Whitney Phillips
The Utah Office of the State Auditor has appointed Whitney A. Phillips to the newly created position of state privacy officer. Phillips will focus on the privacy practices of designated governmental entities, including cities, counties, school districts, higher education, and colleges and universities. She will also work with the Personal Privacy Oversight Commission. Phillips served as the chief privacy officer for the Utah State Board of Education since 2016. She has held a variety of prior positions in education and government. Phillips received her Ph.D. in educational inquiry, measurement and evaluation from Brigham Young University. She also earned her M.Ed. from the University of Utah in special education, an M.A. in teaching English to speakers of other languages from BYU, and a B.A. in English teaching secondary education from BYU.
