Digital Currency and Inclusion: Leveling the Playing Field?

Ric Shreves, Sheila Warren, & Dante Disparte will lead a talk moderated by Prof. Evans about crypto, digital dollars, CBDC, & inclusion.

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Dante Disparte

Dante Disparte is the Executive Vice President of the Diem Association, leading public policy, communications, membership and social impact. He serves on the executive committee of the Association, which is a newly-formed organization that has brought together social impact organizations and a diverse group of leading businesses to create a low-friction, high-trust payment system that empowers people and businesses around the world.

Sheila Warren

Sheila Warren is the Head of Data, Blockchain, and Digital Assets, and a member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum. The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.She began her career as a Wall Street attorney at Cravath, Swaine & Moore before turning to philanthropy and civic technology over a decade ago. Over the course of her career, Sheila has represented banks, philanthropists, and progressive nonprofits, most recently serving as the VP of Strategic Alliances and General Counsel at TechSoup. She also designed and launched NGOsource, a groundbreaking service focused on international grantmaking.Sheila currently serves on the boards of the ACLU of Northern California, the Equal Justice Society, and TechSoup, and on advisory boards for the World Bank, the OECD, and others.Sheila is an honors graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School.

Ric Shreves

Ric Shreves is Mercy Corps’ Director of Emerging Technology. In that role, he explores new technologies and innovations for humanitarian aid and development. He also engages across the agency to facilitate the exploration of the potential of distributed ledgers and cryptocurrencies and is the author of three white papers on blockchain technology. Ric represents Mercy Corps inside the Diem Association and just finished serving a term on the Diem Technical Steering Committee. Prior to joining Mercy Corps, Ric worked for two decades as an IT consultant and author. His clients included BASF, The Economist Group, Tesco, Colgate-Palmolive, and many others. Ric is based in Portland, Oregon, where he moved in 2016 after living in Asia for twenty-one years. Since 2006, Ric has authored over a dozen books on open source technologies.

Professor Evans

Tonya M. Evans, Esquire, is Visiting Full Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law School. Prior to Dickinson Law, Professor Evans served as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at the University of New Hampshire School of Law, where she created and directed the school’s Blockchain, Cryptocurrency & Law online professional certificate program and developed its world-class instructor pool and curriculum. She is also the former Chair of the Intellectual Property & Technology Online Programs.