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

Barrie VanBrackle

Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP