# Laura Barger

> Laura Barger is the chief marketing officer of BetaNXT, where she translates complex wealth-management infrastructure into a story about trust, useful data and better investor experiences. Across more than 20 years at Virgin Mobile USA, American Express, BNY Mellon, the Financial Health Network and BetaNXT, she has repeatedly focused on making consequential products understandable and treating overlooked customers with dignity.

- **Role:** Chief Marketing Officer at BetaNXT
- **Organizations:** BetaNXT, Financial Health Network, BNY Mellon, American Express, Virgin Mobile USA, Rhapsody International, Agency.com, Kindred
- **Education:** BA in English and Creative Writing, Colby College, Bangor High School
- **Known for:** Named one of the Gramercy Institute's 20 Rising Stars in Financial Marketing for 2015-16., Built and led marketing teams across consumer, institutional, nonprofit and wealth-technology organizations over more than 20 years., Helped bring the concept of financial health into broader industry discussion during roughly six years at the Financial Health Network.

## Career timeline

- **1994-1998** — Studied English and Creative Writing at Colby College.
- **Early career** — Worked as a copywriter at Agency.com and as a consumer-marketing manager at Rhapsody International.
- **2002 onward** — Worked at Virgin Mobile USA, where prepaid mobile service introduced her to marketing products for customers who were young, lacked credit or had thin credit files.
- **Before 2015** — Held marketing leadership roles at American Express and then became a managing director at BNY Mellon.
- **2015** — Named to the Gramercy Institute's 2015-16 class of 20 Rising Stars in Financial Marketing while a managing director at BNY Mellon.
- **2015-2022** — Led marketing and communications as chief marketing officer of the Center for Financial Services Innovation, later renamed the Financial Health Network.
- **2022** — Joined BetaNXT in September as head of marketing and communications.
- **2025** — Appeared at the T3 Technology Conference to discuss data modernization, responsible AI, investor communications and trust.
- **2026** — Serves as BetaNXT's chief marketing officer, overseeing brand positioning, public relations, executive communications, lead generation and events.

## Achievements

- Named one of the Gramercy Institute's 20 Rising Stars in Financial Marketing for 2015-16.
- Built and led marketing teams across consumer, institutional, nonprofit and wealth-technology organizations over more than 20 years.
- Helped bring the concept of financial health into broader industry discussion during roughly six years at the Financial Health Network.
- Publicly announced the launch of an updated BetaNXT website in 2023 and credited three colleagues who created it.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — BetaNXT identified Barger as chief marketing officer in the announcement of Val, its AI-powered document and data-validation product.
- **2025-07** — BetaNXT published her T3 Hot & Happening interview on data modernization, responsible AI, advisor tools and trust.
- **2023-03** — Barger announced the launch of an updated BetaNXT website and credited the colleagues who built it.

## Links

- Website: https://betanxt.com/bio/laura-barger/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-barger-5779

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Last updated: 2026-09-02