Staci Warden is the CEO of the Algorand Foundation, a leading Layer 1 blockchain technology. Previously Staci ran the Global Market Development practice at the Milken Institute. Before Milken, she led JPMorgan’s EMEA public sector practice out of London, and before JPM, she ran the Nasdaq’s two markets for microcap companies. Staci has had senior roles at the U.S. Treasury Department, the Center for Global Development, and the Harvard Institute for International Development. She sits on the Boards of the Global Blockchain Business Council and the Rwandan Capital Market Authority (Chair). She serves on the advisory committees of the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the European Parliament’s Science and Technology Committee (STOA), and the U.S. Financial Technology Association.