About the IAPP

Courtney Lang is Vice President of Policy for Trust, Data, and Technology at the Information Technology industry Council. In this role, she directs ITI’s global AI policy work, including ITI’s AI Committee -- a group aimed at crafting action-oriented AI policy recommendations and addressing emerging questions around AI. She has led efforts to develop broad-based recommendations for policymakers on AI, including ITI’s recently released AI Accountability Framework. She also manages ITI’s cybersecurity policy portfolio. 

Courtney is also a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center, where she focuses on global Artificial Intelligence policy, including how to foster the responsible development and use of AI while allowing for continued innovation. She is particularly interested in the intersection of AI technology, competitiveness, and geopolitics and seeks to incorporate these themes in her work. She also serves as an expert to the OECD and the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI). 

Prior to joining ITI, Courtney worked at the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration (ITA), where she focused on understanding the business priorities of U.S. technology companies and devised strategies to help them overcome trade barriers in markets overseas. 

Courtney has been quoted in The New York Times, Politico, The Washington Post, Inside Cybersecurity, and other publications. Courtney holds an MA in Security Studies from Georgetown University and a BA in Political Science from Duke University.