Helena Cawley

Helena Cawley is the General Counsel and Head of Business Development for First Street Foundation focusing on identifying and creating strategic partnerships while advising the Foundation on a wide range of legal and compliance issues.

Helena started her legal career with law firms Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in New York, and was most recently the President of HABIT Advisors, an organization that provided workplace training in the areas of sexual harassment prevention and diversity & inclusion.

Helena was also previously the CEO and Co-founder of Uplift Studios, a fitness boutique in New York City and has extensive experience with the legal matters pertaining to small and mid-size businesses.

Helena earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, cum laude, and her law degree from New York University School of Law.