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Studio Lounge interview schedule...
Wednesday, April 16
Becky Reed, Chief Operating Officer at BankSocial, Founder at BRaaS, and Board Chair at NACUSO
Topic: The new CUSO model - CUs investing alongside VC, Private Equity and Angel investors, "Collaborative Innovation Sprint: Solving for Small CU Challenges" (session)
8:30
Seth Brickman, President at Ranqx, and Kirk Kordeleski, Advisory Partner at PARC Street Group
Topic: Ranqx and PARC Street Group partnership to help fintech leaders better serve credit unions
Topic:
John Dearing, Managing Director & Partner at Capstone Strategic
Topic: CUSOs: the best growth vehicle available, CUSO acquisitions & of course what I love about NACUSO
Jason Stverak, Chief Advocacy Officer at Defense Credit Union Council
Topic: Discussion on the current state of credit union advocacy in Washington DC - credit union taxes status and push to combine regulatory agencies . Discuss the impact of the DCUC Defending Credit Unions National Advocacy Fund
Cara Oppenheimer, Goodbuy, and Cary Fortin, Goodbuy
Topic: Next Big Idea winner
Nick Evens, President/CEO at Curql
Topic: NACUSO conference recap, Collaborating at NACUSO, NACUSO organization going forward. Curql update.
Nick Olexa, President/CEO at StoryFi
Topic: Effective strategies for video on social media channels
Geoff Johnson, CEO of CU*Answers, and Scott Collins, EVP of Sales and Marketplace Development at CU*Answers
Topic: Rekindling the cooperative spirit - there is power in the business model that Credit Unions bring to the table. Picking partners that have that same cooperative mindset can help credit unions both survive and thrive.
Samantha Paxson, Founder/CEO at Power & Light Collaborative
Topic: Reimagine “member-centricity” not as a philosophy—but as a growth strategy.
JR Pierman, President & CEO at ASAPP Financial Technology, and Kyle Stutzman, Co-Founder/CEO at Janusea
Topic: Forming Strategic Partnerships at NACUSO - Kyle and JR discuss the recently announced collaboration between ASAPP and Janusea and how their relationship started forming from an introduction at last year’s NACUSO conference and 1-year later is moving ahead to deliver unique credit union benefits
de Risk Partners' Founder/CEO Ravi De Silva
Topic: Navigating Compliance Solutions for Today's Credit Unions
StandardC's Chief Experience Officer Robert Baron
Topic: Cannabis Banking and the Need for Compliance in This Underserved Market
Milind Borkar, Founder & CEO at Illuma
Topic: Trends of growing phone fraud and what credit unions are doing to address it
Thursday, April 17
Miriam Ackerman, Director and Chief Strategy Officer of DNT BLNK and Co-founder of NetGiver -- and Interim CEO at NACUSO
Topic: Highlights and takeaways from the organization's 2025 Reimagine conference in Las Vegas
Credit Unions First CEO Melanie Munsey and CSO Dan Daggett
Topic: Understanding contracts in credit unions and their ensuing financial implications
Kachinga CEO Bill Butler
Topic: How credit unions can empower youth through financial education
Ben Maxim, Chief Technology Officer at MSU Federal Credit Union and Chief Operating Officer at the Reseda Group
Topic: Evolving role of the CUSO for fintech and driving innovation as a follow up to the panel session Ben moderated -- "The Evolving Role of CUSOs: Tradition, Innovation, and the Future"
John Wingate, CEO/Founder of BankSocial
Topic: Collaboration with Google to Engage College Students in Fintech
Rachel Morrissey, Head of Content, Money20/20
Topic: Partnership between Money20/20 / Mitchell, Stankovic -- "CEO Takeover" at Money 20/20, getting more credit unions to attend the annual event in Las Vegas
Trio of Brown University and MIT students build Lendora
Topic: Trio builds "Lendora" -- a secondary lending solution that transforms the market by digitizing and tokenizing loans to create a more accessible, efficient, and transparent ecosystem. They build this platform in 30 hours.
Wednesday, April 16
Becky Reed, Chief Operating Officer at BankSocial, Founder at BRaaS, and Board Chair at NACUSO
Topic: The new CUSO model - CUs investing alongside VC, Private Equity and Angel investors, "Collaborative Innovation Sprint: Solving for Small CU Challenges" (session)
8:30
Seth Brickman, President at Ranqx, and Kirk Kordeleski, Advisory Partner at PARC Street Group
Topic: Ranqx and PARC Street Group partnership to help fintech leaders better serve credit unions
Topic:
John Dearing, Managing Director & Partner at Capstone Strategic
Topic: CUSOs: the best growth vehicle available, CUSO acquisitions & of course what I love about NACUSO
Jason Stverak, Chief Advocacy Officer at Defense Credit Union Council
Topic: Discussion on the current state of credit union advocacy in Washington DC - credit union taxes status and push to combine regulatory agencies . Discuss the impact of the DCUC Defending Credit Unions National Advocacy Fund
Cara Oppenheimer, Goodbuy, and Cary Fortin, Goodbuy
Topic: Next Big Idea winner
Nick Evens, President/CEO at Curql
Topic: NACUSO conference recap, Collaborating at NACUSO, NACUSO organization going forward. Curql update.
Nick Olexa, President/CEO at StoryFi
Topic: Effective strategies for video on social media channels
Geoff Johnson, CEO of CU*Answers, and Scott Collins, EVP of Sales and Marketplace Development at CU*Answers
Topic: Rekindling the cooperative spirit - there is power in the business model that Credit Unions bring to the table. Picking partners that have that same cooperative mindset can help credit unions both survive and thrive.
Samantha Paxson, Founder/CEO at Power & Light Collaborative
Topic: Reimagine “member-centricity” not as a philosophy—but as a growth strategy.
JR Pierman, President & CEO at ASAPP Financial Technology, and Kyle Stutzman, Co-Founder/CEO at Janusea
Topic: Forming Strategic Partnerships at NACUSO - Kyle and JR discuss the recently announced collaboration between ASAPP and Janusea and how their relationship started forming from an introduction at last year’s NACUSO conference and 1-year later is moving ahead to deliver unique credit union benefits
de Risk Partners' Founder/CEO Ravi De Silva
Topic: Navigating Compliance Solutions for Today's Credit Unions
StandardC's Chief Experience Officer Robert Baron
Topic: Cannabis Banking and the Need for Compliance in This Underserved Market
Milind Borkar, Founder & CEO at Illuma
Topic: Trends of growing phone fraud and what credit unions are doing to address it
Thursday, April 17
Miriam Ackerman, Director and Chief Strategy Officer of DNT BLNK and Co-founder of NetGiver -- and Interim CEO at NACUSO
Topic: Highlights and takeaways from the organization's 2025 Reimagine conference in Las Vegas
Credit Unions First CEO Melanie Munsey and CSO Dan Daggett
Topic: Understanding contracts in credit unions and their ensuing financial implications
Kachinga CEO Bill Butler
Topic: How credit unions can empower youth through financial education
Ben Maxim, Chief Technology Officer at MSU Federal Credit Union and Chief Operating Officer at the Reseda Group
Topic: Evolving role of the CUSO for fintech and driving innovation as a follow up to the panel session Ben moderated -- "The Evolving Role of CUSOs: Tradition, Innovation, and the Future"
John Wingate, CEO/Founder of BankSocial
Topic: Collaboration with Google to Engage College Students in Fintech
Rachel Morrissey, Head of Content, Money20/20
Topic: Partnership between Money20/20 / Mitchell, Stankovic -- "CEO Takeover" at Money 20/20, getting more credit unions to attend the annual event in Las Vegas
Trio of Brown University and MIT students build Lendora
Topic: Trio builds "Lendora" -- a secondary lending solution that transforms the market by digitizing and tokenizing loans to create a more accessible, efficient, and transparent ecosystem. They build this platform in 30 hours.
