Ryan C. Smith
As Counsel, Compliance and Policy, Ryan works with the NAI team in conducting the NAI’s annual compliance reviews of member companies, and assists in the reviews and onboarding of new members. Ryan received his J.D. from the George Washington University Law School and has been admitted to practice in the District of Columbia. While in law school, Ryan interned with the NAI and clerked with the United States Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, where his work focused on data privacy law and policy. Ryan additionally served as a student attorney with the Health Rights Law Clinic. Prior to law school, Ryan worked for the Michigan House of Representatives and the litigation department of a multinational law firm.