Former FTC Office of Policy Planning Deputy Director Ian Barlow has joined Wiley, the firm announced Tuesday. His practice will be at the intersection of FTC regulation, cyber and data governance and privacy with telecom, media and technology.
Eric Kelleher has been appointed as president and chief operating officer of Okta, the identity management company announced Monday. Kelleher, who has worked at Okta since 2016, was previously president, customer experience & communications.
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson on Monday announced the next general counsel and director of the Consumer Protection Bureau.
Vinhcent Le joined TechEquity as its vice president of AI policy, the organization announced Wednesday. Le previously served as a board member of the California Privacy Protection Agency. He learned he had been removed from the board at the end of last week (see 2502030042).
Brown Rudnick said Monday that Morgan Jones, who represents companies in AI compliance and data privacy matters, was promoted to partner.
Tod Cohen has joined the digital and technology group at Manatt, the professional services firm said Tuesday. His practice is mostly focused on AI, privacy and data security, and at his previous firm, Cohen led the AI practice.
The Computer and Communications Industry Association announced Tuesday that Megan Stokes is its new state director and Aneysha Bhat is senior manager for federal affairs, a newly created post. Stokes has a background in advocacy on state legislative issues. Bhat previously served as deputy associate administrator in the Small Business Association’s Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs.
Brandie Nonnecke was appointed to the California Privacy Protection Agency Board, the agency announced Tuesday. Appointed by California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D), Nonnecke is also the director of the Our Better Web program and co-directs the Center for Law and Technology at University of California-Berkeley law school. Nonnecke replaces privacy advocate Vinhcent Le, who learned he would no longer sit on the board at the end of last week (see 2502030042).
Mastercard Chief Privacy and Data Responsibility Officer Caroline Louveaux will chair the IAPP's board for 2025 and its executive committee, the association announced as it unveiled election results Thursday. Also elected, as board directors, were: Volkswagen Group Chief Privacy Officer Oliver Draf; Google Data Protection Officer Kristie Chon Flynn; GE Healthcare Chief Privacy and Data Trust Officer Lara Liss; and Susan Hintze, managing partner and founder, Hintze Law and Hintze Data Advisors. Members of the newly elected executive committee: Barbara Cosgrove, vice president and CPO at Workday (vice chair), Christina Montgomery, vice president, chief privacy and trust officer at IBM (treasurer), Travis LeBlanc, partner at Cooley (secretary and privacy and civil liberties oversight board member) and Faith Myers, privacy officer and vice president at McKesson Corporation (past chair).
Caroline Geiger and James Talbot have joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's New York office as intellectual property/privacy and cybersecurity partners, the firm announced Tuesday. Geiger previously served as co-head of the IP and technology transactions group at an international firm. Talbot was previously with an international firm, too.