Speakers

Mike is Chief Economist and Deputy Chief Advocacy Officer for Policy Analysis at America's Credit Unions, which he joined in 1992.  His economic analyses regularly appear in numerous industry publications and financial media. He serves on the board of the Filene Research Institute and on the board of Summit Credit Union, a $6.2 billion financial cooperative with over 240,000 members.  

Carrie is Chief Advocacy Officer at America’s Credit Unions. She leads the organization’s advocacy strategy and relentless efforts to elevate credit union priorities. She has over 2 decades of experience in consumer finance and financial services law, credit union regulations, association lobbying, and was most recently President and CEO of the Virginia Credit Union League. 

Samantha is a growth and business transformation strategist in fintech. She has over two decades of C-suite experience and helps fintech and community financial institutions refine their strategic bets, focus on their end-consumer, and create precision around their P&L. Previously, she was Chief Experience Officer of Co-op Solutions, which served over 3,500 financial institutions and 60 million consumers. 

In 2010 John created the Center for Financial Literacy at Champlain College, where he's been its Director ever since. He's a popular source for national conversations around financial education, where he's been recognized by the White House, the CFPB, the Financial Literacy Education Commission, the FDIC and a wide variety of media outlets. He's past co-chair of the Vermont Financial Literacy Commission.

Brian is EVP and Chief Growth Officer at Velera. He partners with industry leaders to position credit unions competitively in their communities and maintain profitability in their payments programs. Brian is a recognized leader in payment solutions and innovative technologies and a frequent speaker on the future of payments, new payment trends, mobile banking, and alternative payments.

Sam is Managing Director of TruStage Ventures . . . the venture capital arm of the TruStage insurance, investment and technology company. Sam's firm invests in fintech companies with potential for CUs. Sam's prior experiences include investment banking in insurance, asset management, wealth management and fintechs, and as founder and CEO of  Wherewithal, LLC, a fintech startup focused on helping digital consumers kick-start and automate savings.

Arjun is founder of Ascent Platform, a venture-backed company transforming how credit unions use data to better serve  members. Launched during the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Ascent allows anyone to create forms, applications, and experiences for members and employees alike that are consistent and pre-filled with all available known information, increasing application success, reducing abandonment, and decreasing time to completion. Ascent redefines how CUs leverage data to better serve members.

Robert is Founder and CEO of Radius and co-founder of the Federal Reserve's Project Hamilton, the world's first open source core transaction processor of central bank digital currency.  Robert created the legal and regulatory framework for the leading regulated U.S. dollar stablecoin. His background ombines deep experience in blockchain technology, distributed systems, and financial infrastructure, and has been integral in  research at MIT's Digital Currency Initiative.

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