Rebecca “Becky” Richards is Chief, ODNI Civil Liberties, Privacy, and Transparency Office. In this role, she serves as an independent, primary advisor to the Director of National Intelligence and other senior DNI officials to ensure that the Intelligence Community's missions, programs, activities, policies, and technologies protect privacy and civil liberties. She serves as ODNI's primary liaison with the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), the designated ODNI Senior Agency Official for Privacy, and ODNI's Information Sharing Environment Privacy Official. She also leads the effort to implement the Principles of Intelligence Transparency for the Intelligence Community.

Ms. Richards earned a Master’s degree in international trade and Investment policy and a Master’s degree in business administration from George Washington University. She received her B.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she graduated magna cum laude. She holds certifications from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), the world’s largest information privacy organization. Ms. Richards was a contributing author to the book “Building a Privacy Program: A Practitioner’s Guide.”