Marissa MacDonald

Marissa MacDonald is the Head of Risk, Controls & Resiliency for the Digital Assets function within the Bank of New York (BNY), where she leads a first line risk and controls team and has responsibility for resiliency, third party governance, business, and product governance processes. Marissa has 20+ years of controls, compliance, consulting and audit experience across a broad range of businesses, but in the last five years has focused on risk and compliance in the digital assets space. Prior to joining BNY Mellon in January 2023, Marissa spent 14 years at Fidelity Investments, including the last two years as the Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity Digital Assets. She led various compliance programs during her tenure at Fidelity, from Anti-Corruption to Political Law, while also conducting broker-dealer supervision and fund trustee activities. Prior to Fidelity, Marissa spent eight years with Ernst & Young LLP in audit and consultant roles. Marissa earned a B.S. in Finance from Boston College and a M.S. in Accounting from the University of Virginia.