Lisa Loo was appointed Senior Vice President and General Counsel effective July 1, 2022. Ms. Loo was in private practice prior to joining the University in 1993. Ms. Loo is an elected member of the American Law Institute and has an AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell. She is a Fellows member of the American Bar Foundation and of the Arizona Legal Services and Education Foundation. She served on the Executive Council of the National Conference of Bar Presidents from 2017-2020 and served as president of the State Bar of Arizona from 2016-17. The State Bar of Arizona recognized Ms. Loo in 2008 for Outstanding Achievement in Advancing Equal Opportunity in the Profession, and as the 1993 Outstanding Young Lawyer. Lisa served as Vice President of Victory Together, the group that advocated for the voter approved Martin Luther King, Jr./Civil Rights Day in Arizona. She was also a founding board member of Harmony, Inc., a group of Arizona business and community leaders who built a network to empower Arizonans to address state-wide issues. Ms. Loo is a founding board member of the Arizona Asian American Bar Association and has served, and continues to serve, on the boards of several community organizations. She obtained her law degree from the University of Virginia in 1985 and her undergraduate degree from Fordham University in 1982.

is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. She is a 1995 graduate of Princeton University and earned her Juris Doctorate in 2001 from the Arizona State University College of Law, where she also received a Certificate in Federal Indian Law and served as a staff writer for the ASU Law Journal. After law school, Ms. McPaul clerked at the Arizona Court of Appeals for the Honorable Jefferson L. Lankford (retired). She has diverse experience serving as a tribal court staff attorney, as an associate attorney at the Nordhaus Law Firm in Albuquerque, and as a visiting clinical law professor and Interim Director of the Indian Legal Clinic at ASU. Since 2008, Ms. McPaul has worked as an in-house tribal attorney for several Arizona tribes, including a 4-year appointment as the Navajo Nation Attorney General. She currently serves as the Deputy Attorney General for the White Mountain Apache Tribe. Ms. McPaul has over 20 years of experience practicing Indian law, and is admitted to practice law in Arizona and New Mexico, as well as before several tribal and federal courts. Ms. McPaul is active in the State Bar and Indian legal community. She serves on the State Bar of Arizona Board of Governors and is currently the Vice President of the State Bar. Ms. McPaul is a founding board member of the Tribal In-House Counsel Association and served as TICA’s President for a decade. She also serves on the Board of the American Indian Law Center and was elected to membership in The American Law Institute in 2021. Most importantly, Ms. McPaul is a proud military spouse and mom. She is married to SFC Mark McPaul (retired) and they have three sons.

Laura Lemire is Of Counsel at Schwabe in Seattle and has advised clients on privacy and security matters for 12+ years. Her practice focuses on helping clients develop innovative products, adopt emerging technologies, and respond to digital threats, from ransomware attacks to copyright infringement claims.

Leveraging her practical in-house experience, Laura assists clients in complying with complex data protection requirements, negotiating technology and data agreements, developing privacy and security policies, managing security incidents, and navigating regulatory uncertainty. She has helped clients respond to regulatory inquiries and investigations in the U.S. and the EU, including investigations related to online advertising, algorithmic bias, and security incidents.

Today, Laura advises clients in all industries and at all stages—from startups to Fortune 500 businesses. She has counseled the biggest names in software, cloud computing, AI, social media, healthcare, and wellness. Laura often speaks on privacy and security issues, as well as the responsible use of AI.

Laura graduated with a B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from Seattle University School of Law. She is a member of the Washington State Bar, and has also completed certifications by the International Association of Privacy Professionals in the U.S. and the EU (CIPP/US, CIPP/EU) and MIT CSAIL’s program on Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy. Laura is a descendant of the Grand Portage Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa and currently resides in the ancestral lands of the Snoqualmie in Sammamish, WA.