Irene Liu is an Executive in Residence at UC Berkeley, School of Law and the founder and CEO of Hypergrowth GC, an advisory that empowers GCs and executives for hypergrowth. She is also a regular speaker on topics ranging from government engagement strategies to M&A, privacy, and AI. She is a frequent writer and contributor to the Thomson Reuters Institute and hosts the “Hypergrowth GC” video series on Luminate+and “Coffee Break with Irene” on Berkeley Boost. Before going in-house, Irene worked at the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, and the Federal Trade Commission in the Bureau of Consumer Protection. She gained extensive international policy, privacy, and compliance experience while overseeing BlackBerry’s global law enforcement compliance team and at Lookout, an enterprise mobile security company. Irene was the Chief Financial and Legal Officer of Hopin, a leading community engagement platform, where she managed legal, finance, policy, and trust & safety teams. She was also the General Counsel of Checkr, a provider of modern background checks. At Checkr, she managed legal, compliance, policy, finance, and customer education teams. Irene has received recognition as General Counsel of the Year by Corporate Counsel, Top 50 Women Lawyer at the National Diversity and Leadership Conference, and In-house Leader by L.A. Times. She has spoken at academic institutions, government hearings, and leading industry conferences, including Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Next Gen Conference, the Federal Reserve, and a Federal Trade Commission public hearing. Irene received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, and her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College.