Alisa Bergman is Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer at Adobe, where she leads the Privacy Trust & Safety team. Bergman has been a senior executive, global Chief Privacy Officer and law firm partner over the last 20 years. She has deep experience in privacy, data governance, as well as regulatory and public policy matters. Prior to joining Adobe, she was Senior Vice President & Chief Privacy Office at Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Before coming in house, she was a law firm partner in three leading privacy practices in Washington, DC and Brussels.

As Global Chief Data Ethics Officer for Acxiom and LiveRamp (an Acxiom company), Sheila directs the enterprise data governance, protection, and privacy program and the external data-focused global policy development for both organizations. Designed around Ethical Data Use (EDU), Sheila runs an accountability-based, 360o program that also covers government affairs, consumer affairs and related public relations.

She is recognized as a global thought leader on applied data ethics, consumer advocacy and information policy. She participates in numerous domestic and international efforts to help develop effective data- policy, establish industry best practices and achieve maximum harmonization of information policy across the world. With extensive knowledge of laws governing the collection and use of information worldwide, she is sought out by policy makers, regulators and government agencies for her views on the ethical use of data and how to address the complexity of operationalizing next-generation data governance for the connected and digital data-driven ecosystem. Sheila is a 2017 Presidential Leadership Scholar and was recognized by CSO as one of the “12 amazing women in security.”

She is frequently interviewed by the media on ethical data use, data protection and data governance and has advanced thought and practice leadership with government authorities and the industry in many forums, including the Consumer Electronics Show’s Digital Health Summit, US Department of Health and Human Services, Dublin Tech Summit, Global Data Transparency Lab, IAF Digital University, and Ibero-American Data Protection Network. Sheila has also taken the stage at Forrester analyst events, adExchanger events, International Association of Privacy Professionals Global Conferences, Digital Advertising Alliance Summit events, Data and Marketing Association annual conferences, Philly Phorum, Conference of Western Attorneys General, National Association of Attorneys General, American Legislative Exchange Council, American Bar Association annual conferences and Marketing Science Institute.

Sheila serves on the advisory boards of the Information Accountability Foundation (IAF) and the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and is corporate liaison to several industry standards-setting groups and research and policy development groups, including the Center for Information Policy Leadership, Digital Advertising Alliance, Mobile Marketing Association and Cambridge Privacy Forums.

Sheila provides support and consult to the Acxiom and LiveRamp client and partner ecosystem – some of the largest marketers in the world – on effective data protection governance and the ethical use of data as a strategic business essential. Her primary focus includes enterprise-wide applied data ethics, ensuring compliance with legal and co-regulatory requirements and development of and compliance with Acxiom’s own leading-practice data ethics policies. She specializes in data protection, use and governance laws U.S. FCRA, GLB, HIPAA, Privacy and Safeguard Rules, Telemarketing Sales Rule, CAN-SPAM, and the European Union General Data Privacy Regulation, ePrivacy Directive/Regulation. She has developed and implemented an annual data protection and governance audit function that is widely regarded as the best in the industry.

Prior to joining Acxiom, she worked for the U.S. Senate, and then managed congressional and political affairs for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in its Washington, D.C. office, focusing on legislative and regulatory initiatives as well as directing its political action committee. Sheila has a master’s degree in communications, specializing in business and political communication.

David Cohen joined IAB in April 2020 as President and was named Chief Executive Officer in September 2020. Cohen is a widely respected advertising agency leader who, prior to IAB, served as President, North America for MAGNA, Interpublic Group’s (IPG) centralized media intelligence, investment, and innovation arm. In this role, Cohen was responsible for more than $20 billion in media spend. During his tenure, Cohen structured and executed large global transactions on behalf of IPG and its clients, with such major IAB member companies as Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Spotify, Twitter, and Verizon Media.

Prior to MAGNA, Cohen served as Chief Investment Officer of UM, ensuring that digital innovation, data, and technology acumen flowed throughout the agency to drive performance. From 2001 to 2011, Cohen served in critical, transformational roles at UM during the explosive growth of digital advertising, including Chief Media Officer, Chief Digital Officer, and Executive Vice President, U.S. Director of Digital Communications. In the late 1990’s, Cohen was responsible for launching and building IPG’s digital practice.

Cohen has a long history of working with trade organizations including IAB and 4As, where he served as chairman of the Interactive Marketing Committee from 2009-2013. He has also been instrumental in initiating several vital industry-wide programs, including the Future of Television, facilitated by EY. Cohen is a Queens native, with a bachelor’s degree in communications from Adelphi University. He was recognized by Adweek as a “Media All Star” and was part of the “Adweek 50” in 2012.

In 2016, David was elected to the Board of Directors of Partnership with Children a non-profit whose mission is to strengthen the emotional, social, and cognitive skills of vulnerable children in New York City to help them succeed in school, society, and life.

David enjoys spending time with his wife and two teenage daughters. A self-described gadget-geek and sometimes fitness fanatic – he ran the NYC Marathon in 2014 and 2019 and Boston Marathon in 2016.

Erin Egan leads the global privacy and data public policy team at Meta, formerly Facebook. She collaborates with policymakers, regulators, advocates, academics, and other experts on issues related to privacy and data protection, ensuring Meta’s products and features reflect input from people around the world. She also works with experts around the world to help shape legislation on data use issues, including AI, youth, and data localization. She previously served as the company’s VP of US Public Policy, where she led federal and state public policy efforts. Prior to joining Meta, Erin was a partner and co-chair of Covington & Burling’s global data protection practice, where she represented technology and media companies on privacy and consumer protection matters.

Josh Finestone has over 15 years’ experience on Capitol Hill and in the private sector, where he advocates for client interests regarding public policy, primarily in communications, energy, defense, and appropriations. His knowledge, experience, and relationships with Congress members and staff, regulators, and influencers outside of government enable him to advise and guide clients through the executive branch, legislative, and agency policymaking processes.
Since leaving the U.S. Senate, Josh has influenced legislative and regulatory policy first, as the vice president of legislative affairs at a well-known government and public relations firm, and then for the last three years as a Senior Policy Advisor at Venable. In addition, he served on the professional staff of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee as a senior aide to Senator Dean Heller (R-NV), during the Senator’s service as ranking member of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security. Prior to that position, he was the legislative director for U.S. Representative Tom Graves (R-GA), a member of the House Appropriations Committee. He also served as the legislative assistant to U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-MI), with a focus on telecommunications and Internet issues before the Energy and Commerce Committee.

Michael Hahn is Executive Vice President & General Counsel at IAB and IAB Tech Lab. Michael has responsibility for all legal matters, including the direction of legal strategy, privacy compliance, antitrust compliance, intellectual property rights issues, and general corporate matters. Michael is also responsible for serving as an advocate for the digital advertising industry on common legal issues affecting member companies.

Michael joined IAB and IAB Tech Lab from Lowenstein Sandler LLP where he served as Vice Chair of the firm’s Antitrust Practice Group. In that role, he provided clients with strategic counsel around competition, distribution and governance issues. In the area of litigation, Michael’s matters have included multiparty class action antitrust defense representation.

Michael served previously as Co-Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association Antitrust Law Committee. He also previously served on the Editorial Advisory Board of Competition Law 360 and the Advisory Board of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section’s Civil Torts & RICO Committee. Michael frequently publishes on a range of legal and policy issues.

Michael earned his B.A. in History and Political Science from Rutgers University, M.P.P. from Georgetown University and J.D. for Georgetown University Law Center.

Ghita Harris-Newton is the Director of Government Affairs & Public Policy for Ads at Google, where she leads a team of public policy experts focused on supporting Google’s digital advertising products. Ghita is a privacy and technology legal and public policy expert, with over 10 years in-house at tech companies in Silicon Valley, including as Chief Privacy Officer & VP of Legal at Quantcast and as Assistant General Counsel & Global Head of Privacy at Yahoo. She has served as a clerk in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii and in private practice in Washington, DC, at the law firms of Mintz Levin and Hogan Lovells. Ghita received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, magna cum laude, and her B.A. from James Madison University, summa cum laude. She lives in San Francisco with her family.

Zachary Hecht is the Senior Policy Manager at DoubleVerify, where he is responsible for developing content policy strategies that provide advertisers robust brand safety and suitability controls. Prior to this, he served as the Policy Director at Tech:NYC, a nonprofit association of over 750 technology companies. Earlier in his career, Zach worked in New York government, where he played a key role in the passage of first-in-the-nation algorithmic accountability legislation. Zach holds a BA in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University and a MSc in Digital Anthropology from University College London.

Alysa Hutnik, Partner and Chair of Kelley Drye’s Privacy and Information Security practice, provides practical legal advice in all areas of privacy, data security, and advertising law, with a strong focus on adtech and the intersection of privacy and marketing practices. Alysa has a strong pulse on the ever-evolving privacy legal landscape, and frequently defends companies in privacy and advertising matters before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state attorneys general. Alysa is ranked as a leading practitioner in the Privacy & Data Security area by Chambers USA, Chambers Global and Law360 and is a frequent speaker at conferences around the country. Alysa also supports IAB Tech Lab in her role as Law Firm in Residence.

Passionate about technology and innovation, much of Alysa’s practice is focused in the digital and technology space. She is one of the nation’s leading adtech attorneys, active in the industry and well-versed in the unique legal challenges faced by advertisers, publishers, adtech, and data-focused companies.

Ranked as a leading practitioner in the Privacy & Data Security area by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers Global, and Law360, Alysa has received accolades for her expansive knowledge and pragmatic advice. Clients tell Chambers USA that, ​“Alysa excels at applying privacy law to a complex digital advertising landscape that she knows exceedingly well. She’s doing fantastic work in the adtech space.”

Prior to joining the firm, Alysa was a federal clerk for the Honorable Joseph R. Goodwin, United States District Judge, Southern District of West Virginia.

Stu Ingis is chairman of Venable and co-chair of the eCommerce, Privacy, and Cybersecurity Group. Stu is a nationally recognized attorney who has earned a reputation among peers and the industry as a thought leader in crisis management, privacy, marketing, advertising, consumer protection, eCommerce, and Internet law. Stu’s leadership in developing cutting-edge industry self-regulation and coalition building has placed him at the forefront of privacy and data security regulation and public policy. Clients rely on him as a trusted voice, confidant, and advocate before Congress, the Federal Trade Commission, state attorneys general, and other federal and state agencies.



Stu has represented a number of high-level executives in testimony before Congress and is relied upon by clients for his advocacy during congressional investigations, especially in crisis management situations specific to congressional relations. He also defends and advises companies in investigations by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), state attorneys general, and state consumer protection authorities, among others. Clients depend on Stu to help them resolve challenging situations efficiently and on favorable terms.



Stu brings coalitions together and leads self-regulatory efforts to develop and implement new standards and best practices in the eCommerce, privacy, and data security industry. He represents the nation’s leading marketing and advertising trade associations in legal and policy matters; in this capacity he serves as marketing, government affairs, and privacy counsel to the Association of National Advertisers (ANA). Stu serves as Washington advertising and privacy counsel to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). He is also counsel to the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) – the cross-industry self-regulatory online advertising initiative that brings together the nation’s leading marketing and advertising trade associations, including the ANA, IAB, the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A’s), and the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI).

Alastair is a real estate developer and investor based in San Francisco. For over twenty-five years, Alastair was a partner at Emerald Fund, one of that city’s leading real estate developers.

Alastair is also Board Chair and Co-Founder of Californians for Consumer Privacy, the nation’s leading consumer privacy advocacy group. From 2016-2018 he created and led a ballot measure which resulted in the passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), at the time the most extensive consumer privacy legislation ever passed in the United States.

In 2019-2020, Alastair wrote and qualified another ballot measure, and in Nov. 2020 over 8 million Californians voted to pass the California Privacy Rights Act, which builds upon CCPA to give Californians the best privacy rights in the world.

Alastair believes that all Californians, and people worldwide, should have the fundamental right of data privacy and be able to control their own personal information. He believes that it’s not right that companies you’ve never heard of, can buy more information about you (and sell it for a profit), than even your closest friends know—and that you have no control over that process. He advocates for the online privacy of children and believes that parents should have a choice about how their family’s data is sold.

Israel’s focus at OMD is driving technology solutions and intelligence that future proof client business and empower our teams around the world to deliver better decisions, faster. In previous roles at Omnicom he has led the global Intel business for OMD, headed performance and social products for Annalect, and built out the emerging media, analytics and technology practice for Porter Novelli. Israel is motivated by an enduring passion for anticipating the disruptive impact of technology on business and culture.

Keith R. Murphy is Senior Vice President, Government Relations and Regulatory Counsel for ViacomCBS Inc., a worldwide entertainment content company. At ViacomCBS, Mr. Murphy is responsible for public policy matters before the U.S. Congress, the White House, federal agencies and foreign governments. In addition, Mr. Murphy is responsible for developing strategic relationships with business and trade associations and non-governmental organizations around the world. He reports to the Executive Vice President, Global Government Affairs of Viacom and is based in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Murphy joined Viacom in 2006 after serving as Counsel on Communications and Technology to U.S. Senator Gordon Smith. Prior to his work on Capitol Hill, Mr. Murphy practiced law with Perkins Coie LLP and Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP in Washington, D.C. Mr. Murphy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and International Business from The Pennsylvania State University (1996) and a law degree from The George Washington University Law School (2000).

Jacqueline O’Neill is a 7+ year industry veteran with extensive experience in ad sales, operations, and inventory management, and has worked at major publishers, such as BBC Worldwide and start ups such as Loverly and HopStop. Jacqueline now serves as Executive Director of Ad Operations at Vox Media where she helps lead display, video, & audio advertising strategy, as well as determining standards and best practice for brand suitability and workflow optimization.

Randall Rothenberg is the Executive Chair of the Interactive Advertising Bureau, the trade association for digital media and marketing in the United States. Among the IAB’s 750 member companies are such major platforms as Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Snap; the nation’s most important ad-supported media companies, including The New York Times, Walt Disney Co., NBC Universal, ViacomCBS, Hearst Magazines, Spotify, Verizon Media, Hulu, Warner Media, LinkedIn, and Meredith; incumbent and disruptor brands, including Coca-Cola, Walmart, Procter & Gamble, Hubble Contacts, ThirdLove, General Motors, Johnson & Johnson, and Citigroup; and scores of technology and data companies, among them Mediamath, LiveRamp, Quantcast, and Pubmatic.

With these members and its 47 affiliate associations on every inhabited continent, the IAB and its sister technology-standards group, the IAB Tech Lab, serve as the digital marketing industry’s public policy and lobbying organization, market and consumer research center, training and development base, and hub for the development of standards and best practices.

Mr. Rothenberg joined the IAB in January 2007 as President and Chief Executive Officer, and led the organization until becoming Executive Chair in September 2020. During his tenure, the organization became one of the largest and most influential media and marketing trade bodies in the world, helping to develop technical standards, self-regulation, government regulation, market and consumer research, and professional development programs to protect consumer privacy, foster brand and media revenue growth, improve data security, and reduce supply chain friction in the digital marketing industry.

Prior to his IAB role, Mr. Rothenberg was the Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Director of Intellectual Capital at Booz Allen Hamilton, the international strategy and technology consulting firm, where he oversaw business development, knowledge management, and thought leadership activities, and directed the award-winning quarterly business magazine strategy+business, Strategy+Business Books, www.strategy-business.com, and other electronic and print publications for senior business executives.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Rothenberg spent six years at The New York Times, where he was the technology editor and politics editor of the Sunday magazine, the daily advertising columnist, and a media and marketing reporter. For 10 years, he was a marketing and media columnist for Advertising Age. Mr. Rothenberg has written for a score of major national magazines, among them Esquire, GQ, The Nation, The New York Times Magazine, and New York Magazine. He is the author of four books, including Where the Suckers Moon: An Advertising Story (Alfred A. Knopf, 1994), a critically-acclaimed chronicle of the birth, evolution, and death of a single advertising campaign.

Mr. Rothenberg, an avid nature, urban, and portrait photographer, serves on the Board of Directors of the International Center of Photography and the Board of Overseers of the Columbia Journalism Review. He received an undergraduate degree in Classics from Princeton and lives in New York City.

Commissioner Geoffrey Starks believes that communications technology has the potential to be one of the most powerful forces on Earth for promoting equality and opportunity. To unlock that potential, however, all Americans must have access. From combatting internet inequality to advocating for diversity in employment, entrepreneurship, and media ownership, Commissioner Starks fights for policies designed to ensure that modern communications technology empowers every American.

Because high-quality broadband is essential to participating in our economy and society, Commissioner Starks has been a champion for the millions of Americans who lack access to or cannot afford a home internet connection. As a native Kansan, he understands the communications needs of rural America. He has consistently advocated for broadband deployment that helps rural communities tap into economic and educational opportunities that may not be close to home, which both encourages young people to stay and attracts new residents and employers.

Bringing a wealth of enforcement experience to the Commission, Commissioner Starks advocates for consumer protection and accountability, particularly in managing the Universal Service Fund. Before he was appointed Commissioner, Starks helped lead the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau, handling a wide variety of complex investigations. At the Department of Justice, he served as a senior advisor to the Deputy Attorney General on a variety of domestic and international law enforcement matters and received the Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service—the highest honor award a DOJ employee can receive.

Commissioner Starks is also a leader on national security policy, working to eliminate untrustworthy equipment from America’s communications networks. His Find It, Fix It, Fund It initiative brought national attention to the urgent need to support small and rural companies as they work to make their networks more secure. With regard to personal data security, while Commissioner Starks fully supports the promise of advanced wireless service and other cutting-edge technologies—and works to ensure that all communities share in the benefits of these advancements—he also fully appreciates the potentially intrusive powers of some communications technologies and is vigilant to ensure against any uses of those powers that would promote illegal discrimination or compromise personal privacy.

Before he entered federal public service, Commissioner Starks practiced law at Williams & Connolly, clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, served as a legislative staffer in the Illinois State Senate, and worked as a financial analyst. Commissioner Starks graduated from Harvard College with high honors and Yale Law School. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Lauren, and their two children.

Farah Zaman is Chief Privacy Officer of Meredith Corporation, the leading multi-platform media company, reaching more than 190 million consumers each month and nearly 95% of U.S. women. Farah, the first person to hold this role, is responsible for leading Meredith’s privacy compliance, education and protection strategy across all of its businesses.

Farah has spent her career working with various companies on privacy and data-sharing issues while promoting innovation and efficiency. Prior to joining Meredith, she was Senior Global Data Privacy Counsel of Colgate Palmolive, where she led the company’s global data privacy program and guided the global legal organization, stakeholders and senior leadership on data privacy matters. Farah also served as Senior Counsel of Privacy for Nielsen.

She began her career in government as a post-graduate legal fellow in the New York City Mayor’s Office for International Affairs and subsequently as an Agency Attorney in the Office of Data Privacy for the New York City Human Resources Administration/Department of Social Services.

Farah currently serves on the Advisory Board of The Resolution Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that aims to create a generation of leaders with a lifelong commitment to social responsibility, and she is a member of Chief, a network focused on connecting and supporting women leaders. Farah also serves as a member of the Carnegie Mellon Board of Advisers for the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences. She previously served as Chair of the International Women’s Rights Committee of the New York County Women’s Bar Association.

Farah was recognized as a C-Suite honoree in the 2019 FOLIO 100 awards.

She earned a B.S. in decision science and international relations from Carnegie Mellon University and received a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.