Meet The Team Behind The World’s Leading Blockchain Association

Founder & CEO
Perianne Boring
Perianne Boring is the Founder and CEO of the Chamber of Digital Commerce, the world’s largest trade association representing the blockchain industry. The Chamber’s mission is to promote the acceptance and use of digital assets and blockchain-based technologies. Working with policymakers, regulatory agencies and industry, the Chamber advocates for a pro-growth policy environment that fosters job creation, innovation, and investment.…
Perianne was named one of “America’s Top 50 Women in Tech” by Forbes and one of the “10 Most Influential People in Blockchain” by CoinDesk. She appears regularly in the financial media to share insights on digital asset and blockchain innovations and public policy discussions. Prior to forming the Chamber, Perianne served as a television anchor for an international finance program that ran in more than 100 countries and reached over 650 million viewers. She began her career as a legislative analyst in the U.S. House of Representatives, advising on finance, economics, tax, and healthcare policy.

VP of Development
Tobin McComas
Tobin McComas serves as Vice President, Development & Member Services for the Chamber. Prior to joining, he spent three years with Openfinance, the first compliant trading platform for blockchain based securities. While there, he led the Business Development, Sales, and Marketing teams working closely with issuers, transfer agents, and otherecosystem participants. Between… 2008 and 2017, he worked in the Institutional Equities space for CLSA Americas and Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., covering asset managers in Boston, the UK, and US Midwest. Prior to his work in Capital Markets, he held several roles in Business Development, Sales, and Account Management with UnitedHealth Group and Cigna HealthCare. Tobin earned his BBA from the University of Kentucky in 1997, where he captained the varsity men’s soccer team his senior year. Further, he completed his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 2006.

VP of Policy
Cody Carbone
Cody Carbone serves as VP of Policy for the Chamber. Prior to joining, Cody spent six years in the office of public policy at Ernst & Young (EY), where he led federal government engagement and advocacy efforts on issues related to financial services and technology. Cody has also spent time serving as legislative staff in the US House of Representatives and US Senate, working directly for his hometown Representative Leonard Lance from New Jersey.…
Cody received his Juris Doctorate (JD) and Masters in Public Administration (MPA) from Syracuse University where he served as President of the Student Bar Association. Cody also received his BS from the State University of New York at Cortland, where he was a member of the varsity men’s soccer team. Cody is admitted to the New York State Bar and currently resides in Washington, DC.

Annemarie Tierney
Senior Strategic Advisor

Shadan Azali
Director of Development

Ethan Brady
Director of Marketing

Mary Elyse King
Director of Events

Kristopher Klaich
Deputy Director, Policy

Tom Mapes
Director of Energy Policy

Jack Goewey
Member Services Associate

Thomas McCarthy
Member Services Associate

Nicole Rankin
Creative Lead

Erik Bethel
Distinguished Fellow

Jordan Kruger
Research Fellow
“We’ve come to look to the Chamber to bring real intelligence and clarity to the public discussion of blockchain technology.”
J. Christopher Giancarlo, 13th Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Board of Advisors

Paul Atkins
CEO, Patomak Global Partners

Chris Giancarlo
13th Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

George Gilder
Chairman, Gilder Publishing LLC

Blythe Masters
Founding Partner, Motive Partners

Rumi Morales
Head of Venture, Digital Currency Group

Mick Mulvaney
Co-Founder, Congressional Blockchain Caucus

James Newsome
Founding Partner,
Delta Strategy Group

James Robinson
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, RRE Ventures

Matthew Roszak
Co-Founder, Bloq

Colleen Sullivan
Co-Head of Ventures, Brevan Howard

Don Tapscott
Executive Chairman,
Blockchain Research Institute

David Treat
Managing Director, Global Blockchain Lead, Accenture

Jason Weinstein
Partner, Steptoe & Johnson

Don Wilson
Founder and CEO, DRW
Working Group Leadership

Stephen A. Aschettino
Norton Rose Fulbright
Token Alliance

Alexandra Barrage
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Token Alliance

Jamal El-Hindi
Clifford Chance LLP
AML Task Force

Rob Massey
Deloitte
Tax Task Force

Ari Redbord
TRM Labs
AML Task Force

Lilya Tessler
Sidley Austin
Token Alliance

Nick Ward
The Network Firm
Accounting Initiative

Lisa Zarlenga
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Tax Task Force