Name: DSTA / Women in Finance Brunch
Start: 2026-09-10T08:00:00-0500
End: 2026-09-10T10:00:00-0500

Welcome to the Dallas-Ft Worth Metroplex!

DSTA / Women in Finance Brunch

Thursday September 10, 2026 8:00am - 10:00am CDT

Ritz Carlton Las Colinas-Cottonwood Room

Panel Host: Anastacia Villis – Director DSTA , IEX trading
Focus Charity: Hope’s Door New Beginning Center

Megan Valdez, CEO
Fanta Coleman – Survivor and Board Member.

Keynote Speaker

Valiere Simpson, Charles Schwab

Speakers

Anastacia Villis

Business Development, IEX

Anastacia Villis is a member of the business development team at IEX, where she works with market participants across the evolving electronic trading landscape. She began her career at Nasdaq in Equity Capital Markets, supporting IPO activity, before transitioning to market data sales... Read More →

Laura Delaney

Global POSIT Alert Sales, Virtu

Laura Delaney is a securities industry professional with 26 years of experience across trading, sales, and institutional trading solutions. She began her career at Knight Securities, advanced to global equity trading, and joined Virtu Financial (formerly ITG) in 2007. Her work focuses... Read More →

Erica Attonito

Business Development, Hudson River Trading (HRT)

Erica Attonito is a member of the Executive and Business Development teams at Hudson River Trading (HRT). Since joining the firm in 2017, she has driven the expansion of HRT’s off-exchange liquidity offering, successfully launching its Single Dealer Platform (SDP) and retail wholesale... Read More →

Fanta Coleman

Board Member, Hope’s Door New Beginning Center

Fanta Coleman is a board member of Hope’s Door New Beginning Center and a dedicated advocate for survivors of domestic abuse. Today, she serves as a financial professional with New York Life, helping individuals, families, and business owners build financial security and plan for... Read More →

Angela Redell

Director of Liquidity Strategy, APEX Fintech Solutions

Angie Redell is Director of Liquidity Strategy at Apex Fintech Solutions, a fintech infrastructure platform delivering digital clearing, custody, and execution services to over 200 broker-dealers, RIAs, and consumer investing apps.Angie oversees Apex’s routing strategy, execution... Read More →

Valiere Simpson

Managing Director, Head of Client Service & Support, Charles Schwab

As managing director, Val leads Schwab’s retail service organization supporting brokerage, banking and participant services clients. In this role, Val is responsible for strategic direction, talent, support and day-to-day activities representing over 6,000 professionals. Prior to... Read More →

Megan Valdez

Chief Executive Officer, Hope’s Door New Beginning Center

Megan Valdez is the Chief Executive Officer of Hope’s Door New Beginning Center, a comprehensive domestic violence agency serving survivors and families across North Texas. With nearly 20 years of experience in the domestic violence and victim services field, Megan has worked across... Read More →

Flavia Vehbiu

Deputy General Counsel, OTC Markets Group

Flavia Vehbiu is the Deputy General Counsel of OTC Markets Group, where she drives the company’s regulatory and policymaking initiatives. Prior to joining OTC Markets, Flavia worked at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP in New York, where she represented issuers and underwriters in a range... Read More →

Thursday September 10, 2026 8:00am - 10:00am CDT
Ritz Carlton Las Colinas-Cottonwood Room 4150 N MacArthur Blvd, Irving TX

Panel

Texas Traders Conference 2026