Karla Ballard

Founder and CEO

Ying

Karla Ballard is the Founder of BankYing on your networkTM , a peer to peer (P2P) group gig-sharing platform that helps members within groups and communities facilitate on demand exchanges fostering a task oriented economy between members. Ms. Ballard is the CMO of YIELD, redefining the banking and capitalism landscape in the 21st century and offering the highest and most ensured APY returns on the market. Her innovative approach at YIELD merges art with banking and earnings through your social capital, making finance an integral
part of lifestyle and community. This role is especially significant considering her creation of the Youth Institute for Economic Leadership Development (YIELD established in 1997), highlighting her enduring focus on economic empowerment.
Karla Ballard also ran as the first African-American and 3rd generation Indigenous woman to run on the Independent ticket as a VP candidate alongside fintech blockchain mogul and philanthropist Brock Pierce for the 2020 Presidential election. The campaign's mission was fueled with a message of love, unity, and innovation and achieved positioning on 16 ballots throughout the US. Ms. Ballard was also formerly SVP of Participant Media’s TAG division, a social-action agency working with brands, foundations and the public sector to ignite compelling
campaigns that drove impact in vulnerable communities. Prior to joining Participant Media she was with Ogilvy & Mather as the SVP and lead for The IMPACT Studio working on projects that ranged from the State of California to Sony Pictures Television. Previously Karla worked at One Economy Corporation where she led a vital division of a $51 million BTOP grant focused on broadband adoption and became an appointee to the Federal Communications Committee on Diversity in Media. In addition, she created and led corporate relationships with partners such as Comcast/NBC, Verizon, Participant Media, Sprint, City Year and others. She is a current
advisory board member of Blue Star Families, Philadelphia 250, Hashtaglunchbag, and USC’s Next Gen Council for Stephen Spielberg’s SHOAH Foundation. She's been a visiting speaker at Harvard, UCLA and Georgetown University and is a former board member of the nation’s second largest Community College, Northern Virginia Community College. In 2012 Karla was awarded in NYC the Keeper’s of the Dream award from the National Action Network and a 2017 awardee of the FINTECH award presented by the Multicultural Media Telecom and Internet Council.

Karla Ballard

Founder and CEO

Ying

Karla Ballard is the Founder of BankYing on your networkTM , a peer to peer (P2P) group gig-sharing platform that helps members within groups and communities facilitate on demand exchanges fostering a task oriented economy between members. Ms. Ballard is the CMO of YIELD, redefining the banking and capitalism landscape in the 21st century and offering the highest and most ensured APY returns on the market. Her innovative approach at YIELD merges art with banking and earnings through your social capital, making finance an integral
part of lifestyle and community. This role is especially significant considering her creation of the Youth Institute for Economic Leadership Development (YIELD established in 1997), highlighting her enduring focus on economic empowerment.
Karla Ballard also ran as the first African-American and 3rd generation Indigenous woman to run on the Independent ticket as a VP candidate alongside fintech blockchain mogul and philanthropist Brock Pierce for the 2020 Presidential election. The campaign's mission was fueled with a message of love, unity, and innovation and achieved positioning on 16 ballots throughout the US. Ms. Ballard was also formerly SVP of Participant Media’s TAG division, a social-action agency working with brands, foundations and the public sector to ignite compelling
campaigns that drove impact in vulnerable communities. Prior to joining Participant Media she was with Ogilvy & Mather as the SVP and lead for The IMPACT Studio working on projects that ranged from the State of California to Sony Pictures Television. Previously Karla worked at One Economy Corporation where she led a vital division of a $51 million BTOP grant focused on broadband adoption and became an appointee to the Federal Communications Committee on Diversity in Media. In addition, she created and led corporate relationships with partners such as Comcast/NBC, Verizon, Participant Media, Sprint, City Year and others. She is a current
advisory board member of Blue Star Families, Philadelphia 250, Hashtaglunchbag, and USC’s Next Gen Council for Stephen Spielberg’s SHOAH Foundation. She's been a visiting speaker at Harvard, UCLA and Georgetown University and is a former board member of the nation’s second largest Community College, Northern Virginia Community College. In 2012 Karla was awarded in NYC the Keeper’s of the Dream award from the National Action Network and a 2017 awardee of the FINTECH award presented by the Multicultural Media Telecom and Internet Council.