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Wole Coaxum featured in Inc Magazine

Inc Magazine recently featured MoCaFi founder and CEO, Wole Coaxum, for their work in helping to provide banking services to the underserved.

February 3, 2022

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Aspiration acquires carbon measurement platform Carbon Insights

Climate-focused sustainability as a service solutions provider Aspiration announced the acquisition of Carbon Insights, solidifying them as the leading carbon scoring solution on the market.

January 13, 2022

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Forbes Profiles Divergent and Czinger Vehicles

Forbes recently sat down with Kevin and Lucas Czinger, the father-son team behind Czinger Vehicles and Divergent Technologies.

December 20, 2021

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Andrei Cherny joins the Wharton Fintech Podcast

The Aspiration Co-Founder and CEO recently sat down with the Wharton Fintech Podcast to discuss his inspirations, collaborating with Drake and why identity banking is

December 15, 2021

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UrbanFootprint Wins Gold Medal in Inc.’s Best in Business Awards

The Best In Business Awards celebrate companies that have made an extraordinary impact in their fields and on our society this year.

December 11, 2021

Air Protein is Best in Business

Air Protein honored as one of INC’s Best in Business

Through the Best in Business awards, Inc. recognizes companies that have had a superlative impact on their industries, their communities, the environment, and society as

December 11, 2021

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Adrienne A. Harris

Adrienne A. Harris is a Professor of the Practice at the University of Michigan, as well as a Senior Research Fellow with the Center for Finance, Law and Policy at the University. Adrienne is an early-stage investor and advisor. She also advises fintech companies, incumbent financial institutions, and large venture capital firms. Most recently, Adrienne was the founding Chief Business Officer and General Counsel of States Title, a San Francisco-based, insur-tech start-up for which she is now an Advisor. States Title (now Doma) announced it was merging with a SPAC in March 2021.

Adrienne currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Financial Health Network (formerly CFSI), for Beneficial State Bank (a CDFI and certified B-Corp), and Homie, Inc. She also serves as a Limited Partner Advisor to NYCA and as a Term Member on the Council of Foreign Relations. She previously served on the International Technology Advisory Panel (ITAP) for the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Adrienne was a Special Assistant to President Obama for Economic Policy at the National Economic Council in the Obama White House, where her portfolio included financial reform, financial technology, cybersecurity, consumer protection, and housing finance reform. At the White House, Adrienne spearheaded the development of the Administration’s fintech strategy, chairing both the Interagency Fintech Working Group and the Administration’s Distributed Ledger Technology Task Force. She came to the White House from the U.S. Department of Treasury where she served as Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary. Prior to coming to Washington, D.C., Adrienne was an Associate at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York, where her practice included representing financial institutions in complex regulatory proceedings and M&A transactions. While at the firm, Adrienne was tapped to serve as an advisor to numerous local, state and national political campaigns and transitions. From 2007 to 2008, she was a Judicial Clerk in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the Honorable Stephen C. Robinson. Adrienne earned her M.B.A. from the New York University Stern School of Business with specializations in Economics and Management, her J.D. from Columbia University Law School, where she was a member of the Columbia Law Review, and her B.A. from Georgetown University, where she was a John Carroll Scholar and graduated with honors.

Jan Lynn Owen

Senior Advisor to Manatt, Phelps & Philips, LLP

Jan Owen is Senior Advisor in Manatt Financial Services, resident in the San Francisco and Sacramento offices.

Jan’s broad practice includes the representation of a wide variety of regulated entities with respect to consumer-facing products and services. She also counsels clients on strategic approaches in response to state and federal inquiries, exams, investigations and enforcement actions, and appears on their behalf before state and federal regulators.

Examples of her current representations include:

consulting on state and federal regulatory matters including enforcements actions, regulatory exam results,
Counseling cannabis industry clients on various aspects of their operations
Representing banks with respect to cannabis industry issues and compliance
Assisting clients on innovative new financial products
Counseling start-ups in the financial services businesses, including new banks, credit unions and FinTech companies.
Providing strategic advice to major banks, credit unions, consumer financial lenders, independent mortgage companies, fintech companies and startups, blockchain and cryptocurrency companies and technology companies with respect to matters that may come before state and federal regulators.

Prior to joining Manatt, Jan was the first and longstanding Commissioner of California’s Department of Business Oversight (2013 to 2019) now known as the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI), the state’s financial regulator. A hands-on Commissioner, Jan actively led a massive agency with oversight over licensed and regulated financial services and securities entities. Prior to her role at DBO, Jan held other senior positions in both government and at a major financial institution.

In addition to Jan’s work at Manatt, Jan enjoys being on the Board of Directors of Bank of Southern California and on the Board of Directors of Kraken Financial. Jan also is on the Advisory Board of Radicle Impact and on the Advisory Board of Jiko, a financial services company.

Jan is a frequent speaker and author on topics relating to women’s issues, regulatory and consumer protection developments across the country. She continues to be extensively quoted by national publications such as American Banker and Bloomberg and is referenced in articles written in other publications as such American Lawyer.

Lisa Stevens

Chief People Officer, Aon United Operations

Lisa Stevens is Aon’s Chief People Officer. In this role she is responsible for creating, implementing and leading the strategies that empower the Firm’s 50,000 employees across 120 nations to fully align with the client-centric Aon United mission. Stevens leverages her proven ability to deliver business results as she leads the People Organization, including culture & change, talent, rewards and diversity, equity & inclusion strategies and their global functions. As a member of the CEO’s leadership team, Stevens also plays a critical role in overseeing the coaching and executive talent development and succession planning strategies for Aon.
Stevens joined Aon in 2018 as Executive Vice President of Aon United Operations where she led the Delivering Aon United strategy and adoption to accelerate client value creation and drive growth by increasing collaboration across geographies and solution lines.

Her ultimate objective is for colleagues around the world to be inspired by the Aon United mission, committed to professional development and work as a unified global team to build and be a part of a firm that consistently delivers great outcomes for clients, and even greater impact in the communities we serve around the world.

Stevens joined Aon from Wells Fargo Bank after a 29-year career. In her last role with Wells Fargo, Stevens was Executive Vice President and Head of the Western U.S., leading 34,000 employees and 2,700 branch offices across a 24-state region with annual community engagement in excess of $100 million. Prior to that role, Stevens ran 20 states plus sales and marketing for the entire Community Bank while leading Small Business Banking for the company. Earlier roles included serving as President of both the Pacific Northwest and the California Regional Banking Divisions.

Stevens has an extensive background in managing operational, market, reputational and credit risk, in addition to having managed multi-billion dollar operating organizations. Under Stevens, Small Business Banking served over 3 million small business customers with sales up to $5 million with a full range of financial services. As the leader in the banking industry for small business lending, Stevens was responsible for building and innovating small business customer solutions including FastFlexSM, the first product in traditional financial services that disrupted enterprises such as Lending Club, OnDeck and Cabbage. She also created national lending commitments to minority and women owned businesses.

Stevens earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Santa Clara University. She services as a commissioner for the Rose Bowl Operating Committee and is an active board members of several non-profit organizations, including the Executive Committee of the California Roundtable, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Arizona State University’s Global Institute of Sustainability, Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, and the Board of Regents for Santa Clara University.