About the IAPP

Donna Roche is the Director of Data Governance and Privacy with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador in the Department of Health and Community Services. She has been involved in the use of data to inform decision making for almost 20 years and has worked in academia and government. During her career she has developed privacy management programs, data access services, lead a variety of analytics and surveillance initiatives, and has been involved in the development of various data governance models. She has knowledge and expertise in data governance and privacy, policy and planning, surveillance systems, research methods and ethics, digital health, and information management.

Donna holds a PhD in from Memorial University and has completed the Certified Information Privacy Professional/Canada (CIPP/C) certification.