Dominique Shelton Leipzig is a Mayer Brown Privacy & Cybersecurity Partner. Leading Global Data Innovation, 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 3 trillion USD have benefited from her insights. Trust. Responsible AI, Innovation, Privacy & Data Leadership is her fourth book.Trust distills trends in 100 countries into six key governance steps to minimize risks that every leader should know. Read A framework for assessing AI risk, covering Dominique’s recent talk at MIT about the book.
Her articles include a Financial Times op-ed concerning cross-border transfers, that the White House adopted. She founded the Digital Trust Summit for leaders to reimagine effective data oversight. Named a Diligent Modern Governance 100 leader, a “Privacy Vanguard” for achieving “greatness in privacy” and a LA Times “Legal Visionary,” she has won 27 awards.
Her appearances on Bloomberg Television and CBS News provide reference. Dominique has provided master classes on AI for (1) NASDAQ Center for Board Excellence & Wharton Alumni for Boards; (2) NACD’s Technology & Innovation Conference, (3) The Conference Board’s CEO podcast, The CED executive briefings and the ESG committee AI briefing, (4) Diligent’s AI Master Class Certification and Diligent’s Governance 100 conference; (5) BDO’s Board Forum; (6) Berkeley Haas School of Business NextGen Director’s Program, among others. She will be presenting this fall at the Conscious Capital CEO conference, the Latino Corporate Board Association Annual Summit, among other locations. She has also presented on the topics of AI, cyber and privacy to the boards of numerous public and private companies in the financial, healthcare, insurance, retail, and technology sectors. Her TedX talk released in May 2024 titled “In the Age of AI, Trust is key” has already had over 1 million views. She is certified in AI Governance, and Board Governance.
A board member of the AI Governance Center and the International Association of Privacy Professionals, she is certified in privacy, artificial intelligence governance and board governance. Dominique is the co-founder of NxtWork, dedicated to diverse leadership.