Jennifer White

About Jennifer White

I deliver a unique combination of strategic focus and roll-up my sleeves style. With over a decade of experience across 20+ industries, I’ve architected and operationalized enterprise-grade privacy and risk frameworks from the ground up, actively performed 600+ assessments, aligned efforts with NIST/ISO accountability and embed privacy-by-design into AI/ML/NLP product development.I excel at:• Influencing decisions by building respectful relationships and fluidly navigate across engineering, legal, cyber, and product stakeholders.• Thriving in fast-paced and ambiguous environments.• Integration practices. I have built five different privacy management platforms into the business.• Building programs. I have designed four privacy programs from inception to operational, with scalable and repeatable processes.• Incorporating third-party risk assessments into the overall compliance framework, including FCPA, AML, KYC, GLB, and SOX.• Critically evaluating vendor ecosystems/SaaS tools and embedding privacy by design principles into product roadmaps. Fluent in technical language.• Translating complex legal requirements into actionable technical solutions.• Training entire organizations with engaging content that informs and is relevant throughout the year.These immersive experiences resulted in measurable risk reduction for gaming (COPPA), wearables (biometrics), retail (domain features and proper notices) relocation services (immigration, serviced apartments), higher education (FERPA), and various emerging products and services that are deploying AI/ML/NLP models (AI Act; shifting requirements). No matter what the focus, transparency, evidentiary proof, documentation, metrics and audit/checkpoints are staples to the process and ongoing governance.Certified in CIPT, CIPP/E, with a specialty in Privacy & Cybersecurity Law, I bring deep expertise in global privacy and data laws including GDPR, PIPL, TCPA, VPPA, FIP, FERPA, COPPA, CCPA/CPRA and HIPAA. Whether I’m managing 400+ vendors or guiding product teams through privacy-preserving design, I lead with clarity, precision, and impact.If you\'re not sure about my ability to knock your socks off, send me a use case or problem and I will outline how I would approach and demonstrate what I can do to benefit your team and the organization overall. You\'ve literally got nothing to lose. And, yes, I can sign those NDA\'s.

Experience

1. Data Privacy Program Leader

   Choice Hotels International

   Oct 2025 — Present

Education

• Seton Hall University School of Law

  Masters in Privacy & Cybersecurity Data, Certificate

  2019 — 2020

• The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

  Data: Law, Policy and Regulation 2022-02-09, Algorithms & Profiling

• McMaster University

  Bachelor of Arts, Foreign Policy & International Relations

• International Association of Privacy Professionals

  Certified Information Privacy Professional - Europe, Privacy - GDPR

  2019 — 2019

• University of Phoenix

  MBA, Global Management

  2006 — 2008