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Shena Ashley

Shena Ashley

Vice President, Capital One Community Impact & Investment and President, Capital One Insights Center

At Capital One, Shena provides executive leadership across a broad group of capabilities and functions that help enterprise and external stakeholders advance products, policies, and programs that lead to better outcomes for consumers and communities. She oversees teams that span data analytics, survey research, and big data modeling to develop insights that are either applied and delivered through community programs, used by enterprise teams to inform their strategies and mission-focused activities, or through broadly published research findings to external audiences through the Capital One Insights Center. She also provides vision, energy, and leadership for the philanthropic programs that Capital One advances through strategic community investments.

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An accomplished leader, educator, consultant, and researcher, Dr. Ashley has been quoted as an expert thought leader on issues related to economic prosperity, consumer financial wellbeing, philanthropy, and charitable giving in several national media outlets and has informed a range of national policy areas with data and insights.

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 Radiance Basden

Radiance Basden

Wellness Expert, Rooted in Radiance

Radiance Basden is a Wellness Expert, Hall of Fame Runner, and sought-after Speaker with expertise in breathwork, mindfulness, meditation, and yoga. Known for creating life-altering wellness experiences, Radiance is dedicated to empowering individuals to relieve stress, elevate well-being, and achieve peak performance by optimizing mind and body.

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Through her innovative approach to holistic healing and experiential wellness, Radiance inspires individuals and teams to reach their highest potential.

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John Buckbee

John Buckbee

Vice President, Enterprise Supplier Management

In his role as Vice President in Enterprise Supplier Management, Jon is responsible for Sourcing, Contracting, and Risk Management for all suppliers supporting the US Card and Auto Lending lines of business. In this role, Jon and his team manage more than 300 material supplier relationships, with aggregate annual spend in excess of $4.5B.

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Jon joined Capital One in 2000, accountable for the credit acquisition process for several key lines of business. He rose to the level of Head of Marketing Operations, where he leveraged Six Sigma and Lean methodologies to build more efficient and higher quality processes.  In Global Finance, Jon led several reporting and reconciliation teams and headed a Process Quality and Efficiency program for the Chief Financial Officer.  He then joined the company’s Global Procurement Services division, where he led the transformation of Procurement by building out Category Management, the Analyst team, leading the migration to Coupa P2P, and launching new talent strategies, including a collegiate new hire and development program.  As Capital One acquired several banks in the 2000s, Jon led the integration of each Procurement operation and technology.  Through his 15+ years in Procurement, Jon has led categories in Brand, Commercial Banking, Design & Construction, Facilities Management, Finance, Retail Banking, and Security Services in addition to his current categories.

Prior to joining Capital One, Jon was a CPA and Senior Auditor at Ernst & Young LLP. He holds a BSBA from the University of Richmond and is a Board member of Venture Richmond and Richmond Strikers Sports Club. Jon and his family make their home in Richmond, Virginia.

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Reuben Essandoh

Reuben Essandoh

Director, Enterprise Supplier Management (ESM)

As Director of Enterprise Supplier Management, Reuben leads a team responsible for driving the strategy for Capital One’s award-winning Supplier Development program which seeks to develop and grow an inclusive supply chain. Reuben is also accountable for the entire supplier value chain activities for third party vendors related to Brand, Global Finance, Premium Products and Experiences, Capital One Shopping, Global Enterprise Affairs, and Corporate Strategy categories. This work includes sourcing and supplier selection; contract negotiations; invoice management; and delivering third party risk governance services.

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Upon joining Capital One in 2011, Reuben served as a transactions attorney, specializing in and supporting Technology and Digital contracts. Prior to Capital One, Reuben was a Senior Consultant at KPMG where he led the delivery of attestation engagements for clients in several industry groups.

A Vice Chair of the BOD of WBEC NY/DMV, Reuben also sits on the BOD of Junior Achievement, Shalom Farms, and Elk Hill, an organization that supports at-risk youth. Reuben loves to give back.

Reuben is a CPA and an attorney, and holds a law degree from Duquesne University. He makes his home in Richmond, VA with his wife and their two children.

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Brett Healy

Brett Healy

Managing Vice President (MVP), Enterprise Supplier Management

Brett Healy is Managing Vice President (MVP), Enterprise Supplier Management at Capital One. She is responsible for leading Third Party Management company-wide, and partners with business stakeholders to identify, assess, onboard and manage suppliers. She is accountable for developing supplier strategies, optimizing value in supplier relationships, and ensuring suppliers meet Capital One’s rigorous compliance and performance expectations.

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Prior to joining Capital One, Brett served as Chief Procurement Officer of Sterling where she
was responsible for the full procurement lifecycle across all spend areas, as well as the
company’s real estate and insurance portfolios. In addition, over her 25 year career Brett has
held prior procurement, pricing and supply chain roles in the pharmaceutical, business
technology, and industrial manufacturing industries. She has substantial experience managing
direct, indirect & capital spend, as well as diligence and integrations related to mergers,
acquisitions, divestitures and IPOs.

Brett received her Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the Kelley School of
Business at Indiana University, and a Bachelors

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Yegór Kryukov

Yegór Kryukov

Sr. Manager, Machine Learning Engineering, Capital One

Yegór Kryukov is a senior machine learning engineer leading several AI initiatives at Capital One. His work ranges from customer-facing assistants to the personalized recommendations and agentic systems behind them.

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His career has spanned the government, defense, telecommunication, e-commerce, healthcare, and finance industries. He has previously owned businesses, been featured in Forbes, and lived in 6 different countries. His hobbies include adventure tourism, skiing, sailing, “ironmaning”, backpacking, “soccering”, and any team game with a ball.

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Allison Kube

Allison Kube

Manager, Supplier Development and Opportunity
Enterprise Supplier Management, Capital One

Allison Kube is a mission-driven leader dedicated to empowering businesses and helping people realize their fullest potential, a philosophy she applies across her professional career and extensive nonprofit work.

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As Manager on the Supplier Development and Opportunity team at Capital One, Allison drives inclusive procurement efforts by sourcing suppliers and leading key development initiatives. She spearheads SAGE Advice, an inclusive program providing tools, resources, and mentoring to enhance business competitiveness. Allison is also the program lead for the Capital One Envision Summit, which is celebrating its fifth year as a platform for empowering small and nontraditional businesses. She joined Capital One in 2011 and moved to the Supplier Development team permanently in October 2018.

Her passion for helping businesses succeed originated during her time in sales management at Paychex, where she provided payroll and HR services to small and medium-sized businesses.

A proud graduate of The University of Virginia, Allison actively supports community initiatives. She currently serves as 2nd Vice Chair of the Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council Board of Directors and is a Board Member for Virginia Ability, an organization dedicated to increasing diversity in the workforce for people with disabilities. She previously served on the Richmond YMCA Board of Directors for 18 years and, in 2022, started a local chapter of FaithRXD.

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Floyd Miller

Floyd Miller

President and CEO at The Metropolitan Business League

Floyd E. Miller II is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, and Virginia State University, where he received a Master of Education. He is a dynamic, mission-driven executive with more than a decade of leadership experience spanning human services, education, entrepreneurship, nonprofit management, and community and economic development, built upon a strong foundation in criminal justice.

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As President & CEO of the Metropolitan Business League (MBL), one of Virginia’s fastest-growing membership organizations, Floyd provides strategic leadership to advance entrepreneurship, small business growth, and economic opportunity across the Commonwealth. Since joining MBL in 2017, he has helped expand the organization’s membership to more than 1,800 businesses and entrepreneurs while launching transformative initiatives, including the Capital Access Program, which has distributed more than $2 million in grants and microloans to support small businesses.

In addition to his executive leadership, Floyd serves on several boards throughout Virginia, contributing his expertise to organizations committed to strengthening communities and expanding economic opportunity. His leadership and service have earned numerous honors, including the Men of Vision Award, the History Maker Award, and the 2025 John Maxwell LIVE2LEAD Award. He has also been recognized by Virginia Business as one of Virginia’s Top 100 People to Meet and among the Commonwealth’s Top Black Executives

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Oz Parvaiz

Oz Parvaiz

Chief Procurement Officer

Oz Parvaiz serves as Capital One’s Chief Procurement Officer (CPO), leading the company’s global procurement organization and overseeing a multi-billion-dollar supply chain.  Since joining Capital One in 1999, he has held leadership roles in marketing, risk, and operations, contributing to the launch of the Venture and Quicksilver cards and Capital One’s data migration to the cloud.

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Previously, Oz served as President and Chairperson of Capital One’s Southeast Asia and Americas operations, managing more than 10,000 employees. During a two-year international assignment in the Philippines, he and his team established a program to combat water scarcity. Today the program provides clean water to over 200,000 people across 108 communities.

Oz earned his MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, where he was recognized as an academic scholar.  He also holds a bachelor’s degree in Government from William & Mary.

Oz resides with his wife, Adela, and their three children. The family enjoys basketball, tennis, and walks with their Goldendoodle, Bolt.

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Rob Pulciani

Rob Pulciani

EVP, Chief Product Officer

Rob is EVP, Chief Product Officer, where he drives strategy, execution, and performance of enterprise systems and consumer platforms, and oversees procurement, supply chain operations (ESM) and workplace services (GWS). As part of his charter, Rob also leads Enterprise Product & Experience (EPX).

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It’s an enterprise organization made up of product managers, data analysts, designers, project managers, marketers, and many more. His and his team’s charter is to build and evolve the enterprise platforms and experiences that are driving our mission to become a real-time, intelligent and data-driven bank.

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Emi Reyes

Emi Reyes

CEO, Latino Economic Development Center

Emi Reyes is a nonprofit executive, financial strategist, and force for good. As LEDC’s CEO, Emi brings more than a decade of strategic leadership experience including five years at LEDC. With a passion for entrepreneurship and small business, Emi’s career has focused on transforming nonprofit and for-profit organizations by catalyzing change and fueling growth.

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Born to Salvadoran immigrants who operated a family-owned restaurant, Emi’s foray into the world of small business and entrepreneurship started at a young age. While pursuing her degree in political science at Bennington College in Vermont, Emi co-founded the college’s first student farm, trained women entrepreneurs in South Korea in business communications and English, and organized hundreds of volunteers as a campaign fellow for Obama for America. Emi played a pivotal role in Chipotle Mexican Grill’s expansion strategy across New York, Maryland, and Washington, DC, spearheading operations across eight locations while directing up to 56 employees and multiple budgets of up to $12M.

Joining LEDC in 2017 as a Microfinance Lending Intern, Emi swily assumed positions of increasing responsibility, serving recently as Director of Operations & Risk Management and Chief of Operations, Risk & Investments. Strategizing with key leaders across the organization, Emi has steered funding and expansion initiatives while stewarding organizational assets and government funds with the utmost diligence.

A champion for small business, Emi chairs the Entrepreneurial & Food Jobs Working Group for the Mayor’s Food Policy Council to support the growth of minority food businesses in low-income areas. She resides in Washington, DC.

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Tim Singh

Tim Singh

Vice President, Supply Chain
Enterprise Supplier Management

Tim leads a team responsible for procurement and third party management activities supporting Retail Bank, Bank Tech, Business Cards and Payments, Enterprise Payments, Small Business Bank, Commercial Bank, Global Workplace Services, Shopping, and Premium Products and Experiences. Tim is also the accountable executive for our contracting process.

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Tim began his career at Capital One as a contract specialist supporting the Card division, before transitioning into the Enterprise Supplier Management organization. There, he rose to lead the team responsible for all technology supplier contracts. His role later expanded to include broader supplier management responsibilities.

After a year-long tenure at a startup, Tim returned to Capital One in 2018 to lead the Technology Contract Management team and oversee line-of-business tech third-party management. He then transitioned into a pure supplier management leadership role and led support of various functions including Financial Services, HR, and Brand. In 2023, Tim assumed his current role.

Prior to joining Capital One, Tim was a practicing attorney with a litigation focus. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Philosophy from the University of Virginia and a Juris Doctor from George Mason University Law School.

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