Lauren Wu

Lauren Wu, Esq., CIPP/US, is a privacy, compliance, and leadership expert and keynote speaker who brings deep healthcare and technology experience to conversations about data governance, ethical innovation, and human-centered leadership.

She has spent more than a decade advising companies at the intersection of law, health, and emerging technology, serving in senior legal and privacy leadership roles at Evidation Health, Roche Molecular Solutions, and Genomic Health (now Exact Sciences). Her work focused on privacy, regulation, and ethical decision-making, often behind the scenes, where policies, timelines, and incentives quietly shape who bears the cost of success.

Two years ago, Lauren experienced a significant health event that required her to step away from her executive career. What followed was not just recovery, but a reckoning. She began to see how many of the systems we call efficient or high-performing depend on people pushing past their limits—and how often that strain is framed as personal failure rather than a design flaw.

Today, Lauren speaks about rethinking power: not as endurance, control, or constant output, but as the ability to design systems that allow people to stay whole. She invites audiences to reconsider what strength looks like when empathy and authenticity are treated as assets rather than liabilities.

A frequent writer, educator, and speaker, Lauren also trains leaders on navigating risk without losing trust. She serves on the board of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) and recently taught privacy and data governance as an adjunct instructor at Northwestern University School of Law. She is regularly sought out by the media for commentary and expert analysis.