Speakers
2023 Conference Co-Chairs

Elan Mendel
SVP, Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory Affairs
Mastercard

David Beam
Partner
Mayer Brown LLP
Government Alumni

Matthew Homer
Former Executive Deputy Superintendent
NY Department of Financial Services

Andrew Nigrinis
Managing Principal
Edgeworth Economics
Former CFPB Enforcement Economist

Thomas G. Ward
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
Former Enforcement Director, Office of Enforcement, CFBP

Richard Weber
Partner
Winston & Strawn LLP
Former General Counsel, New York Department of Financial Services
Esteemed Speaker Faculty

Sumeet Chugani
Associate General Counsel
Coinbase

Alan Cohn
Partner
Steptoe & Johnson LLP

John Coleman
Partner
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Former Deputy General Counsel, CFPB

Elizabeth Corbett
VP, Deputy General Counsel, Product, Regulatory & Privacy
Affirm

Sulejman Dizdarevic
Director & Assistant General Counsel
Discover

Ryan Fayhee
Partner
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Michelle Ann Gitlitz
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Flexa Network Inc.

Melissa G. Goldstein
Partner
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

Inna Jackson
Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel
HSBC Bank USA

Ebony Johnson
Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel for Public Affairs
Truist

Jane Khodarkovsky
General Counsel
Celo Foundation

Ed Koellner
Associate General Counsel – Payments & FinTech
USAA

Kara Kuchar
Partner
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

Phil Laffey
Senior Associate General Counsel
Global Payments

Robert Lavet
General Counsel
SoFi

Andrew J. Lorentz
Partner
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Adam Maarec
Senior Director, Associate General Counsel
Capital One

Sydney Mayer
Regulatory Counsel
Block

David Meadows
Partner
Alston & Bird LLP

Benjamin Melnicki
Product & Regulatory Counsel
Cross River

Ali Rathod-Papier
Head of Financial Crime Compliance
Brex

Amy Pugh
General Counsel
Green Dot

Andrew Rosenberg
Senior Director and Global Compliance
Ripple

Parris Sanz
EVP/General Counsel
WebBank

Paula Sternberg
Lead Counsel, Escalated Matters & Customer Experience
Wells Fargo

Ky Trans-Trong
Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Global Regulatory Affairs
Visa
