Management Team


 

Selena Rice, PhD

Events Lead

Selena is a Scientific Coordinator at the Carnegie Institution for Science with projects focused on improving diversity in STEM fields. She has volunteered at the WISP booth at DEFCON and has led several events for the community both in San Francisco and virtually.

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Christina Morillo

Pipeline Lead

Christina is a New York City based Principal Security Consultant and Microsoft Cloud Security Lead at Trimarc, as well as an author of 97 Things Every Information Security Professional, Should Know, O'Reilly (2021). She is an information security and technology leader focused on helping organizations improve their cloud and identity security posture.

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Hilal Temel, LLM, CIPP/E

Tandems Lead / London Management Team

Hilal is currently working at Slaughter and May as a privacy lawyer. Previously she worked at Meta as data protection counsel.

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Aku Odunton, JD, CIPP/E

WISP London Co-Lead/Co-Founder London Local Group

Aku is a NYC bar-admitted attorney with over 9 years of experience in regulatory compliance, operational and policy matters in both the financial and tech industries. She has been at Meta for over 6 years and is currently a Global Product Privacy Policy Manager, based in London. Prior to Meta she worked at Goldman Sachs in both the New York and London Offices.

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Tamara Momirov, LLM, CIPP/US

NYC Co-Lead

Tamara is a corporate and privacy attorney (licensed in NY), with experiences working and building privacy frameworks in startups and major tech companies (Yahoo!, Meta). She currently works as a VP, Legal & Privacy in a mobile game company.

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Jas Johal

NYC Co-Lead / London Management Team

Jas is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Privacy & Data Compliance team, sat in A&M’s Dispute & Investigations practice in London.  She brings over 12 years of dedicated privacy consulting experience, leading global teams to support financial, technology and media clients with developing and implementing international privacy programs, operationalizing legal requirements and addressing cross border data transfers. 

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Nicole Dove, CIA, CRMA

Creative Director, Podcasts

Nicole is Head of Security Engineering for the Games Division @ Riot Games, producer of the Urban Girl Corporate World podcast, speaker, board member, university lecturer and LinkedIn Learning Instructor.

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Samara Starkman, JD, LLM, CIPM, CIPP/C

WISP Toronto Lead

Samara is the Co-Founder and Managing Principal of INQ Consulting and a Partner at INQ Law. She provides privacy advisory services, focusing on developing business-focused privacy programs.

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Sophie Sohm, LLB, MBA, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP

WISP DACH Lead

As a Privacy Lawyer and a Data Lawyer, I bring a wealth of experience gained from working in prestigious law firms, the European Parliament, and Meta. My expertise lies in the areas of strategic thinking, legal advice, data policy, privacy, and AI.

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Thaís Teixeira Bento LLM; LLM/Eur; CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPP/US

Co-Lead WISP DACH Group

Thaís is a Privacy and Data Protection Legal Counsel (LLM and LLM/Eur) with expertise in corporate law, contracts, compliance, data protection, privacy, AI and cybersecurity, focusing on in-house legal counseling. Her passion is innovation and bringing the best compliant legal solutions tailored for business.

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Mavis Mak, JD, CIPP/C

Toronto Event Lead

Mavis Mak is a seasoned privacy lawyer and Certified Information Privacy Professional. Mavis has experience managing all aspects of an organization's privacy program, including negotiating privacy terms for all types of commercial agreements and data sharing agreements. She has earned a reputation for being a customer-focused and pragmatic privacy leader with more than 10 years of experience working in various industries including professional services, telecommunications, health care and banking.

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Kimberly Lancaster, Privacy, InfoSec & GRC Professional

Fundraising Co-Lead

Kimberly is a experienced Privacy & InfoSec, GRC Professional who also is dedicated to supporting organizations promoting the advancement and alignment of these areas. Kimberly is a Board Member for WISP, an Advisor for XRSI and an Evangelist for TROPT, while also being a volunteer for several non-profits.

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Pavan Gill

WISP Volunteer

Pavan is a Associate Data Protection Officer (DPO) at Meta. Pavan is interested in issues related to digital ethics; the use of innovative technologies; behavioral advertising and ad tech; and, empowering organizations to use data in order to promote strategic data-driven business initiatives and promote the greater social good and protection of individuals.

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Talya Parker

WISP Volunteer

Talya Parker is the Founder and Executive Director of the BGiC Foundation, also known as, Black Girls in Cyber. Talya is a Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Risk Management professional with over nine years of advisory, consulting, and industry experience combined; and has worked with top corporations like Deloitte, Nike, Georgia Technology Research Institute (GTRI), and is currently, a Privacy Engineer at Google.

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Lisa Hawke

Management Team Volunteer

Lisa is Chief Legal Officer at LifeOmic, a software company focused on wellness. She served as WISP Vice Chair from 2019-2021, and an Events Team Lead volunteer.

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Ashley Tolbert

WISP Volunteer (Former Vice-Chair)

Senior Security Engineer, Netflix. Former Security Engineer, Stanford University's Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). Diverse background in researching cyber security at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab and modeling software for the deep space habitat at NASA Ames. Master’s of science in Information Security, Carnegie Mellon University.

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