FinTech Advisory Council

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Candace Kelly

Candace Kelly is a member of the FinTech Advisory Council at the Milken Institute. She is also the chief legal and policy officer of the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), a nonprofit organization that works with and supports changemakers in creating equitable access to the global financial system through blockchain technology. She leads SDF’s legal team and policy teams, which work to connect the public and private sectors and engage global regulators.
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Cameron Fowler

Cameron “Cam” Fowler is the CEO of Early Warning Services (EWS) and a member of the FinTech Advisory Council at the Milken Institute.
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Ryan Zurrer

Ryan Zurrer is the founder of Dialectic, a Switzerland-based, agentic, risk-controlled crypto yield platform, and a member of the FinTech Advisory Council at the Milken Institute.
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James Barrese

James Barrese joined Intuit as senior vice president of FinTech in September 2023. He heads an organization comprising product and development teams that aim to fuel prosperity globally for small businesses and the self-employed by leveraging the power of millions of customers to support the prosperity of each individual.
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Ngoc Can

Senior Director, Private Equity at Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS)
Ngoc Can serves as senior director of private equity at the Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS). In her current role, she helped lay the foundations for TMRS’s internal direct coinvestment portfolio and participated in underwriting its commitments in private equity, private credit, and direct investments.
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Brett Tejpaul

Brett Tejpaul serves as head of Coinbase Institutional, where he oversees the expansion of Coinbase’s institutional client base, introduces new features and services expected by institutional investors, and continues to educate the institutional community about crypto.
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Nilmini Rubin

Nilmini Rubin leads global public policy for Hedera, a leading sustainable, enterprise-grade distributed ledger technology network. As chief policy officer, she engages with policymakers, civil society, and the media to shape blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), and economic policy.
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Matt Oppenheimer

Matt Oppenheimer is the co-founder and CEO of Remitly, a trusted provider of digital financial services that transcend borders.
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Natalia Karayaneva

Natalia Karayaneva is the founder and CEO of Propy, a Silicon Valley company revolutionizing home purchasing via smart contracts and artificial intelligence. She is a World Economic Forum Pioneer, an award-winning real estate developer, software engineer, and serial entrepreneur with extensive knowledge in real estate and cryptography.
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Peter Mintzberg

Peter Mintzberg is the CEO of Grayscale Investments. He joined Grayscale from Goldman Sachs, where he served as global head of strategy for Asset and Wealth Management.
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