Anne Bradley, Peter Lefkowitz, Nuala O’Connor and Harriet Pearson have been elected to the Future of Privacy Forum's (FPF) board of directors, the data protection non-profit announced Wednesday.
Former Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) Deputy Director Bailey Sanchez has joined video game and software developer Epic Games as counsel, she announced on LinkedIn Monday. She departed FPF on Sept. 26 (see 2509230026).
Former chief privacy officer in the Illinois Attorney General’s Office has joined BakerHostetler's Chicago office, the law firm announced Tuesday. Matthew Van Hise will be a partner in the firm's Digital Assets and Data Management Practice Group and a member of its Digital Risk Advisory and Cybersecurity team. While at the AG's office, Van Hise was also assistant attorney general and chief of the Privacy and Data Security Unit.
Tyler Bridegan joined law firm Womble Bond, he announced Monday on LinkedIn. He will serve in the firm's Houston office in the privacy and cybersecurity practice, Womble Bond said. Bridegan was director of privacy and tech enforcement at the Texas attorney general's office. He spoke in that capacity last month at the IAPP AI Governance conference (see 2509180057).
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) promoted Daniel Hales to policy counsel for U.S. legislation, he announced in a LinkedIn post Wednesday. He previously served as a policy fellow at the advocacy organization.
Holland & Knight added Matthew Welling as a partner to its Washington, D.C., data strategy, security & privacy team, the firm announced Wednesday. Welling previously worked as a partner at Crowell & Moring, where he was a leader in the firm's privacy and cybersecurity practice.
Future of Privacy Forum promoted Jordan Francis to senior policy counsel from policy counsel, Francis announced in a LinkedIn post Friday.
Future of Privacy Forum Deputy Director Bailey Sanchez will leave the nonprofit Friday, she announced on LinkedIn. Sanchez said she's departing for another opportunity in the privacy space. Another FPF official, Keir Lamont, recently left the organization to join Meta (see 2508280008).
Canadian Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne was elected Friday as chair of the Global Privacy Assembly, replacing Borislav Bozhinov, chairman of the Bulgarian Commission of Personal Data Protection. He's the first Canadian chair of the group.
Kara Williams was named counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), she announced in a LinkedIn post Wednesday. Williams finished a law fellowship at EPIC last month and previously held an internship there as a law clerk.