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Melissa Bateman Fitzgerald

Chief Privacy Officer

Mass General Brigham

Boston, MA

Ms. Fitzgerald is a seasoned privacy attorney with more than two decades of experience advising global organizations on data governance, digital strategy and privacy law. At Mass General Brigham, she oversees enterprisewide data privacy operations spanning academic medical centers, community hospitals, ambulatory practices and the system’s health plan. She leads efforts to embed privacy by design across digital initiatives and is driving systemwide frameworks for AI governance, ethical data use and lifecycle management. Prior to joining Mass General Brigham, Ms. Fitzgerald held senior leadership roles including privacy officer and AI center of excellence co-founder at Olympus, head of privacy operations at Dell Technologies, and general counsel at Gryphon Networks.

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