Brenner (Brie) Allen, Esq., of Lexington, KY, serves as NASBA chief legal officer. She oversees all legal matters on behalf of the Association. A North Carolina native, Allen’s background is in professional regulation, contracting, and governance, with a focus on nonprofits engaged in innovative work.
Most recently, Allen served as legal counsel of a U.K.-based consulting firm’s U.S. and global offices. Prior to that, she spent a decade practicing with a Raleigh-based law firm, working with NASBA, the Washington State Board of Accountancy, and Texas State Board of Public Accountancy. She also worked and consulted for the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, assisting its international legal profession regulatory work.
Allen is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law. She is CIPP/US and CIPP/E certified, and has presented and published on accounting regulation, intellectual property law, and data protection.