Daniel Christensen, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, FIP

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NRG Energy, Inc.

Associate General Counsel, Vice President, and Head of Privacy

An In-House Counsel of the Year winner (2016) by the AZ Bar, ACC, and AZ Business Magazine, and Top 50 Pro Bono attorney, Daniel has served in C-suite, legal and board roles for Fortune 25, small business, and private equity living in four countries and five US states. Dan has a master’s degree from the University of Oxford (UK), a juris doctorate from the University of Utah, two bachelor’s degrees from BYU, four privacy certifications, and in 2022 became a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP) with the IAPP. 

 

Contributions by Daniel Christensen

  • Member of Training Advisory Board Privacy and Data Protection 2025 - 2026
  • Building the case: Get buy-in to minimize data across your organization
    Web Conference Speaker
  • AI in Data Retention: A Friend or a Foe?
    Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2023
  • Promise to Performance: Journey to Excellence with the Compliance Trifecta
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2023