KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Joe Adamack

SVP of Legislative Affairs

GoWest Credit Union Association

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Dave Adams

SVP, Strategic Partnerships, Lender Solutions

Origence

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Sharee Adkins

EVP & Chief Impact Officer

GoWest Credit Union Association

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Jon Allen

VP, Information Systems Security Officer

Catalyst

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Jennifer Anderson-Kapke

VP/Chief Compliance Officer

OnPoint Community Credit Union

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Meagan Barrett

President & CEO

Northern Colorado Credit Union

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Paige Beffort

Manager, Credit Union Development

GoWest Credit Union Association

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Jordan Beyer

AVP, Grassroots Engagement

GoWest Credit Union Association

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Robert Blumberg

CEO and President

Wauna Federal Credit Union

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Cynthia Campbell, MBA, MEd.

Founder

Soul Path Leadership

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Julie Cayse

Western Region Director

NCUA

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Willy Chotzen

Representative, House District 46

Oregon Legislature

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Pablo DeFilippi

EVP

Inclusiv Network

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Dave Drouin

Co-Owner & President

PixelSpoke

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Kaysha Duffy

Director of Inclusion & Community Impact

OnPoint Community Credit Union

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Lucetta Elmer

Representative, District 24

Oregon Legislature

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Elizabeth Escobar

Chief Business & Lending Officer

Express Credit Union

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Ryan Fitzgerald

SVP, Advocacy

GoWest Credit Union Association

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Erica Flores

Branch Manager

Rivermark Community Credit Union

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Ashish Garg

Founder & CEO

Eltropy

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Shawn Gilfedder

President & CEO

Kitsap Credit Union

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Kerala Goodkin

Co-Owner, Director of Marketing & Impact

PixelSpoke

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Sarah Haley

Financial Institutions Examiner

AZ Department of Financial Institutions

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Jason Haley

Chief Investment Officer

ALM First

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Scott Hatley

Co-founder & Executive Director

INCIGHT

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Marshall Hayner

Co-Founder and CEO

Metallicus

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Jessica Heuer

Manager of Integrated Marketing

Velera

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Brian Hinze

President & CEO

NCU-ISAO

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Kelley Hodney

Attorney & Shareholder

FWW

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Amy Hunter

Director of Credit Unions

Washington State Department of Financial Institutions

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Soumya Johar

Senior Director, Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA)

Visa

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Don Jones

Founder

Invaluable People

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Brian Kaas

President & Managing Director

TruStage Ventures

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Samira Kalantari

Director of Product Management

Mastercard

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Saahil Kamath

VP, Product

Eltropy

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Karan Kashyup

CEO and Co-Founder

Posh AI

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Matt Kaufman

Attorney & Partner

Hathaway & Kunz

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Chris Kearney

President & CEO

TruWest Credit Union

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Pam Leavitt

SVP, Regional Grassroots & Political Programs/Legislative Affairs OR

GoWest Credit Union Association

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Aaron Long

Head of Business Development

Zest AI

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Khrystyn Lutz

Chief Risk Officer

Grand Altitude FCU

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Janet M. Powell

Chief of Regulation and Supervision, CU Program

Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services

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Connie Miller

CEO

Credible Advantage

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Greg Mitchell

President & CEO

First Tech Federal Credit Union

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Barbara Mojica

Executive Director

The National Association of Latino Credit Union & Professionals (NLCUP)

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Deedee Myers, Ph.D., MSC, PCC

Chief Executive Officer

DDJ Myers an ALM First Company

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Mary Navarrete

Director of Community Impact

Point West Credit Union

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Amy Nelson

President & CEO

Point West Credit Union

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Brandt Nevin

Credit Union Section Supervisor

Idaho Department of Finance

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Ryan O'Connor

VP of Marketing and Communications

Credit Union West

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Chad Olney

CEO

Pacific Crest FCU

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Patti Perkins

Director

Idaho Department of Finance

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Oscar Porras

Senior Consultant, DEI & Board Chair

Humanidei & Point West Credit Union

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Tara Roether

AVP, Marketing

GoWest Credit Union Association

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Brian Rohrbacher

President & CEO

Grand Altitude FCU

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Joseph Saldana

Chief Financial Officer

Wyoming Stable Token Commission

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Natalia Schmidt

Inclusion and Impact Specialist

OnPoint Community Credit Union

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Madlynn Schreibvogel

VP, Public Relations

GoWest Credit Union Association

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Hal Scoggins

Attorney & Shareholder

FWW

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Debbie Shephard

VP of Lending

Northern Colorado Credit Union

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Troy Stang

President & CEO

GoWest Credit Union Association

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Steven Stapp

President & CEO

Unitus Community Credit Union

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Alyssa Tallman

Senior Marketing Automation Specialist

Climb Credit Union

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Nathan Teske

Executive Director

Bienestar

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Mark Valente

Financial Services Commissioner

State of Colorado

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Jenn Wade

Chief Experience Officer

Copper State Credit Union

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Justin Whitesides

Attorney

FWW

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Amanda Wick

Founder & CEO

Association for Women In Cryptocurrency & Principal, Incite Consulting

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Corlinda Wooden

President

Wooden Consulting, LLC

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2026 GoWest Awards

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