Jadzia Pierce advises clients developing and deploying technology on a range of regulatory matters, including the intersection of AI governance and data protection. Jadzia draws on her experience in senior in house leadership roles and extensive, hands on engagement with regulators worldwide. Prior to rejoining Covington in 2026, Jadzia served as Global Data Protection Officer at Microsoft, where she oversaw and advised on the company’s GDPR/UK GDPR program and acted as a primary point of contact for supervisory authorities on matters including AI, children’s data, advertising, and data subject rights.

Jadzia previously was Director of Microsoft’s Global Privacy Policy function and served as Associate General Counsel for Cybersecurity at McKinsey & Company. She began her career at Covington, advising Fortune 100 companies on privacy, cybersecurity, incident preparedness and response, investigations, and data driven transactions.

At Covington, Jadzia helps clients operationalize defensible, scalable approaches to AI enabled products and services, aligning privacy and security obligations with rapidly evolving regulatory frameworks across jurisdictions—with a particular focus on anticipating enforcement trends and navigating inter regulator dynamics.