Ambassadors
Frances Stacy
High-Level Ambassador
Chairwoman of Global Digital Finance Committee
Bio
After successfully predicting and trading the global financial crisis in 2007, exiting stocks at all-time highs and entering an historic gold trade early, Frances became a frequent contributor to the financial media. As an expert on monetary policy and its effects on the economy, she regularly appears on Fox Business News, CBS, Yahoo Finance, Fox News, Schwab Network and Bloomberg as well as several other national television and radio programs. She has taught classes for traders and students on how to recognize and navigate key economic cycles. She has spoken at the British Consulate-General New York as a monetary policy expert. Frances was published in the prestigious Interdisciplinary Journal of Economics and Business Law. She has proposed policy ideas to the Bank of England. Frances is currently a High-Level Ambassador for the Global Economic Sustainable Development Commission endorsed by the United Nations Association of El Salvador. Additionally, she was appointed as Co-chair of The Global Digital Finance Committee. Frances consults where she handles a number of operational and legal challenges for clients and businesses in a variety of sectors. Frances lectures annually for the Masters in Quantitative Finance program at Rutgers Business School. As a licensed financial advisor, she has run a public equity portfolio as a technical analyst. She has also valued and selected a number direct private equity investments for a multifamily office.
Mission
Most governments have benevolent intentions to create a high quality life and equitable opportunities for their citizens to thrive in an economy that adheres to human rights. However, what precludes this outcome despite worthy programs and intentions is the wealth gap. The wealth gap ensures that all policies and programs do not treat all citizens equally. The wealth gap divides populations and is part of the cause of political gridlock as it becomes impossible to advocate for one group without taking away from another. My mission on this committee is to address the mechanical causes of the wealth gap to ameliorate its pernicious effects, which will remove barriers for many programs intended to improve society as a whole and not for a few at the expense of others. In order to truly achieve a Culture of Peace, the wealth gap must be addressed in the aim of eliminating poverty.
John Dagostino
High-Level Ambassador
Chairman of Global Digital Finance Committee
Bio
John D’Agostino is Head of Strategy for Coinbase Institutional. John serves as a Board Member to for several asset managers, public companies, and the Alternative Investment Management Association. In 2021 John was named Chair of His Majesty’s Asset Management Working Group by the UK Consulate of New York. In 2022 John was named Financial Innovation Fellow of the AIF Global pension network, and in 2024, John was named a Research Affiliate at MIT’s CSAIL lab.
As the former Head of Strategy for the New York Mercantile Exchange, John led the effort to develop the first Middle East energy derivatives exchange in partnership with the Dubai Government which led him being the subject of two NY Times bestselling books (Rigged by Ben Mezrich and the Start Up Of You by Reid Hoffman).
A cum laude graduate of Williams College, John received a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, and studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University. He has lectured at INSEAD University and guests lectures at MIT Sloan and Columbia Business Schools.
Mission
Most governments have benevolent intentions to create a high quality life and equitable opportunities for their citizens to thrive in an economy that adheres to human rights. However, what precludes this outcome despite worthy programs and intentions is the wealth gap. The wealth gap ensures that all policies and programs do not treat all citizens equally. The wealth gap divides populations and is part of the cause of political gridlock as it becomes impossible to advocate for one group without taking away from another. My mission on this committee is to address the mechanical causes of the wealth gap to ameliorate its pernicious effects, which will remove barriers for many programs intended to improve society as a whole and not for a few at the expense of others. In order to truly achieve a Culture of Peace, the wealth gap must be addressed in the aim of eliminating poverty.
