Tovah LaDier
IBIA Managing Director
WMS Vice President
tladier@ibia.org

Michelle Brown
IBIA Administrative Manager and Events Coordinator
WMS Business Manager
mbrown@ibia.org

Max Bonici
IBIA Research Director
WMS Research Associate
mbonici@ibia.org

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IBIA Management Group

Tovah LaDier - Managing Director
Tovah LaDier is the Managing Director of IBIA. With her background as a corporate lawyer, lobbyist, and strategic consultant, Ms. LaDier has substantial experience nationally and internationally working with business, government, the academic and policy communities, and the media.

On behalf of IBIA, she develops policy and public education strategies, working closely with Congress and the Administration on all issues relating to the deployment of biometrics in homeland security programs, as well as commercial and consumer uses of biometrics. She also is the industry representative in national and international standards organizations on privacy and social issues, as well as a media spokesperson.

Ms. LaDier is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Washington School of Law where she studied in the Asia law program. She is a member of the National Committee on U.S. China Relations, United States Indonesia Society, and the Asia Society.

Michelle Brown - Administrative Director & Events Coordinator
Michelle Brown is the Administrative Director & Events Coordinator for IBIA. Ms. Brown has over fifteen years of office management experience, including nine years of owning and managing her own small business.

In this capacity, Ms. Brown handles all aspects of the administrative needs of the organization, including accounting and membership dues management and marketing and educational materials for the organization. Ms. Brown’s experience also includes meeting planning, membership growth and outreach, management of the membership database, and all vendor relationships. Ms. Brown is the Business Manager of Williams Mullen Strategies.

Max Bonici - Research Director
Max Bonici serves as Research Director of IBIA. Mr. Bonici prepares the Daily Biometric NewsTrack and assists in the Association’s daily management operations. In addition, he analyzes legislation related to the industry, prepares communications for the membership, assists in the development of marketing materials, and works a great deal on the development of the new IBIA website, to be unveiled in 2008.

He graduated, summa cum laude, with a degree in international affairs from The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. He received the diplôme du Programme International, mention bien, from Sciences Po Paris and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa in the spring of 2007. Mr. Bonici is a research associate at Williams Mullen Strategies.

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