Jolene Negre is Deputy General Counsel – Securities Regulation, Governance & Secretary for The Walt Disney Company, overseeing securities regulation and corporate governance. She joined Disney in 2018 as Associate General Counsel.

Previously, Ms. Negre was a Partner at the law firm Jenner & Block LLP from 2014 to 2018. In that role, she practiced corporate law, including securities regulation, corporate governance, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic investments. She joined Jenner & Block LLP as a corporate Associate in 2011. Prior to that, Ms. Negre served as a corporate Associate at the law firm Hogan Lovells (formerly Hogan & Hartson) from 2006 to 2011.

Ms. Negre served on the Board of Directors of St. Joseph Center from 2015 - 2019. She has received numerous recognitions and awards including as a member of Law360’s “Practice Group of the Year: Media & Entertainment” from 2013-2017. Ms. Negre is also a former Fellow of The Leadership Counsel for Legal Diversity.

Ms. Negre holds a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (formerly the University of Pennsylvania Law School) and a BA in Political Science and Spanish from Amherst College.