Cleve Mesidor is Executive Director of Blockchain Foundation. Additionally, she is Founder of butterscotch Media, a Forbes Contributor, and a Mayoral appointee to the DC Innovation and Technology Inclusion Council. Previously, she was a Public Policy Advisor to Blockchain Association.

A Washington insider, she served in the Obama Administration and as a senior staffer in Congress. Cleve is also author of “THE CLEVOLUTION: My Quest for Justice in Politics & Crypto.”

A web3 expert working in crypto for over six year, she has been profiled on CNBC, ABC, NPR, PBS, NY Times, Washington Post, Politico, TIME. She was featured in the PBS Documentary, “CRYPTO DECODED”, as well as, the Coinbase documentary, “COIN: A Founder's Story.” Cleve regularly headlines national conferences, including Money20/20, SXSW, CES, and others. On the global stage, she has spoken at Web3 and DeFi forums in Abu Dhabi, Toronto, Amsterdam, Bahamas, Barbados.