Sunayna is a globally recognized innovation leader at the nexus of finance, technology, and policy. She served as the first Chief Innovation Officer of the Federal Reserve System, where she built and led the System's innovation agenda across the 12 Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors — advancing work on artificial intelligence, digital assets, stablecoins, quantum computing, and the future of money and payments.

With over a decade of experience spanning TradFi, fintech/crypto, and central banking across North America and Asia, Sunayna is known for leading change that solves gnarly problems and shipping meaningful outcomes. Interrogating frontier technology as an investor, builder, and operator, she brings a proven record of taking ideas to implementation with teams that deliver value and impact at scale.

A connector of ideas, individuals, and institutions, Sunayna has spent her career creating the conditions for positive and productive connections, conversations, and collaboration between the public and private sectors. When she's not nerding out about all things innovation, you can find Sunayna adventuring the skies in her Cessna.