Rebecca Richards

Rebecca "Becky" Richards joined the National Security Agency as its first Director of Civil Liberties and Privacy in February 2014 and added Transparency to her title in 2017. Her primary job is to provide expert advice to the Director and senior leadership on civil liberties, privacy, and transparency activities. Previously, Richards served for almost 10 years in a variety of privacy-related leadership positions within the Department of Homeland Security. From August 2012 to October 2013, she was the Acting Deputy Chief Privacy Officer. More recently, she was the Senior Director for Privacy Compliance, responsible for leading the privacy compliance process throughout DHS, which had over 220,000 employees comprised of seven operational elements as well as headquarters components.