Barbara Bennett

Barbara Bennett is a partner in the Nashville, Tenn., office of Frost Brown Todd LLP and is vicechair of the firm’s Committee on Artificial Intelligence. She is a nationally recognized health care, data privacy and AI governance attorney who has been involved since the beginning at the intersection of internet technology and the law. Ms. Bennett holds an AI Governance Professional (AIGP) certification from the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Noted for her M&A, data privacy and governance, and strategic business advice, she has led transactions and provided counsel for sophisticated and complex health care and other businesses that have included numerous multinational Fortune 50 companies. Ms. Bennett has counseled clients that include health plans, hospital systems, behavioral health businesses, labs, pharmaceutical and device manufacturers, and companies providing IT, revenue-cycle, turnkey management and data-analytics services. She has been a successful senior partner in a top-10 global law firm, and she has more than a decade of inhouse legal and business experience, including as general counsel. Ms. Bennett is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association’s AI Task Force, the International Women’s Forum, and the Tennessee Bar Commission on the Status of Women and Minorities. She received her B.S. magna cum laude in mathematics from Vanderbilt University and her J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School, where she was admitted to the Order of the Coif and served as articles editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review.