Meet the trailblazing leaders shaping the future of technology, finance, and innovation
Women in Web3 Speakers(In order of appearance)
Sara Kazimi
Founder
World Orphanage Foundation
Sara Kazimi is the visionary founder of the World Orphanage Foundation (WOF), an international humanitarian organization dedicated to empowering orphaned and displaced children through education, housing, and sustainable community programs. Since establishing the foundation in 2011, Sara has led with compassion, courage, and a deep commitment to restoring dignity and opportunity to the world’s most vulnerable youth.
Over the past fourteen years, her leadership has guided WOF’s expansion across Afghanistan, Africa, and the Caribbean, creating programs that combine philanthropy, innovation, and self-sustainability. Through global partnerships with governments, NGOs, and private sectors, she has inspired thousands to join her mission of transforming pain into purpose and compassion into action.
In 2025, Sara officially passed the torch to the next generation of leaders, entrusting them to carry forward WOF’s mission with integrity, empathy, and renewed energy. Stepping away from her executive role as CEO and Director, she entered a new chapter devoted to spiritual growth, global mentorship, and visionary guidance, continuing to inspire future changemakers around the world.
Sara’s legacy lives on through every child empowered, every life uplifted, and every community transformed by the World Orphanage Foundation a true reflection of her belief that love, education, and unity can heal humanity.
Jing Zhao Cesarone
Founder & CEO
Global CSR Foundation
About: The Global CSR Foundation is an NGO dedicated to cross-border collaboration in corporate social responsibility, sustainability, and cultural exchange. It partners with international organizations and institutions to advance education, business, and community initiatives.
Bio: Jing Zhao Cesarone is an accomplished civic and business leader with more than 30 years of experience in NGO management, business strategy, and cross-cultural communications. She began her career as a journalist at China Daily before moving into corporate strategy with Siemens China. In 2001, she founded ChinaWise in Chicago, building bridges between U.S. and Chinese businesses. Today, as Founder and CEO of the Global CSR Foundation, she leads global forums and initiatives on education, sustainability, and climate change, including organizing COP28 Blue Zone events. She has received multiple honors such as the Women’s Corporate Achievement Award from NAWBO and the Global Achievement Award from the Chinese Culture Foundation.
Meredith Storey
Senior Manager
UN Global Compact’s Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME)
About: The Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME), an initiative of the United Nations Global Compact, works to transform management education through equipping today’s business students with the understanding and ability to deliver change today and tomorrow.
Bio: Dr. Meredith Storey is Senior Manager of Programmes and Engagement at the UN Global Compact’s Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME). She leads PRME’s global work on pedagogy, curriculum, research, and professional development to strengthen responsible management education aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals among academic leaders, educators, students, and all global changemakers. Meredith supports collaboration across educators, researchers, and administrators through PRME’s community of 900 business schools, including its Chapters, Champions, Working Groups, and Students. She holds a PhD in Business Education for Sustainable Development from the University of Limerick in Ireland and previously worked for the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Tamara Book
CE0 & Founder
Dynasty Business Development Holdings, Co-founder of Ll17 Waves of Love
About: Waves of Love is a purpose-driven initiative co-founded by Tamara Book to promote mental health awareness, wellness, and empowerment through community connection and dialogue. The project brings together people across backgrounds to share experiences and build resilience. Alongside this, Tamara works as a real estate professional, helping clients achieve financial freedom through property investment, mentoring others on wealth strategies and long-term growth.
Bio: Tamara Book is a visionary leader, real estate investor, and Co-Founder of LI 17 Waves of Love, an organization devoted to expanding consciousness and supporting the mental health of youth. Blending her expertise in real estate investment with her passion for leadership and innovation, Tamara empowers others to build wealth with purpose and impact.
A forward-thinking entrepreneur, Tamara is also an advocate for women in finance and Web3, helping bridge the gap between traditional industries and emerging digital economies. Her work champions inclusion, education, and empowerment within the next generation of technology-driven leaders.
Geneva Wasserman
EVP, Global Head of Film & TV Development
Dentsu Entertainment
About: Geneva Wasserman leads global film and television development at Dentsu Entertainment, steering strategy across IP sourcing, creative development, packaging, production, and distribution. With over 25 years of experience spanning entertainment law, IP licensing, marketing, and studio operations, she bridges business and creative to build premium franchises. She previously oversaw a robust slate at Condé Nast Entertainment, guiding features and series from concept through delivery with top-tier partners and streamers. Geneva is known for aligning editorial brands with talent and financing to accelerate projects to market and scale globally.
Bio: Geneva is an entertainment attorney–turned studio exec with 25+ years across development, production, IP licensing, and marketing. As SVP at Condé Nast Entertainment, she oversaw 22 films and 9 scripted series, including Netflix’s Spiderhead (dir. Joe Kosinski) and The Great Chinese Art Heist at Warner Bros. (dir. Jon M. Chu). Before CNE, she led Optimad’s expansion into entertainment, served as President of Whitener Entertainment Group (film financing), and headed WVE with Wilmer Valderrama, executive producing Netflix animated features such as Trouble, Charming, and Gnome Alone. She began her career as an entertainment attorney at Gray Cary (now DLA Piper). Geneva holds a J.D. from University of California Law, San Francisco, and a B.A. from UC San Diego.
Greer Griffith
Partner
McDermott Will & Schulte LLP
McDermott’s FinTech & Blockchain Practice represents companies and individuals in all aspects of crypto and blockchain-related legal, regulatory, and compliance matters
Bio: Greer is a leader of McDermott’s FinTech & Blockchain Practice. She holds both a law degree and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Pennsylvania. Greer is regularly invited to appear at and speak at industry events and conferences about blockchain and cryptocurrency.
Greer is at the center of multiple complex and high-profile crypto litigations and investigations worth hundreds of millions of dollars in fiat and crypto involving some of the biggest players and entities in the industry. Her team has led more significant crypto litigations, both generally and bankruptcy-focused than any other law firm, and is one of the few groups in the world that is ranked by Chambers in Crypto-Asset Disputes.
McDermott’s crypto team represents companies and individuals in all aspects of crypto and blockchain-related legal, regulatory, and compliance matters. They regularly defend clients in enforcement actions brought by nearly every major federal criminal and regulatory body as well as state banking and securities regulators across the country. The team also advises on all types of crypto transactions, including fund formation, token launches, token sales, capital markets offerings, and venture and private equity investments.
Camila Clarke
Founder & CEO
Clarke Capital Advisors LLC
About: Clarke Capital Advisors LLC is an independent financial and strategic advisory firm that provides investment banking and capital markets expertise to global clients. The firm focuses on delivering tailored solutions for companies navigating growth, restructuring, and capital raising, with a strong presence across technology, consumer, financial institutions, industrials, and healthcare sectors.
Bio: Camila Clarke is a seasoned investment banker and capital markets professional with over 20 years of experience advising leading corporations, entrepreneurs, and investors. Prior to founding Clarke Capital Advisors, she held senior roles at major international banks, including Deutsche Bank, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, and Goldman Sachs. Over the course of her career, Camila has built deep expertise in advising Fortune 500 companies, growth-stage ventures, and private equity-backed businesses on mergers and acquisitions, financing strategies, and global expansion. Her track record spans diverse industries such as tech, consumer, industrials, FIG, and healthcare, with a reputation for delivering high-impact strategic guidance and execution.
Esra Ozturk
Head of Product, Luffa
Luffa (Decentralized Messaging Platform)
About: Luffa is a decentralized messaging platform redefining how fans and creators connect.
Bio: Esra Ozturk is the Head of Product at Luffa, where she leads product strategy and execution as the company evolves its secure messaging platform into the next generation of fan-loyalty technology. With a career spanning Meta, Uber, Zillow, and Instacart, Ozturk brings a proven record of building products that combine user insight, trust, and scale across some of the world’s most recognized consumer platforms.
At Meta, she helped take Instagram Reels from early experiments to global launch, shaping one of the company’s fastest-growing products. During her tenure at Uber, she led safety and quality initiatives that strengthened marketplace integrity, improved driver earnings, and reduced cancellations. She later built tools at Zillow that empowered agents and loan officers to convert more buyers into funded loans and led machine learning initiatives at Instacart to detect fraud and minimize unnecessary refunds. Her product journey began in college, where she contributed to Snapchat’s story search feature — the foundation for what became Snap Maps.
At Luffa, Ozturk applies this depth of experience to create a decentralized messaging and loyalty ecosystem that empowers creators, brands, and fans alike. She is focused on transforming Luffa’s encrypted messaging layer into a connected rewards network that turns engagement into tangible value and builds long-term trust between communities. Guided by her belief that the next generation of loyalty will transcend any single platform, Ozturk is helping to define a future where digital identity and rewards travel seamlessly across the experiences people love.
Adley Kinsman
Founder & CEO
Story House and VIRALISH
About: VIRALISH is a creator collective based in Nashville, TN that helps brands and creators integrate authentically into viral communities at scale
Bio: Adley Kinsman is a viral content strategist and one of the most-viewed female producers in Facebook history, consistently generating over 1 billion monthly views across her network. As CEO and Founder of Story House and VIRALISH, a creator collective based in Nashville, TN, she specializes in helping brands and creators integrate authentically into viral communities at scale. With over 62 billion content views generated since 2020 and a combined network reach of 35+ million followers, Adley has established herself as the go-to expert for branded content distribution. Her strategic campaigns have driven massive engagement for world-leading corporations including Land Rover, TikTok, Charmin, Airheads, David’s Bridal, Frito-Lay, Raising Cane’s, and 1st Phorm. Adley’s expertise extends beyond content creation to speaking and education. She has taken the stage at premier industry events including AdWorld, ManyChat, Social Media Marketing World, Russell Brunson’s events, Pace Morby, and Aspire Tour, where she shares her proven strategies for viral content creation and audience engagement. What sets Adley apart is her ability to build genuine connections with her community through humorous, personal, and relatable content.
Rosalind Panda
Founder
Oqulus Tech LLC, Jupitor AI IO, and Rosalind Arts Gallery
About: Jupitor AI is a cutting edge platform specializing in digital transformation, AI-driven cybersecurity, and solutions for FinTech, HealthTech, EdTech, and AgriTech
Bio: Rosalind Panda, Founder of Oqulus Tech LLC, Jupitor AI IO, and the Rosalind Arts Gallery, is a visionary entrepreneur and pioneer in AI, Cybersecurity, Blockchain, and Digital Transformation. She is recognized for her work at the intersection of AI, Blockchain, and Sustainable Development in Crypto, creating innovative solutions that deliver measurable social and economic benefits. Alongside technology, Rosalind is an accomplished author, speaker, poet, and oil painting Artist, producing works that merge creativity with leadership and innovation. With a proven record of driving transformative projects, building strong teams, and fostering collaboration, women’s empowerment shaping a smarter, safer, and more sustainable future.
Marina Solovyovffith
Founder & CEO of SkillRise Educationr
SkillRise Educationr
About: SkillRise Education is a workforce upskilling company built with engineers, educators, and curriculum designers to help people adapt to fast-changing technology. Proven through government-approved pilots, expanding internationally, and focused on getting real people hired.
Bio: Marina Solovyov is the Founder & CEO of SkillRise Education, a women owned ed-tech company transforming careers through AI literacy training. Partnering with educators, engineers, and companies seeking AI-skilled talent, SkillRise Education delivers government-approved programs with 90% completion rates through project-based learning that gets people hired. Now expanding across the Caribbean and Brazil, Marina has launched companies across three continents and is passionate about ensuring no one gets left behind in the AI era.**
Website: www.skillriseeducation.com
Stephen Meade
Founder & CEO
Green Wave Funding
About: Stephen Meade is an American entrepreneur, executive, and strategic investor known for turning concepts into operating businesses. As chairman of BigBamboo LLC—a holding company that incubates startups—he builds teams, secures capital, and moves ideas to market across software, e-commerce, entertainment, and fashion.
Bio: Over the past two decades, Meade has created, incubated, and architected nine technology-based companies. His ventures include VirtualSellers (founded 1996), Cenoplex, and MyBlueEarth.org; he currently guides initiatives such as MyBlueEarth.org, RONAStar, ComCom, and OrionNation. Earlier, he served as a regional vice president at Travelers Group (Fortune 500). A frequent speaker at forums like the Clinton Global Initiative, Founder Institute, and Opportunity Green, he focuses on networking, team and advisory board building, startups, and leadership. He has authored three books on finance/credit improvement and business networking, lectures at universities including MIT, Harvard, Northwestern, PKI, UMKC, USC, and UCLA, and advises numerous organizations.
Brandi Veil
President & CEO, Being Investments; Founder, Yes3 Network
Being Investments / Yes3 Network
About: Being Investments is an impact-focused firm dedicated to shaping financial literacy, advancing Web3 culture, and reimagining the future of education and technology. Through innovative programs and partnerships, the company supports creators, educators, and entrepreneurs in building sustainable, tech-forward communities. Complementing this, Brandi also founded the Yes3 Network, a platform and podcast amplifying voices in education, art, impact business, and innovation.
Bio: Brandi Veil is a CEO, impact business strategist, creator, and global advocate at the intersection of finance, technology, and education. As President and CEO of Being Investments, she leads initiatives that drive financial empowerment and literacy tailored to Web3 culture and the digital economy. A recognized international spokeswoman for edtech, art, and innovation, Brandi has built a reputation as a passionate voice for rethinking education and preparing communities for the future of work. Through her Yes3 Network and podcast, she creates platforms for thought leaders to share insights on creativity, innovation, and sustainable impact. Brandi’s career reflects her commitment to blending entrepreneurship with advocacy, empowering others to thrive in an evolving global landscape.
Yasmeen Drummond
Managing General Partner
Miracle Capital
About: Yasmeen Drummond bridges public health, investment, and innovation. With a foundation in public health from UC Berkeley and an MBA, she has built a career spanning healthcare, blockchain, and AI—advising multiple companies and investing through family offices. Her latest venture, Miracle Capital, set to launch in 2026, will focus on building infrastructure that advances public health in the U.S. and globally.
Bio: Yasmeen is a public health professional turned investor and entrepreneur. Through her upcoming firm Miracle Capital, she aims to fund and guide companies that integrate technology and wellness to create lasting social impact. The fund will collaborate with physician advisors and the Global Wisdom Council to accelerate scalable health innovations. Yasmeen also champions family-centered leadership, partnering with the Chief Mama Officer movement to promote women-designed models of work. Beyond her professional mission, she is a dedicated mother to a six-year-old “Chief Child Innovator,” reflecting her belief that children’s voices belong in shaping the future.
Kelly Ann Winget
Founder and Managing Partner
Alternative Wealth Partners
About: Alternative Wealth Partners is one of the few private equity firms founded and managed by a millennial woman, focused on making private markets more accessible and values-aligned.
Bio: Kelly Ann Winget is a capital strategist, private equity fund manager, and entrepreneur reshaping how and where wealth is built, as the Founder and Managing Partner of Alternative Wealth Partners.
With nearly $1 billion raised across alternative assets, Kelly specializes in aligning capital with opportunity, bridging investors to high-impact sectors often overlooked by traditional finance, from U.S. manufacturing and energy to women-led small businesses and the emerging Web3 economy.
A nationally recognized speaker and author of Pitch the Bitch, Kelly is on a mission to close the wealth and knowledge gaps that keep underrepresented investors on the sidelines. Her work is redefining who gets to participate and prosper in private markets.
Kelly serves on the board of the Stella Foundation, and her leadership has been featured in the documentary Show Her the Money, and in media outlets, such as Forbes, Inc., and The New York Times. . She has been honored among D CEO 500 and 100 Women to Know in 2025, recognized for her impact in advancing women’s ownership and leadership across industries.
Neel Anand
MD, Professor ofOrthopaedic Surgery and Director ofthe Cedars-Si-nai Spine Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
About: Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Director of the Cedars-Sinai Spine Center, leading adult and pediatric spine care with a focus on minimally invasive techniques that enable smaller incisions, faster recovery, and improved outcomes.
Bio: Dr. Anand also serves as Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics and Spine and Director of Education, Research, and the Spine Fellowship at DOCS Surgical Hospital. His research centers on minimally invasive solutions for spinal disorders and trauma. He is certified by the Royal College of Surgeons in England and the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, and is licensed in California, New York, Nevada, England, and India.
Moe Ali
Founder & CEO; Global Digital Commerce Executive
catalXst Inc.
About: Founder of catalXst Inc., a next-gen social commerce agency specializing in TikTok Shop. Moe helps brands turn TikTok into a performance sales channel by unifying live shopping, creators, community, and conversion with a data-informed, culture-aware approach.
Bio: A global eCommerce leader with 15+ years across fashion, retail, and tech. Former Global Head of Fashion at TikTok Shop, where he built the division and forged partnerships with LVMH, Nike, adidas, and Inditex across the U.S., U.K., and Southeast Asia. Previously VP of eCommerce & Digital Marketing at G-III Apparel Group overseeing a $1B portfolio across Amazon, Macy’s, Nordstrom, Zalando. Earlier roles include Amazon (premium/luxury brand launches for Amazon Fashion) and Payless (led global digital re-launch and first integrated mobile app). Began at JPMorgan Chase managing a $20B fixed-income derivatives portfolio. BA in Finance & Banking from Hofstra; MBA from Carnegie Mellon; capstone in Strategy & Product Development at CUHK. Now scaling catalXst to redefine brand–consumer connections in the creator economy.
Louie Ruelas
Founder & CEO; Live Commerce Pioneer
Social Shop Network
About: Visionary leader advancing live commerce by fusing entertainment and direct-response marketing. With public visibility through Teresa Giudice and family, he leverages celebrity access and digital strategy to help public figures monetize via live shopping and shoppable content—reimagining QVC for the social era.
Bio: As head of Social Shop Network, Ruelas and team craft product narratives, produce high-impact live shows, and train hosts to drive engagement and sales through storytelling, education, and social proof. He previously led a company to go public via a successful SPAC in 2020. Focused on scaling Social Shop Network toward “QVC for social platforms,” his vision targets reaching 100 million monthly viewers by 2025, reshaping how consumers discover products and how influencers build commercial legacies.
Ana Foley
CEO, Founder
Chief Executive Officer, Check Check Consulting LLC
About: Check Check Productions is a boutique production company specializing in high-end technical event design and execution. Known for its meticulous attention to detail, the company delivers immersive experiences through world-class lighting, sound, and visual production.
Bio: Ana Foley is a New York–based CEO and strategic M&A advisor serving publicly listed companies, with deep expertise in crypto lending, gold-backed investment structures, and digital asset integration. With a background that bridges traditional finance, Web3 innovation, and the fine art market, she offers a sophisticated, cross-sector approach to capital strategy, asset diversification, and global investment solutions.
As Co-Host of Women in Web3, Ms. Foley is dedicated to advancing innovation, fostering inclusion, and empowering women leaders driving the evolution of the digital economy.
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