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Nicholas Ahrens
Senior Vice President, Strategy, Innovation & Content
Nicholas Ahrens, Senior Vice President of Strategy, Innovation & Content, is the lead over RILA's member-facing innovation work with a focus, driving innovation internally, specifically looking for new ways to deliver content and services to members and ways to maximize RILA’s internal collaboration on key cross functional topics.
Prior to joining RILA, Ahrens served at the U.S. Department of Commerce as the Counsel to the General Counsel. His major responsibilities included providing strategic legal and policy advice on a variety of issues including data privacy and cybersecurity and managing a legal office with more than 325 lawyers across all Bureaus of the Department of Commerce.
Earlier in his career with the U.S. Department of Commerce, Ahrens was part of a team responsible for the development of the 2012 White House Consumer Data Privacy Blueprint and worked on the roll out of the blueprint in the European Union.
Ahrens holds a B.A. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland and a J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law. He is a Future of Privacy Forum Advisory Board Member and a member of the Rose Council, Wake Forest University School of Law's young alumni board.
Latest Insights from Nicholas Ahrens

Retail ESG w. Erin Hiatt
- By [Nicholas Ahrens, Erin Hiatt]
- 08/19/2021
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- By [Nicholas Ahrens]
- 08/19/2021
Retail Public Policy w. Michael Hanson
- By [Nicholas Ahrens, Michael Hanson]
- 08/19/2021

Welcome to the Retail Innovation Center Stage LIVE
- By [Nicholas Ahrens]
- 08/18/2021
Retail Leadership w. Nick Ahrens and Brian Dodge
- By [Brian Dodge, Nicholas Ahrens]
- 08/18/2021
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- By [Nicholas Ahrens]
- 05/20/2021
Pursuing an ecosystem-friendly retail strategy
- By [Nicholas Ahrens]
- 04/21/2021

RILA Encourages E&C Members to Back INFORM Consumers Act
- By [Nicholas Ahrens, Michael Hanson]
- 08/04/2020
Amazon and other Tech CEOs Face Tough Questions
- By [Nicholas Ahrens]
- 08/04/2020

Wednesday's High Noon Showdown
- By [Nicholas Ahrens]
- 07/28/2020