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Alya Sulaiman

Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer and Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Datavant

Alya Sulaiman JD, CIPP/US, leads compliance, privacy, and regulatory affairs at Datavant. As Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer, she drives Datavant’s compliance and privacy strategy and provides expertise on healthcare’s evolving regulatory framework for data access, use, and interoperability. Alya has substantial experience with digital health product counseling, and has worked with leading technology companies to guide the development, launch, and support of new software products and services. She also has deep expertise with artificial intelligence governance in healthcare, including guiding AI risk assessments and mitigation plans, vendor oversight, and training of key stakeholders.

Before joining Datavant, Alya was a partner at McDermott Will & Emery, where she helped innovators and healthcare companies address their AI, interoperability, and data strategy needs. Alya also previously worked at the intersection of healthcare and technology as corporate counsel and the director of health policy and regulatory affairs for Epic. Earlier in her career, she held roles leading privacy and legal functions at Manifest MedEX (formerly known as Cal INDEX), a multi-specialty healthcare provider, and an innovative software analytics company.