Bria Bell

Vice President on the Payments — Industry Engagement Marketing at J.P. Morgan Chase (US)

Bria Bell’s superpower is storytelling. As a Vice President on the Payments — Industry Engagement Marketing team at J.P. Morgan Chase, she leads the Speakers Bureau for North America and Latin America. Bria's day-to-day includes partnering with internal teams, business stakeholders and subject matter experts in developing thought leadership engagement, highlighting and strengthening speaker/corporate influencer positioning at industry and client events.

Bria previously worked as the Director of Marketing at a tech software startup in Dallas. Before that, this Texas native spent nearly a decade working as a TV reporter. Her journalism journey includes stints in Iowa, North Carolina, and her hometown of Dallas. She’s interviewed presidential candidates during the 2016 election year, battled Midwest blizzards on-air, and led coverage for the CBS affiliate in Charlotte during the 2020 George Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests.

Bria graduated with a Master of Liberal Arts from Texas Christian University while balancing a full-time on-air job, is a National Association of Black Journalists member, and a career mentor for first-generation college students at Louisiana State University. Before that, she earned a Bachelor of Arts from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, where she was a part of the women’s basketball team.

Outside the office, you can catch her working out in a HIIT class (probably kickboxing), searching for her next weekend adventure, or playing with her dog, a black and white Border Collie affectionately named Oreo.