PUBLIC SECTOR/ACADEMIA
Sharon D. Robinson Privacy Office Branch Chief, US Agency for International Development (USAID)
Sharon Robinson serves as the Privacy Office Branch Chief at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) where she is responsible for implementing and managing the Agency’s Privacy Program. Sharon was born in Queens, New York where her family resided until their relocation to North Carolina when she was a teen. She graduated from Wallace-Rose
Hill High School and enlisted in the US Navy where she began her career as an Information Technology Specialist. During her 22-year Naval tenure, Sharon gained valuable leadership and technical experience while traveling the world for assignments in various IT disciplines including service-desk and application management, networking, classified operations, and cybersecurity. After retirement Sharon became a government contractor supporting agencies such as FDIC, DoD, and DHS where she continued to hone her skills as an IT specialist while fulfilling her desire to service her country. In 2008, Sharon transitioned to civil service at US-VISIT as an Information Security Manager and has continued her federal service in the Information Security and Privacy disciplines at agencies including the EPA and USAID. Throughout her career, she distinguished herself as a collaborative innovator and problem solver with a unique ability to strategically align peer groups to deliver secure, resilient, cost-effective innovative services and solutions to the government. Sharon has both a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology and a Master of Information Technology Management degree. Through her heart for service, Sharon plans to share her IT/cyber experiences and expertise with children in rural areas through free customized training camps.
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