comScore, leading cross-platform measurement company that quantifies audiences, brands and consumer behavior everywhere, today announced that Carol DiBattiste will join comScore as General Counsel & Chief Privacy and People Officer on January 23rd, 2017 .
Most recently, she served as the Executive in Charge and Vice Chairman of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
DiBattiste will succeed Chris Lin , current Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer, who joined comScore in 2001.
Extensive experience in Public and Private sectors
A recognized expert in legal, compliance, enterprise risk and change management, DiBattiste brings extensive legal, privacy, compliance and human resources leadership experience from both the public and private sectors.
In the private sector, DiBattiste served as Chief Privacy Officer at ChoicePoint, where she also served as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. ChoicePoint was acquired by Reed Elsevier /LexisNexis during her tenure. At LexisNexis/ Reed Elsevier , she served as Senior Vice President, Privacy and Security. She has also served as General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer at Geeknet, Inc., and Chief Legal, Privacy and Administrative Officer at Education Management Corporation. Previously, DiBattiste was a partner in the international law firm of Holland & Knight where her specialties included government relations, corporate diversity counseling, and civil and criminal litigation.
DiBattiste’s public sector work has included senior executive positions in the Departments of Defense, Justice, and Homeland Security. Among her many distinguished roles, she served as the Under Secretary of the United States Air Force , Department of Defense , confirmed by the U.S. Senate , where she led a $70Bn, 710,000 military and civilian department responsible for recruiting, training and education, and readiness, and earlier as Principal Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. Navy. She was also the Deputy Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security , where she led a $5.3Bn, 55,000-employee agency.
She also served as a federal prosecutor and Deputy United States Attorney in the Southern District of Florida and as the Director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys , where she led the operations of the 93 United States Attorneys Offices nationwide.
DiBattiste graduated with a B.A. from LaSalle University, and has a J.D. from Temple University School of Law and an LL.M. from Columbia University School of Law. In addition, she has completed the Strategic Leadership Program at Harvard Business School and served in the U.S. Air Force as an officer and judge advocate (JAG).
Image over the headline.- The Honorable Carol DiBattiste, Under Secretary of the Air Force, accepts a squadron coin from US Air Force Major Dorothy Silvanic, 31st Maintenance Commander, Aviano Air Base, Italy. Ms DiBattiste stopped at Aviano Air Base on 27th August 2000 to meet with troops and families and talk about recruiting and retention. Source of the image, U.S. Government National Archives Catalog. To watch the original photo, click here
