J. Trevor Hughes is the president and CEO of the IAPP, the professional home for privacy, AI governance and digital responsibility globally. With over 90,000 members in more than 150 countries, the IAPP provides training, certification, publications, research, events and networking opportunities to respond to growing need for professionals to manage the intersections of data, technology and humanity.
A native of Canada, Trevor previously served as the executive director of the Network Advertising Initiative and the Email Sender and Provider Coalition.
Trevor is widely recognized as a leading digital policy expert on the global stage. He is a sought-after speaker, appearing at SXSW, RSA Conference, TEDx, the Global Privacy Assembly and more. Recent speaking engagements have included International Data Privacy Symposium in Kingston, Jamaica, AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, V2 Security Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the AI Governance & Privacy Symposium at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. He has lectured extensively around the world, including at Harvard, MIT, London School of Economics, Trinity College Dublin, University of Texas at Austin, and Northeastern University Law School.
Trevor has contributed to media outlets such as The New York Times, TechCrunch and Wired and has testified on issues of privacy, surveillance and privacy-sensitive technologies before U.S. Congress, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, British Parliament and more.
He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Maine School of Law, where he has taught privacy law as an adjunct professor for over 20 years.
