Primary Job Title Vice-President of Global Policy Primary Organization 
BSA
Location Washington, District of Columbia, United States Regions Washington DC Metro Area, Southern US Gender Male
Website www.bsa.org/about-bsa/staff/aaron-cooper LinkedIn View on LinkedIn X (Twitter) View on X
Aaron Cooper serves as Vice President, Global Policy. In this role, Cooper leads BSA’s global policy team and contributes to the advancement of BSA members’ policy priorities around the world that affect the development of emerging technologies, including data privacy, cybersecurity, intellectual property, and trade. Cooper joined BSA in February
2016 as Vice President, Strategic Policy Initiatives.
Cooper previously served as the Chief Counsel for Intellectual Property and Antitrust Law for Chairman Patrick Leahy on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Most recently, Cooper was of counsel at Covington and Burling, where he provided strategic counseling and policy advice on a broad range of technology issues. Cooper has also served as Legal Counsel to Senator Paul Sarbanes.
Cooper has testified before Congress and is a frequent speaker on data privacy and security, intellectual property, trade, and other issues important to the software industry.
Cooper is a graduate of Princeton University and Vanderbilt Law School. He clerked for Judge Gerald Tjoflat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
