About the IAPP

Dr. Heather Domin is Global Leader, Responsible AI Initiatives, IBM Office of Privacy & Responsible Technology. She has been instrumental in developing and executing foundational practices in AI ethics and governance, including building IBM's Ethics by Design program and its Algorithmic Impact Assessment. As Associate Director of the Notre Dame - IBM Tеch Ethics Lab, she has shaped a robust industry-academic ecosystem and delivered novel research in areas such as AI risk and return on investment. As a World Economic Forum Fellow, she has provided executive and research leadership on research centered on generative AI. She has been named one of the 10 Best Leaders of the AI Age, Shaping a New Technological Era - 2024 by CIO Look.

Dr. Domin holds a Ph.D. in Business Analytics and Data Science.  She has professional certifications in AI Governance and multiple project management methodologies. These include the AI Governance Professional (AIGP), Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), and Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certifications. She has also provided leadership and made contributions to working groups such as the US AI Safety Institute Consortium Working Group, World Economic Forum AI Governance Alliance Responsible Applications and Transformation Working Group, XPRIZE Deep Tech Brain Trust, Data & Trust Alliance User Group for the Algorithmic Bias Safeguards for Workforce, NIST Generative AI Public Working Group, Ohio State University Program on Data and Governance's Expert Group on Responsible AI Management, and various IBM Open Innovation Community initiatives. She has also served as a subject matter expert to help craft the IAPP AI Governance Professional Body of Knowledge and its associated certification exam. She serves on the IAPP Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP) Exam Development Board. Deeply committed to advancing responsible technology, Dr. Domin writes and speaks about the topic across a diverse array of platforms and venues.