Dominique Leipzig

Advisory Board Member

Dominique Shelton Leipzig is a Chambers ranked Mayer Brown Privacy & Cybersecurity Partner. Leading the firm’s Global Data Innovation team, she counsels CEOs and Board Members on smart digital governance. She has trained 50,000+ professionals in AI, privacy and cyber. For decades, Dominique has studied legal trends to accurately forecast digital risks and opportunities. Companies, with a collective market cap of over 3 trillion USD have benefited from her insights. She actively advises CEOs and Board Members about how to unlock the value of data by mitigating risks. Trust. Responsible AI, Innovation, Privacy & Data Leadership is her fourth book. An overview of the book is contained in this short MIT article titled A framework for assessing AI risk. Dominique’s appearances on Bloomberg Television and CBS News provide reference.

Her over 100 articles include a Financial Times op-ed containing a strategy for solving the cross-border EU data transfer stand-off that the White House adopted two years later. She founded the Digital Trust Summit at the Watson Institute of Brown University for business, academic and governmental leaders to reimagine effective data oversight.

Named a Diligent Modern Governance 100 leader, a NASDAQ/Equilar Top 50 Diverse Board Candidate, and a LA Times “Legal Visionary,” she has won 25 awards. A board member of the AI Governance Center and the International Association of Privacy Professionals, she is certified in privacy and board governance. Dominique is the co-founder of NxtWork, dedicated to diverse leadership.