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Leadership through community

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

Marc Schultz

Head of Data Privacy and Security | Paytronix Systems

Boston

Julia Jacobson

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

Boston

Tiffany Hartkemeyer

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

New York

Mary Ann Le Fort

Chief Privacy Officer | Priceline

New York

Odia Kagan

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

Philadelphia

Michelle Cohen

Member, IfrahLaw

Washington DC

Allison J. Bender

Of Counsel | Dentons

Washington DC

Owobolade Shonowo

Assistant General Counsel | Castlight Health

Washington DC

Tylin Woodstock

Product Counsel, Security Business Group | Cisco

Washington DC

Thomas Hamilton

Chief Privacy & Data Protection Officer | Boston Scientific

Minneapolis

Americas west

Gretchen Ramos

Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Compliance & Litigation | Greenberg Traurig LLP

San Francisco

Barbara Cosgrove

VP, Chief Privacy Officer | Workday

San Francisco

Arsen Kourinian

Partner, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy | Mayer Brown

Los Angeles

Paul Lanois

Director | Fieldfisher

San Jose

Christine Huang

Director of Data Privacy and Data Management | Edwards Lifesciences

San Jose

Kimberly Lancaster

Founder/CEO | Avalon Privacy and Compliance

Seattle

Robert Gratchner

Global Data Protection Officer | Western Digital

Portland

David Stauss

Partner | Husch Blackwell

Denver

Jacob Canter

Legal Counsel | Crowell Moring

San Francisco

Goli Mahdavi

Partner | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

San Francisco

Kyle Kessler

Partner | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Los Angeles

"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 SAE-PRI, London Chapter Chair

Americas south

Misty Peterson

Counsel | King & Spalding LLP

Atlanta

Lori Bellows

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

Dallas

Kevin M. Clark

HaystackID

Dallas

Tara Cho

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

Raleigh - Durham

Canada

Corey Omer

Partner | Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Montreal

Imran Ahmed

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

Toronto

LATAM

Paulo Vidigal

Partner | Prado Vidigal

LGPD

Juan Carlos Carrillo

Enterprise Territory Manager | Tenable

Mexico City

NEMEA

Joanna Kennedy

Global Group Data Governance Officer | SAE-PRI

London

Yasmin Hinds

Privacy Engineer and Senior Counsel | Roku

Manchester

Aisling Byrne

Employment and Data Partner | A&L Goodbody

Belfast

Marc Elshof

Partner | BarentsKrans

Amsterdam

Bram Hoovers

Director Legal | Considerati

Amsterdam

Natalia Stenbrink

Head of Group Data Privacy | Sandvik

Stockholm

Igor Máté

Director Data Privacy | Permobil Group

Stockholm

Mahsa Sharifara

Chief Privacy Counsel | Export and Investment Fund of Denmark

Copenhagen

Natalija Bitiukova

Global Head of Data Protection | Carlsberg Group

Copenhagen

Fabrizio Venturelli

Sr Director, Global DPO | Workday

Dublin

Linda NiChualladh

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

Dublin

Chris Elwell-Sutton

Partner - Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity | TLT LLP

Scotland

Apostolos Vorras

Partner, Head of Digital Law | Koutalidis Law Firm

Athens

Maarten Stassen

Partner | Eversheds Sutherland

Brussels

Middle east

Imran Chowdhury

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

Doha

Tahir Latif

Associate Director | Cognizant

Riyadh

Dalit Ben-Israel

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

Tel Aviv

Stuart Melville

Senior Specialist - Information Security | Core42

Ahmad Javaid

Senior Cyber Security Strategist, Confidential

DACH  

Julia Wernicke

EU Privacy and Trade Compliance Lead | Berlin-Chemie Menarini

Berlin

Martin Macke

Global Privacy Director | Manpower Group

Frankfurt

Nino Tlapak

DORDA Attorneys

Vienna

Annick O'Brien

General Counsel | CybSafe

Geneva

Barry Cook

Founder/Consultant | Data Privacy Analytics

Geneva

Cornelius Witt

Director Global Public Affairs | eyeo

Rheinland

Matthias Ratajczyk

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

Cologne

Spain

Roger Vilanova Jou

Director IP/IT & Legal Digital Areas | KPMG

Barcelona

Cristina Borrell Catafal

Legal Adviser- Privacy, Security & Digital | ISDIN

Barcelona

Diego Martin Pérez

Regulatory Compliance Lawyer | ROVI Pharma

Madrid

Natalia de Mora

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

Madrid

Paris

Charlotte Gerrish

Founding Lawyer | Gerrish Legal

Evane Alexandre

Lawyer | Gerrish Legal

Italy

Massimiliano Pappalardo

Partner | Ughi e Nunziante

Milan

Davide Dorelli

Counsel, Data & Technology | FreshFields

Milan

Emerging

Oana Ducuțǎ

AVP Data Privacy | Bucharest

Genpact

Alex Gheorghe

Data Protection & Privacy Consultant | inperspective

Bucharest

Zsombor Orbán

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

Budapest

Zanele Mazibuko

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

Johannesburg

Rita Ferreira Ramos

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

Lisbon

Kaloian Petrov

Security Consultant – Data Privacy and Protection | DXC Technology

Sofia

Enislav Enikov

Data Privacy Specialist | Taulia Bulgaria

Sofia

Ana Maria Delcea

Resilience and Data Privacy Officer | Allianz Trade

Bucharest

APAC

Irish Salandanan-Almeida

CPO and VP for AI, Cybersecurity, and Data Privacy GRC | Globe Telecom

Philippines

Veronica Scott

Partner | Pinsent Masons

Melbourne

Chong Kin Lim

Managing Director, Corporate & Finance Head, Telecommunications, Media & Technology | Drew & Napier

Singapore

David N. Alfred

Director and Co-Head of Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity | Drew & Napier

Singapore

Atsushi Okada's headshot, greyscale

Atsushi Okada

Partner | Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Tokyo

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