Denelle Dixon

Directed the Stellar Development Foundation's governance and operational strategy during a period of major supply and partnership changes, executing concrete policy actions such as the public burn of a large portion of XLM supply in November 2019. That explicit decision to reduce supply was documented by the Foundation, altered the on-chain token economics, and had measurable effects on market perception and supply metrics used by exchanges and institutional partners. Managed and formalized escrow, distribution and grant policies that controlled how large XLM holdings were released to developers, anchors and market programs. These documented operational practices determined schedules for token releases, partner allocations, and conditions for grant-funded distribution, directly shaping secondary-market liquidity and institutional access to XLM. Led regulatory outreach and negotiated institutional collaborations and pilot programs with payment and banking partners, providing the formal agreements and compliance frameworks necessary for enterprise integrations. The combination of burn decisions, escrow governance, and partnership negotiations under concrete SDF directives materially changed how XLM could be used in commercial payment rails and how regulators and counterparties evaluated the asset.