Emily is an attorney with extensive experience advising internal and external stakeholders on privacy, data protection, risk, risk mitigation, and emerging technology issues. She has served as VP, Associate General Counsel - Privacy, at Medidata, a technology company that develops and markets SaaS for clinical trials.  Previously, Emily was Chief Data Privacy Counsel at Colgate-Palmolive Company, where she was responsible for the establishment and maintenance of a comprehensive global data privacy compliance program for 29 brands worldwide. Before going in-house, Emily was an eDiscovery, Privacy, and Litigation associate at law firms in New York City; Geneva, Switzerland; and Tampa, Florida where she counseled a wide range of clients on issues ranging from discovery management processes, records and information governance, data privacy and security, artificial intelligence, and products liability litigation. She graduated from Emory University School of Law with a JD and from Emory University with a bachelor’s degree.