Mickey Costa is the co-founder of Access Network, a token economy dedicated to financial services for the unbanked that incentivizes a distributed community of both local mobile bank tellers and global app developers. He is also the CEO and co-founder of Atlas Money, a P2P banking platform in West Africa, backed by notable VC investors such as Draper Associates, 1517 Fund, & Partech Ventures. A serial entrepreneur dedicated to decentralizing banking and politics, Mickey has been through both Techstars and Boost VC. He holds a B.A. in History from UC-Boulder and a J.D. from George Washington Law School.

American Academy President Laurie Patton to Receive Concordia’s 2026 Leadership Award for Civil Society
The Concordia Leadership Council is proud to announce Dr. Laurie L. Patton, President of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, as the second of three recipients of the 2026

