ABOUT THE INNOVATORS AND DISRUPTORS AWARDS
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Wednesday, November 18
6:00PM - 10:00PM ET Pier 59, Chelsea Piers (NYC) |
Since 2018, the Innovators & Disruptors Awards (IDA) have celebrated the outstanding achievements of some of the most important and influential leaders in the innovation sector. Our honorees represent a diverse collection of executives and leaders from some of the world's most recognized corporations who are leaving a measurable impact on the industry and in their respective fields of work.
GUEST COUNT: 200 guests ATTENDEES: Corporate Executives (VP to C-suite; Board members and NAC) SPONSORSHIP: $10,000 to $100,000 |
2026 ESTEEMED HONOREES
Emily Geer
SVP, Research Intelligence Solutions at FactSet |
Joe Depa
Global Chief Innovation Officer at EY |
Melinda Lindsley
VP, Mobile Delivery, Wireless Engineering at Comcast |
Uwem Ukpong
VP, AWS Industries at AWS |
2026 PARTNER OF THE YEAR
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2026 NATIONAL IDA COMMITTEE
Michelleta Razon
Co-chair of the event Independent Director at Green Dot Corporation |
Nimisha Patel
Co-chair of the event CFO of Technology at Mastercard |
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Reginald Acloque
Director, Product Management at Amazon |
Patricia Arundel
Managing Partner at Veneta Ventures |
Terance Clement
Manager, National Sales Strategy at Comcast |
Jeff Delaney
Strategic Partner Lead at Google (Treasurer) |
Neha Vijay
Senior Advisor & AI Principal, JLA Advisors |
Erica Marie Dionne
Senior Vice President, NBCUniversal |
2026 HOST COMMITTEE
Yang Adija
SVP, Warner Bros. Discovery 
Kelly Cutler
Lead Deal Partner, Portfolio Investments at New Profit (Governance Chair) 
Jessica Fredican
Senior Director, Product Management at National Grid 
Katie Hudson
Director of Development at Syracuse University 
Harry Leshner
Partner Development Director at Snowflake 
Maria Ponce
Head of Payments, Consumer Banking at KeyBank 
Michael VanPatten
CFO at Summitry |
Laurie Becker
President of E.P. Dine, Inc. (Vice Chair) 
David Drew
Senior Vice President, Blackstone 
Kara Gillette
Principal at PwC (Audit Chair) 
Lauren Hunter
Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase (Secretary) 
Todd Montabana
Managing Director, Accenture 
Robert A. Prado
Managing Director at PwC (Finance Chair) 
Anthony Vigilante
Chief Information Security Officer Vigilant Innovation Group |
Jina Braynon
Public Service Technology Delivery Managing Director 
Garfield DeBarros
Senior Vice President, Blackstone 
Mike Gursha
Co-founder, Chairman & CEO at Point Curve, Inc. 
Greg Jensen
Managing Director, Media & Entertainment, Alvarez & Marsal 
Shaown Nandi
Director, Technology, AWS Global Sales, Amazon Web Services 
Effie D. Silva
SVP, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer Del Monte |
Kendra Brown
SVP, FactSet 
Ray Estevez
Principal Owner at Ray Estevez Advisory 
Lamar Hawkins
Co-Founder at Nybrila Enterprises & Principal Security Consultant at Stratascale 
Grant Johnson
Co-founder & CEO at Interpret 
Deniz Onal
Director BNY Mellon 
Mike Texidor
Marketing Executive |
Joe Crescitelli
Chief Information Officer, EVP of Technical Operations at NBCUniversal 
Eli Frankel
Director, Product Management at Factset 
Tomi Hodonu
Director of Technology Strategy at Deluxe Corporation 
Remy Kouffman
Senior Customer Solutions Manager at Amazon Web Services 
Zeidee Pineda
VP of Content Science at NBCUniversal 
Andrea Uribe
IT Director, Digital Manufacturing at The Campbell’s Company |
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR 2026 SPONSORS
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