Rachel Melissa will join Tonkon Torp LLP's business department as an attorney in its Information Privacy & Security practice group, as well as its Environmental & Natural Resources practice group, the firm announced Wednesday. She previously was senior counsel at Melissa Data Corporation, focusing on data privacy and regulatory compliance.
Abigail Wilson will join the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) as state policy manager, it announced Wednesday. She previously worked for BSA | The Software Alliance and served as the advocacy-public policy manager at the International Interior Design Association.
Lindsey Smith has joined Constangy's Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Practice, the firm announced Wednesday. He previously served as corporate counsel for incident response at Amazon.
TechNet announced Aparna Bawa, Zoom's chief operating officer, as chair for 2025-2026, and Kerry McLean, Intuit executive vice president, as vice chair. Both were elected by TechNet's executive council and will serve two-year terms, said the network's Thursday announcement.
Ryan Steidl will be joining the Cybersecurity and Data Privacy practice at Constangy as a partner, the firm announced Monday. He previously was senior manager of privacy and data protection at Grant Thornton.
Jameson Spivak is now serving as deputy director of U.S. policy at the Future of Privacy Forum, he announced on LinkedIn. Before that, he was its senior policy analyst.
Husch Blackwell named former Adobe associate general counsel Michael Yang as the law firm’s first senior director of artificial intelligence advisory services.
Fisher Phillips added Daniel Pepper as a privacy and cyber partner at its Denver practice. Pepper, previously a partner at Norton Rose, will lead the firm's data protection and cybersecurity team.
TechNet named Liz O'Bagy its federal policy director. Previously senior foreign policy and defense adviser to Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., she will oversee the network's AI and trade policy advocacy.
Ari Waldman has started his two-year term as board chair at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), the nonprofit research center announced Tuesday. Waldman is a scholar, author of three books on privacy and a law professor at the University of California, Irvine.