Nuala O'Connor Moves On From Amazon To Become CDT President & CEO

Placed by JW Michaels & Co.'s legal recruiting team in 2012, Nuala O’Connor will be moving on from her role as Vice President of Compliance & Customer Trust and as Associate General Counsel for Privacy & Data Protection for Amazon to join the Center for Democracy & Technology team as President & CEO.

1. “Nuala is a brilliant choice to lead CDT. She is a passionate advocate for civil liberties, highly expert about the emerging global challenges and fully committed to CDT’s mission. She is a bold leader who will guide CDT into its next chapter. I have had the honor of working with CDT’s talented and thoughtful team for almost nine years. I am confident that they will thrive with Nuala at the helm,” said Leslie Harris, former CDT President & CEO.
2. O’Connor, who is originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, holds an A.B. from Princeton University, an M.Ed. from Harvard University, and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. She currently serves on numerous nonprofit boards, and is the recipient of a number of national awards, including the IAPP Vanguard Award, the Executive Women’s Forum’s Woman of Influence award, and was named to the Federal 100, but is most proud of having been named “Geek of the Week” by the Minority Media & Telecom Council in May 2013.