Global Leaders

Speakers

SmartCon brings together the world’s leading voices in finance, Web3, and government to share firsthand insights on how blockchain and onchain technologies are transforming industries, institutions, and the global economy—sparking critical conversations that chart the course of an onchain future.

Thomas Zschach
Chief Innovation Officer, Swift
Patrick Witt
Executive Director, President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, The White House
Chris Perry
President, Broadridge Financial Solutions
G. Daniel (Dan) Doney
Managing Director, Chief Technology Officer, DTCC Digital Assets, DTCC
Nadine Chakar
Global Head of Digital Assets, DTCC
Jonathan Ehrenfeld Solé
Head of Strategy, Swift
Nelli Zaltsman
Head of Platform Settlement Solutions, Kinexys by JPMorgan
Chris Zuehlke
Partner/Global Co-Head, DRW/Cumberland
Bryan Steil
Congressman, House of Representatives
E. David Burt
Premier of Bermuda, Government of Bermuda
Joseph Lubin
Founder & CEO, Consensys
Sergey Nazarov
Co-founder, Chainlink
Stani Kulechov
Founder, Aave Labs
Justin Sun
Founder, TRON
Ed Felten
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Offchain Labs
Nate Holiday
CEO, MakeInfinite Labs
David Mills
Senior Associate Director, Federal Reserve Board
Mark Garabedian
Director of Digital Assets and Tokenization, Wellington
Donna Milrod
Chief Product Officer, State Street
Charles Jansen
Managing Director, Head of DeFi Transformation, S&P Global
Jack Pouderoyen
Director, Digital Asset Strategy, Swift
Chris Bruner
Chief Product Officer, Tradeweb
Lidia Kurt
CEO, Seturion / BX Digital
Andrew McCormick
Head of eToro US, eToro
Alex Cordover
Chief Executive Officer, Tradable
Larry Wade
Global Head of Compliance and Regulatory Relations for Crypto, PayPal
Ed Budd
Chief Product Officer, Partior
Nicola White
VP of Crypto Institutions, Robinhood
Marius Ciubotariu
Co-Founder, Kamino Finance
Nathan Allman
Chief Executive Officer, Ondo Finance
Carlos Domingo
Co-founder & CEO, Securitize
Ben Jones
Co-Founder, Optimism
Samuel Bisig
CTO, Seturion / BX Digital
Stacy Rosenthal
Head of Payments Platforms, PayPal
Juan Carlos Reyes
President of CNAD, Government of El Salvador
Will Peck
Head of Digital Assets, WisdomTree
Kelly Mathieson
Chief Business Development Officer, Digital Asset
Jorgen Ouaknine
Global Head of Innovation and Digital Assets, Euroclear
Alireza Dorfard
Managing Director - Head of Market Data + Services, Deutsche Börse Group
Matthew Horne
Head of Digital Asset Strategists, Fidelity
Bruno Grossi
Head of Digital Assets, Banco Inter
Max Heinzle
Founder & CEO, 21X
Amar Kuchinad
CEO, Copper Technologies
Ryan Rugg
Head of Digital Assets Citi's Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi
Stijn Vander Straeten
CEO, Crypto Finance | Deutsche Börse Group
Kristen Mierzwa Barrie
Head of Digital Assets, FTSE Russell, an LSEG business
Chris Brummer
CEO, Bluprynt
Laurens Schepens
Lead UBS Tokenize, UBS
Will Artingstall
Head of Digital Asset Payments and E-commerce Services, Citi
David Palmer
CPO, Pairpoint by Vodafone
Aviad Stein
Global Head of Digital Asset Solutions, Broadridge Financial
Cory Pugh
CEO, Bridgetower Capital
Chuck Mounts
Managing Director, S&P Global
Angie Walker
Global Head of Commercialisation, APEX Digital, APEX Group
Mike Foy
Chief Financial Officer, AMINA Bank
Dan Phillips
Markets Digital Asset Product, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Ankur Prasad
SVP, Head of Bank Product, Capital One
Andrew Moss
Head of Digital Asset Research , Jefferies
Rajeev Bamra
Global Head of Digital Economy Strategy, Moody's Ratings
Maredith Hannon
Head of Business Development, Digital Assets, WisdomTree
Thomas Cowan
Head of Tokenization, Galaxy
Daniel Coheur
Global Head of Digital Assets and Fund Distribution, APEX Group & Tokeny
Christoph Schneider
Head of IT, GLEIF
Sarah Hammer
Managing Director, Charles Schwab
Michael Orzano
Head of Exchange Products and Digital Assets, S&P Dow Jones Indices
Alexander Höptner
CEO, AllUnity
Anna-Naomi Bandi-Lang
Digital Asset Structuring, UBS Investment Bank
Giovanni Vicioso
Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products, CME Group
Eric Saraniecki
Head of Network Strategy, Digital Asset | Canton
Matthew Sigel
Head of Digital Assets Research, VanEck
Mark Nichols
Partner Digital Asset Consulting Leader, Ernst & Young (EY)
Aqsa Zubair
Assistant Director, FinTech, Bermuda Monetary Authority
Ryan Louvar
Chief Legal Officer and Head of Business and Legal Affairs, Digital Assets, WisdomTree
Sam ten Cate
MD - Head of Digital Strategy, State Street Investment Management
Kerem Kolcuglu
Digital Finance Advisor / Managing Partner, Government of Bermuda / Penrose Partners
Owen Lau
Managing Director, Clear Street
Jim Hiltner
Co-Founder, Head of Business Development, Superstate
Patrick Collins
CEO, Cyfrin
Kathleen Wrynn
Global Head of Digital Assets, Invesco
Fernando Vazquez
President, Capital Markets, Chainlink Labs
Torab Torabi
CEO, Move Industries
Rodrigo Coelho
CEO, Edge & Node
Edward Woodford
Founder & CEO, zerohash
Michael Bentley
Co-Founder and CEO, Euler Finance
Rayhaneh Sharif-Askary
Managing Director, Head of Product & Research, Grayscale
Jason Lau
Chief Innovation Officer, OKX
Lamine Brahimi
Co-Founder, Taurus
Markus Franke
Founder & CEO, Mento Labs
Summer Mersinger
CEO, Blockchain Association
Jacob Phillips
Co-founder, Lombard
Ophelia Snyder
Co-Founder, 21.co
Nick Ducoff
Head of Institutional Growth, Solana Foundation
Misha Putiatin
CEO & Co-founder, Symbiotic
Joe Flanagan
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Maple, Maple Finance
Martin Quensel
Co-founder of both, Centrifuge and Anemoy
Alex Gluchowski
CEO / Founder, Matter Labs
Vanessa Fernandes Da Silva
Advisor / Partner, Aeonic Digital
Apurva Joshi
Chief Product Officer, Chainlink Labs
Wormhole Oracle
Founder, LlamaRisk
Andre Salem
Co-founder & CEO, Cryptum
NOV 4-5, 2025  |  THE METROPOLITAN PAVILION

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Donna Milrod
Chief Product Officer, State Street
Donna Milrod is executive vice president and chief product officer at State Street, responsible for leading the strategy, value propositions and growth of our Asset Servicing businesses, including Digital Asset Solutions. Donna also is a member of State Street’s Executive Committee, the company’s senior leadership team.

Previously, Donna led the company’s Global Asset Managers segment business as well as the Global Clients Division.

Donna has over 25 years of experience in banking and financial services including leadership positions at Deutsche Bank, where she served as deputy chief executive officer for its North America business. Before joining State Street, she was a senior advisor to both Broadridge and McKinsey & Company, where she provided advice for navigating risk, optimizing operating efficiencies and increasing revenue growth. Prior to that, Donna was with the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) where she served on the Management Committee and was the head of DTCC Solutions, delivering innovative post-trade processing solutions to clients.

Currently, Donna serves as an independent board director of Orion Innovation, a privately held technology services company. Previously, she served on the boards of Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) and Cabela’s Inc. (NYSE:CAB). Currently, she sits on the board of Partnership Fund for New York City and is also a member of the New York Women’s Forum, the Committee of 200, National Association of Corporate Directors, Council on Foreign Relations and the Economic Club of New York.

Donna has appeared on American Banker's “Most Powerful Women in Finance” list for four consecutive years (from 2021 through 2024). In recognition of her leadership driving positive change around inclusion and diversity in the workplace, Donna has earned a place on each of INvolve’s three Executive Role Model, Advocates and Allies lists: Empower (2024 and 2023), Outstanding (2023) and HERoes (2022). Donna also has been honored by Crain’s New York Business as one of 2021’s Notable Women on Wall Street, and in 2019 was named one of the Most Influential Corporate Board Directors by WomenInc. Magazine.

Donna received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College and a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia Business School.