Preetha Sekharan
Chief AI Officer
Preetha Sekharan is Chief AI Officer at Hudson Valley Credit Union, an $8.1 billion credit union headquartered in Poughkeepsie, New York, where she leads how AI is applied to member experience, growth, efficiency, and risk management — one of the few dedicated C-level AI roles in the credit union industry. She previously led digital incubation, applied AI, and transformation as a vice president at insurer Unum, following consulting roles at McKinsey & Company and Booz & Company. She holds an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela.
