Linn E freedman: director, roger williams university and roger williams university law school.

Linn Foster Freedman is an attorney, group leader, former deputy chief, Department of Attorney General, and a nationally recognized expert in the area of privacy and data protection. With a focus on privacy and security law, health care law, HIPAA compliance, and complex litigation, Freedman is an adviser to a variety of public and private organizations in need of developing strategies to mitigate risk.

Freedman is sought after by organizations ranging from start-up to Fortune 100 companies and across a variety of regulated and nonregulated industries. Working at the most senior levels, she focuses on establishing measures with an enterprise approach that protects stakeholders and helps them develop defensible and reasonable approaches to regulatory requirements and data breaches.

Since 2007, Linn has been the leader of law firm Nixon Peabody's Privacy and Data Protection group. Freedman offers stewardship related to legal, compliance, and brand risk during a data breach.

Freedman is a member of the board of directors of Roger Williams University and Roger Williams University Law School, Rhode Island Business Group on Health, and is president of the Foundation for Rhode Island Day Schools, along with other state commission assignments. She also serves on the advisory board for Women...