Deven McGraw, JD, MPH, LLM
Chief Regulatory & Privacy Officer, Ciitizen Health
Deven McGraw is the Chief Regulatory and Privacy Officer for Citizen Health, a platform for patients to gather, manage, and share their complete health histories (previously known as Ciitizen and recently divested from Invitae). From 2015-2017, she directed U.S. health privacy and security as Deputy Director, Health Information Privacy at the HHS Office for Civil Rights and Chief Privacy Officer (Acting) of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.
Widely recognized for her expertise in health privacy, she directed the Health Privacy Project at the Center for Democracy & Technology for six years, testifying before Congress on health privacy issues on multiple occasions. She currently serves on the federal Health Information Technology Advisory Committee, the California Data Sharing Agreement Policies and Procedures Subcommittee, and the Data and Surveillance Workgroup of the CDC’s Advisory Committee to the Director on CDC’s Data Modernization Initiative. She also is on the board of Manifest MedEx, the largest health information exchange in California. She previously was the Chief Operating Officer of the National Partnership for Women and Families and, before joining federal government service, advised health industry clients on HIPAA compliance and data governance while a partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. Deven graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center and has a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.