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Sarah Hammer is Executive Director at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, leading financial technology initiatives and Wharton Cypher Accelerator, which supports global businesses leveraging fintech. She simultaneously serves as Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and is an Affiliated Scholar at the Penn Program on Regulation.
Her professional trajectory spans executive leadership in academia, government regulatory roles, and private sector finance. Previously, she was Managing Director of the Center for Innovation in Finance and Senior Director of the Alternative Investments Program at Wharton, where she led the launch of Penn's first digital asset memorializing mRNA vaccine technology. She served as Acting Secretary of Pennsylvania's Department of Banking and Securities during the March 2023 banking crisis, overseeing regulation of approximately 290,000 financial entities totaling $3.5 trillion in assets.
Hammer's expertise bridges financial innovation and regulatory frameworks, with particular focus on how AI can be governed for positive impact in financial systems. Her work examines the intersection of emerging technologies, digital assets, and traditional financial regulation.
- Board member of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) at the United Nations
- Advisor at the World Economic Forum, Dubai International Finance Centre, and Digital Dollar Project
She earned a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, an M.B.A. from the Wharton School, and a Master of Studies from Oxford University, creating a multidisciplinary foundation for her work at the technology-finance-regulation nexus.
