Cleve Mesidor is Executive Director of Blockchain Foundation. She is also a Forbes Contributor and part of Money20/20's RiseUp network. Previously, she was a Policy Advisor to Blockchain Association. A Washington insider, she served in the Obama Administration and as a senior staffer in Congress.

A web3 expert working in crypto for 8 years, Cleve has been profiled in NPR's Morning Edition, Bloomberg, POLITICO, CNBC, ABC, PBS, NY Times, Washington Post, TIME. She was also featured in the PBS Documentary, “CRYPTO DECODED”, as well as the Coinbase documentary, “COIN: A Founder's Story.” Cleve is a respected industry leader and regularly headlines national tech conferences. On the global stage, she has spoken at Web3 and DeFi forums in Abu Dhabi, Toronto, Amsterdam, Bahamas, Barbados.

Cleve earned a Master of Arts degree from Howard University and started her career in broadcasting at CNN's Washington Bureau.