Women in Consumer Data Fall Forum: Women Defining Success on Their Own Terms - CDIA
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CDIA | 2026
CDIA | 2026

Registration Fee:

Members: $299
Non-Members: $399

The registration fee provides full access to all event sessions, materials, and refreshments.

What to Expect

  • Network with peers through interactive “Success Rules Roundtables” and candid conversations about redefining success, breaking traditional expectations, and creating a career and life that works for you.
  • Hear from accomplished female executives as they share personal stories on how they redefined success in their own lives; navigating career growth, family responsibilities, leadership opportunities, and major life transitions.
  • Gain insights from senior industry leaders on emerging consumer reporting issues, including CFPB developments, identity theft and fraud trends, data governance, consumer trust, AI, and responsible data use.
  • Build meaningful connections during a cocktail reception with women leaders and professionals from across the consumer data industry.

2:00 pm ET

Welcome Remarks
Kickoff the forum with CDIA and host Davis Wright Tremaine.

2:05 pm ET

Success Strategies Roundtable Discussions

Join your peers for interactive table discussions that challenge traditional ideas about success. Through a fun Fact vs. Myth activity and guided conversation prompts, attendees will share lessons learned, career pivots, and the “rules” they’ve broken to build careers and lives that work for them. Table moderators will help spark discussion and foster meaningful connections.

Discussion topics may include:

  • What career “rules” have you broken and why?
  • Lessons learned from risks, setbacks, and pivots.
  • Common myths about leadership, advancement, and work-life integration.
  • Advice you wish you had received earlier in your career.
  • Strategies for defining success on your own terms.

3:05 pm ET

Success on Your Own Terms: Redefining through Career, Family, and Life’s Transitions

There is no single path to success. Join accomplished women leaders for an honest conversation about navigating career growth, family responsibilities, leadership opportunities, and life’s unexpected turns. Hear the lessons they’ve learned, the tradeoffs they’ve made, and the strategies that helped them thrive through every stage of their journey. Walk away with practical insights and a fresh perspective on defining success on your own terms.

Speakers include:
Dara Duguay, Chief Executive Officer, Credit Builders Alliance
Jennifer Sarvadi, Partner, Hudson Cook

4:00 pm ET

Industry Leadership & Emerging Consumer Data and Consumer Reporting Issues

Federal priorities have shifted, state regulators are becoming more active, and the compliance landscape continues to evolve. How can your organization keep pace? Hear from a former CFPB official and other leading experts as they provide practical insights on emerging regulatory trends, enforcement developments, and what lies ahead for the consumer reporting industry

Speakers include:
Shereefat Balogun, Assistant Commissioner- Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation, State of Maryland

Kim Phan, Partner, Troutman Pepper Locke
Erin Jeweler, Senior Associate General Counsel – SVP, Truist

5:00 pm ET

Closing Remarks
Speakers: Melissa Baal Guidorizzi, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine

5:15 pm ET

Networking Reception

Build meaningful connections during a cocktail reception with women leaders and professionals from across the consumer data industry.

Speakers

Melissa Baal Guidorizzi
Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine

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Dara Duguay 
Chief Executive Officer, Credit Builders Alliance

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Erin Jeweler
Senior Associate General Counsel – SVP, Truist

Kim Phan

Kim Phan
Partner, Troutman Pepper Locke

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Jennifer Sarvadi
Partner, Hudson Cook

What Past Attendees Said

“The discussion with female leaders about their careers and how they navigated being a woman in the industry (was most valuable to me).” – Linda Dubrow

“I enjoyed hearing other woman’s experiences and being able to tie back to my own personal experiences” – Amanda Dieter

“The collection of attendees was outstanding- so networking was valuable, but also the openness of the speakers.” -Amy Cutts