Alison is head of corporate communications at Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT) a leading digital bank and financial technology company that delivers seamless, secure access to banking and payment solutions for a wide range of businesses and consumers nationwide.
In this role, Alison leads a team responsible for building and protecting the company’s reputation through media relations and thought leadership, executive and employee communications and events, and other channels that support and shape the company’s reputation.
With more than two decades of experience in communications and public relations, Alison has experience in a variety of sectors spanning financial services, technology, telecommunications and more. Before joining Green Dot in 2020, Alison spent seven years at Capital One where she led public relations for a variety of business units and initiatives including retail investing, West Coast expansion and recruiting, small business bank and credit card, and ultimately all B2B products and services, including commercial banking. From 2007 to 2011, Alison worked on the corporate communications team at E*TRADE where she led proactive PR and communications. Prior to that, she spent her early career on the agency side, most recently at Burson-Marsteller (now “Burson”), one of the largest multinational public relations firms in the world, where she led public relations for Accenture’s outsourcing business unit.
Alison is a graduate of the University of Florida, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Public Relations and a minor in Business Administration. She lives in New York with her husband and two sons.