Speaker Profile

Jax Russo Curtin

Assistant General Counsel, Senior Director / Heineken USA, Inc.

Jax Russo Curtin is Assistant General Counsel, Senior Director, for HEINEKEN USA Inc. At HEINEKEN, Curtin provides legal support for their flagship Heineken brand, as well as legal oversight across various marketing, sales and media functions across the country. Curtin is also the Board Chair of the HEINEKEN USA Women’s Leadership Forum, a group that actively promotes and celebrates the inclusion and advancement of women in the workplace. 

Prior to joining HEINEKEN USA, Curtin was an Associate in the U.S. Trademark Group at Fross, Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, and before that, practiced law in the New York office of Winston & Strawn. Curtin is a former member of the Board of Directors for the YMCA of Central and Northern Westchester, a community-focused organization committed to youth development and social responsibility. 

Curtin graduated in 2004 with a B.A. in History from Columbia University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2007.