Principal, Wallace Tech Law, LLC
Lauren Wallace advises organizations adopting and scaling AI in complex, highly regulated environments, with a focus on practical governance, risk management, and ethical deployment. Her work is grounded in hands-on experience implementing data governance, privacy, and AI compliance at the enterprise level, including serving as Chief Legal & Privacy Officer at RadarFirst.
Clients engage Lauren to translate evolving AI, privacy, and technology requirements into governance frameworks that work in practice, aligned to business objectives, product realities, and organizational maturity. She works closely with executive teams, legal, product, and technology leaders to design policies, operating models, and risk controls that enable innovation while managing regulatory, reputational, and trust risk.
Lauren’s background spans venture-backed startups, enterprise legal leadership, and business development roles at Apple and Microsoft, bringing a rare combination of legal rigor, operational pragmatism, and technology fluency. She holds multiple IAPP certifications in privacy and artificial intelligence and is a sought-after speaker on AI governance, responsible innovation, and emerging risk. Based in Portland, Oregon, she advises organizations seeking to responsibly implement AI while scaling their businesses, with confidence, credibility, and ethical integrity.
AI tools are already embedded across nonprofit operations, from fundraising and program delivery to HR and constituent engagement. Using these powerful tools comes with risks, and not just from novel AI laws or rogue innovation. They come from well-intended teams using deceptively simple tools in ways that unintentionally trigger existing privacy, confidentiality, and sector-specific legal obligations. In this session, technology and privacy attorney Lauren Wallace explores where AI-related legal risk actually shows up in nonprofit environments, using real-world scenarios from education, healthcare, and donor engagement. Participants will gain a practical understanding of how AI amplifies familiar risks, why contracts and governance—not just policies—matter, and how leadership teams can make informed decisions about AI adoption without slowing innovation or losing sight of mission.
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