Donna Embry

President, Product and Marketing for Vital Processing (TSYS Acquiring) and Senior Vice President, Electronic Banking for PNC Bank, as well as Chief Operations Officer for PNC’s former division, CFC Financial Services. Embry authored the first ETA publication, The Encyclopedia of Terminology for the Acquiring Industry, and developed/taught the inaugural introduction series of classes for ETA University. She is currently co-chair for the ATMIA US Regional Board, chair of the ETA Professional Development Committee, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Faster Payments Task Force, NAMA education committee, the ATMIA Next Gen ATM Council and Withdraw Cash Wednesday committee, the ETA Mobile Payments Council, and Board Member of the NEAA. In addition, she was a founding member and served on the Board of Directors as Chairman for the former Kentucky-based Quest ATM network. Embry served as the President of the Midwest Acquirers Association (MWAA) in 2013-2014 and served on their Board of Directors from 2008-2012. She currently serves on the Advisory Board for ISO & Agent and is a Regional Board Member for the Make-A-Wish Foundation (Kentucky/Indiana/Ohio). In October, 2005, she was selected as The Green Sheet’s profiled industry leader and in July 2009 she was awarded the MWAA "Lifetime Achievement Award" for Payment Industry Professionals. In both 2013 and 2014, she was recognized as “One of the 20 Most Influential Women in Payments” by SourceMedia, and in 2016 received the industry’s prestigious “Distinguished Payments Professional” award from the Electronic Transactions Association as well as the ATM Industry Champion Award from the ATM Industry Association (ATMIA). In 2017 Embry was recognized as “Distinguished Payments Professional” from the Women in Payments global payments ecosystem network, and was also recognized by the ATMIA with an “Outstanding Service” award in 2017 for her many contributions to the industry. In 2018 Embry received the international PayTech Leadership Award from FinTech Futures. .