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
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