diff --git a/src/components/dac_dataset_table/DACDatasetTableCellData.js b/src/components/dac_dataset_table/DACDatasetTableCellData.js
index 53279771be..7468693cae 100644
--- a/src/components/dac_dataset_table/DACDatasetTableCellData.js
+++ b/src/components/dac_dataset_table/DACDatasetTableCellData.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {DatasetService} from '../../utils/DatasetService';
 import DACDatasetApprovalStatus from './DACDatasetApprovalStatus';
 import {isEmpty, map} from 'lodash/fp';
 import ReactTooltip from 'react-tooltip';
+import { firstNonEmptyPropertyValue } from '../../utils/DatasetUtils';
 
 export const consoleTypes = { CHAIR: 'chair' };
 
@@ -43,10 +44,7 @@ export function datasetNameCellData({dataset, label = 'datasetNameCellData'}) {
 export function dataCustodianCellData({dataset, label = 'dataCustodianCellData'}) {
   // Newer datasets have a list of data custodian emails.
   // Older datasets may or may not have a data depositor
-  const datasetCustodians = DatasetService.findDatasetPropertyValueList(dataset, 'Data Custodian Email')?.join(', ');
-  const dataDepositor = DatasetService.findDatasetPropertyValue(dataset, 'Data Depositor');
-  const studyCustodians = DatasetService.findDatasetPropertyValueList(dataset.study, 'dataCustodianEmail')?.join(', ');
-  const displayValue = isEmpty(datasetCustodians) ? (isEmpty(dataDepositor) ? studyCustodians : dataDepositor) : datasetCustodians;
+  const displayValue = firstNonEmptyPropertyValue(dataset, [ 'Data Custodian Email', 'Data Depositor', 'dataCustodianEmail' ]);
   return {
     data: <div className={style['cell-data']}>{displayValue}</div>,
     value: displayValue,
diff --git a/src/utils/DatasetUtils.ts b/src/utils/DatasetUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f0c731d018
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/DatasetUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+export const firstNonEmptyPropertyValue = (dataset: any, propertyNames: string[]): string => {
+    for (const propertyName of propertyNames) {
+        let propertyValue: string[] = [];
+        if ('study' in dataset && 'properties' in dataset.study) {
+            const property = dataset.study.properties.find((property: any) => property.key === propertyName);
+            const value = property?.value;
+            if (value !== undefined) {
+                const valueAsIterable = typeof value === 'string' ? [value] : value;
+                propertyValue.push(...valueAsIterable);
+            }
+        }
+        if ('properties' in dataset && propertyValue.length === 0) {
+            const property = dataset.properties.find((property: any) => property.propertyName === propertyName);
+            const value = property?.propertyValue;
+            if (property !== undefined) {
+                const valueAsIterable = typeof value === 'string' ? [value] : value;
+                propertyValue.push(...valueAsIterable);
+            }
+        }
+        if (propertyValue.length > 0) {
+            return propertyValue.join(', ');
+        }
+    }
+    return '';
+}