Women in Privacy®
Formed in 2013, Women in Privacy® (WIP) is an international network of more than 4,900 women working as in-house counsel, compliance officers and other professionals in the field of privacy. WIP aims to provide a platform for high-level discussions of data protection and privacy law developments, and to facilitate and strengthen informal contact among privacy professionals. Our regular meetings include guest speakers highly regarded as experts in Privacy and Data Security law, including Julie Brill, Corporate Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer for Global Privacy and Regulatory Affairs, Microsoft; Helen Dixon, Data Protection Commissioner for Ireland; and Ashkan Soltani, former Senior Advisor in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and former Chief Technologist for the Federal Trade Commission.
Spotlight on Women in Privacy
- August 2025 Spotlight: Sandy Tsakiridi, Senior Director, Legal Counsel at the Global Privacy Office of The Coca-Cola Company
- February 2025 Spotlight: Shazia Khan, Axiom Law, Senior Privacy Counsel
- January 2025 Spotlight: Emerald de Leeuw, Global Head of Privacy & AI Governance at Logitech, and Co-Founder of Women in AI Governance
- December 2024 Spotlight: Nathalie Barrera, Palo Alto Networks, Managing Senior Privacy Counsel, leading EMEA and LATAM
- November 2024 Spotlight: Esther Silberstein, Associate General Counsel, Meta
- October 2024 Spotlight: Andrea Batalla Eguidazu, Baxter International, Global Senior Counsel
- November 2022 Spotlight: Anna Colaps, Member of Cabinet, European Data Protection Supervisor
- October 2022 Spotlight: Jordan Rae Kelly, FTI Consulting, Head of Cybersecurity, Americas
- June 2022 Spotlight: Hattie Davison, UK Government, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Head of Data Reform Policy
- March 2022 Spotlight: Irene Lau, Legal Counsel (Data Privacy), Ant Group
- February 2022 Spotlight: Anita L. Allen, University of Pennsylvania, Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy; Affiliated Faculty, Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition, Warren Center for Network & Data Sciences, and Department of Africana Studies; Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics
- January 2022 Spotlight: Angela Isom, Arthur J. Gallagher, Chief Privacy Officer EMEA
- December 2021 Spotlight: Mary K. Engle, BBB National Programs, Executive Vice President, Policy
- November 2021 Spotlight: Mary Pothos, Booking.com, Chief Privacy Officer
- October 2021 Spotlight: JoAnne Breese-Jaeck, The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer
- June 2021 Spotlight: Lara Liss, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Global Chief Privacy Officer
- May 2021 Spotlight: Nandita Rao Narla, Sr. Privacy Program Manager, DoorDash
- April 2021 Spotlight: Lauren Misztal, Associate General Counsel & Data Privacy Officer, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
Upcoming Women in Privacy Event
November 19, 2025, Brussels – Networking lunch featuring a discussion with Lara Liss, Chief Privacy and Data Trust Officer, GE HealthCare; Tina Maisonneuve, Chief Privacy and Data Trust Officer, Aon; and Giorgia Vulcano, Legal and Corporate Affairs - Sr. Manager, AB InBev
