About the IAPP

Jimma Elliott-Stevens is an entrepreneur, executive, accomplished leader, and business advisor who assists Government and commercial entities in meeting their global, end-to-end compliance needs. With more than 25 years’ experience working with data-driven technologies, Jimma has developed global expertise in legal and regulatory affairs relating to enterprise compliance, data privacy, cybersecurity, ethics and investigations, and risk management. Jimma has a long-standing history of advising C-suite and board executives.

Prior to branching out on her own, Jimma served as General Counsel, Privacy and Chief Privacy Officer for Thomson Reuters in Zug, Switzerland. She also held senior legal and advisory roles at Rackspace (cloud service provider), Infor (SaaS provider), PwC (Consulting), Axiom (In-house Consulting), and various agencies within the U.S. Federal Government.

In addition to performing global assessments and policy drafting, Jimma has deep experience leading large-scale litigation and investigations, managing government relations, and negotiating with regulators across the globe.

Jimma is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. She currently resides in Las Vegas, NV.