Our Leadership

Anna Avalos is SoFi’s Chief People Officer, responsible for the company’s total talent strategy. Her career spans large, global organizations with fast-paced growth environments, and she has a breadth of experience building teams and business. Prior to SoFi, Anna led HR for Tesla’s EMEA region. She previously spent 14 years at Stryker, where she began her career in product operations and business unit leadership before she transitioned into several HR functions.

Anna holds a BA in Communications and an MBA from the University of Arizona.

Kelli Keough joins SoFi as the EVP, Group Business Unit Leader for Spend, Invest, Protect and Save. She will be based in NYC, reporting to Anthony Noto.

Kelli joins SoFi from J.P. Morgan Chase, where she led the launch of J.P. Morgan’s Self-Directed brokerage channel and automated investing platform and product teams. She also led the launch of J.P. Morgan’s U.S. and international digital investing and private banking platforms. She was a Director of the JPMorgan Securities, LLC Board (broker/dealer), and she was the Executive Sponsor for JPMWM Women on the Move and the lead for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Before joining J.P. Morgan in 2015, Kelli was a Senior Vice President at Charles Schwab, where she led the business and client experience, digital platforms and education for Schwab’s active trading, self-directed and global trading clients. She was also responsible for Schwab’s OptionsXpress subsidiary, a leading retail derivatives firm, sat on the Charles Schwab Retail Leadership Team, and was responsible for the Austin location. Prior to this role, Kelli served as Chief Marketing Officer at CyberTrader, where she led the merger of CyberTrader into Schwab.

Before coming to Schwab, Kelli worked with a variety of startup and financial service companies. Kelli was a professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin before starting her 25-year career in financial services.

Kelli is currently a Director on the board of Commonwealth, a nonprofit focused on improving financial wellness and opportunities for underrepresented groups, as well as on the Strategic Advisory Board of FTV Capital.

After growing up in Northern Idaho, Kelli received her bachelor’s degree with honors from Yale, and her master’s and doctorate degrees in Social Psychology from Stanford. Kelli currently lives in Westchester County, New York. In her free time, she can be found on the lake boating, waterskiing and paddle boarding with her husband, daughter and son and Australian Shepherd.

Chris Lapointe is SoFi’s CFO. He joined from Uber Technologies where he was the Global Head of FP&A, Corporate Finance and FinTech. Prior to Uber, Chris was Vice President of TMT Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs.

Chris holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Math and Economics From Dartmouth College.

Arun Pinto is SoFi’s Chief Risk Officer. Before joining SoFi, Arun was Chief Risk Officer of Consumer, Small and Business Banking division at Wells Fargo. Prior to his most recent role, Arun held several management roles throughout his career, including Chief Risk Officer at JP Morgan Chase, where he was CRO of the auto business and CRO for Mortgage Servicing and Capital Markets. He also worked at Bank of America in a number of second line risk executive roles including leading risk oversight of the Mass Affluent Strategy and leading Consumer and Quantitative Analytics.

Arun earned his bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. He is married with 2 children and based in New York City.

Jeremy Rishel is SoFi’s Chief Technology Officer. In his role, Jeremy oversees SoFi’s technology strategy and architecture, and the company’s investment in emerging technology and data areas. He’s also responsible for ensuring company-wide collaboration on areas of common technology needs, technology strategy, architecture, infrastructure, and emerging technology opportunities.

Jeremy holds bachelor’s degrees in computer science and philosophy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

Eric Schuppenhauer is SoFi’s EVP, Group Business Unit Leader, Borrow. In this role, he oversees the Home Loans, Personal Loans, In-School Student Loans, Student Loan Refinancing and Pricing business units. Eric joined SoFi from Citizens Financial Group where he served as a member of the firm’s executive committee and oversaw all aspects of their Consumer Lending business, including mortgage, home equity, credit card, unsecured, student, operations, strategy, secondary markets, digital/technology, and risk. Prior to Citizens, Eric led the mortgage originations and servicing businesses at Capital One, and held senior leadership roles at JPMorgan Chase, including leading the company’s mortgage originations and servicing businesses, and as their mortgage CFO. Eric’s extensive experience also includes leadership roles at Fannie Mae, Credit Suisse, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and KPMG.

Eric has held numerous volunteer board positions during his career including serving as Chairman of the Housing Policy Council, on the Mortgage Bankers’ Association’s Residential Board of Governors, and as President of Habitat for Humanity of South Collin County. Eric earned a Bachelor of Science in Commerce: Accounting from the University of Virginia and is a Certified Public Accountant. He is married, has two children, and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Stephen Simcock is SoFi’s General Counsel, overseeing all legal matters at the company. Prior to joining SoFi, Stephen served as the Vice Chairman of the JPMorgan Chase & Co’s Legal Department and as General Counsel of the Chase retail businesses. He started his career as a bank regulatory associate at Semmes, Bowen & Semmes and later held a series of positions at Citigroup, Inc., including General Counsel of Citi’s mortgage lending unit, commercial/small business division, retail banking, and international consumer business. During his last three years at Citi, Stephen was the General Counsel of the bank’s Global Consumer Bank which operated in over 40 countries.

Stephen is active in his communities and sits on New York’s Board of Public Health Solutions, which provides medical services to underserved communities in New York City; A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, an internationally renowned contemporary dance company; and the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College.

Bill Tanona serves as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships, providing planning, advisory and execution leadership on mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments and joint ventures. Prior to SoFi, Bill was the President, CFO and Treasurer of GSV Capital Corp, a late-stage publicly traded venture capital fund. Prior to joining GSV, Bill spent nearly two decades at J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, UBS and Fortress Investment Group.

Bill received a BS in Accounting from Villanova University and is a CFA charterholder.

As the Senior Vice President of Global Operations, Diane oversees operational excellence across all business units at SoFi. Her main focus is to support the company’s growth objectives and provide exceptional service to SoFi’s members and clients. With over 20 years of experience in operations transformation and infrastructure optimization, Diane brings a wealth of expertise from her work in the financial services, telecommunications, and consumer packaged goods industries. Before joining SoFi, Diane led Global Digital Servicing for Citi’s U.S. Credit Card, Retail Bank, and Retail Services businesses, achieving industry-leading customer satisfaction and operational proficiency during her tenure.

Diane holds a master’s degree from Northwestern University and two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Florida. She resides in Florida with her husband and three children.

As Chief Marketing Officer, Lauren Stafford Webb oversees SoFi’s brand and advertising initiatives. She joined SoFi from Intuit, where she led global corporate marketing, spearheading the delivery of the company’s first corporate brand strategy and campaign. Prior to Intuit, Lauren held marketing leadership positions at Procter & Gamble, achieving impressive results leading a number of household brands at different stages of growth and innovation.

Lauren holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business.

Katie Wells is SoFi’s EVP & Group Business Unit Leader for the Member Business Unit. Prior to joining SoFi, she was the General Manager of Blockchain.com’s Wallet. Before Blockchain.com, she was a General Manager on Twitter’s live video business, and led Twitter’s Consumer Product and Strategic Partnerships function. Previously, Katie spent over 5 years at American Express, including working on the Amex mobile app, and consulted with the Boston Consulting Group. She started her career at Lehman Brothers in Sales and Trading, focusing on Interest Rate derivatives.

Katie holds an MBA from Duke Business School, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University.

Technology and innovation leader Derek White brings to Galileo and its clients more than 20 years experience building and transforming financial services.

He was appointed Galileo CEO on June 1, 2021, only the second CEO in Galileo’s 20+-year history. He succeeded Galileo founder and fintech visionary Clay Wilkes, who now serves as the company’s vice chair.

Prior to joining Galileo, Derek was vice president of Global Financial Services at Google Cloud, responsible for partnering with banks, insurance companies, fintechs and other financial services entities to redefine their core business units and transition to leading-edge, digital-first operations.

Earlier in his career, he was vice chair and chief digital officer for U.S. Bank, global head of client solutions for BBVA and chief design and digital officer at Barclays. He also served as the technology ambassador for London, actively promoting the U.K. market as a fintech capital.

Derek holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree from Utah State University. He lives in Utah with his wife and their four children.