Jaci McDole
- Senior Director, Copyright and Creativity, Global Innovation Policy Center, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Jaci McDole joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) as senior director of Copyright and Creativity in April 2023. Her portfolio includes the Create & Connect Campaign, digital intellectual property (IP) theft, copyright and artificial intelligence, and anti-piracy issues.
Before joining GIPC, she worked on IP and innovation policy with the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, the Institute for Intellectual Property Research, and the former Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property at George Mason University.
Her previous work includes stints with a small record label and a nonprofit royalty collective. Projects and collaborations include studies of the WHO Essential Medicines List, a report on closing the IP gender gap, updating the Trade Secret Protection Index, and various blogs and articles, including “The IP Educator.”
McDole holds a double B.A. in music business and radio-television with a minor in marketing, an M.S. in education, and a J.D. with a specialization in IP, all from Southern Illinois University.
