Mala Sahai

Senior Director, Intellectual Property & Legal Affairs at Gladstone Institutes

Mala advises Gladstone’s leaders as the head of the Intellectual Property and Legal Affairs Department. Her department supports Gladstone’s mission and dynamic environment by providing guidance in a broad range of areas, including business, intellectual property, scientific research, operations, administration, and policies and regulations. Admitted to practice law in California, Mala is a patent attorney registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. She has several years of patent prosecution and intellectual property portfolio management experience. Mala has a bachelor’s degree with majors in both chemistry and philosophy from UC Davis, and a juris doctor degree from Indiana University, Bloomington.