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Caitlin Fennessy

International Association of Privacy Professionals

Caitlin is Vice President and Chief Knowledge Officer at the International Association of Privacy Professionals. In this role, she guides the strategic development of IAPP research, publications, communications, and programming. Prior to joining the IAPP, Caitlin was the Privacy Shield Director at the U.S. International Trade Administration, where she spent ten years working on international privacy and cross-border data flow policy issues. Caitlin also served as an adjunct professor of international privacy law at the University of Maine School of Law and University of New Hampshire School of Law. Caitlin has a master’s degree in public affairs from Princeton University and a bachelor’s degree in social policy from Northwestern University.