USA
AWARDS COMMITTEE
Meet the women who are giving back and paying it forward as the dedicated Committee members responsible for managing the Women in Payments USA Awards.
JENNIFER LUCAS
Chair of Women in Payments Awards Committee, Americas Payments Consulting Leader
EY
JENNIFER LUCAS
Industry veteran. Payments trailblazer. Visionary strategist. Driven innovator who holds several patents. Passionate about the future of payments and a globally connected ecosystem, Jennifer has more than 25 years of experience in payments and financial services technology, driving digital adoption and growth. An innovator who previously led the payments strategy at a large US bank, she applies that mindset to help organizations achieve resiliency and set a course forward.
MALI BARTLETT
MD, Global Head of Liquidity & Account Solutions
J.P.Morgan
MALI BARTLETT
Mali Bartlett is the Global Head of Liquidity & Account Solutions for J.P. Morgan Payments, a business that provides a range of award-winning cash management and optimization solutions, including deposit management, escrow services and virtual account management. The team works with multi-national corporations and financial institutions to help them access new markets, simplify bank account structures and make best use of their working capital to fund their global operations.
KIRTI CHOUDHARY
Managing Director & Partner
Boston Consulting Group
KIRTI CHOUDHARY
Kirti is a Managing Director & Partner in the New York office of BCG and a core member of the Financial Institutions & Technology & Digital Advantage Practices. Kirti focuses on the topics of Customer Journeys and World Class Digital Channels in Payments. She has worked with banks in the US, Australia, Canada, Middle East, & India on the topics of customer journeys, digitization & operations.
MAUREEN FREEMAN
MD, Treasury & Trade Solutions Sales, Healthcare, Consumer & Wellness
Citi
MAUREEN FREEMAN
Maureen is based in New York and has global TTS relationship responsibility for her clients. In addition to global relationship management, Maureen identifies, customizes and delivers transaction banking solutions to her clients to meet their evolving needs. These solutions address their treasury, working capital and supply chain management needs and includes global cash management, trade finance, and wholesale card solutions as well as digital solutions to address advances in technology, e-commerce and changing business models.
SILVANA HERNANDEZ
Executive VP, Product and Engineering North America
Mastercard
SILVANA HERNANDEZ
Silvana Hernandez is Executive Vice President, Product and Engineering North America for Mastercard. In this role, Silvana leads the go-to-market strategy and execution in North America for Mastercard’s products and services including Digital, Installments, Open Banking, Debit, Push Payments, Cross-Border Payments and Bill Pay.
SUSAN MEYER
RTP, VP Technical Product Management
The Clearing House
SUSAN MEYER
She has 25+ years banking and payment system experience, ranging from banking operations to product management of payment applications. She is currently responsible for product development of TCH RTP Network with a focus on the product direction of the RTP platform. Before joining TCH, Susan worked for FIS driving strategy and product for the US Real Time Payments under FIS’ Corporate Banking Solutions.
KIM OSBORN
SVP and Chief Administrative Officer
Elavon by U.S. Bank
KIM OSBORN
Kim Osborn, SVP and Chief Administrative Officer, drives strategic enablement, organizational alignment, and operational excellence for U.S. Bank's Payments: Merchant and Institutional business, advancing execution, employee experience, and transformation.
ANN SATTIN
VP & GM, Global Client Group
American Express
ANN SATTIN
She is responsible for merchant acquiring relationships with Amex’s US Travel and Retail clients.Over her 18 years at American Express, Ann has held several positions in Partnerships, Business Development and Marketing across the Merchant, Network, Prepaid and Emerging Payments businesses. In her prior role, she led National accounts with a focus on Retail, growing our relationships and mutual business within the portfolio. She has led and formed new partnerships with bank issuers across the United States and Canada, and also spent over a decade in Marketing leading digital marketing, customer engagement and go-to-market initiatives.
CANDACE WENZEL
Director, e-Commerce Global Solution Sales
Citi
CANDACE WENZEL
Candace Wenzel is a Director and Global Solution Sales Manager at Citi with 15+ years of treasury and payments experience. She specializes in global payments, liquidity, and cash management solutions for Mega Cap Tech Clients.