| Cathinka E. Wahlstrom |
Cathinka E. Wahlstrom currently works at New York City Ballet, Inc., as Director, The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Chief Commercial Officer, Alight Holding Co. LLC, as President & Chief Commercial Officer, and Here To Here, as Council Member. Ms. Wahlstrom also formerly worked at Accenture LLP, as Senior Managing Director, Alight Solutions LLC, as President & Chief Commercial Officer, Alight, Inc. (Illinois), as President & Chief Commercial Officer from 2021 to 2023, and Alight, Inc., as President & Chief Commercial Officer from 2021 to 2023. Ms. Wahlstrom received her undergraduate degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Masters Business Admin degree from the University of California. |
| Kurtis R. Kurimsky |
Kurtis R. Kurimsky currently works at Junior Achievement of New York, Inc., as Director from 2017, The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Vice President & Controller from 2015, BNY Mellon, NA, as Controller from 2014, and The Bank of New York Mellon (New York), as Senior Executive VP & Chief Risk Officer. Mr. Kurimsky also formerly worked at KPMG LLP, as Partner from 2011 to 2014. |
| Shannon Hobbs |
Shannon Hobbs currently works at The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Chief People Officer & Senior Executive VP from 2024 and Rutgers Business School, as Member. Ms. Hobbs also formerly worked at Jobs for America's Graduates, as Director, Government Employees Insurance Co., as Chief People Officer, and JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Head-Global Talent. Ms. Hobbs received her graduate degree from Golden Gate University and undergraduate degree from the University of South Carolina. |
| Leigh-Ann Russell |
Leigh-Ann Russell currently works at Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (United Kingdom), as Member and The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Chief Information Officer from 2024. Ms. Russell also formerly worked at Hill & Smith Plc, as Independent Non-Executive Director from 2021 to 2025, BP Plc, as Executive Vice President-Innovation & Engineering from 2022 to 2024, and BP Midstream Partners LP, as EVP-Innovation & Engineering. Ms. Russell received her undergraduate degree from the University of Aberdeen. |
| Carolyn Weinberg |
Carolyn Weinberg currently works at The Allen-Stevenson School, as Director and The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Chief Product & Innovation Officer. Ms. Weinberg also formerly worked at BlackRock Finance, Inc., as Chief Product Innovation Officer. Ms. Weinberg received her undergraduate degree from Harvard College and Masters Business Admin degree from Harvard Business School. |
| Jennifer Barker |
Jennifer Barker currently works at Physicians for Peace, as Director, The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Global Head-Treasury Services & Depositary Receipt, and Executive Women of Dallas, as Member. Ms. Barker received her undergraduate degree from James Madison University and Masters Business Admin degree from the University of Michigan. |
| Alejandro Perez |
Alejandro Perez currently works at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Inc., as Director, Project Basta, as Director, and The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Chief Administrative Officer. Mr. Perez received his undergraduate degree from The University of Alabama and Masters Business Admin degree from The Leonard N Stern School of Business. |
| Meaghan Muldoon |
Meaghan Muldoon is currently the Chief Sustainability Officer at The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. She previously worked at BlackRock, Inc. as the Global Head-ESG Integration. |
| Joseph Pizzuto |
Joseph Pizzuto currently works at The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Chief Auditor from 2023. Mr. Pizzuto received his undergraduate degree from City University of New York. |
| Caroline Butler |
Caroline Butler currently works at The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Chief Executive Officer-Digital Assets from 2023. |
| Joseph Sieczkowski |
Mr. Joseph Sieczkowski is a Chief Investment Officer at The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. He is on the Board of Directors at BNY Mellon-Alcentra Mezzanine Partners and Quantexa Ltd. He received his undergraduate degree from Lehigh University and an MBA from The Leonard N Stern School of Business. |
| Akash Shah |
Akash Shah currently works at The Paris Review, as Chairman-Emeritus and The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Chief Growth Officer & Global Head-Growth Ventures. Mr. Shah also formerly worked at McKinsey & Co., Inc., as Partner from 2006 to 2018. Mr. Shah received his undergraduate degree from Yale University. |
| Rajashree Datta |
Rajashree Datta currently works at The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Chief Risk Officer from 2025. Ms. Datta received her undergraduate degree from Amherst College. |
| Hani A. Kablawi |
Hani A. Kablawi currently works at The Bank of New York Mellon (International) Ltd., as Chairman, The Bank of New York Mellon (London Branch), as Director from 2012, Arab Bankers Association, as Director from 2010, The Bank of New York Mellon SA, as Independent Non-Executive Director, The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Senior Executive VP & Head-International, and BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, as Head-EMEA Asset Servicing from 2012. |
| Jayee Xu Koffey |
Jayee Xu Koffey currently works at The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer & Senior EVP. Ms. Koffey also formerly worked at WatchGuard Technologies, Inc., as Director and Vector Capital Management LP, as Vice President from 2007 to 2010. Ms. Koffey received her undergraduate degree from Auckland University, undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and Masters Business Admin degree from Harvard Business School. |
| Joseph J. Echevarria |
Joseph J. Echevarria currently works at the University of Miami, as President, Chief Executive Officer & Trustee from 2022, The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Non-Executive Chairman from 2019, My Brother'S Keeper Alliance, as Chairman, Pfizer Inc., as Independent Director from 2015, Unum Group, as Independent Director from 2016, and Xerox (Nederland) BV, as Director from 2017. Mr. Echevarria also formerly worked at Deloitte LLP (New York), as Chief Executive Officer from 2011 to 2014, University of Miami Health System, as Chief Executive Officer, Xerox Corp., as Director, Xerox Holdings Corp., as Independent Director from 2017 to 2023, the University of Miami, as Trustee from 2012 to 2019, US Election Assistance Commission, as Member, and President's Export Council, as Member. Mr. Echevarria received his undergraduate degree in 1978 from the University of Miami. |
| Emily H. Portney |
Emily H. Portney currently works at MarketAxess Holdings, Inc., as Independent Director from 2017, CIBC Mellon Global Securities Services Co., as Director from 2019, and The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Global Head-Asset Servicing. Ms. Portney also formerly worked at CIBC Mellon Trust Co., as Director, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., as Director, JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Head-Agency Execution & Clearing from 2012 to 2016, Visa, Inc., as Chief Financial Officer-North America Region in 2016, Futures Industry Association, Inc., as Secretary in 2014, and Barclays International (United Status), as Chief Financial Officer from 2016 to 2018. Ms. Portney received her undergraduate degree from Duke University and Masters Business Admin degree from Columbia Business School. |
| James Thomas Crowley |
James Thomas Crowley currently works at Pershing LLC, as Chief Executive Officer from 2019, The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Senior Executive VP & Global Head-Pershing, and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., as Member-Governors Board. Mr. Crowley also formerly worked at Securities Industry Institute, as Chairman from 2007 to 2009, Financial Services Institute, Inc., as Director, and Financial Markets Association, as Director. Mr. Crowley received his undergraduate degree from Florida State University. |
| George Malanga |
Mr. George Malanga is an Independent Director at Navios Maritime Holdings, Inc. and a Chief Credit Officer at The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. He is on the Board of Directors at Navios Maritime Holdings, Inc. He received his undergraduate degree from Rutgers State University of New Jersey and an MBA from New York University. |
| Robin Antony Vince |
Robin Antony Vince currently works at The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as President, Chief Executive Officer & Director, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co., NA (Investment Mgmt), as President & Chief Executive Officer, The Bank of New York Mellon (New York), as Chief Executive Officer from 2022, Perelman Performing Arts Center, as Director, The National Geographic Society, Inc., as Member-Hubbard Council, and Hospital for Special Surgery, as Trustee. Mr. Vince also formerly worked at Goldman Sachs International Bank, as Chief Executive Officer, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., as Senior Director in 2020, and Goldman Sachs International, as Director. Mr. Vince received his undergraduate degree from The University of Nottingham. |
| Ralph Izzo |
Ralph Izzo currently works at Bergen Record Corp., as Chief Executive Officer, PSEG Resources LLC, as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, New Jersey After 3, Inc., as Chairman, and various other companies. Dr. Izzo also formerly worked at Public Service Electric & Gas Co., as Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer in 2022, PSEG Services Corp., as Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer from 2007 to 2022, PSEG Power LLC, as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer from 2007 to 2022, and various other companies. Dr. Izzo received his undergraduate degree, graduate degree, and doctorate degree from The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York and Masters Business Admin degree from Rutgers Business School. |
| Rakefet Russak-Aminoach |
Rakefet Russak Aminoach is Managing Partner of Team8 Fintech. Rakefet is a visionary in the global digital banking arena, listed on Fortune Magazine’s “100 Most Powerful Women†three times since 2015. In 2016, she was named as one of the “10 Most Innovative CEOs in Banking†by Bank Innovation for the second year in a row and was also listed among the BBC’s “100 Most Inspirational and Influential Women†of the year. Rakefet served as President & CEO of Leumi Group between 2012-2019. Under her leadership, Leumi established itself as Israel’s leading bank in profits, market cap and innovation. Rakefet led this turnaround via digital transformation, enhanced efficiency and a culture change. She established LeumiTech, the Group’s Hi-Tech arm, and launched PEPPER – Israel’s first and only neobank. During her tenure, Rakefet led key creative steps to improve the Bank’s capital adequacy. While serving as the bank’s Chief Credit Officer, Leumi attained a credit portfolio with minimal credit loss expenses, one of the best of its kind. Her transformative work at Leumi resulted in a Harvard Business School case study, “Leading Bank Leumi into the Future†(October 2019).
Rakefet holds a BA in Accounting & Economics (summa cum laude), as well as an LLB and an MBA in Finance & Insurance (cum laude), from Tel Aviv University. She is also a CPA. |
| Marguerite Amy Gilliland |
Marguerite Amy Gilliland currently works at Northern Virginia Technology Council, as Vice Chairman, The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Independent Director from 2021, GCI, Inc. (Virginia), as Director, The Economic Club of Washington, as Director, General Dynamics Corp., as Executive Vice President, General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., as President from 2017, and Buccaneer Computer Systems & Service, Inc., as President. Ms. Gilliland also formerly worked at CSRA, Inc., as President & Director, General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc., as Head-Investor Relations, and General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc., as Head-Investor Relations from 2007 to 2011. Ms. Gilliland received her graduate degree from the University of Cambridge, undergraduate degree from United States Naval Academy, and Masters Business Admin degree from Georgetown University. |
| Sandie Oconnor |
Sandie Oconnor currently works at YMCA of Greater New York, as Co-Chairman from 2019, BNY Mellon Government Securities Services Corp., as Co-Chairman, Terex Corp., as Independent Director from 2020, The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Independent Director from 2021, Ripple Labs Inc., as Director from 2020, and The Economic Club of New York, as Member. Ms. Oconnor also formerly worked at Global Financial Markets Association, as Chairman, JPMorgan Chase & Co., as Chief Regulatory Affairs Officer from 2014 to 2019, and Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association, Inc., as Member. Ms. Oconnor received her undergraduate degree from The Leonard N Stern School of Business. |
| Kumara Guru Gowrappan |
Kumara Guru Gowrappan currently works at The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Independent Director from 2021, Water.org, Inc., as Director, Tech:NYC, as Director, and BILITI Electric Inc., as Director. Mr. Gowrappan also formerly worked at Verizon Communications, Inc., as Group CEO-Verizon Media & Executive VP from 2018 to 2021, Oath, Inc., as President, CEO & Chief Operating Officer in 2018, One 97 Communications Ltd., as Director, Paytm Mobile Solutions Pvt Ltd., as Director, Alibaba Group (U.S.), Inc., as Global Managing Director, Yahoo!, Inc., as Global Head-Operations & Products from 2009 to 2010, Zynga, Inc., as COO-Growth & Emerging Initiatives from 2011 to 2012, Quixey, Inc., as Chief Operating Officer from 2013 to 2015, Overture Corp., as Principal, and ViaSat, Inc., as President from 2023 to 2025. Mr. Gowrappan received his graduate degree from the University of Southern California and undergraduate degree from the University of Madras. |
| Alfred W. Zollar |
Alfred W. Zollar is the founder of AWZ Tech LLC, serving as Managing Partner since 2011. Current jobs include Independent Director at International Business Machines Corp. since 2021, Independent Director at The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. since 2019, Director at International Data Group, Inc., Director at Constant Contact, Inc., Independent Director at Nasdaq, Inc. since 2019, Director at GCOM Software, Inc. since 2021, Director at Pulse Secure LLC, Director at GCOM Software LLC, Director at The Eagle Academy Foundation, Director at El Education, Inc., Director at GCOM LLC, Member of Executive Leadership Council, Inc. since 2013, Advisor at Mission Engine LLC, Trustee at UC San Diego Foundation, and Member of The National Society of Black Engineers since 2013. Former jobs include President & Chief Executive Officer at Lotus Software, Inc. from 2000 to 2003, Independent Director at The Chubb Corp. from 2011 to 2016, Director at Public Service Electric & Gas Co. from 2022 to 2023, Independent Director at Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. from 2012 to 2023, Director at Red Hat, Inc. from 2018 to 2019, Director at Carnegie Speech Co., Inc., Director at Stratus Technologies, Inc., Director at Electronics for Imaging, Inc., General Manager-Tivoli Software Division at International Business Machines Corp. from 2004 to 2011, General Manager-Network Computer Software at International Business Machines Corp. from 1996 to 2000, and Executive Advisor at SIRIS Capital Group LLC. Education includes a graduate degree from the University of California San Diego. |
| Elizabeth Beshel Robinson |
Elizabeth Beshel Robinson currently works at Williams College, as Chairman-Trustees Board, BNY Mellon Government Securities Services Corp., as Non-Executive Chairman, The Travelers Cos., Inc., as Independent Director from 2020, The Travelers Indemnity Co., as Director from 2020, The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Independent Director from 2016, Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc., as Director from 2017, Blair Academy, Inc., as Trustee, St. Luke's Health Network, Inc., as Trustee, Every Mother Counts, as Trustee from 2017, and St. Lukes Hospital - Monroe Campus, as Trustee. Ms. Robinson also formerly worked at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., as Treasurer, Managing Director & Partner from 2005 to 2015, Goldman Sachs Bank USA (New York), as Director, and Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, as Trustee from 2009 to 2018. Ms. Robinson received her Masters Business Admin degree in 1998 from The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York and undergraduate degree in 1990 from Williams College. |
| Jeffrey A. Goldstein |
Jeffrey A. Goldstein currently works at Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., as Independent Chairman from 2022, SpringHarbor Holding Co. LLC, as Chairman, The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Independent Director from 2014, Capitolis, Inc., as Director, OneMarket Holdings, Inc., as Director, The German Marshall Fund of United States, as Trustee, Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., as Member from 2013, and Central Synagogue, as Trustee. Dr. Goldstein also formerly worked at Springharbor Financial Group LLC, as Chief Executive Officer from 2016 to 2018, BT Wolfensohn, as Co-Chairman, Arch Capital Group Ltd., as Director from 2006 to 2007, Westfield America Management Pty Ltd., as Director from 2016 to 2018, Edelman Financial Services LLC, as Director from 2015 to 2018, LPL Financial Holdings, Inc., as Independent Director from 2012 to 2013, The World Bank Group, as Chief Financial Officer & Managing Director from 1999 to 2004, Hellman & Friedman LLC, as Managing Director from 2004 to 2009, Hellman & Friedman LLC, as Managing Director, AlixPartners LLP, as Director, International Center for Research on Women, as Director, Westfield Corp. Ltd., as Independent Non-Executive Director from 2016 to 2018, Bankers Trust Co. (Des Moines, Iowa), as Management Committee Member, The Brookings Institution, as Principal, Princeton University, as Professor, Vassar College, as Trustee from 2011 to 2021, and Vassar College, as Trustee from 2003 to 2009. Dr. Goldstein received his graduate degree and doctorate degree from Yale University and undergraduate degree in 1977 from Vassar College. |
| Linda Zarda Cook |
Linda Zarda Cook currently works at Harbour Energy Plc, as Chief Executive Officer & Director from 2021, Harbour Energy LP, as Chief Executive Officer & Director, Harbour Energy Ltd., as Chief Executive Officer, Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce, as Vice Chairman, The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., as Independent Non-Executive Director from 2016, BNY Mellon, NA, as Non-Executive Director, The National Petroleum Council, as Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Inc., as Member, Kansas University Endowment Association, as Trustee, and China Development Forum, as Member. Ms. Cook also formerly worked at Shell Canada Ltd., as President, Chief Executive Officer & Director in 2004, Shell Gas & Power, as Chief Executive Officer from 2000 to 2003, Harbour Direct Holdings Ltd., as Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Chrysaor Holdings Ltd., as Chairman, Maverick Natural Resources LLC, as Chairman, The Boeing Co., as Independent Director from 2011 to 2015, Marathon Oil Corp., as Director in 2011, Cargill, Inc., as Director from 2010 to 2014, Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., as Managing Director, KBR, Inc., as Independent Director from 2011 to 2015, Shell Plc, as Executive Director from 2004 to 2010, AvantiGas Ltd., as Principal in 2002, and EIG Global Energy Partners LLC, as Senior Advisor. Ms. Cook received her undergraduate degree in 1980 from the University of Kansas. |
