Janessa Lopez is the Public Policy Lead for Digital Assets, AI & Emerging Technology at Block, a global technology company with a focus on financial services (parent company of Square and Cash App). She develops and advances a product-led global digital assets and AI policy strategy for the company at the state, federal, and global level. She has expertise working at the intersection of financial services and emerging technology, joining Block from Gemini, one of the world’s leading crypto exchanges, where she helped build-out the company’s government relations and public policy function. Janessa built her career in Washington, DC, serving as a Senior Policy Advisor in both the House of Representatives and the United States Senate.