Bio

As President of the Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC), Joni builds on 20 years of experience in digital identity innovations, frameworks, standards, policy, and business development. She helps DIACC fulfill its vision of unlocking the interoperability of public and private sector capabilities by establishing an identity trust assurance framework that will grow Canada's economy. Joni builds impactful relationships and formalizes strategic partnerships between and across public and private sector organizations. Joni is honoured to serve as an individual representative of Canada in the G7 Digital Governance Task Force. She also serves as co-Chair of CANARIE's Trust and Identity Advisory Committee. Joni previously served as co-Chair of Working Group 1 of the Standards Council of Canada's Data Governance Standardization Collaboration. She has participated in committees and initiatives worldwide, including OECD-ITAC, ISOC, IEEE, OASIS-SSTC, and ISO SC27 WG5, and testified before the US Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Security and Privacy (ONC HITSP). Joni is recognized as One World IIdentity'stop 100 global influencers of Identity. Before joining DIACC, Joni was Kantara Initiative's Executive Director, driving business, legal, and technology interoperability programs to connect entities and individuals in a more trustworthy environment. Joni led Kantara Initiative as the United States' premiere trust framework provider delivering value to multiple industry sectors. Joni helped to ensure the Kantara Initiative program is aligned with multiple eGovernment strategies from economic regions, including Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Joni Brennan previously served as the first-ever IEEE-SA Technology Evangelist for Internet Identity and Trust, focusing on governance, policy, and technology development issues that touch digital Identity, personally identifiable information, and trust services. When not connecting the digital identity world for the better, Joni can be found creating future-thinking musical collaborations. She can also be found skiing in beautiful British Columbia, Canada.