Certification Advisory Board
If you are a privacy professional with demonstrated subject matter expertise in the areas covered under IAPP privacy credentialing programs, we encourage you to serve on these boards. The IAPP Certification Advisory Board meets regularly via teleconference to provide overall governance for the programs, including making policy decisions.
Certification Advisory Board members

Lori Baker
AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPT, FIP
Vice President, Data Protection and Regulatory Compliance
DIFC

Anthony Cheng
AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPM

Arundati Dandapani
CIPP/C, CIPM
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Professor
Generation1.ca

Laurie Dzien
CIPP/US, CIPM
Chief Privacy Officer and Associate General Counsel
FINRA

Mark Francis
AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPT, FIP, PLS
Partner
Holland & Knight LLP

Lucie Fustec
AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPM

Gretchen Herault
CIPP/US, CIPM, PLS
Principal
vCPO LLC

David Hickey
CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP
Head of Data Protection and Privacy Consulting
Waystone Compliance

Ana Maria de la Higuera López-Frías
CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP
Manager - Technology Risk

Kiril Kalev
AIGP, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, FIP
Director, Privacy
Paysafe

Simone Lahorgue Nunes
CIPP/E, CIPM, CDPO/BR
Partner
Lahorgue Advogadas Associadas

Paul Lanois
CIPP/A, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, FIP
Director, Global Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
FieldFisher

Jesse Lewis Wilkins
CIPP/US, CIPM
President and Principal Consultant
Athro Consulting

Gary McPartland
CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, FIP
Director
Grant Thornton

MERCY MUTINDI MUEMA
CIPM, CIPT
General Counsel & Global Director Compliance
Wasoko

Fred Oberholzer
CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, FIP
EMEA Privacy Director and Group DPO
Canon

Christopher Pahl
CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, FIP
Chief Privacy Officer
County of Santa Clara

Jigisha Pardanani
CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP
Privacy Officer
SMBC MANUBANK

Nikhil Sarnot
CIPT
Managing Director
Accenture

Joerg Thomas
CIPP/CN, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP
EU DPO, Director of Data Protection Office
Huawei

Sylvia (Pei) Zhang
CIPP/A, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP
APAC Privacy Lead Counsel
Align Technology
Become a board member
The application period for leadership positions, including Advisory Board members, KnowledgeNet Chapter Chairs and Young Privacy Professionals, opens every September through our annual call for volunteers.