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Leadership

The U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC) leadership includes the executive director and Board of Directors. As a principles-based organization, its structure, operations and activities are designed to adhere to the fundamental values of inclusiveness and fairness; flexibility and responsiveness; and transparency in detcision-making. The FPC Board of Directors is comprised of voting members that represent the six membership segments.

FPC Staff:

Executive Director

Reed Luhtanen

U.S. Faster Payments Council
Director of Marketing & Communications

Elizabeth Grice

U.S. Faster Payments Council
Senior Director of Operations

Angela Hendershott

U.S. Faster Payments Council
Member Services Manager

Christine Delaughter

U.S. Faster Payments Council
Executive Assistant

Erica Reese

U.S. Faster Payments Council

FPC Board of Directors:

Financial Institution

Michael Bilski

North American Banking Company
FPC Chairperson
Business End-User

Matt Howarter

Walmart Inc. FPC Vice Chairperson
Technology Provider

Elspeth Bloodgood

Jack HenryFPC Treasurer/Secretary
Business End-User

Josh Karoly

Netflix
Business End-User

Perry Starr

Target Corporation
Consumer Organization

Gail Hillebrand

National Consumers League
Consumer Organization

Cathy Mansfield

National Consumer Law Center
Financial Institution

Margo Giles

Alloya Corporate Federal Credit Union
Financial Institution

Todd Koehn

Bankers' Bank
Financial Institution

Carl Slabicki

BNY Mellon
Other

Liz Garner Divelbiss

CMSPI
Other

Steve Kenneally

American Bankers Association
Other
 

Steve Mott

BetterBuyDesign
Other

Peter Tapling

PTap Advisory, LLC

Payment Network Op.

Lisa Akahoshi

Visa
Payment Network Op.

Jim Colassano

The Clearing House
Payment Network Op.

Robert Lewis

Open Payment Network
Technology Provider

Kevin Christensen

SHAZAM
Technology Provider
 

Beverly Kennedy

JPMorgan Chase Merchant Services 
Technology Provider

Booshan Rengachari

Finzly

FPC Board Advisory Group:

 

Scott Anchin

Independent Community Bankers of America
 

Tony Cook

First Bank
 

John Drechny

Merchant Advisory Group
 

David Dwumah

OurBanc

Mary Gilmeister

MACHA

Andrew Gomez

Lipis Advisors

Deepak Gupta

Volante Technologies

Bridget Hall

ACI Worldwide
 

Scott Harkey

Endava
 

Cornelius Hattingh

Airlines Reporting Corporation
 

Kimberly Hebb

Timeis
 

Ronald Herman

Sionic
 

Jorge Jimenez

Juniper Payments -

A PSCU Company

 

Stephany Kirkpatrick

Orum
 

John Laffoon

The Home Depot
 

Mark Majeske

Alacriti
 

Judy Nguyen

American Express
 

Dean Nolan

Strategic Resource Management
 

Sheila Noll

PCBB
 

Sam Pate

Citizens Bank & Trust
 

Stephanie Prebish

Nacha
 

Kassandra Quimby

Federal Reserve Financial Services
 

Rodman Reef

Reef Karson Consulting, LLC
 

Mike Shepard

First National Bank
 

Miriam Sheril

Form3
 

Jonathan Shiery

Guidehouse
 

Michael Sklow

Goldman Sachs
 

Pat Thelen

Ripple
 

Tristan Thompson

Arvest Bank
 

Kirsten Trusko

Payments as a Lifeline
 

Keith Vander Leest

Cross River
 

Steve Wasserman

Photon Commerce
 

James Watts

Mitek Systems, Inc.

FPC Work Groups:

APIs Work Group Vice Chair

Moa Agrell

Trustly
Digital Assets Work Group Vice Chair

Kevin Barr

BNY Mellon
Digital Assets Work Group Chair

Bo Berg

Avenue B Consulting
Fraud Work Group Vice Chair

Amanda Compton

Arvest Bank
Operational Considerations Work Group Vice Chair

Tony Cook

First Bank
QR Code Interface Work Group Chair

Scott Green

SHAZAM
Real-Time Recurring Work Group Vice Chair

Andrew Gomez

Lipis Advisors
Directory Models Work Group Vice Chair

Lou Grilli

PSCU
Financial Inclusion Work Group Chair

Gail Hillebrand

National Consumers League
Cross Border Payments Work Group  Vice Chair

Jonathan Holland

Mastercard
Real-Time Recurring Work Group Chair

Josh Karoly

Netflix
Fraud Work Group Chair

Lee Kyriacou

The Clearing House
QR Code Interface Work Group Vice Chair
 

Steve Mott

BetterBuyDesign
APIs Work Group Chair
 

Dean Nolan

Strategic Resource Management
Operational Considerations Work Group Chair

Miriam Sheril

Form3
Directory Models Work Group Chair

Peter Tapling

PTap Advisory, LLC

Cross Border Payments Work Group Chair

Barry Tooker

TransactionBanker.com
Education & Awareness Work Group Vice Chair

Steve Wasserman

Photon Commerce
Education & Awareness Work Group Chair

Glenn Wheeler

Catalyst Corporate Federal Credit Union