Jordan Abbott is Chief Privacy 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.

Feras is Assistant General Counsel, Privacy at People Inc., the largest digital and print publisher in America. People Inc.’s over 40 iconic brands include PEOPLE, Better Homes & Gardens, Verywell, Food & Wine, The Spruce, Allrecipes, Byrdie, REAL SIMPLE, Investopedia, and Southern Living. Feras leads the privacy function that aims to maintain trust with People Inc.’s 200 million monthly readers. Before joining People Inc., Feras was the privacy lead at several startups in the AR/VR, healthcare, facial recognition, and location data industries respectively. Feras holds a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law and a B.A. from Florida Gulf Coast University.

Taylor is a partner at BakerHostetler in the Digital Assets and Data Management group based in Orange County. Taylor has significant experience operating at the intersection of law, technology and business, with a keen focus on data privacy and ad tech. Taylor’s diverse strengths include coordinating and leading the implementation of global privacy programs; advising on compliance issues, negotiating agreements with vendors and business partners; and maintaining a deep knowledge of the ad tech ecosystem and related privacy issues. Taylor is adept at working across company divisions and is well-versed at distilling complex technological issues into understandable concepts for business leaders.

Anne Bradley is a software engineer and lawyer. She was previously the Privacy and IP leader Hulu, and then Chief Privacy Officer at Nike, where she built the privacy and responsible data program over nine years. Anne is currently the Chief Product Officer at Alter, where she has been developing an integrated platform for personalized fitness that includes a DNA test, a wearable, and home fitness mirror. Check it out at alterme.com. Anne is also a Sr. Fellow at the Future of Privacy Forum, and she teaches a course at Northwestern Law on how to manage data and AI risk, while enabling business and innovation.

Ben is General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer at Swoop, a leading provider of A.I.-driven omnichannel solutions dedicated to protecting consumer privacy. Ben’s background and expertise is in ad tech, advertising, privacy law and compliance, and complex data and technology licensing. Prior to joining Swoop, Ben served as Deputy General Counsel for Real Chemistry, and prior to that as Senior Counsel for Publicis Groupe Re:Sources, supporting companies under the Publicis Media division. Ben ensures that Swoop remains at the forefront of A.I. and digital audience engagement in a privacy enhancing and compliant way. Ben holds a J.D. from Boston College Law School and a B.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University.

D. Esther Chavez currently serves as a Senior Counsel for the Privacy, Data Security and Technology team in the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Texas Attorney General where her practice focuses on civil enforcement cases relating to privacy and data security.

Ms. Chavez’s professional activities include her membership on the Texas State Bar’s Consumer & Commercial Law Council where she has served in various capacities including as Chair and as course director of the State Bar’s Advanced Consumer & Commercial Law annual seminar.

Ms. Chavez is a frequent speaker at state and national continuing legal education seminars on a variety of consumer protection and privacy topics and most recently has been a presenter at the Practising Law Institute’s 2023 Annual Institute on Privacy and Data Security Law, the University of Texas Law School’s 2024 “Essentials of Cybersecurity Law” seminar; the 6th Annual Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Law Conference at the Center for American & International Law (Dallas) and the FTC’s Green Lights & Red Flags: The Secure Entrepreneur.

Jodi Daniels is Founder and CEO of Red Clover Advisors, a privacy consultancy, that integrates data privacy strategy and compliance into a flexible, scalable approach that simplifies complex privacy challenges. A Certified Information Privacy Professional, Jodi brings over 25 years of experience in privacy, marketing, strategy, and finance across diverse sectors, working and supporting startups to Fortune 500 companies.

Jodi Daniels is a national keynote speaker, host of the top-ranked She Said Privacy / He Said Security Podcast and WSJ best-selling author of Data Reimagined: Building Trust One Byte at a Time, and also has been featured in The Economist, WSJ, Forbes, Inc., and more. Jodi holds a MBA and BBA from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School.

Tanya Forsheit is Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer at The New York Times Company. Tanya has more than 25 years of experience advising on high-profile matters involving confidential data and other sensitive information. She previously led the privacy practice at several law firms including Loeb & Loeb and Frankfurt Kurnit. Tanya is a past President of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, a past Trustee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA), and was the Founding Chair of LACBA’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Section. Tanya graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1997.

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.

Nicholas Godlove is an attorney who specializes in privacy, cybersecurity, and AI applications. He has spoken widely on artificial intelligence, web browser and app privacy, and international data laws before bar associations, trade groups, and other organizations. He has also served on committees for the advancement of the field and taught as an adjunct professor. He currently manages the privacy program for Yum! Brands, which operates KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and the Habit Burger Grill.

As the Global Managing Director of Measurement Products at LiveRamp Christine Grammier leads partners with companies of all types to weave the power of identity into their analytics architecture. Christine is a marketing analytics pioneer through from role making the first online and offline data connections in 2003 when the Internet Advertising Bureau was striving to first prove that internet advertising could drive in-store sales to most recently scaling a cross-screen measurement practice at LiveRamp to support advertisers measuring across all media channels supporting over 500 customers. Her work has been celebrated with an iCOM Data Creativity Award and an ARF David Ogilvy Award for Big Data Excellence.

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.

Linna Hsii is a Senior Privacy Counsel with Snowflake Inc., a cloud data warehousing solution built on top of AWS, Azure and GCP. At Snowflake, Linna leads privacy and security negotiations for customer deals, provides privacy-focused guidance for internal businesses across various functions and manages the vendor privacy support process, amongst other things. Prior to Snowflake, Linna was an in-house counsel with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number (ICANN) where she helped built and operationalize ICANN’s global privacy program to help meet the requirements under various data protection regulations, including the GDPR. Prior to that, Linna was an entertainment lawyer in various capacities with a focus on music licensing.

Alysa Hutnik, Partner and Chair of Kelley Drye’s Privacy and Information Security practice, provides practical legal advice in all areas of privacy, data security, and advertising law, with a strong focus on adtech and the intersection of privacy and marketing practices. Alysa has a strong pulse on the ever-evolving privacy legal landscape, and frequently defends companies in privacy and advertising matters before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state attorneys general. Alysa is ranked as a leading practitioner in the Privacy & Data Security area by Chambers USA, Chambers Global and Law360 and is a frequent speaker at conferences around the country.

Elimu Kajunju is a seasoned privacy and cybersecurity lawyer and leader. He has been designing, building and advising and/or leading in this space for over 25 years. He is currently General Counsel at Honeywell Connected Enterprise (HCE). He is responsible for Honeywell Forge, HCE’s technology platform. He leads and advises on matters related to privacy, cybersecurity, marketing, product compliance, artificial intelligence, regulatory compliance and trust.

Prior to Honeywell, he has advised on, built and led privacy and/or cybersecurity programs at Google Health, DaVita, McKesson, UnitedHealthcare, Boston Scientific and Carlson.

Thomas Kao is Director, Privacy & AdTech, at VIZIO, where he advises on matters including privacy, product compliance, and data licensing and ad tech transactions. Prior to VIZIO, he served as Senior Counsel at Toshiba America Electronic Components and practiced commercial and securities litigation for 12 years in Orange County, CA. Thomas earned his J.D. from UCLA School of Law in 2005 and clerked for the Honorable R. Gary Klausner, U.S. District Court Judge for the Central District of California. He holds professional certifications in privacy and cybersecurity, including CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, and Security+.

Sundeep Kapur advises on regulatory compliance, commercial transactions, and other data initiatives involving complex or emerging technologies. He possesses an in-depth technical and legal understanding of the adtech ecosystem (e.g., connected TV, linear TV, over-the-top media, desktop, mobile) and is a key contributor to the development of industry-wide adtech privacy solutions. He also advises on compliance with self-regulatory regimes developed by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), and Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA).

Leora Kelman is a Partner at Boston Consulting Group, based in the New York office. She is a core member of BCG’s Retail Media team, with extensive experience across personalization, digital marketing, and retail media. She is currently leading media monetization efforts for large scale NAMR retail clients, and has worked with players across the ecosystem. She has authored research on the topic including “The $100B Media Opportunity for Retailers,” “How Retail Media is Reshaping Media,” and “5 Things CPGs want from Retail Media.” Leora holds an JD-MBA from Yale Law School and Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Melissa Kern is an experienced privacy attorney and compliance professional with expertise in intellectual property, tech transactions, and ad tech. She advises clients on privacy compliance issues, leveraging her knowledge of federal and state privacy laws, the GDPR, ad tech regulatory frameworks, and platform requirements. Melissa has extensive experience in advising, drafting, and negotiating ad tech and other complex tech transaction agreements. She prides herself on offering pragmatic, risk-based solutions to her business clients in a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape. Melissa graduated with honors from the University of Michigan Law School and holds CIPP/US and CIPM privacy certifications.

Cillian Kieran is the founder and CEO of Ethyca, a technology company specializing in data privacy and compliance solutions. With a background in software engineering and product development, Cillian has a deep understanding of the technical and ethical challenges associated with data privacy in the digital age.

In addition to leading Ethyca, Cillian is the creator of Fides, the world’s most widely used privacy engineering platform. Fides enables developers to build privacy-first applications, integrating compliance directly into the software development process. The platform has been instrumental in helping organizations worldwide navigate the complex landscape of global privacy regulations.

Cillian is known for his thought leadership in the privacy space, often speaking at industry events and contributing to discussions on the future of data protection. His work at Ethyca and the development of Fides reflect his commitment to creating technology that balances innovation with respect for individual privacy rights.

Alex Macht has worked in the marketing and advertising technology space for over a decade having spent time primarily as a consultant for Fortune 500 brands across verticals advising on media strategy, and advertising and marketing technology strategies. Most recently Alex has been in a business development role at LinkedIn focused on the product and partner strategies for innovative measurement partnerships enabled through privacy-preserving technologies.

Bill Magrath is an Associate General Counsel for Privacy at Yahoo, where he is the chief privacy lawyer for the Yahoo DSP. Bill also leads a team responsible for privacy compliance for several Yahoo consumer properties, including Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo News, and TechCrunch. Bill was a software engineer before law school and enjoys leveraging his computer science background in his work as a privacy lawyer. Bill holds a M.S. and B.S. in computer science from Stanford University and a J.D. from NYU School of Law. Prior to joining Yahoo Bill was a transactional associate at Gibson Dunn.

Scott Margolis is a data governance expert with more than two decades of experience developing innovative process and technology strategies and solutions for firms to address complex issues. Mr. Margolis supports client executives, including chief officers of data, compliance, privacy and information, with building scalable global governance programs and enabling the supporting technology capabilities. His expertise spans compliance and risk, defensible disposition, data stewardship and valuation and monetization of data.

Amy S. Mushahwar has over 20 years of experience in the technology space, counseling clients nationwide on data security practices, breach responses, and regulatory compliance.

Amy helps companies manage security incidents by interacting with government agencies and forensic service providers, overseeing investigations, and designing remediation plans. She works with emerging companies to enhance their cybersecurity designs from the outset; she also advises on cyber risk regarding vendors and other business partners, insurance, and compliance with all applicable security and privacy laws matters, including those involving artificial intelligence, The Dark Web, web scraping, automation, cloud computing, virtualization, and Big Data.

As SVP and Head of Privacy & Data Strategy at Warner Bros. Discovery, Ms. Santariga provides strategic leadership on privacy and legal issues affecting data across the business portfolio, including Max, CNN, WB Games, Wizarding World, and Theatrical & TV Productions. She sets priorities, directs large-scale, global privacy compliance programs, advises on complex legal issues, champions innovation in evolving areas like AI, data science, and ad tech, and helps shape new data protection laws and policies. Ms. Santariga manages a global team of lawyers, crafting compliant solutions that enhance privacy-by-design, maintain information security, support business goals and foster consumer trust.

Anna leads the CVS Health Information Governance and Privacy Office. She was named the Chief Privacy Officer for CVS Health in June 2021. She is responsible for ensuring the company has a robust privacy compliance program, advising on incident response and providing legal and privacy advice on best practices for our innovative products and services including AI governance. Anna also oversees the enterprise information governance program, including oversight of responsible use of artificial intelligence. Her team is responsible for providing legal support to the CVS Health digital, data analytics and technology organization.

Anna has more than 20 years of experience as an attorney and has held a variety of roles during her 8+ years at CVS Health. Prior roles included leading the CVS Health Transformation legal team, working closely with enterprise transformation consumer products, our digital organization, IT operations, and interoperability solutions; and serving as the HIPAA Business Privacy Officer for CVS Health Retail.

Prior to CVS Health, Anna was divisional counsel for Target Corporation’s pharmacies and. Anna also worked at United Healthcare and advised on privacy and other health plan legal issues and was in private practice at two large international firms.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, with highest honors, from Loras College, an MA in English literature from Marquette University, and a JD with distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law.

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.

Steve Sullivan is a seasoned privacy and technology leader with over two decades of experience in the digital advertising industry. His career has been dedicated to navigating the complex intersection of technology, business, and consumer privacy.

Currently, Steve leads the development and implementation of a comprehensive data compliance program at Walmart, leveraging his deep understanding of ad tech, mar tech, and privacy regulations to ensure ongoing support for internal stakeholders and compliance with evolving privacy laws.

Previously, Steve held leadership positions at Index Exchange, where he built a global compliance team in preparation for GDPR, and at the IAB, where he played a pivotal role in establishing initiatives focused on creating technical best practices for the industry, paving the way for the establishment of the IAB Tech Lab.