Full Name
Elizabeth Wolfe
Job Title
Deputy Chief Legal Officer
Company
National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, Inc. (NASBA)
Speaker Bio
Elizabeth Wolfe, Esq., serves as Deputy Chief Legal Officer at the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). In this capacity, she is a strategic advisor to NASBA’s executive leadership with practice concentration in regulatory law and legislative policy supporting NASBA’s mission to enhance the effectiveness and advance the common interests of its 55 member Boards of Accountancy and administration of the Uniform CPA Exam, with international testing. Ms. Wolfe counsels C-suite and senior leadership on legal risk, compliance, data privacy, and governance with a focused oversight on initiatives involving artificial intelligence and accessibility. She also oversees NASBA’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) team with respect to Testing Accommodations for the CPA Examination.
Prior to joining NASBA in 2018, Wolfe was Assistant General Counsel at the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance providing legal guidance to the Regulatory Boards Division. Her portfolio included advising multiple professional licensing boards on federal antitrust law, the Tennessee Open Records Act, and the Tennessee Open Meetings Act, and she was responsible for drafting legislation and administrative regulations.
Ms. Wolfe graduated cum laude from the University of Tennessee where she double majored in art history and political science. She earned her J.D. from Belmont University College of Law where she served as Vice President of the Student Bar Association.
She is an active member of the Tennessee Bar Association, the Association of Corporate Counsel Small Law Department Network, Belmont Law Alumni Council, and the Nashville Bar Association, currently chairing the in-house attorney committee. Ms. Wolfe mentors law students and serves on the board of Buchanan Arts, a nonprofit art studio focused on after-school at risk youth programming that promotes creativity and community. She was recognized as one of Nashville’s Top 30 Under 30 in 2018 for professional achievement and community involvement and was a member of the 2023-2024 Nashville Bar Foundation Leadership Forum. She enjoys spending time in her hometown of Nashville, TN, with her husband, almost 5-year-old daughter, and almost 3-year-old son.
Prior to joining NASBA in 2018, Wolfe was Assistant General Counsel at the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance providing legal guidance to the Regulatory Boards Division. Her portfolio included advising multiple professional licensing boards on federal antitrust law, the Tennessee Open Records Act, and the Tennessee Open Meetings Act, and she was responsible for drafting legislation and administrative regulations.
Ms. Wolfe graduated cum laude from the University of Tennessee where she double majored in art history and political science. She earned her J.D. from Belmont University College of Law where she served as Vice President of the Student Bar Association.
She is an active member of the Tennessee Bar Association, the Association of Corporate Counsel Small Law Department Network, Belmont Law Alumni Council, and the Nashville Bar Association, currently chairing the in-house attorney committee. Ms. Wolfe mentors law students and serves on the board of Buchanan Arts, a nonprofit art studio focused on after-school at risk youth programming that promotes creativity and community. She was recognized as one of Nashville’s Top 30 Under 30 in 2018 for professional achievement and community involvement and was a member of the 2023-2024 Nashville Bar Foundation Leadership Forum. She enjoys spending time in her hometown of Nashville, TN, with her husband, almost 5-year-old daughter, and almost 3-year-old son.
