Metallicus
Carolyn Booth
Head of U.S. Personal & Business Banking
BMO
Kim Bozzella
Managing Director and Global Head of Technology Consulting
Protiviti
Margaret Butler
Partner; Head, Financial Services Industry Team
BakerHostetler
Wendy Cai-Lee
Founder and CEO
Piermont Bank
Jessica Carta
Senior VP, Consumer and Small Business Payments
Citizens Bank
Jill Castilla
President, CEO, Vice Chairman
Citizens Bank of Edmond
Sumeet Chabria
CEO
ThoughtLinks
Anna Chung
EVP and Chief Community Lending Officer
Hanmi Bank
Amanda Cox
Partner
PwC
Penny Crosman
Executive Editor, Technology
American Banker
Hazel Dalton
SVP, Chief Technology Officer, Financial Crime Management Technology
Nasdaq
Pooja Daswani
General Partner
Edward Jones
Hope Dmuchowski
SEVP, Chief Financial Officer
First Horizon
Jennifer Doyle
Global Co-Head of Structured Products Group
Wells Fargo
Mary Ellen Egan
Senior Director, Strategy and Content
American Banker Live Media
Tasnim Ghiawadwala
Global Head of Commercial Bank
Citi
Ruchira Ghosh
Head of Customer Authentication
TD Bank
Pam Habner
Head of Branded Cards & Lending
Citi
Eralda Hasani
Senior Director, Head of Domestic Payments
BNY
Teresa Heitsenrether
Chief Data and Analytics Officer
JPMorgan Chase
Michelle Heppler
Co-Founder and CCO
Unique AI
Kristin Lesher
Chief Wholesale Banking Officer
Truist
Tammy LoCascio
Senior EVP, COO
First Horizon
Solita Marcelli
Global Head of Investment Management, UBS Global Wealth Management
UBS
Prashant Mehrotra
Chief AI Officer
US Bank
Mary Ann Miller
VP, Fraud Executive Advisor
Prove
Christina Mohr
Vice Chair of M&A and Investment Banking
Citi
Racquel Oden
U.S. Head of International Wealth and Premier Banking and U.S. Head of Global Private Banking
HSBC
Joyce Phillips
Founder and CEO
EqualFuture Corp
Cristin Reid
Chairman and CEO
Capitol National Bank
Bailey Reutzel
Senior Director, Strategy and Content
American Banker Live Media
Lisa Roberts
Head of Wealth
Wilmington Trust
Chana Schoenberger
Editor in Chief
American Banker
Sara Seguin
Principal Advisor of Fraud & Identity Risk
Alloy
Debopama Sen
Head of Payments, Services
Citi
Raj Seshadri
Chief Commercial Payments Officer
Mastercard
Meghan Shue
EVP, Chief Investment Strategist
Wilmington Trust
Brandon Snower
Founder, CEO, Creative Director
Le Alfré
Ro Spaziani
Partner
Gibson Dunn
Holly Sraeel
Founder, The Most Powerful Women in Banking & SVP, Strategy and Content
American Banker Live Media
Jennifer St. John-Foster
Sr. Sales Manager, North America Financial Services
NVIDIA
Ladan Stewart
Partner
White & Case LLP
Kristin Streett
Head of Banking GTM
ServiceNow
Lauren Sullivan Bowes
Head of Sales, Banking and Wealth
Plaid
Liz Thomas
Head of Investment Strategy
SoFi
Janna Wagoner
SVP Enterprise Transformation Director
Fifth Third Bank
Carolyn Weinberg
Chief Product and Innovation Officer
BNY
Katie Whalen
Head of Small and Midsize Business, Financial Institution Channels and Global SMB Strategy, Merchant Solutions
Fiserv
Claire Williams
Reporter
American Banker
Daniel Wolfe
Director, Data Services
American Banker
Liz Wolverton
Head of Consumer Banking & Brand Experience
Synovus