Elena Elkina

Elena Elkina, JD, LLM, is a highly experienced privacy and data protection management executive, currently serving as the Co-Chair of the IAPP Silicon Valley Knowledge Net and as a Faculty Advisor at IANS. As a partner at Aleada Consulting, Elena advises clients on privacy program development and compliance strategies. Elena is also an expert advisor on ethics and privacy at The Center for New Data and serves on the advisory board for Data Privacy Day with the National Cyber Security Alliance. In addition, Elena is a co-founder and vice chair of Women in Security and Privacy (WISP) and has held positions on several boards, including Leading Women in Technology. Elena holds a Master of Laws from the University of California, Berkeley, and a JD in Civil Law from the Russian Academy of Education, among other educational credentials.