About the IAPP

Megan Cristina was most recently Chief Privacy Officer and Data Protection Officer at Slack Technologies, where she built the privacy and data governance program from the ground up. Since leaving Slack, Megan has served as an Advisory Board member and consultant, assisting high-growth companies in building privacy and trust programs that scale.

Throughout her career, she has led the development, implementation, enforcement, and communication of global policies at high-growth startups and mature companies.

Megan’s experience spans a variety of privacy, policy, trust and safety roles. Prior to joining Slack, she was Director of Trust and Safety at Twitter, and prior to that, Senior Director of Ad Policy, Trust and Safety at Yahoo!. In both roles, Megan led the development, implementation and communication of global policies, while ensuring compliance. Her teams were responsible for advising product teams on features and policies supporting business objectives while creating a safe and trusted experience.