Elena Foster is a publisher and curator. She founded Ivorypress in 1996 and has held the title of CEO and founder ever since.

As a patron, she supports a variety of museums and foundations and collaborates with several international schools of contemporary art and photography. She has served as chair of the Tate Galleries International Council and as trustee of the Tate Foundation and the Isamu Noguchi Foundation. She is currently chair of the Serpentine Galleries Council in London.

Elena Foster was a tenured professor at Universidad Complutense de Madrid for almost two decades. She was a Fulbright Scholar and researcher in several universities in the United States and Europe.