This elite group, comprised of experts in the field, personally nominates all invitees and develops the Agenda, which forms the basis of our discussions.
Forum Overview
Dates: March 2 - 4, 2025
Location: Washington, D.C.
The Forum is an annual meeting of senior corporate cybersecurity executives and a select group of specialist advisors. Participants will include: CISOs, CSOs and CIOs from Fortune 500 companies and their in-house counsel, along with outside counsel, cybersecurity consultants and academics.
Using candid, seminar-style discussions, the goal of the Forum is to provide an opportunity for everyone to share experiences and perspectives, and collectively ‘raise the water table’ on effective management in this field.
2025 Steering Committee
Committee Chair
Committee Members
Doug Meal is currently an Adjunct Professor of Cybersecurity Litigation at Cleveland State University College of Law and Boston College Law School. He is also a member of the AAA’s National Roster of Arbitrators and in that capacity regularly serves as an arbitrator in complex business and commercial disputes. During his long career as a practicing trial lawyer, he defended numerous clients targeted by litigation and government investigations stemming from major privacy and cybersecurity incidents. Based on that work, Chambers USA named Doug as the first-ever “Band 1” litigator in the Privacy and Data Security category, describing him as being “regarded by market sources as the leading privacy litigator in the USA” and “the dean of the data breach litigation Bar." Doug’s many private-practice successes included leading the team that prevailed in the closely watched LabMD v. FTC litigation, convincing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to become the first court ever to overturn a cybersecurity enforcement action by the FTC. Doug has been recognized seven times as one of The Cybersecurity Docket’s Incident Response 40 — a list of the top 40 incident response lawyers in the United States. He is also a six-time Law360 Privacy MVP.
Alejandro Mosquera (New York) is the Assistant General Counsel (Privacy, Cybersecurity, and AI) at Chime, where he leads the legal practice on privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. Prior to joining Chime in 2024, Mr. Mosquera served as Global Head of Privacy and Data Governance Counsel at KKR. Earlier in his career, he was an Assistant General Counsel at MUFG, where he led the Data Practice Group, and an associate at Sidley Austin LLP in New York.
Mr. Mosquera holds a J.D. from the Universidad de los Andes, an M.I.A. in International Finance and Management from Columbia University, and an L.L.M. from The University of Chicago Law School. He is certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals as a Privacy Law Specialist, Certified Information Privacy Professional (US), Certified Information Privacy Manager, and Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional.
Patrick Nowlin grew up in Waco, Texas, where he graduated from Baylor University with a B.A. in Political Science. During his time at Baylor and before law school, Patrick served as a Legislative Aide in the Texas House of Representatives. He received his J.D. from the University of Arkansas School of Law and has stayed in the northwest Arkansas region since 2011. After law school, Patrick joined Walmart where he has helped the company navigate compliance and legal issues ranging from product safety to cybersecurity. In his current role on the Legal team, Patrick focuses on:
- developing Walmart’s public policy strategy for monitoring, communicating, and collaborating on legislative developments related to privacy & cybersecurity;
- investigating and responding to suspected data incidents; and
- implementing cybersecurity and incident mitigation controls.
Forum Director
Brenna joins Cambridge Forums with 20 years of experience in events, fundraising, and development. She has spent most of her career in the music industry, working for the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, overseeing the planning of high-profile events like the JUNO awards. Most recently, she launched a successful national advocacy campaign for the live music sector resulting in significant relief funding from the federal government.
Her early career involved raising funds and executing events for non-profit organizations and foundations, including the University of Toronto and the Ireland Fund of Canada. Brenna looks forward to her role as Forum Director to blend her experience and passion for bringing people together and fostering meaningful connections.
She is a mother of two, a fitness enthusiast, and is best known for her sense of humour.
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SPONSORING THIS FORUM
The Steering Committee would like to thank the following sponsors for their support of the Cambridge Forum for Cybersecurity Leaders.
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Thank you to our sponsor
We are pleased to announce that Stroz Friedberg Digital Forensics & Incident Response will once again be hosting all participants for a Networking Reception and Dinner on Monday, March 3, 2025. We would like to thank Stroz Friedberg Digital Forensics & Incident Response for their continued support of the Cambridge Forum for Cybersecurity Leaders.
About Stroz Friedberg Digital Forensics & Incident Response
Aon’s Cyber Solutions, offering Stroz Friedberg Digital Forensics and Incident Response, collaborates with organizations in their risk journey. With decades of experience managing cyber risk, our leading team in digital forensics, incident response, and investigations drives impactful results to help ensure clients are better advised and guide businesses through the maze of complexities found at the intersection of law, technology, investigations, compliance and security science.
We seek truth—uncovering facts and evidence ethically—to help organizations address their most significant risk issues. Sometimes we are called in after an incident to perform an investigation, while other times we help clients assess how prepared and protected they are from threats. Our clients call us, and we’re at our best, when the stakes are high and the potential for damage is great. Our goal is to maximize the health of an organization, ensuring its longevity and protection, building sustained cyber resilience.
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Thought Leadership
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