ABOUT THE INNOVATORS AND DISRUPTORS AWARDS
View our video recap of the 2024 Innovators and Disruptors Awards
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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 HOST COMMITTE
Reginald Acloque
Director, Product Management at Amazon Jina Braynon
Public Service Strategy & Consulting Managing Director at Accenture Dohenny Cuello
Director of Delivery, North America and Latin America at Sana Commerce David Drew
Vice President at Blackstone Kara Gillette
Principal at PwC (Audit Chair) Lauren Hunter
Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase (Secretary) Trinh Nguyen
Sr. Director of Technology, News Group Digital at NBCUniversal Jason Pagano
Senior Director at TEKsystems Kwamara Thompson
Founder at TEC Neha Vijay
Senior Advisor & AI Principal at JLA Advisors |
Yang Adija
SVP, Strategy & Business Operations at Warner Bros. Discovery Kendra Brown
SVP, Senior Director of Banking & Sell Side Research at FactSet Kelly Cutler
Lead Deal Partner, Portfolio Investments at New Profit (Governance Chair) Ray Estevez
Principal Owner at Ray Estevez Advisory Mike Gursha
Co-founder, Chairman & CEO at Point Curve, Inc. Greg Jensen
Managing Director, Media & Entertainment (M&E) at Accenture Deniz Onal
Director BNY Mellon Nimisha Patel
CFO of Technology at Mastercard Mike Texidor
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Patricia Arundel
Director, Platforms and Devices Partnerships at Google Taylor Clark
Associate Director, Strategic Acceleration for the Spark Shopper Team at Walmart E-Commerce Garfield DeBarros
Senior Vice President, Lead Analytics & Strategy at Blackstone Eli Frankel
Director, Product Management at Factset Lamar Hawkins
Co-Founder at Nybrila Enterprises & Principal Security Consultant at Stratascale Grant Johnson
Co-founder & CEO at Interpret Robert A. Prado
Managing Director at PwC (Finance Chair) Michelleta Razon
Independent Director at Green Dot Corporation (Chair) Eve Perez-Torres
Senior Attorney, Corporate Integrity & Compliance at FedEx |
Laurie Becker
President of E.P. Dine, Inc. (Vice Chair) Terance Clement
Manager, National Sales Strategy at Comcast Jeff Delaney
Strategic Partner Lead Google (Treasurer) Jessica Fredican
Senior Director, Product Management at National Grid Tomi Hodonu
Director of Technology Strategy at Deluxe Corporation Harry Leshner
Consulting Partner at Kyndryl Maria Ponce
Senior Managing Director, Credit Card Strategy at Webster Bank (Fund Development Chair) William Swank
Senior Vice President, Private Equity & Real Estate Technology at Blackstone Andrea Uribe
IT Director, Digital Manufacturing at The Campbell’s Company |
Andrea Berry
EVP, Operations and Technology at NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises Joe Crescitelli
Chief Information Officer, EVP of Technical Operations at NBCUniversal Erica Marie Dionne
SVP, Release Planning & Business Operations at NBCUniversal Amita Gill
Market Leader, Digital Business Operations, Banking and Financial Services at Cognizant Katie Hudson
Director of Development at Syracuse University Todd Montabana
Managing Director, Global Leadership Council, Communications and Media Leader, and New York Metro City Council at Accenture Michael VanPatten
CFO at Summitry Effie D. Silva
SVP, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer Del Monte Anthony Vigilante
Chief Information Security Officer Vigilant Innovation Group |
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