Dame Elan Closs Stephens DBE (née Roberts; born 16 June 1948) is a Welsh educator and Wales' representative on the BBC Board. She specialises in cultural and broadcasting policy. She also serves as a non-executive director of the Welsh Government's Board, led by the Permanent Secretary. She is Pro Chancellor of Aberystwyth University. Born in Talysarn in the Nantlle Valley, Gwynedd to William Jones Roberts and Mair (née Closs) Roberts, she was educated at Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle and Somerville College, Oxford. She was appointed High Sheriff of Dyfed for 2012/13.