About the IAPP

Courtney Barton, CIPP/US is the Head of Privacy Strategy & Counsel at WireWheel, the next generation of privacy-as-a-service software companies. Courtney has extensive experience as in-house counsel and counseling clients on privacy, cybersecurity and information management issues, as well as a broad range of compliance and litigation matters.  She has experience as both an outside counsel at AM Law 100 law firms and as in-house counsel at Fortune 500 companies.  She has been a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals since 2009 and was the Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the association of Corporate Counsel’s Data Privacy and Security forum for the National Capital Region.  She is an Advisory Board member of the Georgetown Cybersecurity law Institute and a former Advisory Board member for the Information Governance Initiative. Courtney also sits on the IAPP Privacy Bar Advisory board.  Courtney is a graduate of Colby College, received her J.D. cum laude from Tulane Law School and an M.P.H. from Harvard University.  She is a member of the District of Columbia, Virginia and Louisiana State bars.