Elena Galaitsi

Elena grew up in Northern Greece until age 16, when she won a national scholarship and moved to the U.S. to complete her senior year of high school. She received her B.A. in Psychology and French from Wellesley College in 1993 and her M.A. in Law and Diplomacy (in Economic Development) from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in 1996. Elena began her career at the World Bank, focused on improving girls’ education in East Africa and extending microfinance lending in Mexico and El Salvador. She then joined The Boston Consulting Group and spent the next five years advising senior management of Fortune 100 companies in media, consumer goods and financial services. In 2001, Elena joined Time Warner Inc. where she spent eight years and held several senior roles in the Corporate Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups, as well as their AOL division. Elena is currently the Founder of Spring Digital Ventures, providing advisory and consulting services to the C-suite of companies seeking to navigate the ever-shifting digital media landscape and consumer mindset driven by the democratization of access provided by the Internet.

Girls' equal rights in developing countries. Freedom to set your own course. Finding the right balance (digital backlash). And summers in the Mediterranean.

Making jewelry, selective photographic memory, ping pong