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Dec 30, Larry Hurtado, President & CEO of Digital Defense.

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Hurtado joined Digital Defense in August of 2002. His significant international business experience and his engagement with multiple cultures has been instrumental in understanding the dynamics surrounding the information security industry and leading the organization’s strategy to help organizations bolster defenses against cyber attacks.

Prior to joining Digital Defense, Hurtado was Co-Founder and President of International Operations for Elastic Networks, Incorporated. During his tenure at Elastic Networks, he held several key leadership positions in support of the company's business growth objectives, three financial events-two private rounds of financing and an initial public offering, and the successful acquisition of the company by Paradyne Corporation in March 2002.

Hurtado introduced EtherLoop-based products to the market in 1999 as the company's VP of Research & Development. EtherLoop is an Ethernet-based digital subscriber line (DSL) technology. Serving as VP of Manufacturing Operations in 2000, he was responsible for ensuring that the company's business growth was effectively supported through the efficient manufacture of EtherLoop-based products.

Prior to Elastic Networks, Hurtado held senior management positions at Nortel Networks. His last assignment was VP of Business Line Management in Nortel Networks’ Access Networks Division. Hurtado’s experience encompasses international assignments in Hong Kong and Tokyo to lead organizations in the establishment or growth of their Asia Pacific businesses.

Hurtado holds a B.S.E.E. degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

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Dec 23, Hiro Kataoka, CEO of HoGo, Inc.

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Hiro Kataoka is the CEO of HoGo, Inc., a Manchester NH based start-up that specializes in innovative security and communications solutions for online documents. The Company recently launched a cloud-based service to copy protect, share, and manage confidential and private documents. Unlike other file sharing sites, HoGo protects documents from unauthorized sharing and leaks even after the files have been downloaded, making it a complete end to end solution.

Prior to founding HoGo, Hiro has successfully founded and run technology companies on both sides of the Pacific since 1991, including Dimatech Corporation and Boston Circuits, a pioneer in the research of multi-core processors. Hiro has also served in executive management positions at publicly-traded companies such as NetSilicon and Digi International.

Dec 16, Michael Maddigan, partner in O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Los Angeles office and Michael Reynolds, associate in O'Melveny's Los Angeles office.

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Michael Maddigan

Mike Maddigan, a partner in O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Los Angeles office, is Co-Head of the firm's health care practice group and also serves as Co-Head of its privacy and data security practices. He is a member of the Class Actions, Mass Torts, and Insurance Litigation Practice. Mike represents insurers, health benefits companies, and technology companies in complex class actions and business disputes involving privacy, health care, insurance and reinsurance, antitrust, and business issues. Mike has represented O'Melveny's clients in litigation involving issues of national significance and has led teams of the firm's lawyers in obtaining favorable judgments in matters involving billions of dollars in claimed damages.

Mike speaks and writes regularly before professional organizations on a variety of litigation-related topics. He currently is the Chair of O'Melveny's pro bono committee and also has served as the Co-Head of the Firm's litigation department training program. He also is a leader in bar association and community groups, serving as the President of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers and on the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. Mike received the firm's values award in recognition of his dedication to the firm's values of excellence, leadership, and citizenship.

Michael Reynolds

Michael Reynolds is an associate in O'Melveny's Los Angeles office and a member of the Class Actions, Mass Torts, and Insurance Litigation Practice and the privacy and data security practice. Michael has represented and counseled companies in a variety of complex civil matters, including class actions, insurance coverage disputes, and data breach and privacy issues.

Michael holds an undergraduate degree in engineering from Harvey Mudd College with a focus on computer and electrical engineering. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles County Bar Foundation.

Dec 9, Andrew Castricone, a partner at Gordon & Rees's LLP and the firm's National Practice Group Leader for Privacy & Data Security.

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Andrew D. Castricone is a partner in Gordon & Rees's San Francisco office and serves as the firm's National Practice Group Leader for Privacy & Data Security. He also is a member of the firm's Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property, and Professional Liability Practice Groups.

Mr. Castricone has substantial experience litigating complex matters through trial in state and federal courts. While his background covers a broad spectrum, Mr. Castricone manages a dynamic caseload in the areas of privacy; intellectual property, copyright and trademark infringement; misappropriation of trade secrets; unfair competition and interference; statutory governance, compliance and violation; consumer protection and products liability; CAN-SPAM; TCPA; breach of fiduciary duty and other claims against directors and officers; professional liability; hardware, software, Internet, domain name, licensing and royalty disputes; banking and finance; defamation, SLAPP suits, and trade libel; commercial and residential real estate/rent control; corporate/partnership disputes/dissolution and protection of limited liability and individual assets; securities, SEC violations, and broker-dealer liability; employment; and insurance.

His diverse practice area includes the resolution of a variety of business disputes, ranging from individuals with a contractual disagreement to class actions with multimillion-dollar claims.

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Dec 2, Ron Williams, former U.S. Secret Service Agent & CEO of Talon Executive Services, Inc.

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After successful 22-year tenure with United States Secret Service, Ron Williams entered private sector security, opening what has become a premier security consulting suite of companies, Talon Companies. As Chief Executive Officers of Talon Executive Services, Inc., Secure Strategies International, LLC and Talon Cyber Tec, LLC, Williams is involved with all aspects of security consulting, including critical infrastructure protection requiring Top Secret clearance.

During his career with the Secret Service, Williams had the opportunity to work and supervise all divisions of the SS Treasury department in the Los Angeles Field Office, including supervision of the credit card and financial fraud squad, the counterfeit squad and the elite Counter Assault Team (CAT) to combat terrorism.

As the Lead Advance Agent, Mr. Williams was responsible for all advance security plans and logistics coordination for Presidential, Vice-Presidential, and foreign heads-of-state visits to Los Angeles, personally protecting Presidents Ford, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton, as well as such noted dignitaries as Queen Elizabeth, Yitzhak Shamir, and Pope John Paul. Williams was the recipient of numerous awards including the United States Secret Service Director's Award for Special Achievement on eight occasions.

In 1994, his focus turned toward private security and he formed what would become the first of the Talon Companies, Talon Executive Services, Inc., a private security consulting firm that combined best practices of private sector security with USSS protection protocols.

In the wake of 9/11, Talon was called upon to conduct Risk & Vulnerability Assessments to critical infrastructures such as water districts and transportation authorities, resulting in a specialized branch of security now handled by Secure Strategies International, LLC. As a Talon company, Secure Strategies has access to all the resources of Talon while specializing on projects that require top-secret security clearance.

As the evolution of security assessments and protection continued, the need to blend physical security with IT security became increasingly evident. As new protocols were developed and this blend of security more clearly defined, Talon Cyber Tec, LLC was created to oversee specific projects.

Because of his expertise in the field of anti-terrorism, Mr. Williams was asked by the California Gubernatorial delegation in 2002, to meet with Tom Ridge regarding homeland security. His association with AFAUSSS (Association of Former Agents of the United States Secret Service), ASIS (American Society of Industry Security), ATAP (Association of Threat Assessment Professionals) American Water Works Association (AWWA) Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) to name a few, keeps him abreast of all matters involving security and threat assessment. He is also an active member of the FBI's InfraGard program, U.S. State Department Overseas Advisory Council (OSAC) and OCPST (Orange County Private Sector Terrorist Response).

Mr. Williams frequently appears on Fox News Channel as well as other national shows as a security analyst and terrorism expert. He was also the keynote speaker at the 1999 Alabama Governor's Conference on Violence in the Workplace Prevention, has made presentations to the California Association of Water Agencies which included a White Paper, and continues to educate organizations on various security issues through specialized seminars and training.

Mr. Williams is a graduate of Southern Nazarene University. In the security sector, Mr. Williams attended the United States Treasury Law Enforcement/Secret Service School, and continues his accreditation through related industry symposiums.

Nov 25, Joanne McNabb, Director of Privacy Education and Policy in the Privacy Enforcement and Protection Unit in the California Department of Justice.

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Joanne McNabb is the Director of Privacy Education and Policy in the Privacy Enforcement and Protection Unit in the California Department of Justice. The Unit protects Californians' constitutionally guaranteed right to privacy through civil enforcement of state and federal privacy laws, educates consumers and businesses, and makes recommendations to the Attorney General on privacy matters.

McNabb is a Certified Information Privacy Professional, with specializations in Government and Information Technology. She serves on the Privacy Advisory Committee to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and is a Fellow of the Ponemon Institute, a research center on privacy, data protection and information security policy.

From 2001 until 2012, McNabb was chief of the California Office of Privacy Protection, which was a resource and advocate on privacy issues. Before that she worked in public affairs and marketing, in both the public and private sectors, including five years with an international marketing company in France. She attended Occidental College and holds a master's degree in Medieval Literature from the University of California, Davis.

Nov 18, James Fallon, Professor Emeritus of Anatomy & Neurobiology and Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the University of California, Irvine.

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James H. Fallon, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus of Anatomy & Neurobiology and Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the University of California, Irvine. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois (1975) in Neuroanatomy and Physiology and Masters in psychology and psychophysics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He holds an Honorary Doctorate from St Michael's College, a Sloan Fellowship, Senior Fulbright Fellowship (Africa) and NIH Research Career Award.

He was Chair of the UCI Faculty and Academic Senate and Chair of the UCI College of Medicine Faculty. He sits on numerous corporate boards and national think tanks for science, biotechnology, the arts, and the US military. He is a SubjectMatter Expert in the field of "cognition and war" to the Pentagon's Joint Command. His research program is focuses on four areas, including adult stem cells, chemical neuroanatomy and circuitry, higher brain functions, and brain imaging. Human Brain Imaging: Extensive collaborations with clinical and basic researchers on imaging genetics studies of depression, schizophrenia, tobacco use, language disorders, personality, intelligence, male-female differences in cognition, consciousness and anesthesia, human cortical development, sleep, emotional memory, imaging genetic studies of psychiatric disorders, modeling of neural circuits, and law, culture, psychopathy, murder, dictatorships, and the brain. Fallon's lab was the first to find how to mobilize massive numbers of adult stem cells to reverse the deficits in models of chronic stroke and Parkinson's disease, which was recently heralded as one of the top seven breakthrough findings of the decade.

His lab is also creating new neural interfaces for advanced prosthetic limbs and neural chips. Fallon and his colleagues are interested in the neural circuitry and genetics of creativity, artistic talent, extraordinary abilities, psychopathology, criminal behavior, and levels of consciousness. Most recently in the past two years, he has appeared in over thirty national and international TV and radio specials on dictatorships, psychopathic behavior, murder and violence.

Nov 11, Shel Israel, storyteller as an author, journalist and speaker & Robert Scoble, American blogger, technical evangelist, and author.

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Shel Israel

Shel Israel is a storyteller as an author, journalist and speaker. He also advises executives and companies on how to tell their stories. He is currently working on Age of Context: How Mobile, Sensors and Data Will Change Your Life with Robert Scoble. They previously co-authored Naked Conversations, regarded by many as the seminal book on business and social media.

Israel currently writes The Social Beat column at Forbes.com and has contributed previously to OpenForum, BusinessWeek and Fast Company.

He has been a keynote speaker more than 50 times, addressing audiences on five continents and is a presentation coach for other speakers and has consulted more than 200companies.

Contact: shelisrael1@gmail.com, or on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn at ShelIsrael.

Robert Scoble

Robert Scoble grew up in Silicon Valley (my dad was an engineer at Lockheed) and since 1985 has been building online communities. In 2000 Robert started his technology blog, http://scobleizer.com, and his life has been on a rocketship ever since.

In 2003-2006 Robert worked at Microsoft as an evangelist and one of the five guys who started Microsoft's famous Channel9 video community.

Robert is now working at Rackspace as Startup Liaison Officer (he goes around the world to study and make media about world-changing startups).

You'll also see his videos on http://youtube.com/scobleizer but the best place to watch him now is on Google+, on Twitter or on my blog.

Where he does his best work, though, is on Rackspace's Small Teams, Big Impact, site.

The real-time streaming web is changing my life faster than I can imagine, and lets me keep in touch with thousands of technology and business innovators all around the world.

Nov 4, Nate Cardozo, Staff Attorney on the Electronic Frontier Foundation's digital civil liberties team.

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Nate is a Staff Attorney on the Electronic Frontier Foundation's digital civil liberties team, focusing on free speech and privacy litigation. A former EFF Open Government Legal Fellow, Nate most recently spent two years honing his complex litigation skills at Drinker Biddle & Reath before returning to his senses and to EFF. In addition to his work at EFF, Nate teaches first-year legal writing and moot court at U.C. Hastings. Nate has a B.A. in Anthropology and Politics from U.C. Santa Cruz and a J.D. from U.C. Hastings. He brews his own beer, has been to India three times, and watches too much Bollywood.

Oct 28, Beth Givens, founder and director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.

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Beth Givens is founder and director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, established in 1992. She has developed the Fact Sheet series as author and/or editor. She authored the encyclopedia entries on identity theft for Encyclopedia of Privacy (2007), World Book Encyclopedia (2004) and Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment (2002). She is author of an early book on informational privacy The Privacy Rights Handbook: How to Take Control of Your Personal Information (Avon, 1997) and is co-author of Privacy Piracy: A Guide to Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft (1999), with Mari Frank, Esq.. She contributed a chapter on consumer and privacy rights to the 2006 book, RFID: Applications, Security and Privacy. She co-authored a chapter on identity theft in Protection, Security and Safeguards (2nd ed,, 2013).

Givens represents the interests of consumers in public policy proceedings at the state and federal levels (California Legislature, U.S. Congress, and federal and state regulatory agencies). Her contributions to legislative hearings, regulatory workshops, and public policy conferences are found in the Speeches & Testimony section of the web site, www.privacyrights.org.

Givens has participated in numerous task forces and commissions including: Consumer Federation of America Identity Theft Services Best Practices Task Force, Consumer Federation of America Cloud Computing Working Group, California Judicial Council Working Group on Personal Information and Court Outsourcing, California Real ID Act Privacy & Security Work Group, California Radio Frequency ID Advisory Committee, California Office of Privacy Protection Advisory Committee, California Secretary of State Voter Privacy Task Force, TRUSTe Wireless Advisory Committee, U.S. Decennial Census Advisory Committee, Justice Management Institute Advisory Committee on Electronic Access to Court Records, California Task Force on Criminal Records Identity Theft, California Legislature's Joint Task Force on Personal Information and Privacy; and the California Judicial Council's Subcommittee on Privacy and Access.

She is often interviewed by the media on consumer privacy issues, including: The Willis Report, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, CNN, Good Morning America, 48 Hours, 60 Minutes, NPR Morning Edition, NPR Talk of the Nation, Marketplace, and major U.S. newspapers.

Prior to her work as a consumer advocate, she was a librarian specializing in library network development and resource sharing.

Givens has a master's degree in Communications Management from the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication, and a master's degree in Library and Information Services from the University of Denver. Givens is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

Oct 21, Lewis Maltby, a major figure in America privacy.

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Lew Maltby has been a major figure in American privacy for over 20 years. He's testified before Congress, appeared on 60 Minutes and Larry King Live, participated in litigation before the Supreme Court, and been interviewed by every paper from the Wall Street Journal to Mother Jones. He's a faculty member of the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations, and has guest lectured at Penn, Vanderbilt, NYU, and Cornell. His book, Can They do That? Reclaiming our Fundamental Rights at Work was published by Portfolio Press in 2010.

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Oct 14, Patricia Titus, serial Chief Information Security Officer.

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Ms. Patricia Titus is a serial Chief Information Security Officer and is currently a member on the Board of Directors for CyberUnited, a leading insider threat security informatics company. She is also on the Technical Advisory Board for Co3 Systems and Blue Ridge Networks. As a board member Titus draws on her more than 22 years of security experience to help drive innovation and combat cyber security threats and response.

Ms. Titus is the former Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Symantec, where she was responsible for rehabilitating the information security program. Ms. Titus played a strategic role in protecting Symantec's IT resources, infrastructure and information assets.

Prior to joining Symantec, Ms. Titus was Vice President and Global Chief Information Security Officer for Unisys Corporation and was the former Chief information Security Officer at the Transportation Security Administration within the Department of Homeland Security. Ms. Titus also worked overseas for several years in various positions within the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. State Department and various private sector firms.

Ms. Titus is an active member in multiple industry forums and associations focused on cyber security. She was a recipient of the Women of Influence award from both the Silicon Valley Business Journal in 2013 and the Executive Women's Forum in 2009. She also participates in the National Association for Professional Women and serves on the Women's Advisory Board for the Girl Scouts Council of the Nation's Capital.

Oct 7, Christopher Wolf, director of Hogan Lovells' Privacy and Information Management practice group.

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Christopher Wolf is a director of Hogan Lovells' Privacy and Information Management practice group.

Chris was one of the first lawyers in the U.S. to focus on privacy law for clients, and he remains a leader in the field. MSNBC has called Chris "a pioneer in Internet law." In 1998, a high-profile victory in a pro bono case against the government for its violation of the Electronic Communication Privacy Act brought Chris to national attention as a privacy lawyer after his almost-two decades as a litigator in complex commercial and technology cases Today, he is known to clients as a practical problem solver on issues arising from the collection, use, retention, sharing, and security of personal data. He is a thoughtful compliance counselor focused on risk management and an effective advocate in federal court, at the Federal Trade Commission, or before state agencies, on the entire range of international and domestic privacy issues.

As the privacy law compliance challenges evolve and as cloud computing, mobile technology, social media, online tracking, cross-border transfers of data, and other technology-related issues present new problems to solve, Chris is at the forefront of lawyers tackling those problems.

In a rapidly changing area of the law, Chris knows that to be effective a privacy lawyer has to stay abreast of developments and "ahead of the curve." In that regard, Chris is the founder and chair of the Future of Privacy Forum, a think tank devoted to advancing responsible data practices that has become a leading platform for discussion and development of best practices.

Chris was the editor and lead author of the first PLI treatise on privacy law and is a frequent author and speaker on privacy and data security issues. He was the first privacy lawyer to testify before the Senate Judiciary Privacy Subcommittee, the only privacy lawyer to speak at the 2011 eG8 Conference in Paris, and he was a member of a group advising the OECD on the OECD privacy guidelines.

In 2012, Chris was a lead plenary session speaker at the 34th Annual Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Uruguay, and moderated a panel of Data Protection Authorities from around the world at the "Public Voice" civil society conference that preceded the official Uruguay conference. Also in 2012, Chris was elected to the American Law Institute and participated in an invitation-only ALI conference in San Francisco on privacy law; he was asked by the judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to help organize and present at its day-long off-site conference on privacy law; he was tapped by the International Association of Privacy Professionals to organize and moderate (with his Future of Privacy Forum co-chair) a "Big Data" program at the IAPP Navigate conference in Mountain View, California; and he presented at Stanford Law School on the EU E-Commerce Directive. He is a featured speaker at the 2013 Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference in Brussels.

In its recent guide to law firms, Chambers ranked Chris (and the firm's practice) in the top tier, and wrote: "Christopher Wolf is singled out as a trusted adviser with strong international capabilities. Sources note that he is 'always making connections for us above and beyond what you expect - a valued business adviser.'"

Chris is a cum laude graduate of Bowdoin College, and graduated magna cum laude Order of the Coif from the Washington & Lee University School of Law. He participated in the General Course at the London School of Economics. Following law school, he clerked for U.S. District Judge Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr. in Washington, D.C. Chris is active in charitable organizations and serves on the Boards of the Anti-Defamation League where he is chair of the National Civil Rights Committee, WETA Public Broadcasting, Food & Friends (a social services agency), the George Washington University Hospital, and Young Concert Artists.

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Sep 30, Keith Jones, Director of Computer Forensics, Expert Witness Services, and Training Practices for Kyrus Tech, Inc.

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Keith J. Jones has been called by numerous clients the "expert's expert" that provides Computer Forensics, Electronic Evidence Discovery, Litigation Support, Expert Witness Services and Training to commercial and government clients.

Mr. Jones is very well known for tackling the hard problems and getting them done on or under time and budget, tackling the hard issues in litigation and showing the judge and jury in layman terms the truth, and generally being able to take on any forensic case involving computers that his deep hardware and software development experience has given him.

Mr. Jones is an industry-recognized expert in computer security with two decades of experience in computer forensics and incident response. His expertise also includes information security consulting, application security, software analysis/design and image/video/audio analysis.

Mr. Jones has been an expert witness on behalf of the federal government on several high-profile criminal cases, such as US v Duronio, US v Raisley, and US v Zhu.

Currently, Mr. Jones is the Director of Computer Forensics, Expert Witness Services, and Training Practices for Kyrus Tech, Inc. Mr. Jones's main role is managing commercial clients in the litigation space, which include computer forensics, cyber-crime, and expert witness services.

Sep 23, Ilana Westerman, CEO of Create with Context, Inc.

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Ilana Westerman is CEO of Create with Context, Inc., a leading digital strategy consulting firm. For the past 15 years, she has championed the role of 'people plus context' as key drivers behind the design of innovative technology solutions, helping ensure that digital products and services align with human needs, goals, and desires. At Create with Context, she is responsible for corporate development as well as guidance of client work including research, innovation, and design.

"Technology holds the promise to find, learn, improve, grow, communicate, connect, gather, express, promote, protest, create, work, buy, and have fun", according to Ilana, but "so far, we're only at the first light of seeing what technology can do for humankind." Ilana feels that every digital experience, from a quick message on a mobile phone to a complex enterprise system, should reflect these characteristics and take into account the people and context surrounding it - and companies that understand this will be the companies that ultimately prevail in the marketplace.

Ilana began working on digital innovation in the mid-1990s, including award-winning work on the IBM Nagano Olympics web presence. Then, as one of the early members of Yahoo!, she helped build the Yahoo! User Experience team, leading R&D teams for key Yahoo! properties including the Yahoo! Front Page, My Yahoo!, and Yahoo! Mobile, and directly influencing increases in page views and ad revenues for these properties. More recently, Ilana has shared her passion for research-driven design as an adjunct faculty member at San José State University, where she taught graduate-level courses in the Industrial Systems Engineering/HFES program.

Most recently, she serves as CEO at Create with Context, where under her leadership the company has seen significant year-over-year growth since its inception in 2005, with sponsors and clients ranging from global brands and Governments such as Adobe, Accenture, Barclays Bank, Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Intel, Intuit, Panasonic, Synaptics, TrendMicro, SK Telecom Americas, Visa, and Yahoo! to emerging technology providers including Windspire Energy, Ingenuity, and Next Issue Media.

Sep 16, Rebecca Herold, Owner & CEO, The Privacy Professor.

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Rebecca Herold, CIPP/IT, CIPP/US, CISSP, CISM, CISA, FLMI
Owner & CEO, The Privacy Professor (http://www.privacyguidance.com)
Partner, Compliance Helper (http://www.compliancehelper.com)
Adjunct Professor for the Norwich University Master of Science in Information Assurance (MSIA) program (http://www3.norwich.edu/msia)
Twitter ID: PrivacyProf (http://twitter.com/PrivacyProf)


Rebecca widely recognized and respected and has been providing information privacy, security and compliance services, tools and products to organizations in a wide range of industries for over two decades. Some of her awards and recognitions include the following:

• Rebecca was named a Privacy by Design (PbD) Ambassador by Ontario Privacy Commissioner Dr. Anne Cavoukian
• Rebecca was named one of the most influential people and groups in online privacy by Techopedia.com
• Rebecca's blog was named in the "Top 50 HIPAA Blogs" by Medicine E-Learning
• Rebecca has been named one of the "Best Privacy Advisers In The World" multiple times in recent years by Computerworld magazine, most recently ranking #3 in the world in the last rankings provided
• Rebecca is a member of several Advisory Boards, including the prestigious Editorial Advisory Board for Elsevier's "Computers & Security" journal and the IAPP's Certification Advisory Board
• Rebecca's blog was named one of the "Top 50 Internet Security Blogs" by the Daily Netizen.
• Rebecca was named one of the "Top 59 Influencers in IT Security" by IT Security magazine
• The information security program Rebecca created for Principal Financial Group, where she worked for 12 years, received the CSI Information Security Program of the Year Award

Sep 9, Fred H. Cate, distinguished Professor and C. Ben Dutton Professor of Law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.

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Fred H. Cate is a Distinguished Professor and C. Ben Dutton Professor of Law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, and a specialist in information privacy and security law. He is managing director of the Center for Law, Ethics, and Applied Research in Health Information and director of the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research (a National Center of Academic Excellence in both Information Assurance Research and Information Assurance Education). A senior policy advisor to the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP, he advises Microsoft, Intel, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, and many other companies, government agencies, congressional committees on privacy and security issues. He is the author of more than 150 articles and books, including Privacy in the Information Age, The Internet and the First Amendment, and Privacy in Perspective, and is one of the founding editors of the Oxford University Press journal, International Data Privacy Law.

Sep 2, Dr. Frank Colaprete, associate Professor of Criminal Justice Administration at Keuka College, Keuka Park, New York.

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Dr. Colaprete is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Administration at Keuka College, Keuka Park, New York. He is also an adjunct faculty member of Norwich University, Nova Southeastern University, New England College, the Public Safety Institute and Civic Institute at Mercyhurst University, and the Justice and Training Research Institute at Roger Williams University. Dr. Colaprete served for 20 years in policing retiring as a Police Lieutenant. He is currently teaching, consulting, and conducting independent criminal justice research in myriad topics as the owner and lead consultant of Justice Systems Solutions, LLC. He has published three textbooks: Internal Investigations: A Practitioner's Approach and Mentoring in the Criminal Justice Professions: Conveyance of the Craft, both released through Charles C. Thomas Publishers, Limited, and Pre-Employment Background Investigations for Public Safety Professionals the Taylor Francis Group/CRC Press. His publications also include numerous journal articles in police management, training, and investigations. His work has garnered the Top 10 finalist award from the IACP / Motorola Corporation Webber Seavey Award process and has also been featured in the National League of Cities database for successful municipal programs. In 2009, the administration of the Norwich University College of Graduate and Continuing Studies conferred upon him the Distinguished Faculty of the Year Award. Dr. Colaprete has been featured as a subject matter expert contributor in internal and pre-employment investigations for the Washington Post and the Huffington Post. He is also a Certified Litigation Specialist (C.L.S.) (Americans for Effective Law Enforcement) and certified Master Instructor and Instructor Evaluator through the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services Office of Public Safety.

Aug 26, Marco D. Huesch, MBBS, Ph. D, assistant professor at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy.

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Marco D. Huesch, MBBS, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy with extensive hands-on clinical and management experience as well as research expertise in health care management, strategy and economics.

He is a former practicing physician whose clinical experience includes frontline roles in innovative 24/7 physician-staffed retail clinics in Australia. Later in his career Professor Huesch gained extensive private sector experience as a strategy management consultant for the global clients of Booz & Co and EDS, and in financial services in Asia-Pacific including VP of Strategy, Director of Business Development at Citibank.

Professor Huesch's research focuses on solutions to fundamental health care system problems with a particular focus on strengthening management processes and organizational structure. His work seeks to directly inform health care policy and the work of leaders and managers in care delivery. He teaches courses in health care management, health care strategy, health economics and health services research methods.

Professor Huesch received his doctorate degree in Business Administration from UCLA's Anderson School of Management and a master's degree in Economics from UCLA. He also obtained an MBA (with Distinction) from INSEAD in France, and earned his medical degrees from Sydney University.

Prior to joining the school in 2012, he taught in the Duke Fuqua School of Business' Health Sector Management program as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Strategy between 2008 and 2011 and also held appointments in Duke's School of Medicine and in UNC's Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Aug 19, Ellen Giblin, Privacy Counsel for the Ashcroft Law Firm.

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Ellen Marie Giblin is internationally recognized for her years of legal and risk management expertise in privacy, data breach, data protection, cyber security, and information management. As Privacy Counsel for the Ashcroft Law Firm, Ms. Giblin assists clients by advising them on how to prevent and respond to a breach of their systems through the entire protected information lifecycle.

Prior to joining The Ashcroft Law Firm, Ms. Giblin was Privacy Counsel at Littler Mendelson P.C., a large international labor & employment firm. Ms. Giblin advised clients in all aspects of data privacy by conducting risk assessments, developing information security projects, policies and procedures and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. She is a subject matter expert on risk management, information management, vendor management, US and EU data protection compliance, privacy policies and procedures, information governance, social media and its acceptable use in the workplace as well as electronic monitoring and background investigations of employees.

Before joining Littler, she supported RBS Americas, Inc. as a Senior Risk Manager and Privacy Officer for Citizens Financial Group, Inc. where she focused on consumer and commercial business lines in a highly regulated and complex international financial institution. As a Senior Risk Manager and Privacy Officer at Citizens Financial Group, Inc., Ms. Giblin provided advice and guidance in all aspects of privacy law, data protection, risk management, vendor management, training, pre-employment screening under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, compliance with GLBA, HIPAA, ADA, FMLA, FINRA, state date protection laws and issues regarding cloud computing in the digital workplace. In addition, she possesses a vendor management, records management, information protection, and data breach response background and extensive U.S., Canadian, EU model clauses and compliance and cloud services contracts negotiation experience while holding a managerial position in the Legal Department at Iron Mountain.

Ms. Giblin holds a Masters of Higher Education from Boston College, a Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University Law School and a Bachelors or Arts and Sciences from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Ms. Giblin currently lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts with her family. Ms. Giblin is very active as a Suffolk Law School alumni mentoring two law students and judging the ABA Contracts Negotiation Competition. She also serves on the Canadian Advisory Board of the IAPP.

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Aug 12, Paul Tiao, partner with Hunton & Williams LLP, resident in the Washington office.

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Paul Tiao is a partner with Hunton & Williams LLP, resident in the Washington office. His practice focuses on cybersecurity, homeland security, privacy, white collar criminal defense, internal investigations, litigation, regulatory matters and legislation. Paul has extensive experience working on cyber intrusions, data breaches, intellectual property violations, criminal cases, electronic surveillance, privacy issues, and regulations and legislation in each of these areas. He advises clients on investigations, litigation and public policy issues at the intersection of criminal law and civil liability.

Prior to joining Hunton & Williams, Paul served as Special Counsel and then Senior Counselor for Cybersecurity and Technology to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In that position, he advised the FBI Director on operational, policy and legal issues, and represented the FBI in discussions with other agencies, the White House, Congress and industry.

Prior to the FBI, Paul served as Judiciary Committee Counsel to the Assistant Majority Leader in the US Senate, where he wrote legislation and provided advice on criminal and national security issues. He is a former Assistant US Attorney in the District of Maryland, where he investigated and prosecuted cyber intrusions, intellectual property violations, white collar fraud and other issues, and served as the coordinator of computer hacking and intellectual property cases.

Paul began his career as a law clerk for the Honorable Mary Schroeder of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and then served as a trial attorney in the honors program of the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division.

Paul is an adjunct professor of cybersecurity law and policy at George Washington University, and an instructor at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. He is a frequent speaker and author on cyber-related topics, and is sought after by media outlets and industry publications for his professional insights on cybersecurity issues. Paul received his JD from Columbia University Law School, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; his Master in Public Affairs from Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs and Princeton University, receiving the Herman Somers Award; and his BS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and State of Maryland.

Aug 5, Cole Stryker, writer and media strategist based in New York City.

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Cole Stryker is a writer and media strategist based in New York City. He is the author of Epic Win for Anonymous, the first book to tell the story of the Internet's memetic playground called 4chan and the hacktivist group Anonymous, from which it spawned. He also authored Hacking the Future, a broader history of anonymity as a social construct that dissects how identity brokers like Facebook and Google control and monetize your identity, and explains how recent manifestations of anonymous activism and free speech are raging against these systems of control.

Stryker's writing has appeared in The Nation, Salon, Vice, Boing Boing, The NY Observer, The Huffington Post, Storyboard, Rhizome, Slacktory, Nerve, Popmatters and elsewhere.

Stryker has been interviewed about his writing by the BBC, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, Reuters, The Daily Beast, The Atlantic, ABC News, Mashable, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Verge, The Believer, Ars Technica, Capital NY, The Daily Dot, Know Your Meme, NY Observer, Salon, The Rumpus, and more.

Following the release of his second book, Hacking the Future, and the attention that it garnered, Stryker has been asked to give key note addresses at conferences throughout North America that deal with online security and privacy on the web. Stryker has also appeared on several panels as the resident expert on anonymity on the Web, at conferences like South by Southwest and Eye-beam. He has also lectured at Yale Law School, NYU, and Pace University.

July 29, Steven Weisman, lawyer, college professor at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts, and author.

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Steve Weisman is a lawyer, college professor at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts, and author. His most recent book is "50 Ways to Protect Your Identity in a Digital Age." Steve is the legal editor of Talkers Magazine, the primary trade magazine in the business of talk media and has written for numerous publications ranging from The Boston Globe to Playboy. He has earned an ABA Certificate of Merit for excellence in legal journalism. He has been featured as an expert on scams and identity theft throughout the media including on The Dr. Phil Show, CNN and CBS. He also writes the blog www.scamicide.com which provides information about scams and identity theft that is updated daily with the latest news about scams and identity theft.

July 22, Ted Claypoole, senior member of the Firm's Intellectual Property Transaction Team and leader of its Privacy and Data Management Team.

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Ted is a senior member of the Firm's Intellectual Property Transaction Team and leader of its Privacy and Data Management Team. He consults on internet, media and data issues, and prepares business process outsourcing, cloud computing, mobile application and electronic commerce agreements for all types of companies. Prior to joining Womble Carlyle, Ted served as in-house e-commerce and technology counsel for Bank of America and in-house counsel for CompuServe, Inc.

Demonstrating a strong commitment to the legal and technology community, Ted co-chairs the Cyberspace Mobile Commerce Subcommittee in the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, where he previously co-chaired the Privacy and Data Security Subcommittee. Ted is a member of the board of directors for the North Carolina Technology Association, and a member of the Board of Advisors for the College of Computing and Informatics at UNC Charlotte. He recently served on the Board of Directors for the Carolina Minority Supplier Development Counsel, and he hosted a quarterly technology lunch and learn series in Charlotte for more than eight years.

Ted speaks and writes extensively on technology and data topics. He is co-author of the Rowman & Littlefield book Protecting Your Internet Identity: Are You Naked Online? , and has just completed a second book to be released in January called, Everyday Technology Steals Your Privacy.

July 15, Chi Chi Wu, staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center.

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Chi Chi Wu is a staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center, a nonprofit focusing on marketplace justice for low-income consumers. Chi Chi is an expert on consumer credit issues ranging from credit cards to medical debt to fair credit reporting. She is the co-author of the legal manuals Fair Credit Reporting Act and Credit Discrimination, and a contributing author to Cost of Credit, Truth in Lending, and Collection Actions. Chi Chi frequently serves as a resource for policymakers and the media on consumer credit issues. Chi Chi has previously worked in the Consumer Protection Division at the Massachusetts Attorney General's office and the Asian Outreach Unit of Greater Boston Legal Services.

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July 8, Susan Grant, Director of Consumer Protection at the Consumer Federation of America (CFA).

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Susan Grant is Director of Consumer Protection at the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), a nonprofit association of some 300 nonprofit consumer groups that was established in 1968 to advance the consumer interest through research, education, and advocacy. Ms. Grant works on domestic and international issues including privacy, identity theft, online safety and security, telemarketing, electronic and mobile commerce, and consumer education. She heads CFA's Consumer Protection Institute and conducts its annual Consumer Complaint Survey with state and local consumer protection agencies. A recognized authority on combating consumer fraud and deception, Ms. Grant began her career in 1976 in the Consumer Protection Division of the Northwestern District Attorney's Office in Massachusetts and has worked in the consumer protection field ever since.

July 1, Justin Brookman, Director for CDT's Project on Consumer Privacy.

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Justin Brookman is the Director for CDT's Project on Consumer Privacy. Mr. Brookman coordinates CDT's advocacy on corporate collection, use, and retention of personal information, including efforts to enact comprehensive privacy legislation in the United States and to strengthen privacy law in Europe. Mr. Brookman has testified before House and Senate Committees on location privacy and data security, as well as the general need for stronger consumer privacy protections. He also leads CDT's work on behavioral advertising and the development of a "Do Not Track" setting for web browsers, and serves as editor of the compliance specification in the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standardization process. Under Mr. Brookman's direction, CDT has filed formal complaints with the Federal Trade Commission against companies that violate users' privacy and free expression rights. He also runs the Internet Privacy Working Group, a diverse set of privacy stakeholders including industry participants and other advocates, to formulate best practices guidance and inform CDT's own views on emerging privacy issues.

Prior to joining CDT in January 2010, Mr. Brookman was Chief of the Internet Bureau of the New York Attorney General's office. Under his leadership, the Internet Bureau was one of the most active and aggressive law enforcement groups working on internet issues, and Mr. Brookman brought several groundbreaking cases to protect the rights of online consumers. He brought the first regulatory actions against spyware and adware companies, as well as against the advertisers who funded those companies. He also brought several privacy cases against companies who misused or misappropriated consumers' personal information, including the first enforcement of Gramm-Leach-Bliley's restrictions on the use of consumer financial data. In 2009, Mr. Brookman brought the first case against a company for "astroturfing" --- or seeding internet message boards and blogs with fake positive reviews. He also brought important actions to preserve free speech online and to preserve network neutrality.

Mr. Brookman previously worked as a litigation associate for six years at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in both its New York and Washington offices. He received his J.D. from the New York University School of Law in 1998 and his B.A. in Government and Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia in 1995.

June 24, Robert Rebhan, internationally renowned expert and speaker on identity theft and financial crimes.

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ROBERT J. REBHAN is an internationally renowned expert and speaker on identity theft and financial crimes, and a former Detective Sergeant with the Los Angeles Police Department. During his exciting career with the LAPD, he served in many high profile assignments including the SWAT Team, Hollywood's Narcotics, Robbery, Homicide, and Vice Squads. As a detective, he was a master of disguise and during his 22 years of service he was personally involved in the arrest of thousands of criminals. Before leaving the department, Mr. Rebhan was selected by the Credit Card Industry to help develop and direct a fraud prevention program. He has traveled to Europe and Latin America on behalf of the industry, and for the last 20 years has personally given over 2000 presentations on the subject of financial crimes. As the Director of The American Express Company's Fraud Prevention Program, Western Region, he managed a team of twelve consultants, personally orchestrating over 150,000 business and consumer presentations.

He brings a unique perspective to an audience, because he understands the vulnerabilities and responsibilities of consumers, the financial community, and law enforcement. And of course, he has great insight into the criminal mind.

In his campaign against fraud, Mr. Rebhan has worked closely with the California State Assembly and the Los Angeles City Council. As an advocate for privacy and financial security, he has proposed municipal code and legislative changes regarding consumer and business fraud prevention efforts. He is a special consultant to Screen Actors Guild members and is a member of the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators, as well as the Electronic Crimes Task Force led by the United States Secret Service. Mr. Rebhan founded the Institute for the Prevention of Financial Crimes (IPFC), an organization committed to the education of business professionals and to raising public awareness about crime.

Mr. Rebhan's extraordinary knowledge of the business world and his presentation style have made him one of the nation's most requested speakers on the subject of consumer and business fraud prevention, and from his viewpoint, he gives his powerfully candid opinion on who is to blame for the identity theft crisis. Using humor, fear, and logic, he challenges the status quo motivating his audiences to review passive lifestyles and business practices, joining him in the 21st Century technological and common sense fight against fraud.

June 17, Jeremy Gruber, President of the Council for Responsible Genetics (CRG).

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Jeremy Gruber is the President of the Council for Responsible Genetics (CRG). Since 1983, CRG has represented the public interest and fostered public debate regarding the social, ethical and environmental implications of emerging genetic technologies. CRG is the only biotech public interest organization that is explicitly dedicated to examining the best science, interpreting the results, assessing the implications, communicating them to a general audience and facilitating meaningful, measurable change. CRG also publishes a bimonthly magazine, GeneWatch, that explores emerging issues in biotechnology

Mr. Gruber is an expert on issues of genetic privacy and discrimination. He has worked for over fifteen years on genetic non-discrimination legislation at the state and Federal level and played a major role in the passage of the Federal Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA) by Congress in 2008 as well as California's new CalGINA law in 2011. He is a founder and executive committee member of the Coalition for Genetic Fairness, a group of 500 organizations that advocates for genetic non-discrimination protections on Capitol Hill.

Mr. Gruber is a prolific writer on privacy issues ranging from direct-to-consumer genetics to forensic DNA databases and is often consulted by and called to testify before Congress, Federal agencies and state legislatures. He is regularly featured in print, radio and television.

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Landline: 646-449-0731

Cell Phone: 609-610-1602

June 10, Phil Lee, Partner in the Privacy and Information Law Group at Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP.

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Phil Lee is a Partner in the Privacy and Information Law Group at Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP, and runs the Palo Alto office of Field Fisher Waterhouse (California) LLP. Phil holds Certified Information Privacy Professional (Europe) (CIPP/E) and Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) status.

Phil has particular specialisms in behavioural profiling and cookie regulation, e-marketing, and international data transfer strategies (including binding corporate rules). He has worked on numerous multi-jurisdictional data privacy projects across more than 80 countries. In addition to privacy and information law, Phil regularly advises on a wide variety of technology, social media, and e-commerce projects.

Phil holds an MA in Computer Science from Cambridge University and a postgraduate diploma in Intellectual Property from Bristol University. He is a frequent contributor to FFW's Privacy and Information Law blog (http://privacylawblog.ffw.com) and is also a contributing author to the IAPP's "European Privacy: Law and Practice for Data Protection Professionals" and Wolter Kluwers' "Global Privacy & Security Laws". Phil is a former committee member of the Society for Computer and Law's Privacy & Data Protection Group.

Phil trained and qualified at Denton Wilde Sapte and, prior to joining Field Fisher Waterhouse, worked within the digital media team at Osborne Clarke.

June 3, Lisa Sotto, Privacy and Data Security Attorney.

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Named among The National Law Journal's "100 Most Influential Lawyers" in 2013, Lisa J. Sotto is the managing partner of the firm's New York office, and heads the firm's top-ranked Privacy and Data Security practice. She was voted the world's leading privacy advisor in Computerworld's three most recent annual surveys and is ranked in "Band 1" by Chambers USA and Chambers Global for Privacy & Data Security. Ms. Sotto also is recognized as a "leading lawyer" in the 2012 edition of The Legal 500 United States. She was named one of Ethisphere Magazine's 2012 "Attorneys Who Matter," listing attorneys who "have risen to the top." She serves as Chairperson of the Department of Homeland Security's Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee.

Ms. Sotto has extensive experience counseling clients on privacy, cybersecurity and records management issues. She advises on all U.S. federal and state privacy and data security laws, including security breach notification requirements. She also advises on global data protection laws (including those in the EU and Latin America), particularly with respect to cross-border transfers of personal data.

Ms. Sotto is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, co-chair of the International Privacy Law Committee of the New York State Bar Association, chair of the New York Privacy Officers' Forum and a member of SAI Global's Law and Ethics Advisory Board. She speaks frequently at conferences and seminars, testifies regularly before the U.S. Congress and other legislative and regulatory agencies, is the author of numerous treatises and articles, is sought after by media outlets and industry publications for her professional insights, and appears regularly on national television and radio news programs. She is the editor and lead author of the legal treatise entitled Privacy and Data Security Law Deskbook, published by Aspen Publishers, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. Ms. Sotto received her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was an editor of the Law Review. She received her B.A. from Cornell University, with Distinction in All Subjects. She is admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia.

May 27, Wendy Patrick, a career trial attorney and an expert in criminal law.

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Wendy L. Patrick is a career trial attorney and an expert in criminal law as well as legal and business ethics. Dr. Patrick teaches upper division business ethics at San Diego State University at both the graduate and undergraduate level. She had her own ethics column in the San Diego Daily Transcript for over a decade and teaches ethics nationally on a regular basis. She has been quoted by a wide variety of news agencies ranging from CSNBC to USA Today, and has appeared on a variety of media programs, both locally and nationwide, given legal analysis, talking about issues of business ethics, and providing commentary on a wide variety of topics.

Bringing a well-rounded perspective to her commentary, Dr. Patrick is also co-author of the revised version of the New York Times Bestseller Reading People (Random House 2008). She is routinely called upon to discuss how we can both interpret and predict behavior of others if we know what to look for.

May 20, Janine Darling, Professional Privacy Advocate, Data Security Expert and the Founder and CEO of StashDaddy.

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Janine Darling is a Professional Privacy Advocate, Data Security Expert and the Founder and CEO of StashDaddy (www.stashdaddy.com), the completely private and invisible personal information storage & protection site for consumers only. StashDaddy is a keeper not a social butterfly.

StashDaddy is the place to store your last will and testament, medical records, stock certificates, passport, legal documents…anything that you want to keep secure and completely private.

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May 13, Larry Ponemon, Chairman and Founder of the Ponemon Institute.

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Dr. Larry Ponemon is the Chairman and Founder of the Ponemon Institute, a research "think tank" dedicated to advancing privacy and data protection practices. Dr. Ponemon is considered a pioneer in privacy auditing and the Responsible Information Management or RIM framework.

Ponemon Institute conducts independent research, educates leaders from the private and public sectors and verifies the privacy and data protection practices of organizations in a various industries. In addition to Institute activities, Dr. Ponemon is an adjunct professor for ethics and privacy at Carnegie Mellon University's CIO Institute. He is a Fellow of the Center for Government Innovation of the Unisys Corporation.

Dr. Ponemon consults with leading multinational organizations on global privacy management programs. He has extensive knowledge of regulatory frameworks for managing privacy and data security including financial services, health care, pharmaceutical, telecom and Internet. Dr. Ponemon was appointed to the Advisory Committee for Online Access & Security for the United States Federal Trade Commission. He was appointed by the White House to the Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee for the Department of Homeland Security. Dr. Ponemon was also an appointed to two California State task forces on privacy and data security laws.

Dr. Ponemon is a member of the National Board of Advisors of the Eller College of Business and Public Administration, University of Arizona. He serves as Chairman of the Government Policy Advisory Committee and Co-Chair of the Internet Task Force for the Council of American Survey and Research Organizations (CASRO).

Dr. Ponemon was a senior partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he founded the firm's global compliance risk management group. Prior to joining Price Waterhouse as a partner, Dr. Ponemon served as the National Director of Business Ethics Services for KPMG Peat Marwick, and was appointed Executive Director of the KPMG Business Ethics Institute.

Dr. Ponemon has held chaired (tenured) faculty positions and published numerous articles and learned books. He has presented hundreds of keynote speeches or learned presentations at national or international conferences on privacy, data protection, information security, corporate governance, and responsible information management. Dr. Ponemon is an active member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, serving as founding member of the Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) Advisory Board.

Dr. Ponemon is column editor for Computerworld, CSO Magazine, BNA, Dark Reading and other leading publications. He is a frequent commentator on privacy and business ethics for CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Financial Times, Business 2.0, Newsweek, Business Week, U.S. News & World Report, CIO Magazine, Industry Standard, Boston Globe, InfoWorld, InformationWeek, Forbes, Fortune, CFO Magazine, Red Herring, Dow Jones News and others.

Dr. Ponemon earned his Ph.D. at Union College in Schenectady, New York. He has a Master's degree from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and attended the doctoral program in system sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Ponemon earned his Bachelors with Highest Distinction from the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Information Privacy Professional.

Dr. Ponemon is a veteran (Vietnam War era) of the United States Navy. He is married and has two sons. Dr. Ponemon is an instrument rated private pilot.

May 6, Lori Andrews, law professor and Director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology at Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law.

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Lori Andrews is a law professor and Director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology at Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law. She received her B.A. summa cum laude from Yale College and her J.D. from Yale Law School. She has been a visiting professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law and at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

Lori is an internationally recognized expert on emerging technologies. She chaired the federal advisory committee to the Human Genome Project and has advised governments and professional groups ranging from the G8 science ministers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. She grounds her policy analysis in detailed empirical studies, for which she has received grants from the U.S. Congress, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Greenwall Foundation, and the M.D. Anderson Foundation. Her path-breaking litigation about technologies caused the National Law Journal to list her as one of the "100 Most Influential Lawyers in America."

Lori is the author of 11 non-fiction books and the author of more than 150 articles on health care policy, biotechnology, genetics and digital technologies. The American Bar Association Journal describes Lori as "a lawyer with a literary bent who has the scientific chops to rival any CSI investigator." She also has written three mystery books (Sequence, The Silent Assassin, and Immunity) with a female geneticist and a military lawyer as the main characters.

In her most recent book, I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy, she created a Social Network Constitution and explores how what you do on the Web can be used against you-and what you can do about it. She says that unlike Vegas, what happens in Facebook doesn't stay in Facebook.

Apr 29, Tamara Hunter, leader of Davis, LLP firm's Privacy Law Compliance Group and a member of the Litigation Group.

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Tamara Hunter is the Leader of the firm's Privacy Law Compliance Group and a member of the Litigation Group. She practises in the areas of freedom of information and privacy law, administrative law, professional regulation law, and commercial litigation. She acts for a variety of professional regulatory bodies on matters involving registration, professional disciplinary proceedings and related litigation.

She has conducted numerous hearings before professional disciplinary tribunals and has represented professional regulatory bodies before the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal, the Supreme Court of British Columbia and the British Columbia Court of Appeal.

Tamara has represented both private sector and public sector organizations before the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner and in related litigation.

Born in New Westminster, B.C., Tamara obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University in 1988. She received the Chancellor's Entrance Scholarship and majored in both economics and business administration.

Tamara then attended the University of British Columbia where she received her Law Degree in 1990.

Prior to joining Davis, Tamara was a Law Clerk to the Right Honourable Chief Justice Lamer of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Apr 22, Kenneth Cukier, Data Editor of The Economist.

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Kenneth Neil Cukier is the Data Editor of The Economist. From 2007 to 2012 he was the Japan business and finance correspondent, and before that, the paper's technology correspondent based in London, where his work focused on innovation, intellectual property and Internet governance.

Previously, he was the technology editor of The Wall Street Journal Asia in Hong Kong and a regular commentator on CNBC Asia. Earlier still, he was the European Editor of Red Herring and worked at The International Herald Tribune in Paris. From 2002 to 2004 Mr. Cukier was a research fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, working on the Internet and international relations.

His writings have also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Prospect, The Financial Times and Foreign Affairs, among others. He has been a frequent commentator on business and technology matters for CBS, CNN, NPR, the BBC and others. He has given the keynote address or moderated panels at the World Economic Forum, Strata, the UN Internet Governance Forum, OECD, APEC as well as at private events for companies.

Mr. Cukier serves on the board of directors of International Bridges to Justice, a Geneva-based NGO promoting legal rights in developing countries. Additionally, he served on the board of advisors to the Daniel Pearl Foundation. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Apr 15, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University.

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Viktor Mayer-Schönberger is Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute / Oxford University. He is also a faculty affiliate of the Belfer Center of Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. In addition to "Big Data", Mayer-Schönberger has published eight books (including the awards-winning "Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age" with Princeton University Press) and is the author of over a hundred articles and book chapters on the information economy.

After successes in the International Physics Olympics and the Austrian Young Programmers Contest, Mayer-Schönberger studied in Salzburg, Harvard and at the London School of Economics. In 1986 he founded Ikarus Software, a company focusing on data security and developed the Virus Utilities, which became the best-selling Austrian software product. He was voted Top-5 Software Entrepreneur in Austria in 1991 and Person of the Year for the State of Salzburg in 2000. He has chaired the Rueschlikon Conference on Information Policy in the New Economy, bringing together leading strategists and decision-makers of the new economy.

He is a frequent public speaker, and sought expert for print and broadcast media worldwide. He and his work have been featured in (among others) New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Economist, Nature, Science, NPR, BBC, The Guardian, Le Monde, El Pais, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, WIRED, Ars Technica, and Daily Kos. He is also on the boards of foundations, think tanks and organizations focused on studying the information economy, and advises governments, businesses and NGOs on new economy and information society issues.

Apr 8, Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner.

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Dr. Ann Cavoukian is recognized as one of the leading privacy experts in the world. Noted for her seminal work on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) in 1995, her concept of Privacy by Design seeks to proactively embed privacy into the design specifications of information technology and accountable business practices, thereby achieving the strongest protection possible. In October, 2010, regulators from around the world gathered at the annual assembly of International Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Jerusalem, Israel, and unanimously passed a landmark Resolution recognizing Privacy by Design as an essential component of fundamental privacy protection. This was followed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's inclusion of Privacy by Design as one of its three recommended practices for protecting online privacy - a major validation of its significance.

An avowed believer in the role that technology can play in the protection of privacy, Dr. Cavoukian's leadership has seen her office develop a number of tools and procedures to ensure that privacy is strongly protected, not only in Canada, but around the world. She has been involved in numerous international committees focused on privacy, security, technology and business, and endeavours to focus on strengthening consumer confidence and trust in emerging technology applications.

Dr. Cavoukian serves as the Chair of the Identity, Privacy and Security Institute at the University of Toronto, Canada. She is also a member of several Boards including, the European Biometrics Forum, Future of Privacy Forum, RIM Council, and has been conferred a Distinguished Fellow of the Ponemon Institute. Dr. Cavoukian was honoured with the prestigious Kristian Beckman Award in 2011 for her pioneering work on Privacy by Design and privacy protection in modern international environments. In the same year, Dr. Cavoukian was also named by Intelligent Utility Magazine as one of the Top 11 Movers and Shakers for the Global Smart Grid industry, received the SC Canada Privacy Professional of the Year Award and was honoured by the University of Alberta Information Access and Protection of Privacy Program for her positive contribution to the field of privacy. Most recently in November 2011, Dr. Cavoukian was ranked by Women of Influence Inc. as one of the top 25 Women of Influence recognizing her contribution to the Canadian and global economy. This award follows her recognition in 2007 by the Women's Executive Network as one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada.

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Mar 25, Jayne Hitchcock, author and cyber bullying and cyber crime expert.

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Jayne A. Hitchcock is an author and cyber bullying and cyber crime expert. She volunteers with the U.S. DOJ Office for Victims of Crime, the National Center for Victims of Crime, and law enforcement agencies worldwide. She has worked tirelessly with legislators in the drafting and passing of many of this country's Internet laws.

As president of WHOA (Working to Halt Online Abuse) at haltabuse.org and WHOA-KTD (Kids/Teens Division) at haltabusektd.org, Jayne continues a mission to educate adults and children in online safety.

Jayne conducts law enforcement training for local, county, state, military and federal agencies. Her speaking schedule on cyber crime and cyber bullying includes elementary/middle/high schools, universities and colleges. She also lectures at libraries, conferences, and corporations. She has been featured on Swift Justice, America's Most Wanted, 48 Hours, Good Morning America, Cosmopolitan and TIME magazines, and local, national and international newscasts, and was selected by Lifetime TV as their "Champion For Change."

Jayne's ninth book, True Crime Online: Shocking Stories of Scamming, Stalking, Murder and Mayhem is now available. She is also on the editorial board of the International Journal of Cyber Crimes and Criminal Justice. She is a member of Operations Security Professionals Society, Sisters In Crime (national and New England), Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance, National Rifle Association (Life Member), The American Legion, and 3rd Marine Division Association (Life Member).

Mar 18, Don Ulsch, C.E.O. and Chief Risk Analyst of Boston-based ZeroPoint Risk Research LLC

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MacDonnell Ulsch is C.E.O. and Chief Risk Analyst of Boston-based ZeroPoint Risk Research LLC. The firm conducts operational risk research, advice, and counsel to a variety of clients. His concentration is in corporate breach investigations involving intellectual property, trade secrets, and regulated information. He is a subject matter expert on cyber crime, cyber threats, cyber disinformation, cyber terrorism, and economic espionage.

He is the author of the book, "THREAT! Managing Risk in a Hostile World," published by The Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation. Intellectual property from the book "THREAT!" has been developed into research methodologies known as the Enterprise Threat Index-Predictive Risk Impact Scenario Modeling or ETX-PRISM. He is currently working on another book, one about the major mistakes that companies have made in managing enterprise risk.

Don has spoken extensively at conferences throughout the U.S. and Europe. In August 2011, he delivered the keynote address at the U.S. Federal Reserve IT Conference on the subject of cloud computing and regulatory risk. He was a national security source for "Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown.

While at the National Security Institute, a defense and security think tank advising defense contractors and the intelligence community, he briefed the counter-intelligence office of a U.S. President on critical infrastructure and intelligence agency sharing. Don remains an advisor to the National Security Institute and frequently briefs the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

He also served as Trusted Advisor to the bipartisan United States Secrecy Commission under Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Sen. Jesse Helms, created under Title IX of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act. The Commission analyzed the impact of technology on the reclassification and declassification of U.S. government secrets. While Director of Global Risk at PricewaterhouseCoopers, he worked with United States Sen. Sam Nunn on information security policy and developed an operational risk briefing program with the Senator for the chief executive of a large global financial institution.

He has briefed the U.S. Government Accountability Office and Department of Justice after breaking one of the largest industrial espionage cases in U.S. history, involving two major technology companies. The case was referred to the U.S. Department of Justice for prosecution, leading to the breakup of telecommunications giant NYNEX.

Don has been named a Distinguished Fellow of Ponemon Institute, a leading privacy research organization. He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, Kiplinger's, BusinessWeek, Forbes, CNN.com, and has appeared of ABC News for both radio and television. He has contributed articles to the Toronto Star, the Boston Globe, the Miami Herald, United Press International, Information Security Magazine, U.S. Defense Tech, and many other publications.

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Mar 11, Deborah Peel, the nation's leading advocate for patients' rights to control access to sensitive personal health information in electronic systems.

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Deborah C. Peel, MD is the nation's leading advocate for patients' rights to control access to sensitive personal health information in electronic systems. The lack of health privacy causes millions of people to avoid early diagnosis and treatment for cancer, depression, and STDs every year. She became an expert and privacy warrior to stop patients from being harmed. She is a practicing physician and Freudian psychoanalyst.

Her passion is educating the public about privacy-enhancing technologies, architectures, policies, and laws, so they can advocate to restore their civil and human rights to health privacy.

In 2002, amendments to HIPAA eliminated patients' longstanding rights to control personal health information. The right of consent was replaced with "regulatory permission for covered entities to use and disclose health records for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations." The Amended HIPAA Privacy Rule put institutions in control of the use, disclosure, and sale of patients' health information, from DNA to diagnoses to prescription records. Patient control over health data was eliminated.

In 2004, she formed Patient Privacy Rights (PPR), a 501c3 non-profit organization to educate Americans about the importance of health privacy. PPR is the world's leading consumer health privacy advocacy organization, with over 12,000 members in all 50 states.

In 2006, Dr. Peel founded the bipartisan Coalition for Patient Privacy. The coalition membership includes over 50+ national organizations, representing 10.3 million people who want to control the use of personal health information. In 2007, Microsoft Corporation joined the Coalition.

In 2009, the Coalition for Patient Privacy worked to ensure historic new privacy and security protections were added to HITECH, the technology portion of the stimulus bill. Protections included: a ban on sales of protected health information (PHI) without consent, audit trails for disclosures of PHI from EHRs, the ability to segment sensitive PHI, meaningful breach notice, the right to block disclosure of PHI for healthcare operations if treatment is paid for out-of-pocket, and requiring encryption. See: http://patientprivacyrights.org/media/CoalitionPatPriv_Final01.14.09.pdf

Since 2007, Dr. Peel has been named one of ModernHealthcare magazine's "100 Most Influential in Healthcare" four times. In 2013, she was named one of the "Top Ten Influencers in Health InfoSec" by HealthcareInfoSecurity.

Dr. Peel is the catalyst and creator of the annual International Summits on the Future of Health Privacy. First started in 2011, the summits are unique in the world: urgent threats to health privacy and realistic solutions are thoughtfully debated by national and international experts from advocacy, academia, government, and industry. To register for the next summit and watch videos from earlier summits visit: www.healthprivacysummit.org.

Mar 4, Justine Phillips, active member of the Employer Services and Cybersecurity teams at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

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Justine Phillips is an active member of the Employer Services and Cybersecurity teams at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP. She focuses her practice on employment litigation and counseling, commercial litigation, data breach and cybersecurity related issues.

Ms. Phillips' experience includes advising clients on issues relating to employee privacy issues, data retention and security, social media issues for businesses, employment agreements, employee handbooks, leave policies, interactive process and reasonable accommodation, wage and hour matters, classification issues, information management, and other privacy-related issues. She has defended companies in both state and federal court against claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful dismissals. Additionally, she has experience assisting clients with crisis management and forensic investigations for data breaches, cyber-attacks, and complex e-discovery issues.

Ms. Phillips was named as one of the San Diego Daily Transcript's Young Attorneys in 2007, 2008 and 2010. In 2012, she was awarded the State Bar of California Wiley Manual award for pro bono legal services.

Feb 25, Woodrow Hartzog, Assistant Professor at the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University & Affiliate Scholar at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School

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Woodrow Hartzog is an Assistant Professor at the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. He is also an Affiliate Scholar at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School. His research focuses on privacy, online communication, human-computer interaction, robotics, and electronic agreements. His work has been published in law reviews and peer-reviewed publications such as the California Law Review, Michigan Law Review, Georgia Law Review, American University Law Review, Temple Law Review, First Monday, Journal of Intellectual Property Law, and Communication Law and Policy. He previously worked as a trademark attorney at the United States Patent and Trademark Office and as an associate attorney at Burr & Forman LLP. He has also served as a clerk for the Electronic Privacy Information Center. He previously taught courses as an adjunct professor in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at Samford University and as an instructor of record in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina. He holds a Ph.D. in mass communication from UNC, an LL.M. in intellectual property from the George Washington University Law School and a J.D. from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University.

Feb 18, Art Maines, Author of Scammed: 3 Steps to Help Your Elder Parents and Yourself

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A graduate of Texas A & M University and the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, Art has been in active clinical practice for over 13 years. He has been a guest lecturer at Washington University, and has conducted trainings for managed behavioral health care companies as well as Fortune 500 corporations. He is especially honored to have been asked to conduct several trauma debriefings with victims of the 9/11 attacks in New York.

Art has also been a speaker on elderly fraud prevention and recovery at both the state and national level. He has spoken for 3 years in a row at the Missouri National Association of Social Workers symposium, and he recently presented at the national conference for the National Association of Social Workers in Washington, DC. He has trained on topics related to elderly fraud recovery and prevention to professional groups and senior organizations, and has consulted with scam victims' families locally and nationally. He is the author of the new book Scammed: 3 Steps to Help Your Elder Parents and Yourself.

In addition, his blog and website Elderly Fraud Recovery Help has drawn both national and international readers. Drawing on his own experience helping his 83 year old stepfather recover from a series of devastating scams, and his clinical skills as a practicing therapist, gives him a unique perspective on this growing problem.

Art lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his partner, Frank, and their chocolate Labrador retriever, Bodie.

Feb 11, Trevor Hughes, president and CEO of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

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J. Trevor Hughes is the president and CEO of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). In this role, Hughes leads the world's largest association of privacy professionals.

A native of Canada, Hughes is an experienced attorney in privacy, technology and marketing law. He has provided testimony before the U.S. Congress Commerce Committee, the Senate Commerce Committee, the Federal Trade Commission, the Home Affairs Committee of the British Parliament and the EU Parliament on issues of privacy, surveillance, spam and privacy-sensitive technologies.

Hughes previously served as the executive director of the Network Advertising Initiative, a leading online privacy trade association, and the Email Sender and Provider Coalition, a trade association working on e-mail policy and practices. He is also an adjunct professor of law at the University of Maine School of Law.

Feb 4, Rebecca Herold, Owner & CEO of The Privacy Professor

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Rebecca Herold, CIPP/IT, CIPP/US, CISSP, CISM, CISA, FLMI
Owner & CEO, The Privacy Professor (http://www.privacyguidance.com)
Partner, Compliance Helper (http://www.compliancehelper.com)
Adjunct Professor for the Norwich University Master of Science in Information Assurance (MSIA) program (http://www3.norwich.edu/msia)
Twitter ID: PrivacyProf (http://twitter.com/PrivacyProf)

Rebecca widely recognized and respected and has been providing information privacy, security and compliance services, tools and products to organizations in a wide range of industries for over two decades. Some of her awards and recognitions include the following:

• Rebecca was named a Privacy by Design (PbD) Ambassador by Ontario Privacy Commissioner Dr. Anne Cavoukian
• Rebecca was named one of the most influential people and groups in online privacy by Techopedia.com
• Rebecca's blog was named in the "Top 50 HIPAA Blogs" by Medicine E-Learning
• Rebecca has been named one of the "Best Privacy Advisers In The World" multiple times in recent years by Computerworld magazine, most recently ranking #3 in the world in the last rankings provided
• Rebecca is a member of several Advisory Boards, including the prestigious Editorial Advisory Board for Elsevier's "Computers & Security" journal and the IAPP's Certification Advisory Board
• Rebecca's blog was named one of the "Top 50 Internet Security Blogs" by the Daily Netizen.
• Rebecca was named one of the "Top 59 Influencers in IT Security" by IT Security magazine
• The information security program Rebecca created for Principal Financial Group, where she worked for 12 years, received the CSI Information Security Program of the Year Award

Jan 28, Anne Wallace, Senior Director for Consumer Financial Services, the Financial Services Roundtable, and President of the Identity Theft Assistance Corporation

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Anne Wallace is Senior Director for Consumer Financial Services, the Financial Services Roundtable, and President of the Identity Theft Assistance Corporation, a nonprofit corporation that operates ITAC, the Identity Theft Assistance Center.

In her role as Senior Director, Ms. Wallace is the Roundtable's liaison with the Consumer Financial Protection Board (CFPB), established by Congress in 2010 under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

As ITAC President, Ms. Wallace oversees operations of ITAC Victim Assistance®, which is free to the consumer and supported by member companies, has helped tens of thousands of consumers recover from identity theft. As the financial services industry center of expertise, ITAC and its member companies fight identity theft through identity protection and victim assistance services, law enforcement partnerships, consumer education and research.

A nationally recognized expert on privacy, financial services and payments law, Ms. Wallace serves as a resource for the news media, Congress and academia on these issues. She advocates for identity theft victims in the national dialogue about finding solutions to one of society's most intransigent crimes. She helped develop ITAC Sentinel®, an identity management service that makes ITAC Victim Assistance available to all consumers.

She began her legal career with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board where she served as Assistant Director of the Division of Consumer and Community Affairs and implemented key consumer credit laws including the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.

Previously, Ms. Wallace pioneered the financial services privacy consulting practice at KPMG Consulting. Ms. Wallace also served as legal advisor to the U S. Treasury Department's initiative to convert the federal government's paper-based collections and disbursements to electronic funds transfers.

A graduate of Boston University Law School and Fordham University, Ms. Wallace also is a member of Banking and Consumer Financial Services Committees of the American Bar Association's Business Law Section and a member of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers.

Ms. Wallace serves on the board of Opera Vivente in Baltimore.

Jan 21, Martine Ehrenclou, Award-winning author, patient advocate and speaker.

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Martine Ehrenclou, M.A., is an award-winning author, patient advocate and speaker. Her first book, Critical Conditions: The Essential Hospital Guide To Get Your Loved One Out Alive received fifteen book awards. Her newest health book, The Take-Charge Patient: How You Can Get The Best Medical Care, winner of two book awards, empowers readers to become proactive and effective participants in their own health care. Martine's mission is to bring to light the importance of being an advocate for oneself and others. Through her books, media interviews, articles, blog, and lectures, Martine Ehrenclou reveals insider information on how to interact effectively with medical professionals and navigate the health care system.

Six months into her research for The Take-Charge Patient, Martine developed debilitating, chronic pain that lasted sixteen months and used every strategy in her new book. She went from an advocate for others to an advocate for herself, and became her own take-charge patient. After eleven doctors failed to diagnose her correctly, Martine's exhaustive research led her to the surgeon who diagnosed her and cured her. She has been pain free for over a year.

Martine regularly publishes articles on the topics of patient empowerment, patient advocacy, patient safety, successful communication in medical encounters, the collaborative relationship between patients and medical professionals, and other health/medical related issues. She is interviewed regularly on national TV, radio, newspapers and magazines, including NBC News, ABC News, KCAL 9 News, Woman's Day, Family Circle, Los Angeles Times Magazine and many more. Martine also lectures at universities, hospitals, and health organizations, and writes a blog.

Martine has a master's degree in psychology from Pepperdine University. Prior to becoming a health writer and patient advocate, Martine was a journalist, ghostwriter and public relations professional. She created and ran a writing program for at-risk teenagers. Her personal experience with loved ones with extended hospitalizations changed her career path in 2001.

Visit her at her websites, www.TheTakeChargePatient.com and www.CriticalConditions.com

Jan 14, Robert Ellis Smith, Journalist & Publisher of Privacy Journal.

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Robert Ellis Smith is a journalist who uses his training as an attorney to report on the individual's right to privacy. Since 1974, he has published Privacy Journal, a monthly newsletter on privacy in a computer age based in Providence, R.I.

Smith is a frequent speaker, writer, and Congressional witness on privacy issues and has compiled a clearinghouse of information on the subject: computer data banks, credit and medical records, the Internet, electronic surveillance, the law of privacy, and physical and psychological privacy.

From 1970 to 1973, Smith was the assistant director of the Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Prior to that, he had nine years of experience as a news reporter and editor with the Detroit Free Press, Trenton Times, The Southern Courier, and Newsday.

He has taught at Harvard College, University of Maryland, Emerson College, and Brown University.

A 1962 graduate of Harvard College, Smith received his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1976. He served as a member of the District of Columbia Human Rights Commission until 1986. In 1997, Vice President Gore named him to the Civil Liberties Panel of the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security. From 1996 to 2002, he served as vice chair of the Coastal Resources Management Council, which protects the 400 miles of Rhode Island coastline.

www.privacyjournal.net

Jan 7, Jeremy Gruber, President of the Council for Responsible Genetics.

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Jeremy Gruber is the President of the Council for Responsible Genetics (CRG). Since 1983, CRG has represented the public interest and fostered public debate regarding the social, ethical and environmental implications of emerging genetic technologies. CRG is the only biotech public interest organization that is explicitly dedicated to examining the best science, interpreting the results, assessing the implications, communicating them to a general audience and facilitating meaningful, measurable change. CRG also publishes a bimonthly magazine, GeneWatch, that explores emerging issues in biotechnology.

Mr. Gruber is an expert on issues of genetic privacy and discrimination. He has worked for over fifteen years on genetic non-discrimination legislation at the state and Federal level and played a major role in the passage of the Federal Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA) by Congress in 2008 as well as California's new CalGINA law in 2011. He is a founder and executive committee member of the Coalition for Genetic Fairness, a group of 500 organizations that advocates for genetic non-discrimination protections on Capitol Hill.

Mr. Gruber is a prolific writer on privacy issues ranging from direct-to-consumer genetics to forensic DNA databases and is often consulted by and called to testify before Congress, Federal agencies and state legislatures. He is regularly featured in print, radio and television.

http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/