2006 Speakers

Susanne D. Lyons

Executive Vice-President and Chief Marketing Officer
Visa USA

Susanne D. Lyons is executive vice-president and chief marketing officer for Visa USA, a payment system for more than 13,000 member financial institutions and 510 million cardholders. Ms. Lyons, who joined Visa in 2004, is responsible for all aspects of brand, advertising, and marketing services.

Her prior ten-year career at Charles Schwab included positions as chief marketing officer and enterprise president of retail client services, where she was responsible for 4000 customer service employees. She previously worked for ten years at Fidelity Investments, where she was senior vice-president of brokerage marketing. Ms. Lyons received her undergraduate degree from Vassar College and her M.B.A. from Boston University.