Good News about Our Members and Partners  

Wnet Welcomes Stacia Smith as New Head of Strategic Partnerships

Wnet Member and Volunteer Will Lead Corporate Relationships

By Wendy Holliday, M.Ed., CAE, Wnet CEO

It is my pleasure to introduce Stacia Smith as the Wnet Head of Strategic Partnerships. Stacia will lead Wnet’s relationships with our Corporate Partners and Sponsors, and will direct new revenue opportunities that strengthen our mission “to create a stronger and more diverse industry by empowering and investing in women.”

Stacia comes to us with extensive experience in the payments and paytech space along with a strong strategic and sales background. She has been a Wnet member and active volunteer – just recently Stacia was featured as moderator of our webinar: "Introduction to Career Coaching! Resources to Activate Your High-Performance Zone." You can see a recording of this event in our Thought Leadership Center.

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MEMBER MOVES

• Olivia Hall has a new position at VizyPay as Director of Client Success.
• Wnet Member Valissa Pierrelouis, Senior Customer Success Manager at ACI Worldwide, starts her own coaching business, Standout Career Guide, geared toward introverts & women of color. Read more.

Congratulations!
If you have moved to a new company, have a new role, or been nominated to a board, tell us so we can highlight you in MEMBER MOVES! Send details and press release link if applicable to info@wnetonline.org.

PARTNER NEWS 

• WELCOME to new Corporate Partner QuickFee! Serving thousands of clients across the U.S. and Australia, QuickFee is a leading online payment platform for professionals, service providers and small business owners.

• THANK YOU to Pinnacle Corporate Partner Fiserv for renewing their Wnet membership! And to Corporate Partner Repay for increasing their membership to the Patron level! Their renewals support diversity, equity and inclusion for our 4,500+ members and the larger payments and fintech industry.

• THANK YOU to these new sponsors (as of May 31) of the 2022 Leadership Summit, EmPowered by FIS: Avidia Bank, Green Rhino Recruitment, Mastercard and NCR. Demonstrate your commitment to diversity and inclusion by supporting opportunities at the Leadership Summit through a sponsorship.

• Wnet Corporate Partner JPMorgan Plans to Tokenize Traditional Assets. Read more.

• Wnet Corporate Partner Green Rhino Recruitment is partnering with Recruiter.com. Read more.

• DFC and Wnet Corporate Partner Mastercard partner to deepen financial inclusion in Central America. Read more.

June is LGBTQ Pride Month

Honoring the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan.
We need to keep moving forward for better inclusion of all! 

Wnet Members, join our Wnet Pride/LGBTQ Inclusion Group for a safe place to connect & share.
Be part of our LinkedIn WNET DEI Pride/LGBTQ Inclusion Group.  

Thank you to Chair Kayla Christopher, MBA, of Elavon, Inc./ U.S. Bank for leading and empowering the IG!