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Erin ELKO

3/12/2021

 
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Erin Elko
Deputy General Counsel
​Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey


​Erin Elko is a Deputy General Counsel for Horizon BCBSNJ, leading the Corporate Law and Privacy departments. Since 2011, Ms. Elko has provided strategic legal counsel to clients and senior leadership on Corporate Governance, Private Equity Investments, Intellectual Property, Marketing, Finance, Real Estate, Privacy/Information Security, and Vendor Contracting.

Ms. Elko also works closely with the Horizon Board of Directors and, as Assistant Secretary, is responsible for the planning, coordination and facilitation of all Horizon Committee and Board meetings.

Ms. Elko reports to the Board on corporate governance matters, ensuring that the Board is operating effectively and Directors have the proper guidance and resources necessary to carry out their duties.

Ms. Elko helped to transform the role of privacy at Horizon. She led incident response and crisis management for privacy breaches, counsels clients on privacy compliance, and negotiates with third parties and business associates to ensure they have adequate privacy safeguards.

Before joining Horizon, Ms. Elko was an associate at Norris McLaughlin, P.A. in Bridgewater, NJ where she practiced both Litigation and Corporate Law. She also served as a clerk in the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court.

Ms. Elko earned her B.S. in Management from Providence College and her J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law, where she served as a Comments Editor on the Seton Hall Law Review and she was elected to the Order of the Coif.

​Ms. Elko currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Rutgers Center for Corporate Law and Governance.
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