Donna Embry, 59 years payments experience and is Managing Partner of Embry Consulting, LLC. Previous executive positions with PNC Bank, Vital Processing and Payment Alliance International.

Areas of experience are Bankcard Issuing/Acquiring, ATM/POS processing, Banking Services and Product Development.

Embry authored the ETA publication, The Encyclopedia of Terminology for the Acquiring Industry, and developed/taught the inaugural series of classes for ETA University. She is a former co-chair for the ATMIA US Regional Board, member of the Federal Reserve’s Faster Payments Task Force, the ETA Crypto and AI council, and Board Member of the NEAA.

Industry Awards: MWAA "Lifetime Achievement Award": Three-time Source Media, “One of the 20 Most Influential Women in Payments”, ETA “Distinguished Payments Professional”, ATMIA Industry Champion Award, Women in Payments "Distinguished Payments Professional”, Fintech Futures international PayTech Leadership Award and in 2019 was inducted into the ETA Payments Hall of Fame.