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• Lead the privacy and data protection practice
• Provided practical, risk-based advice on privacy and data protection matters grounded in an understanding of Shipt’s business strategies and regulatory obligations
• Monitored and assessed the latest privacy and data protection regulatory developments and supported readiness efforts with new and existing privacy law requirements, including the CCPA/CPRA, CPA, VCDPA, CTDPA, UCPA.
• Managed numerous priorities simultaneously while building a new Privacy Program at Shipt
• Partnered cross-functionally, engaged relevant stakeholders at all levels of the organization, and drove data governance, privacy, and information security issues, policies, and processes
• Reviewed and negotiated privacy and information security related provisions in contracts

Minneapolis, MN

• Served as a legal advisor on global privacy matters in a multi-jurisdictional company and drove data privacy compliance across the organization
• Efficiently handled multiple privacy projects in a rapidly changing environment
• Kept pace with changes in global privacy laws, regulations and best practices and implemented privacy requirements for compliance with global privacy and data protection laws, including GDPR, PIPEDA, CAN-SPAM, CASL.
• Developed strong partnerships and worked closely with business partners across the enterprise, including Product Development, IT, Marketing, Sales and Human Resources, to develop and implement privacy risk mitigation.
• Designed, drafted, and implemented company-wide privacy policies, privacy notices and procedures tailored to legal, business, and regulatory requirements
• Advised business partners on implementing privacy by design

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Developed processes for sustainable consent management to enhance marketing capabilities in compliance with privacy laws and industry best practices
• Found solutions to complicated data problems to ensure compliance with privacy laws that also supported business strategies
• Engaged in deep dive interviews with multiple business partners to better understand the organization’s data landscape to build a personal data inventory
• Created easy-to-understand privacy requirements as part of a privacy playbook and embedded them into existing business processes
• Consulted on various business initiatives involving the collection, use, sharing, retention, and disposal of personal information
• Created and delivered comprehensive privacy training

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Led the Retail Privacy by Design and Canada Privacy Teams
• Built the Canada Privacy Program and developed strong relationships with Canadian leaders to mature the program
• Used privacy by design methodology to partner on groundbreaking projects to identify and evaluate opportunities to implement privacy guidance throughout the organization
• Developed unique privacy solutions that enabled the creation of data driven products and solutions while ensuring compliance with privacy laws and internal business standards
• Proactively identified and addressed privacy risks by conducting Privacy Impact Assessments for new and existing projects in the US and Canada
• Analyzed applicable US and Canada privacy laws including GLBA, CAN-SPAM, TCPA, HIPAA/HITECH, COPPA, PIPEDA, Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act, British Columbia’s Personal Information Protection Act.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Provided subject matter expertise on US and international data privacy laws, international data transfers, and country-specific employment screening laws and regulations including FCRA, PIPEDA, and the EU Data.
• Proactively followed pending changes in statutes and regulations which impacted products and services provided by Verifications
• Served as a subject matter expert on international compliance presentations and other interactions with clients and prospects
• Developed white papers, presentations, training, and other materials addressing various international compliance topics
• Developed and managed over 1000 new international screening products and services
• Set up and managed multiple international vendor relationships

• Provided legal advice to the installation commander, 7 wings, and over 45 associate unit commanders on military justice, civil law, labor law, medical law and environmental law
• Supervised a staff of 6 paralegals in the busiest claims office in the Air Force
• Served as hospital legal counsel, advising medical group commanders on various medical legal issues including HIPAA compliance and defending the US Government in multi-million-dollar medical malpractice claims
• Successfully prosecuted numerous courts-martial resulting in lengthy prison terms and discharges from the military
• Drafted and reviewed various real estate documents, including leases, easements, and licensing agreements
• Performed environmental compliance inspections as part of the Air Force ECAMP team, serving as an auditor for water quality and wastewater protocols

Ba, Political Science And Russian Studies

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa

Jd, Law

Ma, Foreign Policy

Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs