2021 Women in Business 
Featured Speaker

Ellie Nieves | Vice President & Counsel, Regulatory and Legislative Affairs at a Fortune 250 Company

Ellie Nieves is currently Vice President & Counsel, Regulatory and Legislative Affairs at a Fortune 250 company where she is responsible for the company's state government relations activities in New York, New Jersey, Ohio and Puerto Rico. She also served as the Diversity Strategy Partner for the company’s Law Department.

In 2009, Ellie launched Leadership Strategies for Women, LLC where she develops seminars and webinars for companies and associations that want to grow their emerging women leaders into effective managers and executives. She is passionate about helping companies that want to develop more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplaces.

Ellie attained a B.A. in Communications from Fordham University and a J.D. from the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. She earned her  BA from NYU's Stern School of Business with specializations in Leadership and Global Business.