Amira Valliani founded and led Glow, a podcast- and creator-monetization platform that Libsyn (LSYN) acquired in April 2021; at acquisition Glow was the default membership platform for more than 50,000 podcasters. She now leads payments and fintech growth at the Solana Foundation, where she earlier built its policy organization. Before Glow, Valliani served in the Obama White House as a senior advisor and as a speechwriter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She holds an MBA from the Wharton School and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School.