Pamela Jones Harbour

Pamela LeDeyce Jones was born in Queens, New York[1] to Joseph Jones, Sr. and Verneta G. Jones.[6] She has one brother, Joseph, Jr.[6]

After Jones' family relocated to Albany, New York,[6] she graduated from Guilderland Central High School in 1997.[1] Thereafter, Jones earned her Bachelor of Music from Indiana University School of Music in 1981.[1] She later obtained her Juris Doctor from Indiana University Maurer School of Law[3] in 1984.[1]

Harbour's early career included serving in the New York Attorney General’s Office for 11 years.[7] In October 1996, she became the Deputy Attorney General of the Public Advocacy Division.[1] While employed by the Office, Harbour prosecuted antitrust and consumer protection violations, including national price-fixing conspiracy cases.[5] She served as lead counsel in multi-state cases, and also argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of 35 states in State Oil Co. v. Khan, a resale price maintenance (RPM) case.[5] In 1999, Harbour was appointed Assistant First Deputy Attorney General.[1] Thereafter, she worked at Kaye Scholer LLP as an antitrust partner.[7]

On August 4, 2003, Harbour was sworn in as a FTC commissioner, to a term that expired in September 2009.[7] In 2007, she was the sole commissioner to dissent from the FTC's decision to approve Google's acquisition of DoubleClick.[8] Harbour expressed concerns regarding consumer data privacy.[8] She later wrote an op-ed published by The New York Times, noting Google as the "Web's emperor" due to the company's market dominance in data collection.[9]

After Harbour left the FTC in 2010,[2] she became a partner in Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.’s antitrust and competition practice.[10] She was the head of the firm's Privacy, Competition and Data Protection practice group.[5]

In October 2014, Harbour was hired by Herbalife Nutrition as Senior Vice President, Global Member Compliance & Privacy.[2] In February 2016, she became the company's legal officer.[3]

• Women History Makers, Caribbean Chamber of Commerce & Industry, 1998[1]
• Champion of Freedom Award, Electronic Privacy Information Center, 2010[3]
• Spirit of Excellence Award, The American Bar Association Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession, 2019[3]

Harbour is married to John Harbour, and has three children.[7]

• Harbour, Pamela Jones and Leibowitz, Jon, Subject Line Labeling as a Weapon Against Spam: A CAN-SPAM Report to Congress, DIANE Publishing, 2005, ISBN 9781428952553

• List of former FTC commissioners