Board of Directors | Org Name | Address - Innovative Payments Association

Board of Directors Leadership

Chairman of the Board, Somebody Somethingorother

Robert Skiba
Chairman of the Board
Robert Skiba, Executive Vice President - Regulatory and Government Affairs, at InComm, Inc. Prior Additional Assignments, with InComm, have included EVP – General Manager of Financial Services, Loyalty and Business to Business Incentive Products/Programs.

Kimberly M. Ford
Vice Chair
Kimberly (Kim) Ford is Senior Vice President, Government Relations, at Fiserv. She is responsible for development and implementation of the company’s global policy strategy and overall political advocacy engagement and represents Fiserv’s political interests as the company’s registered lobbyist in Washington, D.C. and Brussels.

Kim joined Fiserv from the U.S. Faster Payments Council, where she was the first Executive Director of the organization. Prior to her FPC work, she spent 15 years at First Data, starting her career there as Manager of Public Policy and rising to become Senior Vice President, Head of Global Government Affairs. During her tenure at First Data, she authored several policy measures that were enacted into law, she oversaw the creation of the federal political action committee, and she worked to cultivate a greater awareness about the critical role that payment technology providers in global commerce.

She was Regional Director for U.S. Senator Bill Nelson of Florida prior to First Data, and she worked in lobbying and communications roles for several Florida-based business trade associations before that.

Kim frequently covers payments issues as a featured speaker at industry and client conferences, and she has twice served as a subject matter expert witness to testify in front of the U.S. Congress.

Kim currently serves on the board of directors for the Innovative Payments Association and the Faster Payments Council, sits on the strategic advisory board for the FinTech startup Identifee, and chairs the Policy Committee for the American Transaction Processors Coalition.

She is based in Washington, DC.

Joan Herman
Treasurer
Ms. Herman serves as 3Pea’s Chief Operating Officer. She is responsible for executing and implementing the daily operations of the organization. Prior to joining 3Pea, Ms. Herman was Senior Vice President, Payments Division at Sunrise Banks.

Alicia Reid
Secretary
Alicia Westhoff Reid is an Assistant General Counsel for U.S. Bank, N.A. and Associate General Counsel for the bank’s subsidiary FSV Payment Systems, Inc. Alicia has been with U.S. Bank for 10 years and advising financial institutions and fintech companies on regulatory compliance matters for more than 20 years. Alicia is a graduate of the Florida State University College of Law and the University of West Florida.

IPA Board Members

Name	Company
Stephanie O’Brien	Blackhawk Network
Bob Nash	Card Compliant
Peggy O’Leary	CPI
Dane James	Discover
Tony Candelario	EML Payments
Kim Bynan	FIS
Kim Ford	FISERV
Alicia Reid	FSV Payment Systems
Chris Trujillo	Galileo Payments
Kristen Juhan	Green Dot Corporation
Kathleen Ryan	H&R Block
Tal Clark	Instant
Troy Dennis	MasterCard
Kelly Knutson	NetSpend
Ed Woodson	Onbe
Andrew Siden	PrePaid Ventures Ltd.
Scott McCormack	Q2
Eric Schurr	Sunrise Banks
John Barbella	The Bancorp Bank
Mark Sumby	Stride Bank
Phil Robin	TRUIST
Saj Imam	Visa Inc.