Maureen Whalen is the Associate General Counsel for the J. Paul Getty Trust where she is a transactional lawyer responsible for Intellectual Property matters including licensing rights, acquisition of rights, and rights clearances. Whalen also works closely with MuseDoma, the Sponsoring Organization for the .museum top-level domain. Prior to joining the Trust, Whalen spent more than twenty years in the cable television industry, including twelve years at The Walt Disney Company, initially at the Disney Channel and, later, at Disney TeleVentures, which developed new broadband applications for television. Whalen also worked for the U.S. Department of State, Group W Cable, and Comcast Corporation. She received her undergraduate and law degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo.