Mara Bales

Mara Bales is a dynamic business and technology attorney currently serving as the Director of Privacy Legal at Adobe, where they oversee the company's global privacy compliance program. With extensive past experience at Microsoft, Mara led the Data Protection Addendum updates and provided counsel on AI and privacy regulatory matters. They previously held roles at Cooley LLP and Productivity Exchange, focusing on compliance and contract development. Mara holds a JD from Syracuse University College of Law, a BS in Communications and Music from New York University and Juilliard, and an LLM in Asian and Comparative Law from the University of Washington School of Law.