Company enhances presence in Washington, D.C. with addition of
prominent public policy, advocacy professional
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Iron
Mountain Incorporated® (NYSE:IRM), the global leader in storage and
information management services, announced today that Theresa Pattara
has joined the company as vice president of North America Government
Affairs. In this role, Pattara will drive Iron Mountain’s company-wide
government engagement strategy and serve as an advocate for the
company’s interests with local, state and federal agencies and policy
makers. She will also monitor legislation involving tax reform,
information privacy and data security – issues of importance to Iron
Mountain.
“Theresa is a uniquely qualified and experienced government relations
professional with an established track record on Capitol Hill and in
Washington, D.C.,” said Ernest W. Cloutier, executive vice president,
U.S. Federal, Security and Legal, Iron Mountain. “Her experience gives
us a strong presence at the epicenter of the policy and decision-making
affecting both our business and our customers. This hiring represents a
significant investment that Iron Mountain is making on behalf of our
customers, who rely on us to be the guardian of their information and
assets, while ensuring they remain up to date with policy and regulatory
changes.”
Pattara has spent the past 20 years of her career focused on public
policy and compliance. She most recently served as the senior director
of Public Policy and Advocacy for H&R Block, advising the company’s
senior leadership on current and pending federal legislation and
regulations. Along with her private sector experience, Pattara has held
positions with the federal government as well, including the U.S.
Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Senate
Committee on Finance.
“I am very excited to lend my voice to help support Iron Mountain as the
industry leader in public and private sector information management,”
Pattara said. “Information management has never been more challenging
for organizations of all kinds, and mining the value of information and
maintaining its security and integrity have never been as crucial. For
our customers and partners, Iron Mountain has set the standard for
services and solutions to meet those stakes, and I look forward to
continuing to maintain Iron Mountain’s place as their trusted partner
for all their information management needs.”
Pattara holds a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center, a
bachelor of science in Accounting from the University of Scranton, and
is a Certified Public Accountant.
About Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Incorporated® (NYSE: IRM) is the global leader in storage
and information management services. Trusted by more than 220,000
organizations around the world, Iron Mountain’s real estate network
comprises more than 85 million square feet across more than 1,400
facilities in 45 countries dedicated to protecting and preserving what
matters most for its customers. Iron Mountain’s solutions portfolio
includes records
management, data
management, document
management, data
centers, art
storage and logistics, and secure
shredding, helping organizations to lower storage costs, comply with
regulations, recover from disaster, and better use their information.
Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain stores and protects billions of
information assets, including critical business documents, electronic
information, medical data and cultural and historical artifacts. Visit
www.ironmountain.com for
more information.
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