Yelena Cavanaugh is the General Counsel at Solana Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the decentralization, adoption, and security of the Solana ecosystem. Solana is a permissionless, high- performance, and scalable blockchain network in which anyone can participate, use or build decentralized applications on. Prior to joining Solana Foundation, Yelena worked at Cooley LLP and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP advising clients on a wide range of corporate and regulatory matters and clerked for the Honorable Gonzalo P. Curiel in the Southern District of California.