Leadership
LaShaunné David, CIPP Director, VA Privacy Service Office of Information Security
Ms. David serves as Director of VA Privacy Service, where she leads department-wide efforts to embed privacy considerations in VA policy, program planning, operations and stakeholder communication; and advises on matters having privacy impact. Ms. David oversees, directs, and establishes short and long-term goals for VA’s Privacy Program to effectively safeguard the personal information of Veterans, VA employees, and other stakeholders. VA Privacy Service promotes and implements strategies to strengthen privacy, transparency, and accountability throughout the information life cycle from collection to destruction of personally-identifiable information (PII). Privacy Service further executes its mission through policy development and implementation, privacy risk identification, assessment, monitoring and reporting; incident management, communications and outreach, and personnel training. VA’s privacy professionals work across three VA Administrations (Health, Benefits, and National Cemeteries) and through more than 400 privacy officers serving as “privacy warriors” at the forefront of data privacy and information protection.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY:
- 2012 – Present Director, VA Privacy Service, Washington, DC
- 2008 – 2012 Deputy Chief Privacy Officer, US Citizenship & Immigration Services, WDC
- 1999 – 2008 Privacy Specialist/Statistician, US Census Bureau, Suitland MD
- 1998 – 1999 Registered Representative, The Prudential Insurance Company of America
- 1997 – 1998 Assistant Vice President and Banking Officer, Bank of America
- 1994 – 1997 Bank & Sales Manager, Signet Banking Corporation
EDUCATION:
- 1997 Masters Certificate in Project Management, The George Washington University, Washington DC
- 1992 Bachelor of Business Administration, Howard University, Washington DC