2026 Board of Regents

When we say TPI is the best in payments education, we have the leadership to back it up. Our Board of Regents is comprised of payments industry experts with a passion for learning and for sharing knowledge. They are committed to ensuring your experience—whether it's the Payments Institute or TPI Home School—is the best it can possibly be.

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TPI Dean
Lawrence Fatima, AFPP
Executive Director, ACH/AVS Product Management
Wells Fargo

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Michele Barlow, AAP, AFPP, APRP, NCP
Executive Vice President
PaymentsFirst, Inc.

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Jason Carone, AAP, AFPP, APRP, CTP
Senior Vice President, ACH Product Management
The Clearing House

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Lisa Coffey
Chief Innovation Officer
Corporate America Credit Union

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Tara Edmonds
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Payments Strategy Leader
SouthState Bank

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Kara Ford
Senior Director, Consumer Payments
Ally Financial

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Bridget Hall
Leader of Real-Time Payments, Americas
ACI Worldwide

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Jennifer A. Miller, AAP, APRP, NCP
Senior Director of Services
UMACHA

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Sandy Ortins, AAP, APRP, NCP
VP, EFT Services
PaySign

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Katie A. Penoyer, AAP, APRP, CTP
VP/Treasury Services
CNB Bank

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Christopher E. Richards, AFPP, APRP
First Executive Vice President, Chief Banking Services Officer
Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank

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Debbie Smart, AFPP, CTP, NCP
Senior Product Marketer
Q2

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Peter Tapling, AFPP, APRP
Managing Director
PTap Advisory, LLC

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Monté Ward
EVP, Bank Operations
Prime Meridian Bank

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Michelle Yates
Director, TM Risk Strategy, Treasury & Payment Solutions
Synovus