2025 IAB Public Policy & Legal Summit

Alice Abatzis Nasi is the EVP and Chief Privacy Officer at Paramount Global, where she leads the development and execution of global data privacy strategies across all divisions. In this capacity, Alice is responsible for ensuring compliance with global privacy laws, managing risks related to personal information, and integrating privacy initiatives into business operations. She provides strategic leadership for Paramount’s Privacy Program, which includes safeguarding consumer and employee data, overseeing privacy impact assessments, managing privacy rights, and maintaining robust data governance practices. Additionally, Alice ensures that Paramount’s cybersecurity program aligns with regulatory requirements and industry best practices, addressing emerging cyber threats and guiding the company through complex cybersecurity and data protection regulations.

Prior to her current role, Alice served as Vice President of International Legal Affairs at CBS, where she handled legal matters related to digital content distribution, advertising, and privacy for CBS Digital properties such as CBS News Digital, Paramount+, and CBS Sports HQ. She also managed legal affairs for CBS’s international operations across Europe, APAC, and LATAM.

A native of southern France, Alice holds a law degree and a master’s in EU Law from Aix-Marseilles University (France), as well as an L.L.M. in Comparative International Law from the University of Connecticut. She is a member of the New York and California Bars and is certified as a privacy professional (IAPP/US and IAPP/E).

David Cohen joined IAB in April 2020 as President and was named Chief Executive Officer in September 2020. Cohen is a widely respected advertising agency leader who, prior to IAB, served as President, North America for MAGNA, Interpublic Group’s (IPG) centralized media intelligence, investment, and innovation arm. In this role, Cohen was responsible for more than $20 billion in media spend. During his tenure, Cohen structured and executed large global transactions on behalf of IPG and its clients, with such major IAB member companies as Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Spotify, Twitter, and Verizon Media.

Prior to MAGNA, Cohen served as Chief Investment Officer of UM, ensuring that digital innovation, data, and technology acumen flowed throughout the agency to drive performance. From 2001 to 2011, Cohen served in critical, transformational roles at UM during the explosive growth of digital advertising, including Chief Media Officer, Chief Digital Officer, and Executive Vice President, U.S. Director of Digital Communications. In the late 1990’s, Cohen was responsible for launching and building IPG’s digital practice.

Cohen has a long history of working with trade organizations including IAB and 4As, where he served as chairman of the Interactive Marketing Committee from 2009-2013. He has also been instrumental in initiating several vital industry-wide programs, including the Future of Television, facilitated by EY. Cohen is a Queens native, with a bachelor’s degree in communications from Adelphi University. He was recognized by Adweek as a “Media All Star” and was part of the “Adweek 50” in 2012.

In 2016, David was elected to the Board of Directors of Partnership with Children a non-profit whose mission is to strengthen the emotional, social, and cognitive skills of vulnerable children in New York City to help them succeed in school, society, and life.

David enjoys spending time with his wife and two teenage daughters. A self-described gadget-geek and sometimes fitness fanatic – he ran the NYC Marathon in 2014 and 2019 and Boston Marathon in 2016.

Richard Cohen is the CPO, V.P. and AGC at Foot Locker, where he has been since 2017. Prior to this, Richard was Special Counsel at Kelley Drye where he had the privilege of providing privacy counsel to the UN Global Pulse’s Big Data/Humanitarian initiatives and before that was Counsel at IBM EMEA and AT&T. Richard began his career at Venable. He is a graduate of Harvard, BU and University of Helsinki and served as ABA Subcommittee Chair of Cloud and Data Analytics and serves as an Adjunct Professor at NJIT where his focus is on Legal Issues in the Media.

Andy Dale is General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer of OpenAP a TV adtech joint venture backed by NBCU, Fox, Paramount and Warner/Discovery. Prior to OpenAP, Andy was the GC/CPO at Alyce a B2B gifting and engagement platform, GC & VP Global Privacy at SessionM which was acquired Mastercard in 2019 and VP Legal & DPO at dataxu an adtech company which was acquired by Roku.

He is an active speaker, writer and advisor in the marketing/advertising tech space. Together with Pedro Pavon from Meta, Andy hosts the popular podcast “The Data Protection Breakfast Club” and runs a series of adtech roundtables with industry GCs and privacy lawyers.

Andy has also served as an in-house lawyer at TD Ameritrade, worked in a corporate law firm and clerked for a judge in Baltimore. He received his BA from Colgate University, his JD from University of Baltimore and holds the IAPP’s CIPP/US and CIPP/E certifications.  

A 25-year digital media pioneer Richy has led seven startups: three inside of big media companies, four outside. Richy now serves as Co-Founder and CEO of SafeGuard Privacy. He previously held executive roles at leading brands, agencies, and media companies. In his role as CEO/COO at Medialets, Richy pivoted & sold the company to WPP. Richy was on the founding team of CNN.com, the CEO/Founder of Phase2Media, a co-founder of IAB, and a co-founding board member of Breastcancer.org. Richy has also served at MTVN, Turner Broadcasting, and News Corp.

Rachel Glasser is the chief privacy officer at Magnite, a sell – side digital advertising technology platform. Rachel focuses on data collection and use in digital advertising, and compliance with privacy laws and regulations. Prior to Magnite, Rachel was chief privacy officer at Wunderman Thompson, a WPP agency. She has 15 years’ experience in digital marketing where she began her career managing media campaigns across a variety of clients and verticals. Rachel has a Bachelor of Arts in politics from Brandeis University, a Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School, is admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey, and is a CIPP/US.

Daniel is Chair of the Data Strategy, Privacy & Security Group at Frankfurt Kurnit. Daniel advises on a wide range of privacy, security, and AI matters, including compliance with consumer, business, and HR datasets. His expertise spans from handling high-stakes regulatory enforcement actions to shaping the application of privacy laws, including one of the first public actions under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The Privacy Law Section of the California Privacy Lawyers Association recently named him the 2025 “California Privacy Lawyer of the Year.”

Michael Hahn is Executive Vice President & General Counsel at IAB and IAB Tech Lab. Michael has responsibility for all legal matters, including the direction of legal strategy, privacy compliance, antitrust compliance, intellectual property rights issues, and general corporate matters. Michael is also responsible for serving as an advocate for the digital advertising industry on common legal issues affecting member companies.

Michael joined IAB and IAB Tech Lab from Lowenstein Sandler LLP where he served as Vice Chair of the firm’s Antitrust Practice Group. In that role, he provided clients with strategic counsel around competition, distribution and governance issues. In the area of litigation, Michael’s matters have included multiparty class action antitrust defense representation.

Michael served previously as Co-Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association Antitrust Law Committee. He also previously served on the Editorial Advisory Board of Competition Law 360 and the Advisory Board of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section’s Civil Torts & RICO Committee. Michael frequently publishes on a range of legal and policy issues.

Michael earned his B.A. in History and Political Science from Rutgers University, M.P.P. from Georgetown University and J.D. for Georgetown University Law Center.

Erick currently serves as Legislative Director and Senior Counsel to Congressman Steve Chabot (OH). In addition to handling the judiciary portfolio, Erick focuses on financial services, tax, labor, and technology issues. Erick formerly served as Legislative Counsel to Congresswoman Emerson (MO) and as an aide to Senator Jim Talent (MO) and at the U.S. Department of Justice in the Office of the Solicitor General.

While completing his law degree, Erick served on the Wiley Rutledge Moot Court Board and as Senior Editor of the Washington University Jurisprudence Review. He appeared on various media outlets to discuss the 2008 Presidential election.

Erick received his Juris Doctor from Washington University in St. Louis, School of Law and his Bachelor of Science Degree from Vanderbilt University in Political Science and Human and Organizational Development with a concentration on Public Policy. While studying at Vanderbilt, Erick served on the Honor Council and completed internships with the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, the British House of Commons, and at the White House.

Erick is originally from Cape Girardeau, Missouri and he and his wife, Bridgette currently reside in Washington D.C with their miniature goldendoodle, Vandy.

Ghita is a Senior Director of Government Affairs & Public Policy at Google, where she leads a team of public policy experts dedicated to supporting Google’s Ads business. She has over 20 years of legal and policy experience with particular expertise in digital advertising, privacy and technology. Prior to joining Google, Ghita was the Chief Privacy Officer and VP of Legal at Quantcast. She has also worked at Yahoo, as the Assistant General Counsel and Global Head of Privacy Law & Privacy Policy, in private practice, and in U.S. Federal District Court. Ghita has a JD, Magna Cum Laude, from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. in Mass Communications, Summa Cum Laude, from James Madison University. Ghita serves on the NAI Board of Directors, is a member of the State Bars of California, Virginia and DC, and holds IAPP CIPP/US and CIPP/EU privacy certifications. She lives in San Francisco with her family.

Gary Kibel ([email protected], Twitter @GaryKibel) is a partner in the Privacy + Data Security and Advertising + Marketing Practice Groups of the law firm Davis+Gilbert LLP in New York City. Gary advises ad tech companies, advertising agencies, publishers, brands and other commercial entities regarding transactions for interactive media, behavioral advertising, social media, programmatic media buying, affiliate marketing, data collection and usage, and other emerging products and services. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) and member of the Publications Advisory Board of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). He advises clients in many industries regarding consumer-facing privacy and internal data security issues, including, information security policies, privacy disclosures, contractual obligations, security breaches, and compliance with a wide variety of privacy laws and self-regulatory obligations. Davis+Gilbert, a full-service law firm, is recognized as one of the premier law firms in the United States representing the marketing communications industry, and has done so for over 110 years. The firm is an associate member of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). Gary has a B.A. from Binghamton University, M.B.A. from Binghamton University and J.D. from Brooklyn Law School. Prior to becoming an attorney, Gary was an information systems analyst in the Investment Banking Division of Merrill Lynch & Co.

Rowena brings years of experience in product development of ad-supported casual games on mobile and web. Most recently, she led product at Jump Ramp Games where she was responsible for the strategic direction and vision of the consumer-facing mobile apps. This included the development and launch of several games, supporting internal tools, and ad monetization services. In addition to product leadership, Rowena also has a background in digital marketing. In her spare time, Rowena enjoys trying out new recipes and traveling.

Richard Lawne is a Senior Associate in Fieldfisher’s Silicon Valley office. He provides commercial and strategic advice to clients across a wide range of domestic and cross-jurisdictional privacy matters, including GDPR, ePrivacy and CCPA compliance as well as requirements impacting international data transfers. Richard is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and a Certified Information Privacy Professional with concentrations in European law (CIPP/E) and US law (CIPP/US). Richard is a UK-qualified solicitor and also admitted to the State Bar of California.

Peter leads the Advance’s global privacy and corporate and consumer compliance functions. He provides legal and strategic advice to senior executives and business leaders relating to U.S. and international data privacy and security issues; consumer marketing and subscriptions; compliance and business ethics; policy, government, and industry affairs; trade regulation, advertising, and promotions; disputes and litigations; and distribution and independent contractor matters.​

Advance is a diversified privately held company that operates a broad range of media, communications and technology businesses globally, including Condé Nast, Advance Local, American City Business Journals, Leaders Group, Stage Entertainment, Turnitin, and POP. Advance is also among the largest shareholders of Charter Communications, Warner Bros. Discovery and Reddit.

Ari Levenfeld is the Global Head of Ads Privacy for Google’s Government Affairs and Public Policy team. He has spent the last 20 years working for technology companies, focusing specifically on privacy, global compliance, data protection and policy. Prior to Google, Ari was Chief Privacy Officer for a number of digital ads and AI companies including Quantcast, Sizmek and Rocket Fuel. Ari holds a BA from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and a Master’s degree from the University of Southern California. He served as an NAI board member for 5 years and co-Chair of IAB Europe’s Transparency and Consent Framework Steering Committee, which he helped to create. Ari has published extensively on public policy related to digital privacy and holds several ad fraud prevention technology patents.

Shaun Lichti is the Head of Consent & Preference Solutions at Transcend, where he leads product and strategic initiatives for the company’s industry-leading consent and preference management products. Pairing his technical expertise with deep knowledge of privacy regulations and requirements, Shaun ensures that Transcend’s offerings meet and exceed the evolving needs of businesses and compliance requirements. Before joining Transcend, Shaun drove product marketing, demand generation, and analytics strategies at leading B2B data and SaaS companies, including Entertainment Partners and Dun & Bradstreet.

Kimberly Maney is currently Assistant General Counsel and Head of Privacy, Digital and Technology for US Commercial at GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceuticals. Kim has substantive experience advising clients in the pharmaceutical, technology, and media industries. While managing legal issues along the entire pharmaceutical product life cycle Kim has deep expertise in transactions, media buying and planning, digital marketing, privacy, data governance, and technology innovation—including artificial intelligence. Kim has spent last several years focused on helping the USC team manage a quickly evolving federal and state level privacy landscape in a way that takes in account unique aspects of the US ways of working but drives compliance as part of a global organization. Kim provides strategic counsel to leaders navigating complex regulatory, commercial, and technological landscapes while helping teams to construct compliant operational processes which increase their speed to market.

Chris Mufarrige is the Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. He served in the first Trump Administration as a Senior Adviser to the Director and Deputy Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, advising on enforcement, rulemaking, and supervisory exams relating to the country’s largest banks and nonbank financial institutions. Most recently, Chris was Commissioner Melissa Holyoak’s Chief of Staff and Attorney Adviser. He has also worked at private law firms and as an in-house lawyer. In his free time, Chris taught a class on financial services and consumer protection at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School.

Tim Nagle is a privacy and cybersecurity attorney with government and private sector experience in privacy; information security; incident response; technology; data management, governance and analytics; and vendor governance and contracting. He has served as in house counsel for global financial services firms and as a government attorney at agencies in the national security and intelligence communities. He has been a technology program manager at a large systems integrator and counsel with a global law firm where he advised clients in financial services, healthcare, energy, retail, telecommunications and other industries on the development and implementation of corporate privacy, cybersecurity and data management policies and standards consistent with data privacy and security statutes, regulations or industry standards including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

As the privacy leader for dentsu in the Americas, Tim advises business counsel and executives on privacy, analytics, digital marketing, cybersecurity and data governance issues. This includes identifying, reviewing and implementing laws, regulations, industry practice and significant litigation having privacy and data protection considerations and participation in industry groups including the Interactive Advertising Bureau, Association of National Advertisers, and Digital Advertising Alliance.

Other areas of privacy focus for dentsu Americas and in support of clients include review of website and mobile application notices and functions; tracking technologies and third-party partnerships for digital marketing and analytics; the use of customer data platforms and clean rooms; and the development of identity, data and audience creation products and services.

Mr. Nagle collaborates with the global Data Protection Officer and counsel in the European Union on compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation. He also partners with the Americas Chief Compliance Officer to enable the responsible and ethical use of data and capabilities such as artificial intelligence across the company.

Tim Nagle is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, has law degrees from Suffolk University and the University of Virginia, and a certificate in information systems from Johns Hopkins University. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional and has served on the IAPP Research Advisory Board.

Ari is the founder and CEO of Marketecture Media.

Ari in a well-known expert in the advertising technology world. He was the co-founder and CEO of Beeswax, an innovative ad tech platform that created the industry’s first Bidder-as-a-Service™. Beeswax was acquired by Comcast in 2021.

Previously, Ari has held a number of product leadership positions in the ad tech and marketing tech sectors, most recently as EVP of Product Management for Bazaarvoice, a publicly traded SaaS company that enables retailers and brands to better connect to their consumers through ratings, reviews, photos and other user generated content. Formerly, he was the Director of Product Management at Google’s DoubleClick business and the head of product management for AppNexus.

Ari was the primary author of the VAST (Video Ad Serving Template) specification for online video and the patent holder for Nielsen’s Digital Advertising Ratings (“DAR”). He is a frequent contributor to AdExchanger, Insider and other industry publications as well as a speaker at advertising industry conferences.

Daniel B. Rosenzweig is the Founder & Principal Attorney at DBR Tech Law. He advises clients on legal and technical compliance with data privacy and AI laws, and counsels clients on industry mobile app store requirements, AdTech, and privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs).

Daniel’s legal practice is unique in that he develops and codes technical solutions to help serve as a bridge between legal, marketing, and technical teams, in addition to providing clients traditional legal services (e.g., conducting risk assessments, drafting disclosures, etc.). He excels at assisting organizations put the law into action by translating complex legal requirements into actionable technical implementations

IAN ROSS represents clients in business disputes, commercial and securities litigation, government investigations, and class actions. He is ranked by Chambers USA for his Florida practice in Securities Litigation (Band 1; 2022–2024) and in General Commercial Litigation (2022–2024). He has extensive experience defending his clients in high-stakes commercial and securities litigation, nationwide class actions, shareholder derivative suits, breach of fiduciary actions, state securities actions, and government investigations. He writes frequently on emerging issues in securities and class action litigation, and his analysis has been featured in the Florida Bar Journal, the Journal of Health and Life Sciences Law, Law360, and the Daily Business Review.

Julie Rubash is General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer for Sourcepoint, the practical privacy platform for the world’s most influential brands. Julie brings over 15 years of legal experience both at law firms and as internal counsel in the media, technology, and advertising sectors. Prior to Sourcepoint, Julie served as the VP of Legal at advertising platform Nativo. She coordinates legal efforts for Sourcepoint and ensures that the product suite innovates and expands to meet the demands created by the changing regulatory landscape.

Cassidy is the Chief Privacy Officer at Drizly (an Uber Company) My career has been grounded in all things privacy and marketing law. The medium has not mattered to me in my journey because the principles are the same whether you’re considering AI, ecommerce, platforms, online or offline legal issues. It all comes down to really understanding how things work and applying IP, privacy, first amendment, Section 5 of the FTC Act. Add ethics and diversity and voila – that’s everything I love to do and help my clients understand. I am a fierce negotiator and known for being a real problem solver that helps move the business forward with ethics, integrity and verve.

My leadership includes being a Board Member of the National Advertising Review Board through 2023; Chair of the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) Legal Committee. Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US). Vice Chair of L’Oreal’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Board. I am a frequent speaker on privacy and advertising hot topics.

Andrew Shaxted is an interdisciplinary technologist and lawyer specializing in privacy engineering, data and analytics, ad tech, digital forensics and privacy governance. Mr. Shaxted works with clients across industries, with special expertise in healthcare, ad tech and technology, media and telecommunications. Mr. Shaxted also has experience supporting organizations in developing compliance and technology strategy for retail media networks. Mr. Shaxted developed FTI Consulting’s forensics-based approach for programmatically scanning, collecting, and assessing pixel and analytics tracker data for compliance and litigation purposes. His work in this space has concerned various federal and state regulatory regimes e.g., FTC, HIPAA, VPPA, CCPA, CMIA.

Julia Shullman is the General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer at Telly, the world’s first dual-screen smart TV fully paid for by advertising.

Prior to Telly, Julia was General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer at TripleLift through its $1.4B acquisition by Vista Equity Partners. Prior to Telly, she held various leadership positions at AppNexus (Chief Privacy Counsel + Lead Attorney, Publisher Technology Group), through its $1.6B sale to AT&T. Prior to advertising, Julia spent a decade in mergers & acquisitions at both Latham & Watkins and UBM. She is widely recognized as an industry leader at the intersection of privacy, product, advertising, policy and strategy.

Julia is passionate about helping organizations navigate privacy’s impacts on the digital ecosystem and find opportunities where many only see risks. Industry leaders regularly turn to Julia for her holistic, hands on, technical, pragmatic and strategic perspective. She is also the Founder and Principal of Shullman Advisory Services.

BBryan Sterba practices at the intersection of law and technology, with a particular focus on tech-based companies, M&A and venture capital transactions, negotiating licensing and services agreements, IP transfers, carve-out transactions, as well as media and advertising work.

With the rapid pace of technology adoption in various industries, Bryan advises clients on how to leverage emerging technologies to achieve their business objectives. He has a deep understanding of Large Language Models, Artificial Intelligence (AI), open source software, and Data Scraping, which enables him to communicate effectively with tech-savvy clients and practitioners outside the realm of typical legalese.

Bryan’s extensive knowledge of technology and the law enables him to provide clients with powerful insight to anticipate and prepare for the likely concerns of counterparties in any transaction. He has a proven track record of achieving successful outcomes and loves counseling clients through negotiations with buyers, sellers, vendors, customers, and partners.

Aside from tackling novel issues with the latest technologies, Bryan also provides grounded legal advice for day-to-day intellectual property and commercial contract matters. He is known for his ability to break down complex legal concepts into understandable and relatable explanations, which his clients appreciate.

A significant portion of Bryan’s practice is focused on M&A matters, including complex carve-out transactions for private equity and strategic purchasers. He works diligently with clients on the full range of intellectual property issues that arise in these transactions, as well as transition service agreements to ensure a seamless changeover at closing.

Bryan is always focused on delivering practical results that align with his clients’ business objectives, whether he’s negotiating a licensing agreement or counseling a client on best practices for data scraping. His commitment to providing high-quality counsel at the intersection of law and technology has earned him a reputation as a trusted advisor in his field.

Emily S. Tabatabai is a partner and founding member of Orrick’s Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation Group. Emily vigorously represents clients in regulatory enforcement matters before the FTC, State AGs, Congressional committees and other regulatory agencies and groups, including in matters related to telematics and location data, children’s privacy, online safety, deceptive advertising, adtech and compliance with state privacy laws. She provides strategic counseling and advice on wide range of privacy, consumer protection and online safety matters to clients across industries and is a frequent speaker on data privacy matters, with a particular focus on children’s privacy, student data and EdTech and online safety laws for kids and teens.

Stephan is a partner at Fieldfisher in Hamburg with 12 years’ experience in technology law. Stephan advises clients from across the globe in privacy regulation, media regulation, unfair trade practices regulation and technology law matters, with a particular focus on the adtech industry and AI regulation. His clients include cloud service providers, household-brand social networks and review platforms, some of the world’s leading ad tech businesses and specialist software providers for regulated industries. He regularly represents his clients in courts, including the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights.