Board of Directors
Pioneering figures from leading companies have been instrumental in shaping our strategic vision. The ETA Board of Directors is comprised of visionaries from the industry, whose organizations remain the driving force behind innovation and expansion.
2025 Board of Directors
Executive Officers
PRESIDENT
Derek Webster
Founder & CEO
CardFlight
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Jamie Walker
CEO
Elavon
TREASURER
Bruce Lowthers
CEO
Paysafe
SECRETARY
Christopher Sweetland
Global Head of Payments Markets & Partnerships
PayPal
IMMEDIATE PAST-PRESIDENT
Cameron Bready
President & CEO
Global Payments
Directors
Todd Ablowitz
Co-CEO & Co-Founder
Infinicept
Chiro Aikat
Head of U.S. Market Development
Mastercard
Jim Allen
Managing Director, Head of Business Transformation
Wells Fargo Merchant Services
Rehman Baig
Chief Payments Officer
FlexFactor
June Chen
General Manager
China UnionPay USA
Kathryn Cleary
Head of Merchant Solutions
PNC Bank
Bill Dobbins
Head of Acquiring and Enablement
Visa
Jason Hanson
President, Global Payment Network
Capital One
James Hicks
President & CEO
Moneris
Jim Johnson
Co-President, Banking Solutions
FIS
Jodie Kelley
CEO
Electronic Transactions Association
Kimiko Kokka
Director of Merchant Business Development
and Partnerships
Apple
Michael Lozanoff
Managing Director, Global Head of Merchant Acquiring Product and Engineering
JP Morgan
Barry McCarthy
CEO
Deluxe
Philip McHugh
EVP & Group President
Worldpay
Laura Miller
Chief Revenue Officer & Head of
Global E-Commerce
Nuvei
Wally Mlynarski
Head of Merchant Solutions
Bank of America
Colleen J. Taylor
President, U.S. Merchant Services
American Express
Christopher Ward
EVP, Head of Wholesale Payments
Truist
Erika Wool
Head of Product Partnerships
Stripe
Samir Zabaneh
CEO
TouchBistro