Gail Gottehrer

Gail Gottehrer is a Vice President in the Legal Department at Del Monte Fresh Produce, where she’s responsible for Global Litigation, Labor & Employment, IT and Government Relations. She’s a member of the company’s Global Incident Response Team, Disclosure Committee, ESG Steering Committee, and Global Investigations Council.

Gail is a frequent speaker on cybersecurity, data privacy, and legal issues associated with the data collected and used by emerging technologies including AI, digital twins and autonomous vehicles. She founded the Cybersecurity Subcommittee of the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Technology and the Legal Profession and the National Association of Women Lawyers’ Intellectual Property and Technology Affinity Group. She has taught at Columbia University and guest lectured at Stanford University, The Wharton School and Syracuse University.

Gail served as a peer reviewer for Interpol’s Framework for Responding to a Drone Incident and as a speaker at Interpol’s 2019 Car Cyber Threats Expert Group Meeting.  A member of the Atomium – European Institute for Science, Media and Democracy’s AI4People Automotive Committee, she co-authored a paper, AI4People: Ethical Guidelines for the Automotive Sector – Fundamental Requirements and Practical Recommendations. She’s also a member of the ITU’s Focus Group on AI for Autonomous and Assisted Driving and a contributor to its published report, Automated Driving Safety Data Protocol – Ethical and Legal Considerations of Continual Monitoring.

When she’s not working, Gail enjoys watching sports, reading, solving the New York Times crossword puzzle (on a fairly regular basis) and spending time with family and friends.