About the IAPP

Travis LeBlanc is a partner at Cooley LLP and co-chair of the firm’s cyber/data/privacy practice. He is also a Presidentially nominated and Senate-confirmed member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Leblanc was previously the Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Bureau chief. Earlier, he served as senior advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris during her tenure as California attorney general, where he oversaw California's complex litigation and policy in areas such as high-tech crime, cybersecurity and privacy. He also worked in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel and was appointed in 2017 as an arbitrator of disputes under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. His education includes A.B., Princeton University; M.P.A., Harvard University; J.D., Yale Law School; LL.M., University of Cambridge.