The Ultimate Crypto List for Event Planners, Influencers and the Like

With Consensus going on in New York and this article brought back to my attention recently, wanted to take the time to share this article by Michelle Tsng as a great resource that others have asked me about from time to time so here it is. Also in support of many women in the blockchain and have to pleasure to know and have met many listed here and find that they are skilled and talented.

Intro: For the six (6) years when I was at PayPal, bringing PayPal to ubiquity while mitigating risk, our legal team consisted of a majority of women. We spent many hours educating businesses on the ins and outs of PayPal — both men and women.

Recently however, I attended a few crypto, blockchain and ICO conferences, and I saw minimal to no women on panels. Moreover, accordingly to Crypto Weekly, there are only 8 women in The 100 Most Influential People in Crypto List. Are women not in the blockchain space? If they are, are they not influential? Do they not want to speak on panels?

I decided to conduct the experiment myself, and here’s what I found.

• Many women would like to speak on panels
• Many women would like to be recognized
• Many women are qualified to speak in the crypto, blockchain and ICO space
• Many women are recommended by men

Thus, this list is made (with love) for event planners, influencers and the like — both men and women (and AI) — who desire to create an inclusive future for humans, who build panels and draft lists that are reflective of the community they are a part of, who respect each person for who they are.

In the spirit of decentralization and self-empowerment, I deliberately made this list open source so that you could copy and paste the list anywhere with a link to the original source under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike. I also intentionally un-rank the list to foster collaboration within the community. Instead, the list is alphabetized. Finally, I purposefully included each person’s LinkedIn profile so a LinkedIn presence could be visually seen.

It is my expectation to see thought leaders on this list on panels, in the media, and much much more.

200+ Thought Leaders in Crypto and Blockchain

The Decentralized Edition

Adella Toulon-Foerster, Partner at Cogent Law Group, LLP/ Crypto OG
Adryenn Ashley, Digital Marketing Maven, #Blockchain #ICO #Crypto Influencer, Starting Global Conversations that Matter
Ahalya Kethees, Executive Coach and Facilitator for Tech Leaders and Teams
Alexandra Damsker, Educator on blockchain, cryptocurrency and ICO. Innovative blockchain marketplace, strategic/legal advisor
Alexandra Levin Kramer, Esq., Blockchain Attorney
Alice Lloyd George, Investor at RRE
Alicia Noel (凤兰), Researching the food supply (block)chain
Allison Clift-Jennings, CEO at Filament
Allison Paz, Founder at Lemma Ventures
Alyse Killeen, Venture, Capital Investor
Amanda Gutterman, CMO at ConsenSys
Amanda Mork, Communicator at Contramore
Amber Baldet, Blockchain Program Lead
Ambre Soubiran, CEO at Kaiko
Amy Y. Wan, Founder & Chief Legal Hacker, Bootstrap Legal | Legaltech Enthusiast
Anastasia Shvetsova, Managing Partner of M&A PR studio
Andrea Tinianow, Chief Innovation Officer, Senior Vice President at Global Kompass Strategies
Andy Coravos, Co-founder, Elektra Labs
Angela K Wright, Founder at Make Crypto Easy: risk mitigation and ethical wealth generation
Angela (Oveson) Wright, Vice President, Flex Digital Health Strategic Business Development
Angela Tran Kingyens, Investor at Version One Ventures
Ann E. Greenberg, Serial Entrepreneur, Inventor and Thought Leader. Co-Founder: ION, Gracenote & Sceneplay (Entertainment AI™)
Anne Connelly, Founding Team at ixo foundation
Anne Ward, Bitcoin Capitalist and Evangelist
Annick Fuchs, Startup lawyer in the Silicon Valley and Europe, ex Director Legal PayPal
Antonie Hodge, Finance and Operations Director at Coin Center
Anu Bhardwaj, Founder at Women INVESTING in Women DIGITAL || The State of Women Radio and TV Network
Arianna Simpson, Venture Partner at Crystal Towers Capital
Arjita A. Sethi, Co Founder at Equally
Ashley Miller, Digital Marketing Expert, Head of Growth @ Airwaze
Audrey Chaing, Cryptocurrency Trader and Blockchain Analyst at blockchaing
Ayako Miyaguchi, Global leader / influencer in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Fintech
Aymiee Lee, Blockchain, Crypto and Software Engineer
Co-founder, Space Payments, Inc.
Becky Brook, Business Development, Licensing & Strategy Consultant
Beth Kurteson, Chief of Staff at Gemini
Blythe Masters, CEO of Digital Asset
Caitlin Long, Chairman of the Board & President at Symbiont.io
Caroline Jaquiss, Chief Of Staff at Polychain Capital
Carolyn Reckhow, Director of Operations, ConsenSys
Cat Song, ICO Advisor | ExsulCoin | Advisor, Satoshi Capital | GC, Faircap Angels | EVP Acquisitions & Finance | Venture Capital
Caterina Rindi, Independent Consultant, Blockchain Educator, Public Speaker
Catherine Coley, Head of Investor Relations at Ripple
Catherine Ross, Managing Editor at Cointelegraph.com | Fintech, Blockchain, Digital Currencies
Catheryne Nicholson, Founder BlockCypher
Cathy Mulligan, Ph.D., Co Director, Imperial College Centre for Cryptocurrency
Cecile Baird, Co-Founder Decentrl.Agency & Blockchain For Good
Charlene Chen, COO at BitPesa
Chelsea Palmer, Blockchain Proselytizer and Community Organizer
Christiana Zoupa, Co-Founder & CEO, Oceanus Foundation
Cindy (林心怡) Chin, Entrepreneur & Venture Strategist | 企业家 | Dare Mighty Things
Claudia (Honerlage) Coppenolle, Head of Digital Market Management, CCM, Deutsche Bank
Connie Gallippi, Founder / Executive Director of BitGive, 1st Official Bitcoin & Blockchain Nonprofit
Courtney Chin, Business Operations Associate at Coinbase
Cristina Dolan, Co-Founder & COO iXledger | Blockchain | MIT Media Lab
Crystal Rose, CEO, Sensay | SENSE ⚡️
Danielle Laity, Product Management and Development
Daria Gonzalez, Co-founder and CEO, Wunderdogs
Dawn Newton, Board Director at BitGive®, COO at Netki
Devika Darbari, COO at Cobalt
Dhana Pawar, Angel Investor
Diana Adachi, CEO at Pegasus Fintech, Inc.
Diane Brady, Business Journalist, Speaker, Consultant, Media Executive
Dima Elissa, MBA, Serial techpreneur, 3D AI Biomed Printing, TEDx Speaker, Connector, Investor, Mentor, Board Member, DI&I STEMm, Educator
Dori Liszkai, Management Consultant | Blockchain | Artificial Intelligence | Industrial & Consumer IoT | Security & Privacy
Elaine Ou, Blockchain Engineer at Global Financial Access
Elena Yunusov, CMO, Ambrosus
Elise Moussa, CEO and Founder, Snapay
Elizabeth McCauley, Board of Directors at the Bitcoin Foundation
Bitcoin and Blockchain Business Development Professional
Elizabeth Nyeko, Cleantech Entrepreneur
MODULARITY GRID, Mandulis Energy
Elizabeth Rossiello, Co-founder and CEO of BitPesa
Elizabeth Stark, Co-Founder and CEO, Lightning Labs
Elyse (Giles) Jupiter, Director of Customer Operations at BitPay, Inc.
Emily Rudolph Bush, Director at Digital Nework Advisors
Emma Channing, CEO and General Counsel at the Satis Group
Emmie Chang, Founder, Superbloom.Network (Simplified Crypto Investment Platform)
Fahima Anwar, Senior Director, Global Marketing & Communications at dubtokens | Blockchain Marketer
Fulvia Morales, Product Management at Bitso
Gabriela Andrada, Finance and Technology/ Financial Markets Lead Specialist at Inter-American Development Bank
Gabrielle Katsnelson, Chief Operating Officer, Co-Founder at SMBX; Investor
Galia Benartzi, Co-Founder and Head of Business Development, Bancor
Genevieve Leveille, Founder and CEO, AgriLedger
Co-Chair, Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) Working Group
Genevieve Renoir, Co-Founder, Web3 Foundation
Gerelyn Terzo, Senior Editorial Researcher, MandateWire, a Financial Times Company
Giselle Frederick, Founder and CEO, Zingr
Gwen Cheni, Investor and Entrepreneur
Hanieh Sadat, Impact Investing | CryptoAssets Investing | TGE Advisor
Hannah Kim, Founder & COO at Mifiel
Harshita Arora, Developer at Harshita Apps
Heidi Pease, Co-Founder HomeSidekick Inc. and CoFounder UCLA Blockchain Lab
Hermione Way, Brand Consultant, Former Head Of European Communications at Tinder, Inc.
Imogen Heap, CEO at The Featured Artists Coalition
Irena Chaushevska, Edu, FinTech & Space Entrepreneur I Polymath I Seed Investor
Irra Ariella Khi, CEO | Aviation security @Vchain Technology
Isa Yu, Co-Founder, Moeda
Jaclyn Leneé, Senior Product Designer, Purse
Jamie M, Founder Strongurl LLC
Dr Jane Thomason, Global Ambassador Social Impact British Blockchain Association,Commentator Blockchain Impact in Emerging Markets
Dr Jemma Green, Cofounder & Chair, Power Ledger, powerledger.io
Jen Greyson, CEO, Powered by Neureal℠ | Blockchain optimized for AI
Jennifer O’Rouke, Illinois Blockchain Business Liaison
Deputy Director, Office of Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Technology
Jess Houlgrave, Co-founder & COO at Codex Protocol
Jessi Baker, Founder at Provenance
Jessica Zartler, Blockchain Consultant, Journalist, Yoga Teacher | Marketing & Comm. Director
Jessica VerSteeg, CEO at Paragon Coin
Jill Carlson, Cryptocurrency Advisor
Jill Richmond, Senior Vice President at Sparkpr/Sparkchain
Jinglan Wang, Executive Director of Blockchain Educational Network and Blockchain Product Manager at NASDAQ
Jordan Kruger, Director of Research and Operations at Bloq
Joshua Ashley Klayman Kuzar, Chair, Wall Street Blockchain Alliance Legal Working Group; Co-Founder (and leader since inception) and Co-Chair, Blockchain + Smart Contracts Group
Joy Xiao, Associate at CKR LAW LLP — Strategic Legal Counsel
Joyce Kim, VC at SparkChain Capital, Board Member of Literacy Bridge, and Co-founder of Stellar
Joyce J. Shen, Venture Capitalist | Data Science Faculty at UC Berkeley | Published Author on Emerging Tech | Board Director | Founder
Julie Albright, Digital Sociologist; ICO / Blockchain Advisor
Julie (Jewels) Rossallini Coker, Blockchain & Crypto CEO | AI | IoT | Analytics | Big Data | BI | EPM | Volunteer Board Member | Business Development
Jutta Steiner, Founder at Parity Technologies
Kara Nortman, Partner at Upfront Ventures
Karen Hsu, Head of Growth at BlockCypher
Karen Olsson, Chief Operating Officer
Karen L. Ottoni, Blockchain Strategist. Co-Organizer for Women in Blockchain at Meetup. TATA Acclerated Leadership Program
Karyl Fowler, Futurist. Technical Sales Professional. Entrepreneur.
Co-Founder and CEO, Transmute Industries
Kate Swanberg, Product Manager — Growth & Engagement at Tradeshift
Katherine Kuzmeskas, MPH, Co-Founder, SimplyVital Health
Kathleen Breitman, Co-Founder and Operations, Tezos
Kathryn Harrison, Product Management Leader & Blockchain Innovator, IBM
Kathryn Haun, Board of Directors, Coinbase
Katrina Donaghy, Co Founder, Business Development Lead at Civic Ledger
Katya Dorozhkina, VC & Blockchain Investor | Advisor | Founding Partner, Starta Ventures
Kelley Weaver, Blockchain Communications Specialist- PR & Marketing Entrepreneur
Kimberly Trautmann, CFA, DRW: Director, DRW Venture Capital
Kristine Stone, Project Manager, Coinbase
Laney Fisher, Chief Creative Officer, and Co-Founder of Oaken Innovations
Lara Druyan, Managing Director and Head of Innovation, West Coast
Royal Bank of Canada
Laura Shin, Senior Editor at Forbes managing coverage of crypto/digital assets (Bitcoin, Ethereum, ICOs) and blockchain technology
Laurie Rosini, Associate at Perkins Coie LLP
Layla Tabatabaie, Attorney; Author; Advisor to multiple tech companies
Leah Callon-Butler, Co-Founder / Engagement Director at intimate
Leanne Kemp, Founder & CEO at Everledger
Lidia Carmina Dumitrascu, Partner, VentureBoost Group
Liesl Eichholz, Blockchain Advisor | Business Development Executive at Centrality
Liliana Pertenava, Head of Marcom — New Cloud Technologies (Brands: МойОфис, Collabio)
Lily Liu, Co-founder & CFO at Earn.com
Linda Xie, Co-founder & Managing Director of Scalar Capital
Lindsay Lin, FinTech/Blockchain/Regulatory Attorney
Lindsey Maule, Head of Cryptocurrency Research at Precursor Ventures
Lisa Gus, Founder & CEO at WishKnish (blockchain gamified social market network)
Lisa Yin, Chief Cryptographer & Chief Security Officer at Symbiont.io
Liya Belenska, AML & CDD Associate | LL.M. Candidate | Experienced in the (Bitcoin) Payments Industry
Liz O’Donnell, VP of Marketing, Abra
Marketing leader with a head for business and a heart for product
Liz Rabban, VP Sales, Celsius Network P2P Decentralized Lending and Borrowing
Liza Aizupiete, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Globitex
Lori Corpuz, Executive Producer of 4thBlockConference * Business Development for Galactic Systems * NYC Global Shaper as part of World Economic Forum * Ambassador to Demoracy.Earth *Advisor to TEDxBushwick (founding organizer)
Magdalena Ramada, Blockchain and Insurance | Senior Economist at Willis Towers Watson
Maggie Hsu, Business Development at AirSwap
Mai Fujimoto, Bitcoin donation platform KIZUNA
Maja Vujinovic, Chief Innovation Officer, Emerging Tech, GE Digital
Manana Samuseva, Managing Partner, BuroHQ Founder, Blockchain Digital, Crypto Media & iLIFT TV
Marcela Ribeiro Gonçalves, Co-Founder at Blockchain Brasil Org
Margaux Avedisian, Executive Vice President at Transform Group
Maria Concepcion de Monteverde, Innovation / Blockchain Project Manager, Banco Santander
Maria Jones, VP at CoinTelegraph Media Group
Maria Paola Gomez Gelvez, Strategy and Operations at Aragon
Marissa Kim, Crypto + blockchain | Lawyer | Entrepreneur
Marla Dukharan, Chief Economist at Bitt Inc.
Masha (Maria) McConaghy, Founder / CMO at BigchainDB GmbH / ascribe.io; Curator, Researcher, Art Consultant
Maureen L. Murat, Esq., Attorney I Crowdfunding Advisor | Blockchain Enthusiast I ICO Maven
Maxine Ryan, Co-Founder and COO at Bitspark Limited
Mc Kenna Walsh, Bringing together strategy and technology
Megan McCarthy, Founder & CEO at powerWHYS
Melanie Marsollier, Manager — Blockchain and Distributed Infrastructure
Melanie Swan, Blockchain Theorist, Philosophy, Purdue University
Melissa Zhang, Software Engineer at Coinbase
Meltem Demirors, Vice President at Digital Currency Group | WEF Blockchain Council | MIT MediaLab
Michelle Dick, Software Engineer, Formerly BitMesh
Michelle McCormack, Crypto Columnist for NY Observer, CEO and Founder, Casting Coin
Michelle Ray, Director of Communications at Algebraix Data Corporation
Michelle L. Staton, Founder of CrystalClarity.co, tracking crypto regulation | Blockchain Consultant at Digital Asset Affairs
Michelle Tsng, Entrepreneur, Advisor & Investor; Formerly PayPal
Blockchain, Crypto and Token Sale Media
Min H. Kim, Co-Founder & Head of Growth at The Bee Token
Miriam Neubauer, Managing Director at Catena Capital, Venture Capital for ICO, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
Mona El Isa, Founder and Member of the Board, Melonport AG
Monica Quaintance, Leads Engineering and Adoption Strategy at Kadena LLC
Monique Morrow, Advisor at VALID
Myrle Krantz, Solution Architect at Kuelap, Inc, Committer and Vice President, Apache Fineract
Naomi Brockwell, CEO Rainsworth Productions, Producer John Stossel, Emcee
Nataliya (Sevryna) Stanetsky, Co-Organizer of Women in Blockchain NY, IT Risk and Security Professional, Innovative Visionary
Nathalie McGrath, Director of People at Coinbase
Nathalie Salami, Blockchain Lawyer
Nathana Sharma, Program Director, Faculty Affairs & Principal Faculty at Singularity University
Neda Samimi, Chief Of Staff at Unikrn
Neha Narula, Director, MIT Digital Currency Initiative
Nelly Mensah, Sr. Manager, Sephora Innovation Lab: Imagining the possibilities of AI, AR/VR, IOT and Blockchain
Nicola Duke, A commodity derivatives trader focusing on the energy sector and currencies
Nicole Campa, Manager | Distributed Global
Nissa T. Szabo
PR and Marketing at AirSwap
Ola Doudin, Cofounder & CEO at BitOasis
Olga Svitelska, Co-founder, COO at Wunderdogs
Oxana Kunets, Co-Founder, Storifier
Paige Peterson, User Education & Communications at Zcash Company
Pamela Morgan, Attorney, Educator, Entrepreneur, Public Speaker
Perianne Boring, President at Chamber of Digital Commerce
Pia Mancini, Cofounder at Open Collective
Preethi Kasireddy, Founder & CEO at Schelling
Primavera De Filippi, Legal researcher at CNRS Paris, and Faculty Associate at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School
Priyanka Sood, Customer Success Manager at Coinbase
Rachel Cook, Founder/CEO at Seeds
Rachel Mayer, Product at Circle
Rachel Wolfson, Entrepreneur | Blockchain Journalist
Rahilla Zafar, Managing Director at ConsenSys
Raine Revere, Cryptocurrency Engineer
Rebecca Migirov, Founder at KALA, Formerly Chronicled and ConsenSys
Renata George, Connecting the dots in venture capital and making things simple
Rhea Mehta, Consultant at Deloitte Digital
Rhian Lewis, Director at Salvia Media Services, Technology Consultant (SDET and Blockchain)
Rika Sukenik, Tax Technology and Blockchain at Deloitte
Ritika Puri, Co-founder at Storyhackers
Robin Mahler Weisman, Principal at the Sternhell Group and Senior Policy Counsel to Coin Center
Ronak Pakzad, Investment Management at Morgan Stanley
Rosa Shores, Ecommerce/Blockchain/Entrepreneur/Emerging Technology
Rosanna (Rose) Chan, Ph.D, 🚀 token economics finance blockchain crypto time exchange
Rumi Morales, Global leader in financial technology investing and entrepreneurship
Sally Eaves, Blockchain Author/Blockbrain
Samantha Radocchia, Co-Founder at Chronicled // Technologist // Blockchain Pioneer // Forbes 30 Under 30
Samantha Wynn, Operations Lead — CEO Circle at ConsenSys
Samantha Zirkin, CEO at Point 93 | Revolutionizing how we Buy, Price, and Sell | Retail Personalization | Blockchain
Sandra Ro, Managing Partner & COO at UWINCorp
Sara L.M. Golden, Compliance Operations Associate at Flexport || Blockchain Specialist for Social Impact
Sarah Bergstrand
COO of BitBull Capital, the first Cryptocurrency Fund of Hedge Funds
Sarah Hodges
Partner, Pillar VC
Sarah I. Hody
Associate, Perkins Coie LLP
Sarah Tavel, General Partner at Benchmark
Saya Iwasaki, Empowerment Designer and Blockchain Educator, Lowering the Barrier of Entry to Participation
Scarlett Sieber, Chief Innovation Officer, Head of Strategic Transformation & Digital at Opus Bank
Sheila James, Vice President of Operations at Veem (formerly Align Commerce)
Shelley Kuipers, Founding Partner at Better Participation Group
Shermin Voshmgir, Founder of BlockchainHub, into Decentralized Web, Identity, Social Impact
Sherri Cuono, CEO/Co-Founder/Futurist Vidable
Shikha Mehra, International Tax & Blockchain Consulting
Shuonan Chen, General Partner at Agile VC
Simona Macellari, Director BHB Network GmbH
Songyi Lee, Zentrepreneur at zentrepreneurs.be
Stacy Herbert, An early investor in bitcoin and cryptocurrency related startups.
Stephanie Perez, Incubator & Accelerator at R3
Sudha Jamthe, IoT Disruptions CEO, Industry Advisor, Author and Stanford CSP Instructor for IoT, Self-Driving Car Business
Suna Said, Founder and CEO at Nima Capital LLC
Suraya Zainudin, Content Creation and Management Specialist (focuses: finance, fintech, blockchain)
Susan Oh, Chair of AI, Blockchain For Impact, United Nations General Assembly
Susan Poole, Blockchain Founder: BlockBridge Advisory: Startups, Identity. Bitcoin Consulting. Column: ICO CROWD. Advisor: Mooti
Susanne Chishti, CEO FINTECH Circle & Founder FINTECH Circle Institute, Co-Editor of Bestseller The FINTECH Book, CNBC TV Commentator
Tamar Menteshashvili, PhD candidate at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Tammy Camp, Founder/ CEO of Stronghold — a crypto asset management platform
Tatiana Koffman, Venture Advisor, Distributed Network Advisors (DNA)
Tatiana Moroz, Founder of Tatiana Coin (the 1st artist cryptocurrency) and Crypto Media Hub
Tavonia Evans, Founder / CEO at $Guap Coin / Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP)
Taylor Monahan, Founder, MyEtherWallet
Tess Rinearson, Engineering Manager at Chain
Thessy Mehrain, Innovation at ConsenSys
Tiffany Madison, Communicator, Strategist, Advisor, Consultant, Writer, Decentralizer, Blockchainer, Bitcoiner
Tina Berger, Strategic Consultant — Change Management
Tina Hui, CEO & Founder at Follow The Coin
Toni Lane Casserly, TLC, Founder @ CULTU.RE | Advisory Board I Entrepreneur I Investor I Empath I Key Note Speaker I Transformation Evangelist
Tracy Fong, Partner — PE, VC, & Real Assets at Albourne Partners
Tricia Martinez, Founder and CEO @ Wala
Usha Krishnan, Global Black Belt Blockchain Architect @ Microsoft | Founder — ChainGenie.com
Valeria Bystrowicz, Esq, Blockchain Technology & Digital Currency Attorney
Vanessa Grellet, Ethereum Blockchain
Vanishree Rao, PhD., Senior Cryptographer
Veena Pureswaran, Associate Partner, Global Research Leader — Blockchain at IBM
Veronica McGregor, Partner at Goodwin Procter
Veronica Reynolds, J.D. Candidate at UCLA School of Law
Vivienne Lee, Founder, YouMeWho
Yamila Eraso Pena, Early Stage & VC Advisor | Blockchain | Attorney-at-Law (NY)
Yasmeen Drummond, Founder of Women in Blockchain
Yasmeen Turayhi, Product Marketing Lead | Board of Directors, TechWadi. | Startup Advisor.

Credit to Michelle Tsng

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