Nation’s Top Female Privacy Leaders Converge in D.C. to Discuss Narrowing Gender Pay Gap and Privacy’s Level Playing Field
New IAPP Survey Reveals That Women in Privacy Reach Similar Career Heights as Men
WHAT: The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), the world’s largest and most comprehensive global information privacy community and resource, and The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), a champion of global online civil liberties and human rights that drives policy outcomes, will co-host a presentation of newly released results of IAPP’s 2015 Privacy Professional Salary Survey followed by a panel discussion and Q&A session with top privacy leaders regarding the role of women in the privacy profession.
- Amid a growing public debate on the gender gap, the results of the survey reveal that women are similarly compensated and reach similar career heights as men in the privacy and data governance fields.
- The IAPP invites media and industry analysts to attend the presentation and panel discussion. If interested in attending or to request more information, please contact: Lindsay Douglas, +1 603.427.9200, ldouglas@privacyassociation.org.
WHEN: June 9, 2015 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
WHERE: The Decatur House on Lafayette Square, 1610 H Street NW, Washington, D.C.
WHO: J. Trevor Hughes, President and CEO of IAPP, will announce the results of IAPP’s 2015 Salary Survey.
The panel of top female privacy leaders will be moderated by Nuala O’ Connor, President & CEO of the Center for Democracy & Technology. Additional panel speakers include:
- Patrice Ettinger, CIPP/US, Chief Privacy Officer, Pfizer
- Christine Frye, CIPP/US, Senior Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer, Bank of America
- Hilary Wandall, CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, Associate Vice President, Compliance & Chief Privacy Officer, Merck & Co.
- Erika Brown Lee, Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer of the United States Department of Justice
About the IAPP
The International Association of Privacy Professionals is the world’s largest association of privacy professionals with more than 20,000 members across 83 countries. The IAPP is a not-for-profit association that helps to define and support the privacy profession globally. More information about the IAPP is available at iapp.org.
About the Center for Democracy & Technology
The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) is a champion of global online civil liberties and human rights, driving policy outcomes that keep the Internet open, innovative and free. The Center works inclusively across sectors and the political spectrum to find tangible solutions to today's most pressing Internet policy challenges. For more information visit https://cdt.org/.
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For more information, press only:
Lindsay Douglas
Public Relations Manager, IAPP
603.427.9200 x. 306