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Brew Johnson, Co-Founder & CEO of PeerStreet

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Anthony Hsieh, Founder & CEO of loanDepot

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Vince Passione, CEO of LendKey

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Noah Breslow, CEO of OnDeck

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Renaud Laplanche, Founder & CEO of Lending Club

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Fiona Grandi, Partner at KPMG

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David Haber, Co-Founder & CEO of Bond Street

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Sasha Orloff, Co-Founder & CEO of LendUp

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James Gutierrez, Co-Founder & CEO of Insikt

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David Klein, Co-Founder & CEO of CommonBond

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