Elissa Shevinsky is an American technology executive, entrepreneur, cybersecurity expert, public speaker, and author.

[1][2][3][4] Shevinsky attended Benjamin Cardozo High School, before studying for a Political Theory major at Williams College, where she also took classes in Computer Science,[5] graduating in 2001.

[6] In 2015 Shevinsky was funded by MACH37 for Jekudo Privacy Company,[12] co-organized information security conference SecretCon,[13][14] and edited Lean Out: The Struggle for Gender Equality in Tech and Start-up Culture.

[20][21][22] She served as chief operating officer of SoHo Token Labs, building developer tools for smart contracts.

"[30] When James Damore was fired by Google, Shevinsky was widely quoted saying that speech "questioning the technical qualifications of people based on race or gender" was potentially within the purview of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin.