Marissa Gomez-Palmer is a Information Security and Governance, Risk, and Compliance Senior Leader with 12+ years of hands-on industry experience in Banking, Technology, Energy and FinTech who specializes in applying a holistic dynamic narrative risk strategy to help organizations understand their risk story. She holds a BA in English Literature from the University of Texas at Austin, MBA from Georgia State University, MA in International Management from IAE Sorbonne in Paris, France, Operations Management Certification from COPPEAD in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in addition to multiple professional certifications. Through-out her career she's received numerous awards while at JPMorgan Chase, Vrbo an Expedia Company and Marqeta. In 2020 she won the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (GAHCC) Latinas in Leadership - Technology award. In 2021 she was honored as a woman who uplifts and inspires her community at the 2021 Texas Conference for Women during their Storyteller Program. Her most recent honor is being chosen as Grace Hopper Conference 23/24 Co-chair for the diversity, equity, inclusion, & belonging (DEIB) track.