More from this series:
- Leading Data: Voices from the Frontlines of Governance
- 2026 Wrap-Up: What We Learned and Where We’re Headed
- Governance as a Business Enabler: Driving ROI and Innovation
- AI Meets Governance: Ethics, Oversight, and Automation
- Governance at Scale: Lessons from the Enterprise Frontlines
- Data Storytelling for Governance Leaders: Influence Through Insight
About the Webinar
Governance frameworks are only as valuable as their execution. In this 1:1 interview, Peter Aiken, Ph.D., President of DAMA International and Associate Director of the MIT International Society of Chief Data Officers, sits down with Linda F. Powell, former Chief Data Officer at the Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Research and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to explore how organizations translate governance theory into measurable business outcomes.
This session is part of DGIQ Dialogs, a monthly webinar series that extends the conversations of the industry’s flagship Data Governance & Information Quality Conference (DGIQ), featuring candid discussions with governance leaders shaping the future of data management.
Drawing on more than 30 years across commercial banking, regulatory supervision, and the private sector, Linda shares the strategies, tools, and leadership approaches that turn governance frameworks into real-world impact.
About the Speakers
Peter Aiken, Ph.D. is an acknowledged Data Management authority, an associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, president of DAMA International, and associate director of the MIT International Society of Chief Data Officers. For more than 40 years, Peter has learned from working with hundreds of Data Management practices in more than 30 countries. Among his 13 books are the first on making the case for data leadership (CDOs), the first focusing on data monetization and modern strategic data thinking, and the first to objectively specify what it means to be data-literate. International recognition has resulted from these and a (pre-Covid-19) intensive worldwide events schedule. Peter also hosts the longest-running Data Management webinar series on dataversity.net. Before Google, before data was big, and before Data Science, Peter founded several organizations that have helped more than 200 businesses leverage data – specific savings have been measured at more than $1.5 billion. His latest venture is Anything Awesome.
Linda F. Powell has over 30 years of experience in the finance industry including commercial banking, banking supervision, and economic research. She spent most of her career with the Federal Reserve System covering regulatory reporting, bank examination, and economic research in addition to data management. She was the Chief Data Officer at the Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Research and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. In 2018 she joined Citibank as the Global Head of Data Governance & Data Reporting and in 2021 she joined BNY as the Deputy Chief Data Officer. Her experience covers data operations, data governance, data platform design and implementation, data architecture, and analytics / data science. Linda’s data management initiatives were instrumental during the 2008/2009 financial crisis and she led the interagency initiative for the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI/GLEIF). She has published several papers on the topics of data standards, metadata, and data strategy. She has a B.A. in Economics from Rutgers University and an M.S. in Quantitative Finance from George Washington University.
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