Erica Khalili is the Chief Legal and Risk Officer and co-founder of Lead Bank.

Previously, she spent over six years at Block, Inc. (formerly Square, Inc.) serving as Deputy General Counsel and General Counsel for Square Financial Services, Block's internal bank entity. Erica led the cross-functional efforts for Block, Inc. to obtain a de novo ILC charter - building it from the first line of code to a thriving institution. While at Block, Erica led the cross functional counsel team charged with oversight of the Square Capital program and Square’s banking and financial services products. Before joining Block, Erica was a member of the Banking and Finance practices at Mayer Brown LLP and Baker McKenzie LLP, counseling clients on structured products; bank regulatory issues, and fintech issues

Erica holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Illinois and a JD from Chicago-Kent College of Law.