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Cameron Kerry
Cameron Forbes Kerry (born September 6, 1950) is an American attorney and policy researcher known for his work on privacy, cross-border data flows, and artificial intelligence governance.[citation needed] He is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution. He previously served as general counsel and acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Cameron Forbes Kerry was born in Washington, D.C. He is the fourth child of U.S. diplomat Richard Kerry and Rosemary Forbes of the Forbes family. He is the younger brother of John Kerry. Cameron Kerry graduated from Harvard College in 1972 and Boston College Law School in 1978.[citation needed]
After law school, Kerry served as law clerk to U.S. Senior Circuit Judge Elbert Tuttle from 1978 to 1979. He then joined Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in Washington, D.C as an associate, before moving to Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo in Boston, where he became an associate and partner. He was an adjunct professor of Telecommunications Law at Suffolk University Law School from 1997 to 2002.[better source needed]
On April 20, 2009, President Obama nominated Kerry, and on May 21, 2009, he was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate as the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce. In this role, Kerry was the principal legal advisor to the Secretary of Commerce and third-ranking secretarial officer. He served as the department's chief legal officer and oversaw the work of over 325 lawyers in 14 offices. Kerry also served as the department's chief ethics officer and co-chaired the secretary's Internet Policy Task Force.[better source needed]
Kerry was appointed acting United States Secretary of Commerce on June 1, 2013, and resumed his position as general counsel on June 26, 2013, when Penny Pritzker was sworn in as the 38th Secretary of Commerce. As the General Counsel of the Department of Commerce, Kerry was the principal legal advisor to the Secretary of Commerce and third-ranking secretarial officer. He resigned his position on September 4, 2013.[better source needed]
In December 2013, Kerry joined the Governance Studies program and the Center for Technology Innovation as the first Ann R. & Andrew H. Tisch Distinguished Visiting Fellow with the Brookings Institution.
At Brookings, Kerry leads two efforts: The Privacy Debate, a convening and publications series on U.S. privacy legislation, and The Forum for Cooperation on AI (FCAI), a series of roundtables seeking to identify avenues of cooperation on international AI regulation, standards, and research and development.[better source needed]
Kerry co-founded and helps lead FCAI, a collaboration between Brookings and the Centre for European Policy Studies.
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Cameron Kerry
Cameron Forbes Kerry (born September 6, 1950) is an American attorney and policy researcher known for his work on privacy, cross-border data flows, and artificial intelligence governance.[citation needed] He is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution. He previously served as general counsel and acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Cameron Forbes Kerry was born in Washington, D.C. He is the fourth child of U.S. diplomat Richard Kerry and Rosemary Forbes of the Forbes family. He is the younger brother of John Kerry. Cameron Kerry graduated from Harvard College in 1972 and Boston College Law School in 1978.[citation needed]
After law school, Kerry served as law clerk to U.S. Senior Circuit Judge Elbert Tuttle from 1978 to 1979. He then joined Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in Washington, D.C as an associate, before moving to Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo in Boston, where he became an associate and partner. He was an adjunct professor of Telecommunications Law at Suffolk University Law School from 1997 to 2002.[better source needed]
On April 20, 2009, President Obama nominated Kerry, and on May 21, 2009, he was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate as the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce. In this role, Kerry was the principal legal advisor to the Secretary of Commerce and third-ranking secretarial officer. He served as the department's chief legal officer and oversaw the work of over 325 lawyers in 14 offices. Kerry also served as the department's chief ethics officer and co-chaired the secretary's Internet Policy Task Force.[better source needed]
Kerry was appointed acting United States Secretary of Commerce on June 1, 2013, and resumed his position as general counsel on June 26, 2013, when Penny Pritzker was sworn in as the 38th Secretary of Commerce. As the General Counsel of the Department of Commerce, Kerry was the principal legal advisor to the Secretary of Commerce and third-ranking secretarial officer. He resigned his position on September 4, 2013.[better source needed]
In December 2013, Kerry joined the Governance Studies program and the Center for Technology Innovation as the first Ann R. & Andrew H. Tisch Distinguished Visiting Fellow with the Brookings Institution.
At Brookings, Kerry leads two efforts: The Privacy Debate, a convening and publications series on U.S. privacy legislation, and The Forum for Cooperation on AI (FCAI), a series of roundtables seeking to identify avenues of cooperation on international AI regulation, standards, and research and development.[better source needed]
Kerry co-founded and helps lead FCAI, a collaboration between Brookings and the Centre for European Policy Studies.
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