2017 Federal Identity Forum & Homeland Security

Lyn Rahilly
Assistant Director, Information Governance and Privacy, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security


Lyn Rahilly is the Assistant Director for Information Governance and Privacy. She also recently served as the Senior Component Accountable Official at ICE leading the agency’s efforts to support the 2017 Presidential Transition. Ms. Rahilly joined ICE in 2008 as the agency’s first Privacy Officer. In 2011 she was given expanded responsibility to also oversee the agency’s records management program. In 2016, she was selected to lead the new Information Governance and Privacy Office (IGP) that consolidates the agency’s privacy, records management, and data governance functions. To unify interdependent mission areas of information management and public transparency activities, in May 2017, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) office was merged to become the fourth division within IGP. Before joining ICE, Ms. Rahilly was on a three-year assignment to the FBI, serving as the Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer and Special Assistant to the director of the U.S. Terrorist Screening Center (TSC). Among other responsibilities, she oversaw privacy and civil liberties issues. Ms. Rahilly established TSC’s first privacy compliance program and the interagency redress process for persons submitting complaints about the terrorist watch list. She also provided counsel and advice on appropriate collection and use of personal data and responded to public, media and Congressional inquiries pertaining to privacy. Ms. Rahilly has also served as legal counsel at the Transportation Security Administration, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the U.S. Department of Labor. Ms. Rahilly is a graduate of Mary Washington College and the George Washington University Law School, and a member of the Maryland Bar. She is also a member of the Senior Executive Service.

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