Prior to joining CHAI as CHAI’s first in-house counsel overseeing legal and compliance matters, Stephanie was Assistant Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Her legal practice at the Boston Fed focused on advising senior stakeholders on a variety of issues including corporate governance, complex transactions, cybersecurity and data privacy issues, and intellectual property matters. She also was appointed as the Bank’s Privacy Officer and the Assistant Corporate Secretary to the Bank’s Board of Directors. Throughout her career, Stephanie held other leadership positions in the government sector, including as the Deputy General Counsel at the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Information Technology Division. Stephanie began her legal career clerking at the Massachusetts Appeals Court before she joined as an associate in the intellectual property practice group of Testa, Hurwitz, & Thibeault, LLP. Stephanie holds a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law, a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Boston University, and is a registered patent attorney with the U.S.P.T.O.