Elena Austurias

Elena Asturias has been involved with creating community since she established the international club at her high school to help foster understanding among diverse groups in San Francisco.

Graduating from Georgetown Law Center with a Master of Law in Business and Taxation she served as counsel to Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, and successors. Most recently, Elena has dedicated herself to managing family concerns including Paniagua Construction Inc. and Las Maravillas S.A. as well as serving as counsel to various private concerns.

Elena currently represents San Francisco residents as Community Representative of the San Francisco Zoological Society Board as well as serving as President of the family foundation Fundación Asturias Maldonado, she serves on the Tardeada Committee for the California Rural Legal Assistance and on the Boards of CARECEN and Friends of the Mission Campus.

Elena previously served on the Boards of La Raza Centro Legal, Development Fund Board for La Raza Centro Legal, Hispanic National Bar Association, as well as its Commission on the Status of Latinas in the Legal Profession, San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Association and the San Francisco Senators.