ABOUT

The American Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Association (ABCA) is a Washington, DC-based membership-driven not-for-profit trade association aiming to advance a vision for how distributed technologies and cross-border innovations - such as cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies - can lead to sound markets and the more efficient delivery of services.

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Distributed technologies will inaugurate a fundamental re-assessment of how individuals, organizations, jurisdictions, and nations provide and consume services across dozens of industries.

ABCA provides a voice first and foremost for the individuals - miners, investors, academics, entrepreneurs, as well as corporations - who are driving the blockchain evolution.  ABCA engages with a broad stakeholder community from individual investors and technology firms, to financial institutions, policy makers and the broader marketplace through outreach, engagement, education, research and advocacy work.

LEADERSHIP TEAM

The ABCA's leadership team brings to bear decades of practical, real-world experience in the area of financial services technology, cybersecurity, securities law and regulation, business development and networking, as well as experience in the recent phenomena of blockchain-based distributed computing and cryptocurrency markets.  ABCA is also backed by a community of industry market participants - including early-stage startups, investors, entrepreneurs, and academics - to help inform and shape the community.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• HOWARD GREENBERG, President

• DEBORAH M. LEITNER, Member of the Board, Marketing & Outreach

• STEVEN E. ORR, Member of the Board, and SVP, Benzinga.com; Portfolio Manager for The Digital Asset Fund @ Elevate Capital Partners

• GARY J. ROSS, Member of the Board, and Partner, Ross & Shulga PLLC

• TED KOWALSKY, Member of the Board, CISSP, PgMP/PMP, Certified Bitcoin Professional; Associate Editor for Financial Blockchain, Frontiers in Blockchain; Financial Services, FCAPP

POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

• JOSHUA A. NEW, Policy Adviser, and Senior Policy Analyst, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF), and ITIF's Center for Data Innovation, @Josh_A_New 

ACADEMIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE

• Prof. CATALIN STEFANESCU, Adviser, and Professorial Lecturer in Finance & Real Estate, Kogod School of Business, American University

LEGAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

• JERRY COMANESCU, Ph.D., Esq., Policy Adviser, and Licensing Associate / Intellectual Property Attorney, The George Washington University; CEO & Co-Founder, World Registry of New Ideas

TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

• DANG DU, Editor in Chief, @A Bit Cryptic podcast, formerly @US Treasury & @FederalReserve

• JOHN FAZIO, CEO, President, Jarv.us Innovations

• DAVID FRAGALE, Co-Founder & Head of Product, Atonomi

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS