Add Maryana to DAO Council

by 0xd6eff8f07caf3443a1178407d3de4129149d6ef6 (Canessa)

Should Maryana be added to DAO Council?

Address

0x9937e3e274be96a624d7cd00f384eb71c741dd1b

Reasons for adding

Hi everyone - Since I came close in the last election (5th place behind Fehz by 57,742 VP), I thought I would reapply from a Finance perspective, with a “minor” in Marketing & Growth. The reason I am applying for a council role versus an OpCo role is that I may have future work independence issues in 2026 (not confirmed). As a result, I may be only limited to a council role, acting as a council liaison to the OpCo to help or communicate any financial reporting/budgeting/treasury management needs between the OpCo,Council and community.

Regarding Marketing & Growth, I am confident in my vast network across various projects in the space to help grow the DAO (i.e. finance, legal, gaming, direct contacts at certain chains). (From my old postulation):

Decentraland Background: My name is Maryana. I joined Decentraland as a user in December 2021 and have been involved in the community such as by streaming, social media/content creation, learning the SDK(6) and builder tool, and hosting events. I’ve worked with reputable brands throughout the years for events or content creation. I serve as the Ohio President for Stand with Crypto, which allows me to work with major crypto platforms, policymakers and wallet & crypto users in my state, as well as with the SWC executive team and Coinbase Policy Team. I recently was able to bring Stand with Crypto into Decentraland, with education as a focus in the coming year(s).

In January 2022, I got involved in the Decentraland DAO as an observer at first, and began to dive deeper into the accounting and governance issues beginning in 2023. I held a DAO position as a Revocation Committee Member from May 2023 - May 2024, where I worked with the committee to address revocations. This role required careful analysis, decision-making, and adherence to the legacy grant program.

I’ve engaged in the Financial Planning groups (moderated by @web3nit & @Fehz) throughout the year, providing insight when possible, and led the Lisbon financial planning discussions, and run ad-hoc analysis reports for myself to understand current expenditures. To this day, I’ve continued to explore and consult with other finance professionals on DAO accounting, and how we can bring financial reporting and treasury management into the DAO. My professional network is highly extensive, ranging from Big 4 professionals, to web3 finance professionals and policymakers.

Evidence

As an opening to my postulation, my passion for finance, blockchain, and the Decentraland community & platform, paired with my extensive experience in financial reporting, auditing and governance positions me to contribute to the growth and sustainability of the Decentraland ecosystem as a DAO council member.

Disclaimer: I am specifically applying to be a subject matter expert for Finance. My primary goal is to keep the OpCo accountable over the adoption of treasury management, financial reporting policies and budgeting practices to the DAO, and advise with this process. The finance portion is crucial to ensure DAO governance policies have appropriate funding and resources allocated to make the optimize the overall strategy we achieve. My involvement with the community also allows me to understand what our current community needs and has issues with. I have an understanding of our protocol and see the crucial need for strengthening our platform features. I am not a programmer or dev ops engineer, but understand the technology at a high-level. I’ve also been an unofficial ambassador for Decentraland in a few web3 conferences and local meet-ups discussing the technology, and DAO governance of Decentraland.

Resume & Relevant Experience: I hold a MBA in Accounting & BA in Accounting, and held a full-time accounting position for 8 years, ranging from public accounting (audit & analytics), internal auditing & SOX compliance in industry, and financial reporting & budgeting, and individual taxation. Most of my 2025 has been dedicated to studying for my CPA (3/4 done) and some event management with Stand with Crypto. I’ve also was able to attend a few conferences, allowing to network with more projects in the space. My professional experience has allowed me to contribute to the DAO’s previous financial planning and treasury management discussions.

My understanding of the COSO - Integrated Framework & COSO for Blockchain ensures that we have a proper control environment over our governance & culture (tone at the top), strategy and objective setting, risk assessment and performance, control activities and reporting (financially, to external and internal stakeholders of our DAO).

I have extensive knowledge on the application of accounting standards by FASB, the AICPA (i.e Auditing standards, reporting standards, and quality control), and IT policies for managing risk. I also stay informed on crypto regulations that are released either by the SEC or international regulating bodies.

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