As the City of Seattle’s Chief Privacy Officer, Ginger has responsibility for five citywide programs addressing data protection, government transparency, and public trust, including Responsible AI and Privacy. Prior to this role, she worked for Microsoft as part of an international team of privacy specialists. She spent the first 20 years of her career working in sales and marketing for Fortune 500 companies such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Johnson & Johnson, and several medical technology startup companies.

Ginger completed her undergraduate degree in Political Science from Barnard College, Columbia University. As a recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Scholarship for Service Program (CyberCorps), she earned her master’s degree in Infrastructure Planning and Management from the University of Washington, focusing on critical infrastructure cyber resiliency.