Elena Loutskina

Elena Loutskina serves as Professor of Business Administration and Peter M. Grant II Bicentennial Foundation Chair in Business Administration at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, where she teaches in the Finance area. Her academic journey includes prior teaching positions at Boston College's Carroll School of Management.

• B.S., Belarus State University
• M.S., State University of New York
• Ph.D., Boston College

Loutskina's research focuses on financial intermediation with particular expertise in securitization markets and their impact on corporate financial management. Her work spans banking regulation, consumer finance, mortgage markets, small business lending, and venture capital. She has significantly contributed to understanding how financial innovation affects corporate behavior and market stability, with recent work expanding into impact investing and entrepreneurial finance.

Her publication pattern shows an evolution from foundational securitization research toward broader financial intermediation topics, with increasing focus on venture capital, private equity, and sustainable finance. Recent case studies (2023-2025) demonstrate practical applications of her theories in Silicon Valley Bank's collapse, VC fund structures, and renewable energy financing.

• UVA Alumni Association Distinguished Professor Award (2019)
• Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Award
• Multiple Best Paper Awards
• Kauffman Foundation and Banque de France research grants

Loutskina actively contributes to policy discussions, having presented research at the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve Board, International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank, and Banque de France. Her teaching portfolio includes core Corporate Finance, Impact Investing, Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity, and specialized courses on venture capital. She maintains strong connections with financial institutions through visiting scholar positions at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, ECB, and Office of Financial Research.