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Sarah W. Elliott

Independent Director

Anchorage Digital Bank NA


Sarah is an Independent Director and Audit Committee Chair on the board of Anchorage Digital Bank NA, the first federally chartered digital asset bank. She is a guest lecturer in banking and fintech law at law schools across the US, and serves as an advisor to various venture funds and private companies. Previously, from inception until acquisition by Walmart and Ribbit Capital in 2022, Sarah was the GC and CCO at ONE, a retail banking platform that integrated spending, saving, borrowing, and sharing in one account using one card. Sarah was also the first GC and CCO at Azlo, a small business banking platform, and the first lawyer and Head of Compliance at Blend, a loan application platform for banks and mortgage lenders. In 2017, Sarah founded the 94104 Exchange, a San Francisco-based forum for fintech lawyers and compliance professionals that facilitated “the unregulated exchange of ideas.” Prior to that, in Washington, DC, Sarah was an attorney at the OCC and at BuckleySandler LLP, and a Principal at Promontory Financial Group. Sarah earned her JD at

 GW Law and holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music.