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Our chapter chairs lead impactful IAPP-accredited workshops and events, exploring the latest regulatory changes and best practices in privacy, security, and compliance. Explore our chapter chairs below or reach out to learn more about becoming a chair. 

Meet our chapter chairs

Americas east

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Marc Schultz

Head of Data Privacy and Security | Paytronix Systems

Boston

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Julia Jacobson

Partner - Privacy, Cybersecurity and Digital Assets | Squire Patton Boggs

Boston

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Tiffany Hartkemeyer

Global Privacy Counsel & Deputy Chief Privacy Officer | Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG)

New York

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Mary Ann Le Fort

Chief Privacy Officer | Priceline

New York

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Odia Kagan

Partner, Chair of GDPR Compliance and International Privacy | Fox Rothschild LLP

Philadelphia

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Michelle Cohen

Member, IfrahLaw

Washington DC

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Allison J. Bender

Of Counsel | Dentons

Washington DC

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Owobolade Shonowo

Assistant General Counsel | Castlight Health

Washington DC

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Tylin Woodstock

Product Counsel, Security Business Group | Cisco

Washington DC

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Thomas Hamilton

Chief Privacy & Data Protection Officer | Boston Scientific

Minneapolis

Americas west

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Gretchen Ramos

Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Compliance & Litigation | Greenberg Traurig LLP

San Francisco

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Barbara Cosgrove

VP, Chief Privacy Officer | Workday

San Francisco

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Arsen Kourinian

Partner, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy | Mayer Brown

Los Angeles

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Paul Lanois

Director | Fieldfisher

San Jose

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Christine Huang

Director of Data Privacy and Data Management | Edwards Lifesciences

San Jose

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Kimberly Lancaster

Director of Privacy and Data Protection | Marqeta

Seattle

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Robert Gratchner

Global Data Protection Officer | Western Digital

Portland

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David Stauss

Partner | Husch Blackwell

Denver

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Jacob Canter

Legal Counsel | Crowell Moring

San Francisco

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Goli Mahdavi

Partner | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

San Francisco

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Kyle Kessler

Partner | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Los Angeles

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"This role has not only elevated my professional profile but has also provided a platform to engage with and support a thriving community of privacy professionals."

- Joanna Kennedy, Global Group Data Governance Officer at Fullsight, London Chapter Chair

Americas south

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Misty Peterson

Counsel | King & Spalding LLP

Atlanta

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Lori Bellows

Head of Global Privacy Operations & Chief Counsel for Global Data | SOLERA

Dallas

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Kevin M. Clark

HaystackID

Dallas

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Tara Cho

Partner, Chair of Privacy and Cybersecurity Team | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Raleigh - Durham

Canada

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Corey Omer

Partner | Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Montreal

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Imran Ahmed

Chair of the Technology, privacy and cyber practice | Norton Rose Canada LLP

Toronto

LATAM

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Paulo Vidigal

Partner | Prado Vidigal

LGPD

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Juan Carlos Carrillo

Enterprise Territory Manager | Tenable

Mexico City

NEMEA

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Joanna Kennedy

Global Group Data Governance Officer | Fullsight

London

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Yasmin Hinds

Global Privacy Director | Pontoon Solutions

Manchester

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Aisling Byrne

Employment and Data Partner | A&L Goodbody

Belfast

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Marc Elshof

Partner | BarentsKrans

Amsterdam

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Bram Hoovers

Director Legal | Considerati

Amsterdam

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Natalia Stenbrink

Head of Group Data Privacy | Sandvik

Stockholm

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Igor Máté

Director Data Privacy | Permobil Group

Stockholm

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Mahsa Sharifara

Chief Privacy Counsel | Export and Investment Fund of Denmark

Copenhagen

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Natalija Bitiukova

Global Head of Data Protection | Carlsberg Group

Copenhagen

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Fabrizio Venturelli

Sr Director, Global DPO | Workday

Dublin

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Linda NiChualladh

Head of Privacy (Legal) - Associate General Counsel | Citi

Dublin

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Chris Elwell-Sutton

Partner - Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity | TLT LLP

Scotland

Middle east

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Imran Chowdhury

Global Head of Data Protection & Governance | Al Jazeera Media Network

Doha

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Tahir Latif

Associate Director | Cognizant

Riyadh

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Dalit Ben-Israel

Partner, Head of IT and Data Protection Practice | Naschitz Brandes Amir & Co.

Tel Aviv

DACH  

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Julia Wernicke

EU Privacy and Trade Compliance Lead | Berlin-Chemie Menarini

Berlin

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Martin Macke

Global Privacy Director | Manpower Group

Frankfurt

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Nino Tlapak

DORDA Attorneys

Vienna

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Annick O'Brien

General Counsel | CybSafe

Geneva

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Barry Cook

Founder/Consultant | Data Privacy Analytics

Geneva

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Cornelius Witt

Director Global Public Affairs | eyeo

Rheinland

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Matthias Ratajczyk

Go-to-Market Lead Privacy & Security, Central Europe | Adobe

Cologne

Spain

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Roger Vilanova Jou

Director IP/IT & Legal Digital Areas | KPMG

Barcelona

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Cristina Borrell Catafal

Legal Adviser- Privacy, Security & Digital | ISDIN

Barcelona

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Diego Martin Pérez

Regulatory Compliance Lawyer | ROVI Pharma

Madrid

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Natalia de Mora

Legal Counsel & Data Protection Officer | L'Oreal España & Portugal

Madrid

France

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Aurélie Banck

Compliance Director & DPO

Paris

Italy

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Massimiliano Pappalardo

Partner | Ughi e Nunziante

Milan

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Davide Dorelli

Counsel, Data & Technology | FreshFields

Milan

Emerging

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Oana Ducuțǎ

AVP Data Privacy | Bucharest

Genpact

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Alex Gheorghe

Data Protection & Privacy Consultant | inperspective

Bucharest

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Zsombor Orbán

rivacy/ IT and Technology Associate Partner | PROVARIS Varga & Partners

Budapest

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Nerushka Bowan

Founder | LITT Institute

Johannesburg

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Zanele Mazibuko

Group Information Officer | Head of IT Governance, Risk and Compliance

Johannesburg

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Rita Ferreira Ramos

Associada Principal | Principal Associate | PRA – Raposo, Sá Miranda e Associados

Lisbon

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Kaloian Petrov

Security Consultant – Data Privacy and Protection | DXC Technology

Sofia

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Enislav Enikov

Data Privacy Specialist | Taulia Bulgaria

Sofia

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Ana Maria Delcea

Resilience and Data Privacy Officer | Allianz Trade

Bucharest

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