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Secondment with large multinational clients as a privacy and compliance lawyer embedded into privacy offices. Counsel cross-functional business teams on mitigating risk for ongoing data privacy and regulatory compliance matters, including day-to-day privacy counseling, data privacy and security incidents and strategic international/US state law compliance. Advise on data privacy and information security issues; analyze and assist in operational gap analysis stemming from privacy laws including GDPR, SCCs, PIPL, and US State laws including CCPA and others.Specific accomplishments include: PwC: negotiating over 500 data protection addendums (DPAs) for client, vendor and product agreements with particular focus on cross border data transfer.F. Hoffmann-La Roche: Represent US Diagnostics Solutions and Information Services group on legal and operational requirements for data privacy program due to new US state law requirements, including transition to OneTrust for tracking data flows and completing PIAs, and DSRs.

During temporary career break to care for my son's health issues which are now completely resolved, I held top leadership roles in national and international non-profit organizations that provide support for children with congenital heart disease and their families. See Volunteer Experience below.

Advised clients on a wide range of online privacy and data compliance matters while building new privacy practice at the firm. Representative clients included state university system, international retailer, health care provider, carrier company, network advertisers and app developers.• Developed information governance best practices, including in the area of IoT.• Crafted internal privacy programs and online privacy statements• Member of HIPAA breach response team• Assisted with reviewing for Data Privacy Directive compliance• Negotiated privacy and data security components of vendor technology service and licensing agreements.• Assured compliance with TCPA and other marketing regulations.• Wrote articles and presented on timely privacy issues.

- Provided strategic privacy legal advice to online businesses, including network advertisers, app developers and security providers.- Reviewed and advised on privacy aspects of technology licensing and service agreements.

- Counseled Library on general law matters, privacy, collections, acquisitions and digital and social media legal issues. - Drafted Library's first privacy regulation.- Implemented an agency-wide privacy program, including education and training, compliance reviews, retention policies and incident response. - Negotiated digitization agreements for collections and acquisitions. - Freed Martha Graham dance collection for public access after years of litigation. - Member of federal government’s Chief Information Officer Council’s Privacy Committee.

Directed and ran Northern Virginia's leading pre-professional ballet company and school. - Returned organization to profitability. - Established new programs.

Director, Policy and Business Strategy (2001-2003)- Developed policy and business strategy for online subsidiary of leading self-regulatory organization in North America.- Wrote, secured and managed a $1M Department of Commerce grant to help implement Code and foster development of e-commerce. - Negotiated partnerships and alliances and raised funds to extend mission of trust and confident online globally.- Reported to Chief Operating Officer, BBBOnLine.Director, Code of Online Business Practices (1999-2001)- Drafted Internet’s first global Code of Online Business Practices, a self-regulatory consumer protection-oriented model for ethical online business practices that addressed: truthful digital advertising, full disclosure, privacy and security protection, customer satisfaction and protecting children. - Obtained buy-in from companies, NGOs and government agencies from around the world. Frequent speaker on Code and other online consumer protection matters.

Senior Counsel, Brand Policy, Global Strategic Policy Department (1998-1999)- Lead assessment and development of strategic legal policies and practices for products and services for AOL and affiliated companies. - Counseled senior executives on Internet law and policy.- Report to Senior Vice President for Global Strategic Policy.Senior Counsel, Assistant to the General Counsel for Legal Policy, Legal Department (1998)- Counseled senior executives on Internet legal policy and practices concerning online content, communications and conduct in order to reduce the company's risks in the then uncharted waters of the Internet. - Assessed legal policies and practices of acquired companies and made recommendations for harmonization.- Prepared filings for FTC on Internet policy issues representing client's interests.- Analyzed impact of potential and actual legislation on client's novel digital advertising and marketing business practices to assess risks. Counsel, Legal Department (1996-1998)- Crafted first impression privacy statements, children's online safety rules, advertising standards, terms of service, news and political content standards and worldwide illegal and harmful content standards. - Designed and conducted company-wide member data protection and privacy assessment after high profile data breach. Led four person outside team.- Created legal compliance policy and process to address intellectual property infringement and defamation claims. - Negotiated interactive content provider agreements and developed standardized agreements.- Managed Zeran v. AOL at the district court level, the first case testing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. - Assisted in litigation, including brief writing, depositions and settlement negotiations.

- Counseled print and online newspaper on traditional and digital media law, including intellectual property, prepublication review, advertising standards, reporter access and all FOIA matters. - Reviewed contracts and employment law matters.- Wrote briefs and appeared in small claims court. My general law portfolio included negotiating contracts and transactions, small claims court litigation and employment matters. I assisted outside counsel in major FOIA litigation with a favorable holding for The Washington Post.

I was a law clerk for the Honorable Harold H. Greene, Federal District Court Judge for the District of Columbia.