Sophie Bowler is a senior risk and compliance leader specialising in digital assets, custody, and financial crime prevention. As a Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, she brings deep, practical experience in building and scaling risk management frameworks for crypto and digital asset businesses operating across multiple regulatory regimes.Sophie regularly speaks on topics including digital asset financial crime compliance, AML/CTF and sanctions risk, blockchain analytics, custody risk, operational resilience, and the regulatory evolution of crypto markets. She is particularly known for translating complex regulatory expectations—such as Travel Rule implementation, third‑party risk, and digital operational resilience—into practical, business‑ready solutions.She has spoken at industry events including the Capital Pioneer Digital Assets Summit, Financial Crime 1LOD summit, FCA investigations and enforcement summit, Staking Summit UAE, and conducted numerous roundtables and podcasts where she has participated in panels and discussions on digital resilience, regulatory change, and compliance leadership in crypto. Sophie is a frequent contributor to industry discussions on the future of compliant digital asset infrastructure and responsible innovation.

Sorcha Mulligan is a Web3 & Immersive Technology entrepreneur, advisor, mentor & diversity advocate drawing on a 15 year TradFi Corporate Treasury career in Tier 1 Financial Institutions. Founder of The SMEChain, a Consultancy for purpose driven founders applying emerging technology to solve real world problems addressing ESG challenges, she has been immersed in the world of Blockchain since 2016.

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Sorcha sits on numerous industry group committees or represents as Ambassador or Mentor for AWIC, Women in Immersive Tech Europe WiiT, BlockW, Blockchain Ireland, the Impact Innovation Foundation, Tech FoundHer, ECOTA, CHAISE & Global InvestHer. Sorcha has been voted Top 100 Women in VC & Startups in Ireland, Top Voice for Diversity & Inclusion, Top 100 Women in Blockchain & LinkedIn Top Voice.

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Sorcha has featured as a speaker, moderator, panelist, podcast guest at over 50 events & conferences in-person, online & hybrid all over the world & is open to speak passionately about technology for positive change. Her core objective is to join the dots across networks of networks to elevate & empower women & diverse thinkers.

Stacey Rolland is a leading expert in emerging technology policy and strategy in Washington, DC. She brings two decades of experience in Congress, the Treasury Department, private sector risk management, and government relations. She is the founder and CEO of Zero One Strategies, a boutique government relations firm focused on emerging tech policy in areas such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, decentralized technologies, cyber, data, and digital infrastructure, as well as the multiple policy issues impacting these sectors, including tax and financial services.Before founding Zero One Strategies, Stacey established and led an emerging technology government relations practice at a top-ten government relations and public affairs firm in Washington, DC. She also served in senior risk and compliance roles at Capital One. In the public sector, Stacey served within the Treasury Department as Chief of Staff to the Office of Tax Policy and senior advisor to the Office of Legislative Affairs. She also served as senior tax policy advisor to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Xavier Becerra. Stacey holds a J.D. from UCLA School of Law, a B.A. from Smith College, and CIPP/US and CIPM data certifications from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). She serves on the advisory board and as a senior fellow for World in 2050, as a contributor to Diplomatic Courier, and as an advisor to emerging technology organizations. Stacey frequently speaks and publishes on emerging technology policy issues.

Steffi is a highly skilled and experienced business development professional with a passion for driving growth and innovation. As the Marketing Head at Metaco APAC and MEA, her primary focus is to advance the institutional adoption of digital assets by providing institutions with a robust and secure digital asset infrastructure.

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Steffi is passionate about fintech, and her expertise in the field has helped her to develop a deep understanding of the industry. She is also a strong advocate for advancing more women in fintech and is actively involved in initiatives that promote gender diversity in the industry.

Susan Holliday is an independent board director and trusted adviser to boards and management, with over 30 years’ experience in global financial services, specializing in insurance, strategy and risk in both developed and emerging markets. She has worked in several areas of the IFC and World Bank, and prior to that was a managing director at Swiss Re, serving as Head of Strategy for Swiss Re’s global reinsurance business and before this CFO of Reinsurance Client Markets and group Head of Investor Relations. She has served as a board director in UK, US, Brazil, Nigeria and India, including chairing Audit and Risk Committees, with a focus on regulated financial services. She is the co-author of a Directors and Boards magazine series “What Board Directors Need to Know About Crypto” and a conference and podcast speaker. Susan graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford, with a degree in Modern History and completed Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program. She is a Chartered Accountant and a Qualified Risk Director of the DCRO Institute, holds the HBS Corporate Director Certification and the NACD DC.

Tamara Weber is currently a Senior Principal Investigator on the Crypto Asset Investigations Team at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), where she conducts advanced crypto-related reviews and special investigations involving FINRA member firms and registered representatives.Prior to joining FINRA, Tamara served as a Special Agent for over 20 years with the FDIC-OIG, SIGTARP, and the U.S. Secret Service, where she specialized in financial crimes investigations involving bank fraud and securities fraud. Tamara also possesses expertise in investigating illicit crypto-related activities in violation of the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering laws, which is bolstered by her CAMS certification and several certifications in cryptocurrency tracing, compliance, and investigations.Tamara holds a Juris Doctorate Degree and is a former federal and state prosecutor. Tamara served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of California. Prior to her career with the federal government, Tamara prosecuted felony criminal cases as an Assistant State’s Attorney at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office in Chicago, Illinois.

Teresa Anaya is founder and director of AML Audit and Advisory.  Ms. Anaya has over 25 years of experience in accounting and information technology with most recent 15 years in governance, risk and compliance. She provided investigation services for the FDIC during the financial crisis of 2008, investigating reason for failure of the financial institutions with continuous work in financial crime and compliance for global banks, money services businesses and cryptocurrency native companies.   She has worked on over 1500  fraud, money laundering and terrorist financing related investigations over her career.Ms. Anaya's background covers traditional financial crime but she specializes in digital asset financial crime and compliance, having worked her first bitcoin case in 2016. After working on projects for Standard Chartered Bank, Bank of America and MoneyGram, she joined Blockchain Intelligence Group where she helped develop tools to track and trace the illicit activity associated with the movement of digital assets. She’s provided training sessions to global regulators in Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada and partnered with law firms to aid in the writing of securities policy for digital assets.Teresa co-developed the Certified Cryptocurrency Training Certification program with Robert Whitaker, who is a former Supervisory Special Agent, Illicit Finance and Proceeds of Crime Unit, U.S. Homeland Security, a course designed and approved for law enforcement continuing education credits and adapted for compliance professionals. She has worked numerous cryptocurrency investigations, partnering with law enforcement to provide education and assistance in an effort to recover stolen funds.She has experience building and managing a Bank Secrecy Act Compliance program for a top 5 stablecoin, a decentralized lending marketplace, as well as advisory for digital asset related investment funds in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands. She was engaged to be the key-note speaker for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, including speaking for the ACFE in Abu Dhabi and most recently invited to the CAII – Peru’s leading Anti-Corruption Conference, provided training sessions for the FBI and is a regular guest lecturer for Texas Christian University.Ms. Anaya maintains the following certifications:Certified Cryptocurrency InvestigatorCertified Fraud ExaminerCertified Anti-Money Laundering SpecialistITIL 3 CertifiedCertified Bitcoin Professional

Tiana Whitehouse is based in Berlin, Germany. She is a seasoned professional with a diverse background in international law, financial services regulation, risk management advisory, policy development and business consulting. As the Founder and Managing Director of SWOT Team Consulting GmbH, Tiana provides governance, risk, and compliance expertise to a global client base of financial services and technology businesses.  She is also currently serving as the Board Chair for a European blockchain impact investment platform.  Prior to founding SWOT Team Consulting GmbH, Tiana held significant roles such as Global Head of Compliance for a crypto services provider in hypergrowth stage, various roles with the Financial Markets Authority in Auckland, New Zealand, and a Manager in the Risk Advisory section at KPMG.Tiana frequently contributes to working groups in the EU and UK on blockchain policy topics and speaks about regulatory change management, FinTech compliance, cross-border risk management, and corporate governance.  Tiana’s next speaking engagement is in April at the ThinkBlockTank MiCA Roundtable event in Berlin, Germany, where she will discuss the policy implications for crypto-assets businesses under ESMA’s latest Reverse Solicitation Guidelines. Tiana holds a J.D. from Loyola New Orleans College of Law and a B.A. in Political Economy from Tulane University.

Tiffany J. Smith is a partner at WilmerHale and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Working Group.  

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Tiffany is a seasoned regulatory attorney with experience advising tradfi and crypto/Web3 companies on cutting edge regulatory and compliance matters, and has emerged as one of the leading experts on crypto regulation because of her securities regulatory expertise and understanding of the underlying technology. She is a thought leader and highly sought after speaker, and often writes and speaks on crypto and diversity at conferences and client events across the country.  Specifically, Tiffany has spoken at events hosted by Bloomberg, the Cato Institute, American Bar Association and the Practicing Law Institute.  

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Tiffany is also Co-Founder of the Blockchain Braintrust, a non-profit focused on ensuring disruptive technologies promote financial inclusion.  The Blockchain Braintrust also hosts an annual convening of Black crypto and Web3 executives. She has a J.D. from The George Washington University Law School, and a BBA from The George Washington University.

Valeria Kennedy is the Director of International Intelligence Solutions at Chainalysis where she leads a team of best-in-class investigators. Valeria specializes in the post-Soviet space, emerging technology, and malign interference. Before Chainalysis, Valeria was nominated as a Fulbright scholar and researched artificial intelligence and cyber warfare in Tel Aviv. Valeria previously worked on crisis response at UNICEF Ukraine. She also served at several think tanks and non-profit institutions, including the German Marshall Fund's Alliance for Securing Democracy, where she worked on autocratic interference.

Valerie Kennedy is the Director of Services (Americas) at Chainalysis, where she leads a multi-disciplinary organization spanning investigative consulting, strategic advisory, and customer-facing delivery in support of banks, fintechs, crypto platforms, and government agencies across the region. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing complex, high-impact engagements with Fortune 500 financial institutions, regulators, and law enforcement, helping organizations operationalize blockchain data to detect illicit finance, modernize compliance and risk frameworks, and address the national-security implications of emerging financial technologies. Valerie plays a central role in shaping and scaling new service offerings across threat intelligence, stablecoin risk, and institutional crypto adoption, while also developing go-to-market frameworks that tightly integrate advisory services with Chainalysis’ data products to drive durable, repeatable impact at enterprise scale. Her work sits at the intersection of technology, policy, and security, translating technical complexity into strategic insight for senior decision-makers navigating the evolving digital asset landscape.Earlier in her career, Valerie worked at Bittrex, one of the earliest U.S. cryptocurrency exchanges, where she supported investigations and compliance efforts involving fraud, sanctions, and regulatory risk during a formative period for the industry. Her work contributed to the maturation of internal investigative workflows and risk practices as crypto exchanges navigated increasing regulatory and enforcement scrutiny.Her background spans international security, policy, and emerging technology, with prior roles at the United Nations, the German Marshall Fund, and UNICEF. She was also a Fulbright Scholar in Israel, where she speer headed research on cyber conflict and the role of emerging technologies such as AI in intelligence collection.Valerie is a frequent speaker on crypto, geopolitics, and information integrity, and has appeared on CNBC to discuss sanctions evasion, hybrid threats, and the evolving role of blockchain analytics in national security.

Vasilia is the Head of Partnerships at Integral, a web3 treasury management, accounting and financial operations platform, giving enterprises and funds a complete and auditable view into their treasury.Vasilia has held sales leadership roles in hyper growth startups, from seed to Series B.  Prior to that, she held a number of roles at Citigroup, across the payments and treasury space, primarily managing and advising a portfolio of Fortune 500 clients. She holds a BCom from McGill University with a double major in Finance and Economics.She has spoken on a number of panels, most recently at the Digital Asset Summit on an expert panel regarding the future of treasury management and the institutionalization of web3.

Vee Wright is a content strategist and crypto educator with a unique foundation in elite journalism and entrepreneurial execution. A former editor in the news service of The New York Times and at NBCnews.com among others, Vee brings rigorous research standards and narrative discipline to the crypto and blockchain space. Here, she is intentionally engaged in shaping industry discourse and building bridges between technical innovation and mainstream understanding.Vee's work is guided by a simple question: how do emerging technologies become useful to ordinary people? This lens shapes her focus areas: financial literacy and wealth-building, financial inclusion through DeFi, blockchain for social good, community building in Web3. She is especially interested in mentorship and creating onramps for the next wave of adopters.Vee is the creator of a 10-part Bitcoin education series, available on YouTube, which is designed to equip newcomers with foundational knowledge and critical context. She has facilitated community conversations on tenant advocacy, civic engagement and the ethics of attention in organizational culture. Her speaking style is grounded, clear and informed by editorial precision and a genuine enthusiasm for the next wave of adopters.

Topics of focus/interest:

1. AI and Machine Learning in Financial Systems

2. Blockchain for Good and Social Impact

3. Community Building in Web3

4. Crypto Education and Onboarding

5. DeFi and Financial Inclusion

6. Investing with Intention

7. Leadership, Mentorship, and Sponsorship Circles

8. Marketing and Narrative in Emerging Tech

9. Web3 and Web 2.5: Bridging Old and NewPast Speaking and Facilitation:

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Past Speaking and Facilitation:

1. Virginia Blockchain Council Breakfast Conversations (Richmond, VA)

2. Blockchain education and advocacy conversations with Virginia legislators and staff (Washington, DC)

3. Community Dinner Table Facilitation (Richmond, VA, New York, NY)

4. Community organizing and facilitation, e.g., Occupy Wall Street (OWS) Farmers March and media spokesperson (New York, NY)

5. Creator, 10-Part Bitcoin Education Series (YouTube)

6. Affordable Housing Advocacy (Richmond, VA)

7. Mass Transportation Advocacy (Richmond, VA)

8. Church Stewardship Campaign (Richmond, VA)

9. Frequent contributor to civic and blockchain community dialogues (Richmond, VA; online)

Victoria is a forensic accountant specializing in family law for high-net-worth divorce cases, with deep expertise in property/asset valuation, division, and investigatory analysis in both civil and criminal disputes. Distinguished in the field for pioneering full-scope digital asset forensic services and designing the first universal cryptocurrency tracing model for property characterization and valuation, she is now venturing into public speaking to share insights on the complexities of forensic accounting, the valuation of digital and traditional assets, and the evolving landscape of financial disputes in high-net-worth divorces. Eager to educate and engage with professionals across legal, accounting, and financial sectors, Victoria aims to illuminate the critical role of forensic accounting in today’s digital age. She is scheduled to speak at the Beverly Hills Bar Association on May 2, 2024, on the subject of "Best Practices in Family Law for Digital Assets and Cryptocurrency," marking an anticipated debut that promises to enrich industry discussions with valuable perspectives.