CEO, ALGORAND FOUNDATION

Prior to joining the Algorand Foundation as its CEO, Staci Warden ran the Global Market Development practice at the Milken Institute, where she led its work on capital market development and innovative finance to support the SDGs. Prior to Milken, she ran JPMorgan's public sector practice for EMEA, and before that led the two microcap markets at the Nasdaq.

Earlier in her career, Staci was an economist at the U.S. Treasury Dept, the Center for Global Development, and the Harvard Institute for International Development. She speaks, writes, and provides ministerial-level advisory on capital market development, financial inclusion, and the promise of Web3 technologies. She served as the Board Chair of the Rwandan Capital Markets Authority for seven years and now holds a range of board and advisory board appointments.