Amy Baxter, M.D. founded MMJ Labs, Atlanta, GA, while practicing and teaching emergency
pediatric medicine. She is recognized for her visionary entrepreneurship following her invention
of MMJ Lab’s core products. She appeared on Shark Tank and has spoken at TEDMED and
Singularity University. Her multiple awards include Forbes Healthcare Technology Disruptors to
Watch, MDDI Top 10 Innovative and Disruptive Women in Healthcare, Most Innovative CEO
from Georgia’s Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), “Idea Person” by the Wall Street
Journal, and Inc. Magazine’s Top Woman in Tech to Watch.
Julie Busha is an entrepreneur and expert at navigating through the male-dominated
worlds of business. After a decade-long marketing career in the sport of NASCAR where
she served Fortune 500 clients and built the sports marketing agency for a champion
driver, Julie did the “unthinkable” by leaving the industry she loved to follow her
passion. Julie bootstrapped and launched an innovative relish product called Slawsa in the
highly competitive mainstream grocery market. Within four years, Slawsa earned
placement in more than 8,000 stores, restaurants, and stadiums in the US and Canada,
and her marketplace continues to grow. She was recently honored in the executive
category as winner of Progressive Grocer's prestigious "Top Women in Grocery."
Christina Camacho is the Founder and CEO of Current Payment Solutions. As a tenured
banker with ten years of Treasury Management experience, Christina has consulted for
new businesses as well as Fortune 500 companies. She has a strong background in
Treasury Management and Merchant Services where she built a Community Bank
Merchant Services program, advised her clients throughout their growth, and partnered
with advisors to provide best-in-class support. She now has her own company which
provides solutions for traditional, high-risk and off-shore payment processing. Christina
recently founded a non-profit with a mission to provide technology to underfunded schools.
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Tony Diekemper is the CEO of Skyline Technology Solutions. Tony’s focus is the
effective functioning of an entire organization. His diverse background brings a strong
mixture of experiences to that challenge. His career has traversed a variety of industries
including Telecommunications, Staffing, Marketing, Financial Services, Construction and
Hospitality. As CEO, he provides strategic direction for the future of the organization, and
directly oversees all employee focused processes. Prior to joining the Skyline family of
companies, he founded Diekemper Consulting Inc. (DCI) where he worked with a wide
variety of organizations on both leadership and management development. Before
founding, DCI Anthony served in a variety of roles with Allegis Group/ Aerotek including
Chief Administrative Officer.
Stacia Familo-Hopek, PhD is Vice President of Talent Management at First Data
Corporation in Atlanta, Georgia and has more than 20 years of experience as an internal and
external consultant. Stacia develops talent management strategies and programs and
partners with sales and operations to support the identification, development and
engagement of talent to drive business objectives. Prior to joining First Data she held roles at
NCR Corporation in Duluth, Georgia as the Director of Talent Management, UPS as an
Organizational Development Manager and Personnel Decisions International (PDI) as a
consultant in Atlanta, Georgia.
Kim Fitzsimmons is U.S. President of Chase Commerce Solutions. Kim is responsible for
driving all client delivery activity for U.S. enterprise and ecommerce client segments, including
marketing, relationship management and sales to ensure long-term growth and profitability.
Kim has more than 25 years of experience in the payments industry. Before joining JPMorgan
Chase, she served as chief executive officer for Cynergy Data, held several leadership
positions in First Data, and was principal and co-founder of EFS Card Services. Kim was
previously president of both the ETA and Wnet. In 2013 and 2015, Payments Source and
Bank Technology News named her one of the Top 20 Most Influential Women in Payments.
She received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Midwest Acquirers Association in 2008.
She also serves on the board of directors for the Healthy Kids Foundation.
Kim Holmes is Global Head of Business Technology Architecture at Discover Financial
Services. During her tenure at Discover, she has been responsible for leading a number of
Discover technology systems supporting many facets of Discover’s domestic and international
direct banking business for both credit cards and Discover’s deposits and lending products. As
an advocate for a diverse and inclusive workplace, Kim was a founding co-chair of Discover’s
women’s employee resource group and currently serves as chair of BOLD - Black Organizational
Leadership at Discover.
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Alicia Janke is a Certified Payments Professional who has been working with North American
Bancard for over five years. She has worked in roles ranging from relationship management to
underwriting and was recently promoted to an agent support Account Specialist. Alicia was
recognized as a 2015 NAB All Star for her hard work as co-chair of NAB’s chapter of Wnet. She
graduated summa cum laude from Eastern Michigan University with a Bachelor’s Degree in
Literature.
Julie Pukas is head of US Bankcard and Merchant Solutions for TD Bank. Prior to joining TD,
Julie served as Head of Citi Commerce Services for Citigroup. In this role, she developed
innovative digital payment services for Citi’s institutional clients where she leveraged Citi’s global
footprint to build global acquiring capabilities. Earlier, Julie was President of Diners Club
International where she led the sale of the business to Discover. Julie also served as President
of Citi’s US Merchant Acquiring business from 1997 through 2005.
Linda Rossetti is a recognized payments pioneer. Linda founded Bluestone Payments, a
niche-focused ISO, in 2006. Previously, Linda was president of indirect channel and senior
vice president of strategic initiatives for Global Payments. She was a founding executive
of Elavon (formerly NOVA). Linda serves on the ISO & Agent Advisory Board. She has held
seats on ISO advisory boards for First Data and Midwest Acquirer’s Association and several
ETA committees. In 2016, Linda was awarded the ETA’s Pay It Forward Award.
Elizabeth St-Onge is a Partner in Oliver Wyman’s Financial Services practice group. She
provides advice and subject matter expertise to financial executives addressing a full range of
issues within treasury, finance, payments, global banking, trade finance, working capital
management and liquidity management. Elizabeth has supported numerous corporations and
banks in reviewing and improving their finance operating model, including: optimizing
organizational structure, applying best practices, automating/streamlining processes, managing
data, evaluating controls and developing policies. Her clients include organizations across
numerous industries including banking, retail, manufacturing, high-tech, and insurance.
Serena Smith oversees international payments and serves as CAO for Global Retail
Payments, the largest division within FIS, with $2.6 billion in revenue and serving more than
50,000 clients. Serena is a skilled relationship-builder with very diverse groups of clients. Her
commitment to creating “moments of excellence” in maintaining those relationships has driven
FIS clients’ loyalty survey scores to the highest point in the company’s history during her
tenure at Chief Client Officer. Serena has been a frequent presenter at Institute of Financial
Operations. Serena has earned multiple awards including 2015 Women In Payments
Inspiration Award, 2014, 2015 Stevie Award for Female Executive of the Year and was
recognized in Pay Magazine as one of the “Women Driving Payments Change.
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Deborah Thomas-Nininger is the founder of DTN Productions International, a company that
provides training on all areas of international and domestic protocol specializing in "Reputation
Management” soft skills and communication strategies. She brings over twenty years of business
etiquette, communication and self-presentation expertise, rooted in behavioral science and
successful human interaction.
Mary Uslander is Senior Vice President, Key Products and Integration, First Data Corporation.
Mary leads integration for newly acquired companies, strategic product initiatives and product
commercialization for First Data. Previously, she was market executive for wealth management
banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and headed product management for retail banking at
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Mary co-chaired the Merrill Lynch Women’s Exchange Mentor
Program, the Smith Barney Mentoring Committee and the Citi Global Wealth Management
Women’s Council.
Margaret Weichert is a principal in the Financial Services Performance Improvement
practice and the national lead for EY’s Payments Practice. Margaret has received fourteen
US patents and is an inventor on additional pending patents. An entrepreneur who started
her own company and sold it to First Data, Margaret has also proven experience
commercializing game-changing technologies, including a range of mobile banking and
eCommerce capabilities, unique commercial cash management solutions, Internet Check
and Checks by Phone solutions, prepaid solutions, fraud and risk management solutions,
new point of sale technologies and many solutions. She is also a consultant for a wide range
of clients including banks, payment networks, processors and alternative payment
companies. Margaret served as SVP and Global Head of Product Marketing, First, SVP,
Business Planning and Analytics for eCommerce / ATM at Bank of America, and SVP,
Strategy, Innovation, & Payments at Bank of America.
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