• Chair Kathy Hanna The Kroger Co. Vice President Payments Acceptance and Services
  • Vice Chair Chris Priebe Southwest Airlines Sr. Director – Treasury Payments and Risk
  • Secretary Joseph Vasterling Best Buy Director, Payment Acceptance and Gift Cards
  • Treasurer Gina Powers Inspire Brands, Inc. Senior Director, Assistant Treasurer
  • Committee Chair Trent Addington Walmart Sr. Director, Emerging Payments
  • Member Director John Aglialoro Verizon Communications Director - Verizon Finance
  • Member Director Scott Anderson The Home Depot Vice President, Financial Services and Payments
  • Advisor SheueChee Beh Uber Director Payments, APAC
  • Member Director Virender Bhandari Hughes Network Systems, LLC Advisory Engineer
  • Member Director Meg Bramlette Amazon Director, North America & EU Payment Acceptance
  • Advisor Ivan Chang The Walt Disney Company Payments and Payments Partnership
  • Member Director Ron Collins CommonSpirit Health System Manager Merchant Card Operations
  • Advisor Kanishk Dutta Google Payments Partnership Manager-APAC
  • Member Director Janeth Falcon Circle K VP North America Technology
  • Member Director Ken Grogan Wakefern Food Corp. Director Treasury Services
  • Committee Co-Chair Barry Hanen Walgreens Payment and Card Services
  • Member Director Jamie Henry Walmart Vice President Finance, Emerging Payments
  • Member Director Sorin Hilgen EG America LLC CIO
  • Committee Chair Matt Howarter Walmart Sr. Director Payment Services
  • Member Director Peter Jessiman The Wendy's Company Director of Payments
  • Committee Co-Chair Kimberly Johnson VF Corporation Product Owner
  • Advisor Amira Karim Amazon APAC Lead, Payments and Financial Services Public Policy
  • Member Director Prasuna Kolachina Delta Airlines Managing Director, IT
  • Member Director Mike Lindberg CHS Inc Senior Director, Payment Solutions
  • Member Director Joshua Maletz Ford Motor Company Head of Engineering - Model e & Consumer Experiences
  • Member Director Alok Mathur Hughes Network Systems, LLC Senior Director - Revenue Management
  • Advisor Vishal Mehta Microsoft Sr. Manager, Strategic Partnerships
  • Member Director Carrie Morris Canadian Tire Associate Vice-President, Technology Delivery Payments and Processing
  • Advisor Richard Nasser Kua Wego VP, Product
  • Ex-Officio Director Dee O’Malley
  • Member Director Sree Pillai Best Buy Director of Engineering
  • Committee Co-Chair Anusha Ramanujam Square Head of Payment Partnerships
  • Member Director Apekshith Ramesha The Home Depot Sr. Principal Software Engineer
  • Member Director Ann Schmitt The Walt Disney Company Vice President – Enterprise Consumer Payments
  • Member Director Kothai Senthil Albertsons Companies, Inc. VP, Head of Payments
  • Member Director Wes Sweet Walmart Vice President, Transactional Systems
  • Chief Executive Officer John Drechny
  • Senior Vice President, Public Affairs and Events Beth Provenzano
  • Vice President, Collaboration and Education Bryan Penny
  • Vice President, Business Development and Tech Engagement Chris Storbeck
  • Director, Collaboration Kelly Andrus
  • Communications Coordinator Abby Arseneau
  • Conference and Events Planner Sophia Beyer-Bush
  • Director, Tech Engagement Steve Cole
  • Senior Director, Education and Design Leah Collins
  • Instructional Designer and Learning Management System Administrator Lisa Crockett
  • Communications Manager Erica Forman
  • Executive Administrative Assistant Kari Hartley
  • Graphic Designer Vinnie Lopez
  • Manager, Conference and Events Jennifer Mammele
  • Conference and Events Planner Nicole Mills
  • Account Executive Emilie Pelton
  • Collaboration Coordinator Carrie Pottorff
  • Senior Manager, Payments Content Josh Pynn
  • Senior Director, Conference and Events Andrea Rouse
  • Executive Director Amy Sellheim
  • Director, Membership Engagement and Sponsorship Programs Kristi Simonett
  • Manager, Sponsorship Programs Meg Thaxton
  • Human Resources Consultant Laura Townsend
  • Strategic Project Manager Julie Zambos
The Merchant Advisory Group

Driving positive change and innovation in the payments industry that serves the merchants interest through collaboration, education, and advocacy.