Stephanie Foster
Managing Director, ThinkTECH Accelerator
Independent Community Bankers of America
Professional Bio
Stephanie Foster is director, ThinkTECH Accelerator for the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA).
Foster will be based in Atlanta and will help plan and execute the daily operations for ICBA’s ThinkTECH Accelerator programs, which will advance community bank-fintech partnerships through the development of targeted solutions for community banks.
Foster brings more than two decades of proven performance, managing over a dozen strategic partnerships and omni-channel products in peer-to-peer, business to business, and business-to-consumer platforms. She most recently served as chief administrative officer for XY Planning Network, an advisory service for Gen Y and Gen Z clients. Foster has also held management roles at Finastra, Fiserv and Western Union and was a founding board member for Women Driving Innovation at the Atlanta Innovation Forum.
Foster is a previous Electronic Transaction Association 40 Under 40 recipient, an annual award that celebrates gamechangers in the payments technology industry. In 2018, she was selected from a list of 500 international nominees to participate in Money 20/20’s inaugural Rise Up program, an exclusive cohort of 35 women leaders in the financial services ecosystem.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in marketing from Barry University and an Executive Master of Business Administration in international business from Florida Atlantic University.
Foster will be based in Atlanta and will help plan and execute the daily operations for ICBA’s ThinkTECH Accelerator programs, which will advance community bank-fintech partnerships through the development of targeted solutions for community banks.
Foster brings more than two decades of proven performance, managing over a dozen strategic partnerships and omni-channel products in peer-to-peer, business to business, and business-to-consumer platforms. She most recently served as chief administrative officer for XY Planning Network, an advisory service for Gen Y and Gen Z clients. Foster has also held management roles at Finastra, Fiserv and Western Union and was a founding board member for Women Driving Innovation at the Atlanta Innovation Forum.
Foster is a previous Electronic Transaction Association 40 Under 40 recipient, an annual award that celebrates gamechangers in the payments technology industry. In 2018, she was selected from a list of 500 international nominees to participate in Money 20/20’s inaugural Rise Up program, an exclusive cohort of 35 women leaders in the financial services ecosystem.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in marketing from Barry University and an Executive Master of Business Administration in international business from Florida Atlantic University.
Company
Independent Community Bankers of America
Prattville, AL 36066
United States 334.328.5731
Associate Member