Britt pictured with the NAIA team on Capitol Hill in April, briefing Congressional members and staff on issues important to the AI industry. From left to right: NAIA co-chair Caleb Max; NAIA senior advisors Tim Parrish, NAIA general counsel Steve Britt and NAIA senior advisor Sid Ghatak.
Washington, D.C. – The National Artificial Intelligence Association (NAIA) announces the appointment of Steve Britt, managing partner of Britt Law LLC, as general counsel.
Founded in January 2025, NAIA’s single mandate is to ensure innovation, opportunity, and global leadership for all American businesses involved in developing or using artificial intelligence. As general counsel, Britt will lead the association’s legal strategies, advise on federal, state, and international laws and regulations, and support NAIA’s responsible and innovative AI development advocacy.
Britt has deep expertise in data management governance and holds three certifications from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP): the Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP), the Certified Information Privacy Professional for Europe (CIPP/E), which focuses on GDPR compliance, and the Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), which emphasizes privacy program management. He has practiced law in Washington, D.C., Virginia, and South Carolina. He previously served as cyber, data privacy, and artificial intelligence counsel at Parker Poe, a regional law firm with offices in D.C., Atlanta and the Carolinas.
Before entering private law practice, Britt held several senior federal regulatory positions in the Cabinet and independent regulatory agencies. His diverse legal and regulatory background equips him well to guide NAIA’s legal and policy efforts.
In April, Britt joined members of NAIA’s leadership team on Capitol Hill (pictured) as the organization met with congressional staff on regulatory action unfolding within federal agencies, as judicial and state-level initiatives emerged. NAIA is committed to ensuring AI innovators have a strong, unified voice in shaping policies that drive innovation, expand opportunity and safeguard U.S. global competitiveness.
“Steve’s appointment marks an important step in strengthening NAIA’s ability to engage constructively with policymakers and advocate on behalf of the thousands of AI enterprises across the country,” says Ron Wright, co-founder and president of NAIA. “His legal expertise and commitment to the responsible development of AI technology will provide critical support for our goals of a federal regulatory environment that enhances U.S. innovation and global competitiveness.”
Since coming on board, Britt drafted NAIA’s comments to the National Science Foundation’s Request for Information (RFI) for an AI Action Plan and NAIA’s remarks to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Privacy Working Group’s RFI on data privacy and artificial intelligence.
As NAIA navigates pivotal legislative moments, such as the recently introduced S.5539, the Trustworthy by Design Artificial Intelligence Act, Britt will play a key role in balancing thoughtful governance with the need to remain agile in a rapidly evolving global AI race. To date, 18 state AI laws have been introduced.
“I’m honored to serve as general counsel to an organization so vital to the future of American technology,” states Britt. “NAIA is uniquely positioned to help lead the effort to unify the counter-productive regimes applicable to data security, data privacy and artificial intelligence. We must have a comprehensive federal solution to advance that vision.”