The Crypto Council for Innovation Announces First-Ever Leadership Team
On Thursday, the Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI), a global alliance of crypto industry organizations, announced its first executive team to strengthen its leadership role and guide its work in policy advocacy and raising awareness of the benefits of digital currency. The council made five appointments who are set to join the existing executive director Sheila Warren. The association hired Former Senator Cory Gardner to serve as CCI‘s chief strategist of political affairs; Amanda Russo, a global communications expert who formerly worked with the World Economic Forum, to serve as the council’s new director of communications; and Annie Dizon, formerly of the nonprofit TechSoup, as CCIs director of operations. The council appointed three executives to join the current CEO, Sheila Warren, in executing CCIs efforts toward educating regulators, policymakers, and people around the globe about the transformational promise of cryptocurrency. Meanwhile, the association also hired former Algorand Foundation CEO Sean Lee to advise the council on its Asia-Pacific expansion. The council also appointed Katherine Wu, a venture partner at Archetype, as its first research fellow. In a statement, Sheila Warren, the group‘s CEO, talked about the development and said: “The combined leadership and global experience of our new team members will fortify CCI’s expertise in