SPEAKER BIOS

Introductory Remarks

Daniel Kaufman is the Deputy Director for the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, where he assists 

in overseeing all Bureau matters involving privacy, data security, and financial and marketing practices. 

Daniel joined the FTC in 1998 as a staff attorney in the Division of Advertising Practices, litigating cases 

that challenged unsubstantiated health and disease claims. From 2005-2008, he served as an AttorneyAdvisor to former FTC Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, then served as the Bureau’s Chief of Staff from 

2008-2011. Before joining the Commission, Daniel spent four years as a litigator in New York City.

Opening Remarks

Christopher Carr is Georgia's 54th Attorney General. Since taking office in 2016, he has made it a 

priority to combat opioid misuse, gang violence, human trafficking, elder abuse, and consumer fraud. 

As part of that effort, he established and leads the Statewide Opioid Task Force and the Georgia

Anti-Gang Network. He also created the Georgia Consumer Protection Guide for Older Adults to help 

protect older, at-risk adults from scams. From November 2013 to November 2016, Attorney General 

Carr served as Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Economic Development, the agency 

responsible for creating jobs and investment in Georgia through business recruitment, retention and 

expansion, and international trade and tourism. During his tenure, Georgia was recognized as the top 

state in the nation in which to do business for three consecutive years.

Panel 1: The Truth About False Advertising

Melissa Devine is an Assistant Attorney General with the Georgia Department of Law Consumer 

Protection Division, which is responsible for protecting consumers and businesses from unlawful, 

deceptive, and unfair practices in the marketplace. From 2010-2016, she was a trial attorney with the 

U.S. Department of Justice, where her areas of practice included international trade and government 

contract litigation before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Court of 

International Trade, and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Melissa also served as a law clerk to the 

Hon. Donald C. Pogue of the U.S. Court of International Trade, 2008-2010, and a briefing attorney to 

the Hon. Nathan L. Hecht of the Supreme Court of Texas, 2007-2008.
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Lesley Fair has served more than 30 years with the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection and has 

received the agency’s Lifetime Achievement Award. After two decades as a litigator with the Division of 

Advertising Practices, she now specializes in industry outreach with the Division of Consumer & 

Business Education. She also serves as the agency’s business blogger at business.ftc.gov, cited by ABA 

Journal as one of the Best Law Blogs of 2018. From 2000 to 2015, Lesley was a Vice-Chair of the 

American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law’s Consumer Protection Committee. A Distinguished 

Lecturer on the faculty of the Catholic University School of Law since 1984, she also teaches Consumer 

Protection Law at the George Washington University Law School.

Panel 2: Avoiding a Promotion Commotion

Anna Burns is the Assistant Regional Director of the FTC’s Southeast Regional Office. She oversees law 

enforcement actions involving a variety of consumer protection issues, including online privacy, false 

and deceptive advertising, and telemarketing and online fraud. Anna also regularly speaks to business 

and consumer groups about consumer protection topics including consumer fraud, identity theft, 

online privacy, and credit issues. Before joining the FTC, Anna was a litigator with Thompson Hine LLP, 

where her practice centered on false advertising, breach of consumer protection statutes, unfair 

competition, and trade secrets claims.

Anne Infinger, as Deputy Attorney General, directs the Georgia Attorney General’s Consumer 

Protection Division, which enforces Georgia’s Fair Business Practices Act and other consumer-related 

laws. Before joining the Department of Law, Anne was a partner at the Atlanta firm of Arnall Golden 

Gregory LLP, where she litigated numerous cases in federal and state court. In 2001, she joined the 

Governor’s Office of Consumer Protection, becoming Deputy Director in 2006. During her years at that 

office, she was actively involved on the executive committees of a number of multi-state 

investigations. She joined the Department of Law in July 2015 when the Consumer Protection Division

transferred to the Attorney General’s Office. 

Danica Kombol is the CEO of Everywhere Agency, of Atlanta, specializing in social media and influencer 

marketing. In 2018, she received the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Women Who Mean Business Award 

and, in 2019, she was named Marketer of the Year by the Atlanta Chapter of the American Marketing 

Association. Danica began her career at Sesame Workshop, where she was involved in the 

international versions of Sesame Street. She went on to become a successful television producer, 

working on shows including Saturday Night Live and Kids in the Hall, and the VH1 network. She’s also 

chair of the board of the Influencer Marketing Association, the industry non-profit dedicated to 

protecting the ethics of influencer marketing. Danica blogs about influencer marketing trends at 

Forbes.com. She’s a frequent speaker at social media conferences and global forums.

Lauren Villnow is an Assistant Attorney General with the Georgia Department of Law, Consumer 

Protection Division. She has been practicing consumer protection law for the State of Georgia since 

2011, focusing on the auto industry’s advertising and sales practices. As part of that role, Lauren has, 

among other things, participated in compliance and educational efforts and represented Georgia in 

auto-related multi-state investigations.
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Panel 3: The Secure Entrepreneur

Mitzi Hill is the chair of Taylor English’s Data Security & Privacy Department in Atlanta. She works with 

executive management from businesses of all sizes on data and information matters including breach 

response; creating policies and practices that reduce their risk of consumer privacy claims; security and 

privacy requirements in customer, vendor, and insurance contracts; and diligence of privacy and 

security matters in the M&A context. Her experience includes fifteen years in-house at Turner 

Broadcasting, where she oversaw compliance with multiple regulatory schemes. Mitzi writes and 

speaks frequently on data security and breach issues, including for financial and other professionals.

Tyler Jones, after almost 15 years working in corporate Information Technology in Atlanta, left his role 

as Vice President of Service Operations with a national payroll provider in 2011 to start Carmichael 

Consulting Solutions, LLC. His intent was to take everything he had learned about security and 

technology, and make it affordable and approachable for small- and medium-sized businesses. Tyler is 

ITIL certified in Service Management, a Certified Support Manager with SSPA and SCP, a Clio Certified 

Consultant, a Dropbox for Business partner, and an Apple Certified Support Professional. You may have 

heard him on News Radio WGST as the host of Random Access from 1998 through 2003, or seen him 

on the DIY network showing people how to build a PC.

Ilunga L. Kalala is Privacy Counsel for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., where he provides guidance 

about compliance with United States’ and international advertising, privacy, and information security 

laws, regulations, and industry best practices. Ilunga also serves as a Vice Chair of the Consumer 

Protection Committee in the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, where he is Editor for 

the Committee’s What’s In Store newsletter. Ilunga is qualified as a Certified Information Privacy 

Professional for the United States (CIPP/US) and a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) by the 

International Association of Privacy Professionals. He is also qualified as a Healthcare Information 

Security and Privacy Practitioner (HCISPP) by the International Information System Security 

Certification Consortium.

Cindy Liebes is the Regional Director for the FTC’s Southeast Regional Office in Atlanta, where she is 

responsible for supervising law enforcement actions alleging unfair and deceptive trade practices. She 

also regularly conducts seminars and outreach presentations to business and consumer groups, and 

has appeared on numerous television and radio broadcasts to discuss consumer protection issues. 

Cindy joined the FTC in 1986 in the agency’s Division of Financial Practices. She subsequently 

transferred to Atlanta as a staff attorney and has been a regional manager for the past 20 years. Cindy 

also served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for both the Eastern District of Tennessee and 

the Northern District of Georgia. She received the Department of Justice’s John Marshall Award in 

recognition of her criminal litigation efforts, and twice received the FTC’s Award for Excellence in 

Supervision.

Lara Tumeh is an associate in the Litigation & Trial Practice Group of Alston & Bird LLP in Atlanta, and a 

member of the Privacy & Data Security Team and the Antitrust Team. A CIPP/US-certified professional, 

Lara focuses her practice on data security and information policy. Prior to entering private practice, 

Lara clerked for the Hon. Scott Matheson, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and the 

Hon. Robert Dow, Jr., of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. 
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Networking Lunch and a Conversation with FTC Commissioner Chopra

Mark E. Budnitz, professor emeritus at Georgia State College of Law, specializes in consumer 

protection, with a particular interest in electronic payment systems. He has published over 30 articles, 

authored books, and contributed chapters on payment systems, credit reporting, bankruptcy, and 

other topics. In 2005, he received the College’s Award for Outstanding Faculty Scholarship. Professor 

Budnitz is a member of the American Law Institute, on the board of directors of the National Consumer 

Law Center, and a member of the Advisory Committee of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society. He speaks 

regularly to academics and legal professionals about payment systems and the consumer protection 

and regulatory issues they engender.

Rohit Chopra was sworn in as a Federal Trade Commissioner on May 2, 2018. During his tenure at the 

FTC, he has pushed for aggressive remedies against lawbreaking companies, especially repeat 

offenders, and has worked to reverse the FTC’s reliance on no-money, no-fault settlements. 

Commissioner Chopra previously served as Assistant Director of the Consumer Financial Protection 

Bureau, overseeing the agency’s student loan agenda. He led efforts to spur competition in the student 

loan financing market, develop new tools for student loan borrowers to make smarter decisions, and 

secure refunds for borrowers victimized by unlawful financial practitioners. Commissioner Chopra also 

has served as a Senior Fellow at the Consumer Federation of America, Visiting Fellow at the Roosevelt 

Institute, and Special Adviser to the Secretary of Education.

Panel 4: Competition Counts: The Basics of Antitrust Law

William Dillon chairs the Antitrust Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia and is a partner at Taylor 

English Duma LLP, Atlanta. With more than 30 years of experience, his practice centers on white collar, 

antitrust, and healthcare fraud defense. Earlier in his career, Bill served as a senior trial attorney for the 

Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he supervised investigative teams across 

the globe in matters affecting global markets. His work has garnered high honors, including serving as 

Chairman of the State Bar of Georgia’s Antitrust Section, 2018, and the Attorney General’s Award for 

Distinguished Service, 2009. Bill’s articles are widely published and he is a frequent presenter at 

prominent national and international legal forums.

Lindsay Sklar Johnson is an associate with Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP in Atlanta, practicing 

primarily with the Antitrust and Competition Practice Group. She handles a variety of antitrust 

litigation, including representing corporate plaintiffs who choose to opt-out of class actions to 

separately pursue antitrust recovery. Lindsay also represents corporate defendants in antitrust cases. 

She regularly counsels corporate clients about antitrust concerns and assists clients with their antitrust 

training and compliance. Lindsay is the current Vice Chair of the Antitrust Section of the Georgia Bar.

Kelly Signs is a Deputy Assistant Director in the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, which enforces the 

nation’s antitrust laws. Kelly works in the Bureau’s Office of Policy & Coordination, focusing on 

speeches, testimony, reports, advisory opinions, and briefing papers. She came to the FTC from law 

school in 1985, then left to work first for the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies, and Business 

Rights in the U.S. Senate, and then as a staff attorney at the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department 

of Justice. Kelly returned to the FTC in 2007, and has helped develop the FTC’s plain language business 

guidance, such as the Guide to the Antitrust Laws, and the FTC’s Competition Matters blog.
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Panel 5: When Your Competitor Crosses the Line

Russell Blythe is a partner in King & Spalding’s Intellectual Property, Patent, Trademark and Copyright 

Litigation practice in Atlanta. His practice includes a wide range of intellectual property, unfair 

competition, and false advertising disputes centered in federal courts across the United States. Russell 

also represents clients with matters before the National Advertising Division of the Better Business 

Bureau and regularly consults on the appropriate substantiation of advertising claims. Super Lawyers 

and Atlanta Magazine have named Russell a Georgia Rising Star in Intellectual Property Litigation, and 

he currently serves on Georgia Tech’s IP Advisory Board.

Brian Catania is President and CEO of the Better Business Bureau of Metro Atlanta, responsible for 

effectively conducting the BBB’s affairs and promoting and maintaining a positive relationship between 

businesses and the public through education, dispute resolution, and voluntary self-regulation. Named 

to the post in April 2018, he has championed the BBB’s mission of building marketplace trust in the 

evolving digital environment. Before joining the BBB, Brian spent 18 years with AT&T, where he held 

roles serving Sales & Marketing, Operations, M&A, Information Technology, and Big Data. Brian is a 

transformational leader whose focus is promoting collaboration and trust between businesses and 

consumers.

Seena Gressin is an attorney in the FTC’s Division of Consumer & Business Education, where her work 

focuses on consumer and business outreach in the areas of identity theft and consumer fraud. During 

her years at the FTC, Seena also has successfully litigated numerous cases involving deceptive debt 

collection practices, imposter scams, and telemarketing and business opportunity fraud. Her cases 

have returned more than $4 million to injured consumers.

Martin Zwerling is the Deputy Director of the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the BBB National 

Programs, Inc., home of the advertising industry's self-regulatory and dispute resolution programs. 

Martin joined NAD in September 2000 and is responsible for the review of a broad range of national 

advertising campaigns in traditional and new media, and advertising claim substantiation. He has 

successfully resolved disputes relating to the advertising of drug and health aid products, 

telecommunications, social media and influencer advertising, dietary supplements, infant products, pet 

care products, financial services and consumer household products, and has successfully argued before 

the National Advertising Review Board. Martin is a popular speaker and lecturer at conferences and 

workshops on advertising claim substantiation and the NAD self-regulatory process. Prior to joining the 

NAD, Martin served as a Senior Court Attorney with the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate 

Division. Martin’s professional advertising credentials include positions at such top New York 

advertising agencies as Grey Advertising and Bozell, Inc. Martin also served as Advertising and 

Promotions Director for RKO/Warner Video, where he created and implemented award-winning 

advertising and promotional campaigns in conjunction with such studios as CBS-Fox, Warner, 

MGM/UA, and HBO.
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Panel 6: Integrity and Civility in Litigation

The Hon. Sara L. Doyle was first elected to the Georgia Court of Appeals in December 2008. From 2015 

to 2017, she served as the Court’s Chief Judge, and was instrumental in implementing an historic 

jurisdiction shift of cases from the Supreme Court and the addition of a new fifth division adding three 

more judges to the Court. Judge Doyle began her legal career as a civil litigator in 1994. Just prior to 

taking office, she was an equity partner with Holland & Knight, LLP, where her practice focused on 

education issues. Judge Doyle is on the faculty of the Emory University Law School Trial Advocacy and 

Professionalism programs. She also is involved in many professional, civic, and religious organizations, 

including the State Bar of Georgia, the Judicial Council of Georgia, the American Bar Association, the 

Atlanta Bar Association, and the National Association of Women Judges. Born in Dallas, Texas, Judge 

Doyle is a graduate of the University of Florida and Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law. 

Harold Kirtz is a Senior Litigator with the FTC’s Southeast Regional Office in Atlanta. He joined the 

agency in 1974 in Washington, D.C., where he worked primarily on merger litigation and was named 

Assistant to the Director of the Bureau of Competition. In 1978, Harold moved to the Southeast 

Regional Office, where he variously served as Assistant Regional Director and Regional Director for 19 

years, working on both antitrust and consumer protection matters. Since 2000, he has worked almost 

exclusively on litigating consumer fraud cases. In 2010, Harold received the Bureau of Consumer 

Protection’s Director’s Award and, in 2012, he received the FTC’s Lifetime Achievement Award. 

The Hon. Catherine M. Salinas has been a United States Magistrate Judge in the Northern District of 

Georgia since 2015. A graduate of Emory University and the University of Texas School of Law, she 

began her legal career in 1994 at Texas Rural Legal Aid on the Mexican border. Judge Salinas returned 

to Atlanta in 1999 and worked as a staff attorney at the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, a Fulton 

County Public Defender, and then as a law clerk to Senior United States District Judge Willis B. Hunt, Jr. 

She then joined the national law firm Carlton Fields, where she worked for ten years as a commercial 

litigator. Judge Salinas is a past president of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society and currently serves as the 

Vice Chair of the Access to Justice Committee of the State Bar of Georgia. As part of her State Bar work, 

Judge Salinas is promoting the DueJusticeDo50 campaign, encouraging all Georgia lawyers to do at 

least fifty hours of pro bono legal work each year.