Julia Cherashore is currently Adjunct Professor at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, a Senior Fellow at the Data Foundation, and an Advisor to several AI start-ups. She’s a 20+ year veteran of the financial services industry, having held progressively senior data roles at Morgan Stanley, Visa and New York State Department of Financial Services (NYS DFS). She was a first-in-role Chief Data Officer (Deputy Superintendent-Data Governance Management) at NYS DFS, with her work recognized with a ‘Best of New York’ Award for ‘Best Workplace Initiative’ among NYS government. Previously, she spent 20 years at leading investment banks and financial services firms, including Morgan Stanley, Goldman, Sachs & PwC, Visa, and Moody’s across Data, Risk Management, Compliance, Management Consulting, and Operations. Julia is a frequent speaker at prestigious data & AI events, including Reuters Momentum AI, SuperReturn, CDO Vision, Corinium Intelligence, CDOIQ Symposium, GovTech, BFSI Nexus, and others. She received an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and dual undergraduate degrees in Music and Business Administration from Weber State University.