The 2nd Annual Data Privacy Conference

Christine S. Wilson was sworn in on September 26, 2018 as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission. President Donald J. Trump named Wilson to a term that expires on Sept. 25, 2025.

Wilson previously served at the FTC as Chairman Tim Muris’ Chief of Staff during the George W. Bush Administration, and as a law clerk in the Bureau of Competition while attending Georgetown University Law Center.

In between her periods of service at the FTC, Wilson has practiced competition and consumer protection law both at law firms and as in-house counsel.  When nominated, Wilson was serving as Senior Vice President — Legal, Regulatory & International for Delta Air Lines. Prior to joining Delta, Wilson was a member of the Washington DC antitrust practice groups of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and O’Melveny & Myers LLP.  Early in her career, Wilson worked with former Assistant Attorney General James F. Rill at Collier Shannon Rill & Scott on a variety of competition law and policy initiatives, including the final report of the International Competition Policy Advisory Committee commissioned by Attorney General Janet Reno.

Wilson graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center and she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Florida.

Wilson lives in Virginia with her husband Ramsey, with whom she has two daughters.

Dan Caprio is an internationally recognized expert on privacy and cybersecurity. He has served as the Chief Privacy Officer and Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Commerce Department, a transatlantic subject matter for the European Commission’s Internet of Things formal expert group, a Chief of Staff at the Federal Trade Commission and a member of the Department of Homeland Security Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee. In 2002, Dan represented the United States revising the OECD Security Guidelines that formed the basis for the first White House Strategy to Secure Cyberspace.

A lifelong Ohioan, Senator Sherrod Brown has spent his career fighting for the Dignity of Work – the idea that hard work should pay off for everyone, no matter who you are, where you live, or what kind of work you do. He has held nearly 500 roundtables across Ohio, because he believes the best ideas don’t come out of Washington – they come from conversations with Ohioans.

Senator Brown serves as Ranking Member on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. He also serves on the Finance Committee, the Agriculture Committee, and is the longest serving Ohioan on the Veterans’ Affairs Committee.

Sherrod was born and raised in Mansfield, Ohio, where he earned his Eagle Scout award and spent summers working on his family’s farm. He is married to author and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Connie Schultz. They live in Cleveland, Ohio, with their rescue dogs, Franklin and Walter, drive Jeeps made by union workers in Toledo, and have three daughters, a son, a daughter-in-law, three sons-in-law, and seven grandchildren.

Cameron Kerry is a global thought leader on privacy and cross-border information flows. He joined Governance Studies and the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings in December 2013 as the first Ann R. and Andrew H. Tisch Distinguished Visiting Fellow. Previously, Kerry served as general counsel and acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, where he was a leader on a wide of range of issues including technology, trade, and economic growth and security. He continues to speak and write on these issues, focusing primarily on privacy and information security, along with the international digital economy. During his time as acting secretary, Kerry served as chief executive of this Cabinet agency and its 43,000 employees around the world, as well as an adviser to former President Barack Obama. His tenure marked the first time in U.S. history two siblings have served in the president’s Cabinet at the same time.

As general counsel, he was the principal legal adviser to the several Secretaries of Commerce and Commerce agency heads. As co-chair of the National Science and Technology Council Subcommittee on Privacy and Internet Policy, Kerry spearheaded development of the White House blueprint on consumer privacy, Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World: A Framework for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Innovation in the Global Digital Economy. He then led the administration’s implementation of the blueprint, drafting privacy legislation and engaging in privacy issues with international partners, including the European Union. He was a leader in the Obama administration’s successful effort to pass the America Invents Act, the most significant overhaul of the patent system in more than 150 years. He helped establish and lead the Commerce Department’s Internet Policy Task Force, and was the department’s representative on cybersecurity issues and similar issues in the White House “Deputies Committee.” Kerry also played a significant role on intellectual property policy and litigation, cybersecurity, international bribery, trade relations and rule of law development in China, the Gulf Oil spill litigation, and many other challenges facing a large, diverse federal agency.  He travelled to the People’s Republic of China on numerous occasions to co-lead the Transparency Dialogue with China as well as the U.S.-China Legal Exchange and exchanges on anti-corruption.

In addition to his Brookings affiliation, Kerry is a visiting scholar at the MIT Media Lab. He also served as senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP in Boston, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., where his practice involved privacy, security, and international trade issues. Before Kerry’s appointment to the Obama administration in 2009, he practiced law at the Mintz Levin firm in Boston and Washington and taught telecommunications law as an adjunct professor at Suffolk University Law School. Kerry has also been actively engaged in politics and community service throughout his adult life. During the 2004 presidential campaign, he was a close adviser and national surrogate for Democratic nominee John Kerry, traveling to 29 States and even Israel. He has served on the boards of nonprofits, and is currently on the board of the National Archives Foundation.

The Ann R. and Andrew H. Tisch Distinguished Visiting Fellows in Governance Studies are individuals of particularly noteworthy distinction. The fellowship is designed to bring distinguished visitors from government, business, journalism, and academia to Brookings to write about challenges facing the country. Kerry is the first to be named to this prestigious fellowship.

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As Global Chief Digital Responsibility and Public Policy Officer, Sheila leads the global data policy and digital responsibility strategies for Kinesso, ensuring that data and digital technology are used ethically and accountably across the enterprise and with IPG clients. This means ensuring data and tech are used in ways that serve people. She helps ensure practices operating at the leading edge of digital technology are consistent with principles of responsible, respectful, proportionate and fair data use. Sheila is responsible for public policy engagement with regulators, policy groups, clients and other key stakeholders globally, advocating for ethical advertising and marketing practices, in ways that earn trust. She is an advisor on the development and deployment of Kinesso’s data-driven and digital solutions and services. She is a trusted thought partner, advisor, and reputational champion for IPG companies.

Ms. Colclasure is a recognized global thought leader on applied data ethics, accountable data governance and human-centered digital responsibility. Sheila has extensive knowledge of laws and societal expectations governing the collection and use of information, with particular depth in the rapidly evolving data-driven advertising and marketing ecosystem and ethical AI. She is continuously sought out by policy makers, regulators and government agencies for her views on data integrity and how to address the complexity of operationalizing and harmonizing nextgeneration data governance for the global digital data-driven ecosystem. Sheila is a Presidential Leadership Scholar and was recognized by CSO as one of the “12 amazing women in security” (2017.)

She is a frequent speaker and media interviewee and has advanced data leadership and policy with the marketplace, regulators and lawmakers in many fora, including the U.S. HHS Datapalooza, Attorney General Alliance, Dublin Tech Summit, Global Data Transparency Lab, Information Accountability Foundation (IAF) Digital University for Regulator Series, and IberoAmerican Data Protection Network. Sheila has presented key talks at global events for the Consumer Electronics’ Show, Forrester, adExchanger, International Association of Privacy Professionals, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Digital Advertising Alliance, OutSell DataMoney, ShopTalk, Philly Phorum, American Bar Association and the Marketing Sciences Institute.

Sheila serves on the advisory board of the IAF and is corporate liaison to several industry standardssetting groups.

Prior to joining IPG Kinesso, she was the Acxiom Global Chief Data Ethics Officer and Public Policy Executive, Manager of Congressional and Political Affairs for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Washington, D.C., and Staff Assistant in the U.S. Senate. Sheila has a master’s degree in communications, specializing in business and political communication.

Jerry C. Jones is the EVP, Chief Ethics and Legal Officer of LiveRamp (NYSE: RAMP), a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that provides the identity platform for powering exceptional experiences.

Prior to LiveRamp, Jerry was the Chief Ethics and Legal officer at Acxiom since 1999, where he oversaw all legal and data ethics matters. He also assists in the strategy and execution of mergers and alliances and the Company’s strategic initiatives.

Previously, he was employed for 19 years as an attorney with the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock, Arkansas, representing a broad range of business interests. He is a member of the board of directors of Agilysys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGYS), a leading developer and marketer of proprietary enterprise software, services and solutions to the hospitality and retail industries, where he serves on the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee. He also serves on the board of directors of Heifer International and on the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Board of Visitors, and is a co-founder of uHire U.S. He is a Special Advisor to the Club de Madrid, an organization composed of over 100 former Presidents and Prime Ministers from more than 60 democratic countries.

He was also a member of the board of directors of Entrust, Inc. until it was purchased by private investors in 2009 and is former chairman of the board of the Arkansas Virtual Academy. Mr. Jones holds a juris doctorate degree and a bachelor’s degree in public administration from the University of Arkansas.

Paul Adamson is chairman of Forum Europe and Forum Global and
founder of Encompass (previously E!Sharp), an online magazine and
discussion space dedicated to covering the European Union and
Europe’s place in the world.

Paul is a member of the Centre for European Reform’s advisory
board and Rand Europe’s Council of Advisors. He is also a Visiting
Professor at the Policy Institute, King’s College London, a Senior
Adviser at the Atlantic Council’s Future Europe Initiative and a Senior
Fellow at the Centre for Britain and Europe at the University of
Surrey. He is a patron of the University Association of Contemporary
European Studies (UACES) and a Fellow of the UK Academy of Social
Sciences.

In 2012, Paul was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire
(OBE) “for services to promoting understanding of the European
Union” and in 2016 he was made a Chevalier in the Ordre national du
Mérite by the French government.

Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers is serving her eighth term representing the 5th District of Washington.

She is a senior member on the Energy and Commerce Committee and leads as the top Republican on the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce. Her subcommittee has jurisdiction over most issues that are key to America winning the future and leading in a global economy.

She is a top voice in innovation, energy, and technology policies like privacy, cyber security, autonomous vehicles, rural broadband, and Artificial Intelligence.

As Cathy says, “America is the best place in the world to innovate, save lives, and raise people’s standard of living. For America to win and beat China, we need to be leading and writing the rules for these emerging technologies.

James M. Sullivan was named Deputy Assistant Secretary for Services in July 2017. In this role, Mr. Sullivan directs the U.S. Department of Commerce’s efforts to strengthen the global competitiveness of U.S. services firms, which account for 80 percent of the nation’s private sector economy. His primary areas of focus include the financial, digital and internet, supply chain, and professional and business services industries.

Prior to joining Commerce, Mr. Sullivan was cofounder and president of TKOUT, a SaaS (software-as-a-service) provider of on-demand ordering solutions to ICT (information and communication technology) and digital media companies. Before that, he served as managing director and general counsel of Clover Investment Group, a private equity firm focused on lower middle-market hospitality and technology businesses. Previously, from 1999 to 2006, he practiced law in Washington, D.C., as a member of the white-collar defense teams at Morrison & Foerster and DLA Piper.

Mr. Sullivan earned his BA in political science from the College of the Holy Cross, his JD from the Catholic University of America, and his MBA from Georgetown University. He is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia and the State of New York.

Mr Gencarelli heads the International Data Flows and Protection Unit at the European Commission (DG Justice and Consumers). In the past years, he led the Commission’s work in the area of data protection, as regards both new legislation and international negotiations. He notably headed the Commission’s delegation in the interinstitutional negotiations with the European Parliament and the Council that resulted in the adoption of the EU data protection reform (“General Data Protection Regulation” and “Law Enforcement Directive”). He was also one of the lead negotiators of the EU-US Privacy Shield and “Umbrella Agreement”. He recently negotiated the mutual adequacy arrangement with Japan.

Mr Gencarelli previously served as a member of the European Commission’s Legal Service and as an assistant (référendaire) to a judge at the European Court of Justice after having practiced law in the private sector. He holds degrees in law and political science, and teaches EU Competition Law at Sciences Po Paris. He is the author of numerous publications on EU law.

On January 1, 2014, Andrea Jelinek, who holds a doctorate degree in law, became head of the Austrian Data Protection Authority. While still a student, she worked as a consultant at the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), later as a trainee lawyer and from 1991 as a legal officer at the General Secretariat of the Austrian Rectors’ Conference. Two years later, she moved to the Ministry of the Interior, where she first worked as a legal officer and later as head of department in the legal and legislative department. One of her specializations – asylum and immigration law – helped determine her further career. From October 2010 to June 2011 she was head of the Vienna Foreign Police. Before that, in 2003, she was the first woman in Vienna to be appointed head of a police commissioner’s office.

Since February 2018, she has also been the Chair of the Article 29 Working Party.

Dr. Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna is Senior Counsel for the Future of Privacy Forum, where she leads the work on Global privacy developments and European data protection law and policy, with their impact on all focus areas of FPF, including de-identification, AI, mobility, adtech and education.

Prior to moving to the US in 2016, Gabriela worked for the European Data Protection Supervisor in Brussels, being part of the team that advised the EU legislator on the GDPR during its legislative process. She dealt with both enforcement and policy matters, was a member of the EDPS litigation team, as well as actively participated to the work of the Article 29 Working Party. She worked on the assessments of both the draft EU-US Privacy Shield and the draft EU-US Umbrella Agreement during her time at the EDPS and the Article 29 Working Party.

Jason Albert is Managing Director, Public Policy at Workday, where he leads the company’s worldwide government affairs engagement on tech policy issues, building on his more than 20 years’ experience in legal and policy work in both the U.S. and Europe.  Before joining Workday, he spent close to a decade at Microsoft, where he was responsible for strategic planning across the legal department and drove cross-company cloud initiatives.  Before that, he served as lead privacy counsel at both Chevron and Honeywell.  After clerking for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Jason began his career at Covington & Burling, working in the firm’s D.C., London, and Brussels offices.  Jason holds a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School and a bachelor’s degree in geology from Princeton University.

Sara DePaul is an Associate General Counsel and Senior Director for Technology Policy at SIIA. She works with SIIA members to develop and advance global policy positions on privacy, data security, cross-border data flows, and law enforcement access. Prior to joining SIIA, Sara worked at the Federal Trade Commission in several roles, including as an attorney for consumer protection matters in the East Central Regional Office and as Counsel for International Consumer Protection in the Office of International Affairs. Sara is a graduate of The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and Kent State University.

Dan Caprio is an internationally recognized expert on privacy and cybersecurity. He has served as the Chief Privacy Officer and Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Commerce Department, a transatlantic subject matter for the European Commission’s Internet of Things formal expert group, a Chief of Staff at the Federal Trade Commission and a member of the Department of Homeland Security Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee. In 2002, Dan represented the United States revising the OECD Security Guidelines that formed the basis for the first White House Strategy to Secure Cyberspace.

Dr. Bill Cassidy is a United States Senator for Louisiana.

Bill is married to Dr, Laura Cassidy and they have three children. They attend church at the Chapel on the Campus.

Bill grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and attended Louisiana State University (LSU) for undergraduate and Medical School.

For nearly three decades, Bill has provided care for uninsured and underinsured patients in Louisiana’s charity hospital system.

During this time, he co-founded the Greater Baton Rouge Community Clinic, a clinic providing free dental and health care to the working uninsured. Bill also created a private-public partnership to vaccinate 36,000 greater Baton Rouge area children against Hepatitis B at no cost to the schools or parents. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Bill led a group of health care volunteers to convert an abandoned K-Mart building into an emergency health care facility, providing basic health care to hurricane evacuees.

In 1990, Bill joined LSU Medical School following his tenure at Earl K Long hospital, where he taught medical students and residents while treating the uninsured.

Bill was elected to the Louisiana State Senate in 2006.

In 2008, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives to represent Louisiana’s Sixth Congressional District. In the U.S. House, Bill served on the Energy and Commerce Committee and supported a conservative agenda.

Bill was elected to the United States Senate in December, 2014. He serves on the Energy and Natural Resources, Health Education Labor & Pensions (HELP), Finance, Veterans’ Affairs and Joint Economic Committees.

Greg Kalbaugh presently serves as the Deputy Under Secretary for Policy at the International Trade Administration. Immediately prior to this, he served as the Executive Director of SelectUSA, the government-wide initiative dedicated to advancing President Trump’s trade and economic agenda by actively attracting job-creating business investment into the United States.

Prior to joining the Trump administration, Mr. Kalbaugh was a senior executive at a U.S.-based biotech company, where he led government affairs and reimbursement efforts in seven of the company’s top-ten global markets and was a member of the company’s senior leadership team. Mr. Kalbaugh’s earlier experience includes serving as Deputy Vice President for International Intellectual Property at PhRMA, as International Trade Counsel at the Senate Finance Committee, and as Director and Counsel at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

He holds a law degree from University College Cork and earned an LL.M. In Intellectual Property Law from The George Washington University School of Law in Washington, DC.

Andrew Smith is Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. He came to the FTC from the law firm of Covington & Burling, where he co-chaired the financial services practice group. Earlier in his career, Mr. Smith was a staff attorney at the FTC, where he led the agency’s efforts to make several rules under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Mr. Smith has written extensively on consumer protection and financial services issues, served as the Chair of the American Bar Association’s Consumer Financial Services Committee, and is a Fellow of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers and the American Bar Foundation. He earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Williams College, and a J.D. from William & Mary Law School, where he served as Professional Articles Editor of the William & Mary Law Review.

Susan Grant is Director of Consumer Protection and Privacy at the Consumer Federation of America. She works specifically in the areas of privacy, identity theft, online safety and security, telemarketing, electronic and mobile commerce, deceptive marketing, fraud, airline passenger rights, and general consumer protection issues. Ms. Grant conducts CFA’s annual Consumer Complaint Survey and is a recognized authority on combating consumer fraud and deception. She also serves on the Steering Committee member of the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue, a policy forum for US and European consumer organizations. Ms. Grant began her career in 1976 in the Consumer Protection Division of the Northwestern Massachusetts District Attorney’s Office and subsequently held positions at the National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators and the National Consumers League before joining the CFA staff in 2008.

Jordan Abbott is Chief Data Ethics Officer of Acxiom. Prior to serving in his current role, Abbott was an information privacy attorney for the company.

Abbott advises key stakeholders on legal, data governance and compliance policy as well as handling government relations, where he provides strategic insight on proposed legislation at the state and federal
levels.

In his time at Acxiom, Abbott has made significant contributions to Acxiom’s approach to data governance and industry leadership in ethical data use. He has been instrumental in guiding the organization through the continued implementation and evaluation of GDPR regulations and is responsible for coordinating the Privacy Shield compliance for international data transfers.
Additionally, he has been a highly regarded expert and advocate for federal consumer privacy legislation and is leading all strategic preparations for the California Consumer Privacy Act before it goes into effect in January 2020.

Prior to joining Acxiom, Abbott was in private practice from 1998 to 2001. Previously, he served as an Assistant Attorney General of Arkansas in the Consumer Protection Division from 1991 to 1998. As a result of his service in the office, the Abbott Award for Outstanding Service was named in his honor.

Abbott is well-credentialed in the data privacy field, holding certifications from the International Association of Privacy Professionals, being a certified privacy professional for the U.S. and Europe, and being certified in privacy program management. He previously served as President of the Coalition for Sensible Record Access and currently sits on the DMA Data Ethics Operating
Committee. Abbott is also a frequent speaker at industry events including DMA, IAPP and DAA.

Abbott graduated Rhodes college in Memphis where he earned his degree in history. He also graduated from the University of Arkansas School of Law.

Jonathan Litchman is a national security veteran with experience as an intelligence officer and as a staff member on the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was also a senior executive at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) where he led efforts in software product development and consulted on information operations and strategic planning. He most recently led Edelman Public Relations’ Washington, D.C. cybersecurity policy and national security practice.

Rob Sherman is the Deputy Chief Privacy Officer at Facebook, where he is responsible for managing the company’s engagement on public policy issues surrounding privacy, security, and online trust. Collaborating with Facebook’s product teams, regulators, and other key stakeholders, Rob works to build the company’s core commitments to transparency, control, and accountability into every aspect of the Facebook service. Rob joined Facebook from Covington & Burling LLP, where he represented Facebook and other leading technology and digital media companies on regulatory and public policy issues relating to privacy, data security, electronic marketing and communications, and digital content. While in private practice, Rob was recognized by Chambers USA as one of the nation’s leading media regulatory lawyers.

Jeff Joseph is president of SIIA – the principal trade association serving leading companies and organizations involved in the responsible production, delivery, administration and sale of content, media, and data for the specialized information, B2B media, financial services, and education technology markets. SIIA provides the resources, knowledge, networking, and advocacy that are essential to success in a dynamic global market. We work with our members to create a global environment in which trusted information and data are richly, ethically and responsibly gathered, delivered, shared and monetized.

Prior to joining SIIA, Joseph was founder and CEO of Starlight Public Affairs, a strategic communications firm advising an array of corporate and non-profit clients. Joseph also served as senior vice president of communications and strategic relationships for the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™, the U.S. trade association representing more than 2,200 consumer technology companies. CTA owns and produces CES® – The Global Stage for Innovation.

Joseph served six years as vice president of communications with BIO, the world’s largest biotechnology trade association. Previously, he spent eleven years at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide/Washington where he helped found the agency’s technology practice. He began his career in communications at the World Resources Institute, a non-profit policy research center in Washington, D.C., where he worked in media relations and legislative affairs. Joseph also has been involved in several political campaigns and worked as a media consultant and speechwriter for former Washington, D.C. Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly.

Joseph is frequently cited in publications including USA Today, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Business Week, TWICE, Dealerscope and other top trade publications as well as in Associated Press and Bloomberg news stories. He has appeared on NBC Nightly News, CNN, CNNfn, CNBC, Fox News Channel, Cheddar and local television and radio stations across the nation.

In his free time, Joseph finds joy in spending time with his wife Lisa and their two daughters. He also enjoys viewing and participating in sports, discovering new music, discussing politics, playing guitar, cooking, traveling and rooting for the Dallas Cowboys and the Princeton University Tigers and Georgetown University Hoyas men’s basketball teams. He is a founding member of a Dad band which received an Honorable Mention, Best Bands in Arlington, VA from Arlington Magazine.

Joseph is a 1986 graduate of Princeton University where he received a bachelor’s degree in religion.

Jay is a national thought leader in healthcare, advising over 200 payer and 50 provider organizations on new payment models, clinical data use, and Interoperability.

Jay currently leads healthcare strategy at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, managing the team that sets forth strategy and leadership for the company’s healthcare solutions.

In his previous role at Cognizant, Jay designed and helped drive the new COTS products, as well as custom development, to support interoperability for payers, the largest investment Cognizant has ever made in a new healthcare capability.  Previously, he was the Chief Product Portfolio Officer for TriZetto, later acquired by Cognizant.  He began his career as a developer and has worked in every role that exists in a software company, from Fortune 500 companies to startups.  Most of his 27-year career has been in software product management and management consulting on technology.

Diane Sacks is an attorney with extensive experience in health regulatory and policy matters, with an emphasis on health information privacy and security issues.She also assists with compliance issues, including privacy training, health plans, pharmacies, health systems, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), pharmaceutical manufactures and other entities in the drug supply chain, as well as data technology, analytics and software companies serving organizations across the health industry spectrum.

Diane’s privacy and security experience includes advising on laws governing patient and consumer data, data exchange (including HIPAA and Part D e-prescribing standards), interoperability, data rights, negotiating business associate agreements and other data sharing arrangements, and developing protocols for using and sharing patient information for research and health analytics purposes. She also assists with compliance issues, including privacy training, developing privacy policies and procedures, preparing for and responding to data breaches, and preparing for and handling regulatory agency audits and compliance reviews. From a policy perspective, Diana assists clients in preparing formal comments to proposed rules and other regulatory documents, and reviewing and providing input on legislative proposals.

Prior to establishing her own practice in 2002, Diane was Vice President of Government Affairs at AdvancePCS (now a part of CVS Health), and Assistant General Counsel at PCS Health Systems, where she focused on health care legal and regulatory issues. Previously, she was Associate General Counsel at Vanderbilt University and Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and before that she practiced law in Washington D.C. at the law firms of Latham & Watkins and Groom and Nordberg.

Diane holds a Masters in Law degree from Harvard Law School, a Masters in Taxation from Georgetown University (with distinction), and a BA (summa cum laude) (English and Economics), LLB (summa cum laude) and MBA (cum laude) from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. She is a member of the D.C. Bar and Tennessee Bar (inactive).

René Quashie is the first-ever Vice President of Policy & Regulatory Affairs, Digital Health at the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Quashie provides guidance on key technical, legal and regulatory issues relating to consumer digital health technology products, services, software and apps. Quashie also works on behalf of CTA’s Health Division, which supports the consumer health technology industry through advocacy, education, research, standards work, policy initiatives and more.  Prior to CTA, Quashie was in private law practice at several national firms for two decades focusing his work on healthcare issues, including digital health, reimbursement, and privacy.  He earned his law degree from George Washington University.

Sara DePaul is an Associate General Counsel and Senior Director for Technology Policy at SIIA. She works with SIIA members to develop and advance global policy positions on privacy, data security, cross-border data flows, and law enforcement access. Prior to joining SIIA, Sara worked at the Federal Trade Commission in several roles, including as an attorney for consumer protection matters in the East Central Regional Office and as Counsel for International Consumer Protection in the Office of International Affairs. Sara is a graduate of The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and Kent State University.

Dr. Jason Adam Wasserman is currently Associate Professor of Foundational Medical Studies at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, where he also holds an appointment in Pediatrics, is the course director for the Medical Humanities and Clinical Bioethics curriculum, serves as Faculty Advisor on Professionalism, and conduct ethics consultations for area hospitals.  His first book, At Home on the Street (Lynne Rienner Publishers 2010) addressed the issue of homelessness, while his current scholarly work focuses on clinical bioethics as well as integrating social science into clinical medicine.  The second edition of his book Social and Behavioral Science for Health Professionals (with Brian Hinote) was published in 2020 by Rowman and Littlefield.  He has authored numerous articles in journals such as Social Science and Medicine, American Journal of Bioethics, Hastings Center Report, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, JAMA-Pediatrics, Journal of Clinical Ethics, Journal of Preventive Medicine, and The New England Journal of Medicine.

In her time at Acxiom, Brandy Walsh has held a broad range of responsibilities from the negotiation of data acquisition and commercial contracts to the development of code for Acxiom’s identity resolution products. She is responsible for assisting the Chief Data Ethics Officer in privacy-related legislative interpretation; privacy impact assessments; and data sourcing resolution. Walsh graduated from the William H. Bowen School of Law, cum laude, in 2015. She is licensed to practice law in Arkansas and Colorado. She holds the IAPP’s CIPP/US, CIPT, and Privacy Law Specialist designations. She has two patents pending related to Acxiom intellectual property.

Leslie Price has worked in direct marketing for over thirty years. As the Senior Product Manager for Acxiom’s Privacy-by-Design Solutions, she co-ordinates with Data Ethics, Product, and Engineering to oversee the implementation and adherence of Acxiom Consumer Data Policies throughout Acxiom offerings.   Prior to Acxiom, Leslie has worked for Return Path, Experian, The Polk Company, and MCI Telecommunications. She has held positions in ISP Relations, Email Delivery Consulting, Email Privacy and Compliance, Data Acquisition, Product Management and Account Management. Leslie has a B.S. from Miami University in Ohio, an M.B.A. from the University of Denver and an IAB Digital Data Solutions Certification.

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