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ABOUT THE INNOVATORS AND DISRUPTORS AWARDS
View our video recap of the 2024 Innovators and Disruptors Awards
The 2025  Innovators and Disruptors Awards will be hosted on Wednesday, November 19th at Current at Pier 59, Chelsea Piers from 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. 

The event will bring together our NYC honorees, sponsors, key partners, and additional special guests as we honor the achievements of this year's awardees for an evening of networking and celebration.

Guests will enjoy an open bar, passed hors d'oeuvres, a plated dinner and a few other special surprises. 100% of the proceeds will go towards America On Tech, a national organization working to bring free technology education to underestimated communities across the country.​
2025 ESTEEMED HONOREES
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​Ashish Desai
Executive Vice President
​AI & Enterprise Innovation at NBCUniversal
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​​Lori Driscoll
Global Tech, Media, and Telecom Consulting Leader at PwC
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Vanessa Fiola
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Partner at
Qvest
2025 NATIONAL IDA COMMITTEE
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Ray Estevez 
Chair of the event
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Michelleta Razon
Co-Chair of the event
Event Committee Members:
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Harry Leshner
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Will Swank
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Erica Marie Dionne
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Robert A. Prado
2025 HOST COMMITTE
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Reginald Acloque
Director, Product Management 
​at Amazon
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Jina Braynon
Public Service Strategy & Consulting Managing Director at Accenture
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Dohenny Cuello
Director of Delivery, North America and Latin America at Sana Commerce
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David Drew
Vice President at Blackstone
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Kara Gillette
Principal at PwC
(Audit Chair)
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Lauren Hunter
Managing Director
at JPMorgan Chase (Secretary)
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Trinh Nguyen
Sr. Director of Technology,
News Group Digital at NBCUniversal
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Jason Pagano
Senior Director at
TEKsystems
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Kwamara Thompson
Founder at TEC
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Neha Vijay
Senior Advisor &
​AI Principal
at JLA Advisors
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Yang Adija
SVP, Strategy & Business Operations at Warner Bros. Discovery
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Kendra Brown
SVP, Senior Director of Banking & Sell Side Research at FactSet
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Kelly Cutler
Lead Deal Partner,
Portfolio Investments at New Profit (Governance Chair)
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Ray Estevez
Principal Owner at
Ray Estevez Advisory
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Mike Gursha
Co-founder, Chairman & CEO
at Point Curve, Inc.
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Greg Jensen
Managing Director, Media &
Entertainment (M&E) at Accenture
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Deniz Onal
Director
BNY Mellon
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Nimisha Patel
CFO of Technology
at Mastercard
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Mike Texidor
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Patricia Arundel
Director, Platforms and Devices Partnerships at Google
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Taylor Clark
Associate Director, Strategic Acceleration for the Spark Shopper Team at Walmart ​E-Commerce
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Garfield DeBarros
Senior Vice President, Lead Analytics & Strategy
at Blackstone
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Eli Frankel
Director, Product Management
​at Factset
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Lamar Hawkins
Co-Founder at Nybrila Enterprises & Principal Security Consultant at Stratascale
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Grant Johnson
Co-founder & CEO
​at Interpret
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Robert A. Prado
Managing Director
at PwC (Finance Chair)
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Michelleta Razon 
Independent Director at
Green Dot Corporation
(Chair)
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Eve Perez-Torres
Senior Attorney, Corporate Integrity & Compliance
at FedEx
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Laurie Becker
President of E.P. Dine, Inc.
​(Vice Chair)
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Terance Clement
Manager, National Sales
Strategy at Comcast
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Jeff Delaney
Strategic Partner Lead
Google (Treasurer)
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Jessica Fredican
Senior Director, Product Management
at National Grid
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Tomi Hodonu
Director of Technology Strategy
at Deluxe Corporation
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Harry Leshner
Consulting Partner
at Kyndryl
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Maria Ponce
Senior Managing Director, Credit Card Strategy at Webster Bank
(Fund Development Chair)
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William Swank
Senior Vice President, Private Equity & Real Estate Technology at Blackstone
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Andrea Uribe
IT Director, Digital Manufacturing at
The Campbell’s Company
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Andrea Berry
EVP, Operations and Technology at NBCUniversal
​Telemundo Enterprises
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Joe Crescitelli
Chief Information Officer, EVP of Technical Operations
​at NBCUniversal
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Erica Marie Dionne
SVP, Release Planning & Business Operations
​at NBCUniversal
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Amita Gill
Market Leader, Digital Business Operations, Banking and Financial
Services at Cognizant
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Katie Hudson
Director of Development at
Syracuse University 
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Todd Montabana
​Managing Director, Global Leadership Council, Communications and Media Leader, and New York Metro City Council at Accenture
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Michael VanPatten
​CFO at Summitry
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Effie D. Silva
SVP, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer Del Monte
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Anthony Vigilante
Chief Information Security
Officer Vigilant
​Innovation Group

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR 2025 SPONSORS
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