Elissa is a Managing Director and Cyber Technical Leader for NFP’s Management and Professional Lines. Based in New York, she is responsible for the development of thought leadership, claims advocacy and consultation services as well as counseling clients on their risks and insurance needs in the areas of technology, privacy and cyber. Elissa has over fifteen years of cyber, technology and media liability insurance expertise having worked as the Underwriting and Product Manager at AXA XL where she worked to direct and manage AXA XL’s risk management services designed to minimize the frequency and severity of data breaches. Prior to AXA XL, Elissa was a broker in Marsh and McLennan’s Network Security and Privacy Practice and previously, claims counsel at AIG focusing on Data Security and Privacy, Media and Technology Liability. She has considerable experience presenting on these topics on panels and seminars for clients and industry associations and has published several industry related articles. Elissa holds a Bachelor of Arts from the State University of New York at Albany and a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School and is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts and Connecticut.