FinTech Credit Union Connection

Faye Nabhani is the President and CEO of SAFE Credit Union in Folsom, California. SAFE is a locally owned and managed, not-for-profit business and consumer financial institution serving the Greater Sacramento region. In her role with SAFE Credit Union, Faye provides organizational leadership, strategic vision, and lending expertise as a key member of SAFE’s Executive Management Team. Faye was also the strategic leader and executive sponsor of SAFE’s core system conversion to Fiserv DNA, completed in April 2022.

Prior to joining SAFE, Faye worked for KeyPoint Credit Union in Santa Clara, California, for 22 years in a variety of credit operations and management positions, including most recently as EVP, Chief Lending Officer. Faye has served as a member of various boards of directors, including MBL LLC (now CUBG), as Member Engagement and CLO Forum Committee Member for the CUNA Lending Council, and as a board member of the Folsom Tourism and Economic Development Corporation (2016-2018).

Doug Leighton is the former Head of Visa’s Community Account segment where he led a 50-person team responsible for the sales and relationship management of ~7,500 US-based Community Banks and Credit Unions. In that role, he coordinated a variety of efforts designed to provide the best of Visa’s products, services, resources, and people – all tailored to drive winning payment deployments for credit unions.

Since leaving Visa, Doug has focused on a variety of passions; advising FinTechs that are committing to credit union success, supporting diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in financial services and the community at large, and providing thought leadership on managers and their direct impact on employee well being and psychological safety.

Prior to his role in FI Sales, Doug held several positions at Visa, most recently managing Western Regional Issuer Sales. Before that, Doug managed US Business Planning and Management. In that role, Doug worked on projects that enhance the reputation and efficiency of the Sales team. He has also worked in the Co-Branded Programs Sales group and has been a Sales Support Manager, Visa Extras, Visa’s e-commerce products (e-Visa) and EMV.

Doug was with Visa for over 23 years after holding product management, finance and customer service positions at Merrill Lynch, Barclays Global Investors and Wells Fargo.

Doug earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from San Jose State University in 1989. In 1997, he earned an MBA degree from the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley. He lives in San Mateo, CA with his wife Tracey and sons Scott and Zachary.

Mark is the Founder & Managing Partner at Next Stage Partners with a focus on bringing meaningful innovation from early-stage fintech companies to leading financial institutions, merchants and networks. He has extensive payments industry experience with a proven track record of moving products from concept to commercialization in consumer and B2B environments.

Prior to Next Stage Partners, Mark held several executive management roles at Visa Inc. working with merchants and financial institutions. He successfully launched a variety of P2P, prepaid, mobile and e-commerce products and platforms. Prior to Visa, Mark’s experience also includes expanding the video game business with Sony and launching new divisions for Nestle and Johnson & Johnson.

He received his Bachelor of Science in Marketing from California State University at Chico. Mark is a Member Board Advisor with StartX, the Stanford University incubator for fintech startups and a Mentor at Plug and Play, the innovation accelerator headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Barry Broome serves as the first President & CEO of the Greater Sacramento Economic Council. Barry is responsible for leading community-driven efforts to attract, grow and scale new businesses; develop advanced industries and guide new job-creation strategies throughout the six-county region. In his role, he has established the first public/private partnership economic development organization led by chief executive officers in California. The organization is led by 40+ CEOs and 20 communities in the Greater Sacramento region.

Previously, Barry was the President & CEO of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC) where he delivered more than 50,000 jobs and 250 company locates into the Phoenix region. Under his leadership, for six out of the ten years, GPEC was named one of the top economic organizations in North America by Site Selection Magazine. In 2013, he was also named Arizona Economic Developer of the Year, Arizona Real Estate Executive of the Year and received the Phoenix Black Chamber of Commerce award.

Prior to Arizona, Barry was the CEO of Southwest Michigan First (SMF), where he built an organization from the ground up, which was later listed in the top 20 companies in North America by Site Selection Magazine. In 2006, SMF was named one of the fast 50 companies in Inc. Magazine— the first nonprofit to have that honor. Barry built and co-developed venture funds, angel networks, and 31 new ventures – primarily in the life science space in the Kalamazoo region. Barry was named Michigan Economic Developer of the Year in 2001. Preceding Michigan, Barry led the economic development in Toledo, Ohio. There, he completed the largest industrial deal in the history of the United States, Project Jeep, which was built on 450 acres of brownfields in the North Central Toledo area.

Barry has been featured and interviewed for his work in global and national media outlets including the Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, Forbes and CNBC, among other publications. In addition, he was the keynote speaker at Arizona State University’s 2009 graduation and has been a guest lecturer at the University of Chicago, Notre Dame, Arizona State University, University of Arizona, Kalamazoo College and Western Michigan University.

Christina Tetreault is Deputy Commissioner, Office of Financial Technology Innovation, at the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI). Christina joined the DFPI in May 2021 after serving as Manager of Financial Policy for Consumer Reports (CR). She is a lawyer whose expertise includes emerging financial technologies, financial data use, and cryptocurrency.

As Deputy Commissioner for the Office of Financial Technology Innovation, Christina is charged with creating a national model for fostering responsible innovation by offering early guidance to entrepreneurs developing financial products and services in California. To that end, she meets with people to provide support and guidance to emerging businesses that will spur job creation and safeguard consumers.

At Consumer Reports, Christina was responsible for day-to-day policy efforts to realize a fair and just financial services marketplace. She previously represented consumer interest groups on the steering committee of the Federal Reserve sponsored Faster Payments Task Force, and Christina recently completed a term on the FDIC’s Committee on Economic Inclusion. Christina is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.