About the IAPP

Rob Sherman is a Vice President of Policy at Meta and the company’s Deputy Chief Privacy Officer for Policy. He leads the company's efforts to develop and implement policy solutions across its products and services, with a particular focus on data protection and emerging technologies like AI and mixed reality, in collaboration with governments and global experts. Since joining the company in 2012, Rob’s work has influenced nearly every major Meta product, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, hardware like Meta Quest and Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, and Meta’s business product suite. He is a frequent speaker on innovation policy and privacy and has represented the company before governments on six continents, at universities around the world, and in multinational bodies like the W3C and global AI safety summits. Rob co-founded with IBM the AI Alliance, a global organization with more than 100 members who work together to promote open and responsible AI development. He lives outside Washington, D.C. with his wife and two daughters.