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November 18, 2025 | The Westin Washington, D.C. City Center
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The AFC Policy Summit 2025
DETAILS
MODERATOR
SPEAKERS
Phil Goldfeder
CEO, American Fintech Council
Welcome Remarks
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MODERATOR
SPEAKERS
Phil Goldfeder
CEO, American Fintech Council
AFC Policy Summit 2025 Awards | Emerging Policy Leader
DETAILS
MODERATOR
SPEAKERS
RaShawn Mitchell
Head of Government Affairs, MoneyLion
AFC Policy Summit 2025 | Treasury Talks, Markets Walk: Dollars, Data and Smart Decisions
DETAILS
MODERATOR
Farah Zubair
Head of Regulatory Affairs, SoFi
SPEAKERS
Jonathan McKernan
Undersecretary of Domestic Finance, U.S. Department of the Treasury
AFC Policy Summit 2025 | Consumer-Centered Innovation: Scaling Access and Accountability
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MODERATOR
Katy Ryan
Partner, Orrick
SPEAKERS
Jason Wilk
CEO, DAVE
AFC Policy Summit 2025 | In Code We Trust: Building Confidence in AI and Digital Assets
DETAILS
MODERATOR
Meghan Spillane
Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
SPEAKERS
Dan Chang
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Thread Bank
Ben Melnicki
Chief Compliance Officer, Cross River
Jason Mikula
Managing Director, Fintech Business Weekly
Esty Scheiner
CEO and Co-Founder, Shiboleth.ai
AFC Policy Summit 2025 Awards | Exceptional Woman in Fintech
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MODERATOR
SPEAKERS
Laurel Taylor
Founder and CEO, Candidly
AFC Policy Summit 2025 | Policy Meets Pragmatic Progress: Legislation with Benefits
DETAILS
MODERATOR
Brendan Pedersen
Financial Services Reporter, Punchbowl News
SPEAKERS
Congressman Ritchie Torres
Member, House Financial Services Committee
AFC Policy Summit 2025 | Making Cents of the World: Banking on Inclusion, Betting on Innovation
DETAILS
MODERATOR
Chris Hilliard
CEO, Founding Member, Winnow
SPEAKERS
Congresswoman Young Kim
Member, House Financial Services Committee
AFC Policy Summit 2025 Awards | Federal Public Service Award
DETAILS
MODERATOR
SPEAKERS
Chairman Rodney Hood
Independent Board Director, Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
AFC Policy Summit 2025 | Lending a Hand: Building Sustainable Bank-Fintech Models
DETAILS
MODERATOR
Marc P. Franson
Partner, Chapman and Cutler LLP
SPEAKERS
Katherine Adkins
CLO, CCO & Sect’y, Affirm
Christa Degnan
Chief Product Officer, Bloom Credit
Robert Gonzalez
General Counsel, Mercury
Kate Layton
Chief Legal Officer, Oportun
AFC Policy Summit 2025 | From Seed to Sky
DETAILS
MODERATOR
Maxime Seguineau
Founder, Managing Partner, Raido Capital
SPEAKERS
Nathaniel Harley
President, MANTL
Trisha Kothari
CEO & Founder, Unit21
Georgina Merhom
Founder, SOLO
Taylor Peake
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Occupi
AFC Policy Summit 2025 | Modern Finance, Modern Oversight: From Marble Halls To Fintech Calls
DETAILS
MODERATOR
Jeremy Creelan
Partner, Jenner & Block LLP
SPEAKERS
Congressman Bryan Steil
Chairman, House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Fintech, and AI
AFC Policy Summit 2025 | Statehouses to Startups
DETAILS
MODERATOR
Robert Savoie
Member Chair, Fintech Practice Group, McGlinchey
SPEAKERS
Delegate Marlon Amprey
Maryland House of Delegates & Member, Economic Matters Committee
Assemblymember Brian Cunningham
New York State Assembly & Member, Committee on Banks
Senator Tim Grayson
California State Senate & Chair, Senate Banking & Financial Institutions Committee
Senator Spiros Mantzavinos
Delaware State Senate & Chair, Senate Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee
AFC Policy Summit 2025 Awards | State Public Service Award
DETAILS
MODERATOR
SPEAKERS
Delegate Marlon Amprey
Maryland House of Delegates & Member, Economic Matters Committee
AFC Policy Summit 2025 | Credit Where Credit is Due: Fintech's Lending Revolution
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MODERATOR
Avy Mallik
Financial Services Group Partner, Morrison Foerster
SPEAKERS
David Kimball
CEO, Prosper
AFC Policy Summit 2025 | FDIC on Modern Banking and Regulation
DETAILS
MODERATOR
Juan Azel
Chair, Fintech, Banking & Payments Group, Winston & Strawn
SPEAKERS
Travis Hill
Acting Chairman, FDIC
AFC Policy Summit 2025 | Setting a Standard That Sticks: Playbooks, Practices, and Protocols
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MODERATOR
Alex Johnson
Founder, Fintech Takes
SPEAKERS
Sima Gandhi
Co-Founder, CFES & Senior Advisor, FS Vector
Jason Henrichs
Chief Executive Officer, Alloy Labs Alliance
Melissa Koide
CEO, FinRegLab
Brandon Milhorn
President & CEO, Conference of State Bank Supervisors
AFC Policy Summit 2025 | Embedded Finance, Expanded Possibilities: Policy, Promise and Progress
DETAILS
MODERATOR
Kiah Lau Haslett
Creator, Fintech Takes Banking
SPEAKERS
Jason Hardgrave
CEO, DR Bank
Matt Michaelis
Chairman & CEO, Emprise Bank
Austin Strong
CEO, TAB Bank
Dub Sutherland
CEO, TransPecos Bank
AFC Policy Summit 2025 Awards | Innovative Banker of the Year
DETAILS
MODERATOR
SPEAKERS
Ana Liza Grandner
Chief Payments Officer, First Bank of the Lake
AFC Policy Summit 2025 | Opening the Algorithm: Where AI Meets Open Banking and Smarter Underwriting
DETAILS
MODERATOR
Peter Renton
CEO and Founder, Renton & Co LLC
SPEAKERS
Dave Girouard
CEO, Upstart
AFC Policy Summit 2025 Awards | Fintech Advocate of the Year
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MODERATOR
SPEAKERS
Scott Astrada
Director of Public Policy & Public Affairs, Affirm
AFC Policy Summit 2025 | A Conversation with Comptroller Gould: Steering the Federal Banking System Into the Future
DETAILS
MODERATOR
Ian P. Moloney
Chief Policy Officer, AFC
SPEAKERS
Jonathan Gould
Comptroller of the Currency
AFC Policy Summit 2025 | Closing Remarks
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MODERATOR
SPEAKERS
Juan Azel
Chair, Fintech, Banking & Payments Group, Winston & Strawn
Carl Fornaris
Partner and Co-Chair, Financial Services Practice, Winston & Strawn LLP
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