Wnet PayTech News
October 13, 2021
 

 

I hope you’re having an amazing fall and enjoying this time before the holiday rush begins! To help you prepare for the holidays, make sure to register for the new Wnet Online Silent Auction to find gifts for your family and friends! Donations are now open and can include gift cards, personal items, spa treatments, wine, jewelry, tickets, artwork – or donate an “experience” and meet others in the industry, while helping Wnet. It’s easy to donate online and support our annual fundraiser. Bidding opens Oct. 24 and ends Nov. 3 at the Wnet Leadership Summit, however, you don’t need to be there to participate because bidding is also online. Invite your friends and colleagues to donate and bid too – all are welcome to our public auction. Plus, we’ll tag all donors on our social sites to celebrate your generosity and support of Wnet!

 

Let’s make this year’s auction the best ever!

 

Dawn Delaney, Wnet Board Director

 

Sincerely,

Dawn Delaney
Wnet Board Director and Silent Auction Champion

VP, Innovation and Fintech Partnerships, Wholesale
JPMorgan Chase

 

Wnet Special Events

Register Today for Wnet 2021 Leadership Summit

 

INVEST IN YOURSELF! Register today and reserve your room before Oct. 19 to save!

 

Wnet Announces 2021 Leadership Summit Industry Support
of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

FIS and other global payment and fintech companies demonstrate their commitment to Wnet’s annual event focused on empowering and investing in women

 

KENT, Ohio – October 5, 2021 – Women's Network in Electronic Transactions (Wnet), the premier nonprofit organization serving professional women in the payments and fintech industries, is pleased to announce the support of more than a dozen sponsors for our 2021 Leadership Summit, Make The Investment.

 

“The Wnet Summit is a key facet to empowering women for leadership and executive positions, and the industry’s sponsorship support has been exceptional,” says Polly Van Duser, SPHR, Wnet Board Secretary and Senior Partner, Payments & FinTech - North America, at Greenings. “An investment in our Leadership Summit showcases industry support of diversity, equity and inclusion to more than 4,200 Wnet members, helps industry women flourish and strengthens the larger payments and fintech network.”

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Wnet Online Silent Auction Oct. 24-Nov 3 - Donate Now

 

The NEW Silent Auction has expanded to two weeks and will open virtually during Money 20/20 and close the evening of Nov. 3 during our Opening Night Celebration Reception, brought to you by Global Payments. No waiting in long lines to pay for your winnings! Plus, we'll have some special on-site-only items available for those attending the Leadership Summit! DONATE NOW!

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New PayTechWomenLead presented by Wnet, Featuring Stacy Hughes and Andrew Luca

 

Wnet and Member News

Getting More out of the Book Club

Getting More by Stuart Diamond bookcover

The Wnet Book Club binds fellow book lovers together! Join the group and register for the next conversationSeptember/October Book: Getting More: How You Can Negotiate to Succeed in Work and Life by Stuart Diamond. Discussion: Oct. 28, 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. PT

 

Good News about Our Members and Partners

Congratulations to these 14 Wnet Members who earned the LEAD Certificate for completing the entire PayTechWomenLead Virtual Leadership Education Series. Certificates will be distributed electronically soon.

  • Bank of America: Berica Askew-Breier, VP, Third Party Monitoring & Oversight
  • Discover: Joanna Hanner, Senior Product Manager
  • FIS: Ann Morsch, Client Relationship Manager Senior, and Tracy Korb, Senior Content Marketing Writer
  • Fiserv: Katherine Carroll, Sr. Service Professional, and Lori Halfacre, Director, Enterprise Data Architecture
  • Global Payments Inc.: Charisse Claytor, Associate Director, Implementation Services; Crystal McCorkle, Client Services Specialist; Elysa Cardenas, Director; Kari Negaard, Sr. Strategic Operations Analyst; and Mary Weston, Associate Director, Client Services Management
  • Humboldt Merchant Services: Amanda Beam, Director, Partner Relations
  • JPMorgan Chase: Lindsay Kugel, Senior Associate, Corporate Development, and Melissa Theriault, Executive Director 

Wnet Members Genevieve Dozier, Chief Business Development Officer at Merchant's PACT, and Rawan Shawar, Senior Software Engineer & Team Lead at ACI Worldwide, will be presenting at HerSuiteSpot's HerRise Conference, Oct. 15-16. Plus, Wnet Member, Global Speaker and Author Velera Wilson will receive the Yvette Salomon Literary Award.

 

In honor of National Coming Out Day (LGBTQIAA+) on Oct. 11, explore McKinsey Quarterly: LGBTQ+ Voices: Learning from Lived Experiences. Read more.

 

Protiviti was named "One of the 2021 Best Companies for Working Mothers and for Working Dads." Read more.

 

Money 20/20 USA, Oct. 24-27, will include speaking engagements with Wnet Past President Carol Grunberg, Managing Director and Head of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation - TTS at Citi, and Jess Turner, Executive Vice President, New Digital Infrastructure and Fintech at Mastercard.

 

Congratulations to these Wnet Members who are part of the 2021 RiseUp Cohort for Money20/20:

  • Chilli Chilwan, Director, Digital Solutions, Mastercard

  • Joanna Hanner, Senior Product Manager, Discover

  • Kathryn Kmiotek, Channel Marketing Strategist, BillGO

  • Laura Gibson, Senior Manager - Technology Consulting - Payments, Protiviti

  • Megan Mountain, Director, Product, PAYA

 

Upcoming Events

 

Daily Meditation with Elizabeth Lions; now pre-recorded for on-demand access anytime! FREE for all

October 13-14: WSAA at Fort Worth Partner Event

October 13: Networking Mixer at WSSA North Texas Chapter LinkUp: FREE for all Wnet & WSSA Members

Oct. 14-15: HerSuiteSpot Partner Event: HerRise Conference: Money Panel: You Know Your Worth, Now What?

October 21: Social Marketing Basics for Brand Advancement SoCal Chapter LinkUp; FREE for all

October 24-27: Money20/20 Partner Event

October 28: Wnet's Book Club - September Book: Getting More: How You Can Negotiate to Succeed in Work and Life

November 3-4: Wnet 2021 Leadership Summit – Make the Investment
In-Person Event in Atlanta, GA, with expanded educationReserve your hotel room by Oct. 19. 

 

   
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DEI Corner
 

Wnet DEI Corner Pride/LGBTQ IG Chair Kayla Christopher


What Does Inclusion Mean to You?

New Series with Wnet Inclusion Group Chairs

 Kayla Christopher    Kayla Christopher, Regulatory Review Manager, RPS Risk, U.S. Bank

 

Part 3: Interview with Pride/LGBTQ Inclusion Group Chair Kayla Christopher

Wnet: What does inclusion mean to you?

Kayla: To me, inclusion in the workplace means that I can be my true authentic self at work and feel accepted and welcomed no matter one’s race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, age, language, disability or socioeconomic status. An inclusive environment at work is key because employees can feel supported, appreciated and valued as a person. We all know that when employees feel these things it will help them perform at their best. This helps a work team collaborate and perform at an optimal level. A supportive and inclusive employee workplace results in employees who are happier, more productive and have better mental health. This not only benefits the employee and their employer, but also that employee’s family and friends benefit from them being a happier person overall outside of work. It is a positive chain reaction that keeps going and benefits our society.

 

Wnet: What has been some of the value of having an employee resource group within your organization that is aligned with the inclusion group of Wnet? If your company does not have an ERG, where do you find value or how do you create it?

Kayla: I am very fortunate to work for a company that puts a great deal of time, money and effort into our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) strategy. At U.S. Bank, DEI is at the heart of our core values and company culture.

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