Talk Of Her Town

Join Nicole as she talks with Raakhee Miller, Chief Product Officer at DriveWealth as they discuss the changing role of women over the last 20 years of her career and the value of actively seeking advice and feedback. From a young adult leaving Hong Kong for her first job in the US at Goldman Sachs to raising a family, starting her own company and now driving product strategy in a collaborative Fintech ecosystem.

Julianna Lamb is the Co-Founder and CTO of Stytch. Julianna shared her pivot from finance to engineering along with how she and her co-worker at Plaid became co founders building an API first password-less authentication platform.

Join NYC Fintech Women's Nicole Newlin discussion with Kate Drew, Lindsay Davis and Elizaveta Chistyakova to discuss why passion, persistence, and pivoting, are the triple threat for a career in fintech. There are plenty of podcasts that sugar coat how luck played into how they broke into fintech… Instead, we give listeners actionable frameworks, career failures, and how to find champions in you career journey.

Jane Tran is the chief administrative officer of Unqork. Nicole and Jane talk about Jane's rise up to the C suite.

Gabrielle Haddad is the Co-Founder & COO at Sigma Ratings. Nicole and Gabrielle talk about entrepeunuership, wage gap limitations, and maintaining balance. 

Kelly Fryer is the executive director at FinTech Sandbox.

Lauren Crossett is the head of commercial for Pinwheel. She is also the former wealth lead at Plaid and the head of fintech at Quovo.

Bonita Stewart is VP of Global partnerships at Google. Her career spans over three decades, leading multi-billion-dollar operations and leading huge teams. Bonita is also the first black female VP at Google and Co-Author of the book “A Blessing: Women of Color Teaming Up To Lead, Power, And Thrive”.

Katie Perry is the VP of Marketing for Public.com, an investing social networking fintech firm whose mission is to educate and make investing accessible.

Naimeesha Murthy, Founder at Products by Women - A diverse global community offering skill-based mentorship and professional development opportunities for women in tech and beyond! Naimeesha is also a tech conference speaker, start-up advisor and mentor specializing in product and GTM. She also serves as an advisory board member at Pace University, New York, and is a Forbes Council Member. 

Cammila Garcia is the Vice Consul for FinTech & Professional Services at the Department for International Trade. The DIT is a UK governmental agency focused on trade development between the UK and the US as well as assisting US companies looking to invest in the UK. Her move into Fintech and personal stories she shared about confirming your value, not just knowing your value is truly insightful. No surprise she was a NYC Fintech Women Inspiring Woman of 2020.

Dale is a payments industry veteran and freelance journalist specializing in emerging financial technologies. She is Currently Managing Director of DSL Direct a payments industry consultancy focused on content development and marketing strategy. On top of that Dale is a prolific writer, Senior Staff Writer for the Green Sheet and Contributor to the DailyFunder.

Najla is a Senior Engineering Manager at Etsy where she focuses on overseeing squads focused on improving buyer and sellers experiences for onsite advertising. Her career path has always included roles in engineering/product or program management

We bring on Sasha Pilch & Michelle Tran to talk about their carrers and how they started NYC Fintech Women 

Talk of her Town started with the notion that through our network of over 5,000 NYC Fintech Women members we had access to a vast pool of women building careers and navigating the world of startups and tech- all with inspiring stories to share. Our mission is to connect, empower and promote women;