Our Committees
The WiCyS Presence, Hard at Work
Our commitment begins with the hard work of more than 500 volunteers, each playing a pivotal role in the success of our organization and our members.
STUDENT CHAPTER Committee
Quiana Oates
Program Manager
Lisa Ellrodt
Associate Director, Administrative Information Systems
Vitaly Ford
Associate Professor
Linxi Zhang
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
CyberSecurity Steering Committee
Dr. Ambareen Siraj
NSF*
Founder, WiCyS
(*Siraj is serving in her personal capacity)
Quintana Patterson
Cybersecurity Technology Manager
Diana Kelley
Chief Information Security Officer
Kelley Misata
Cybersecurity Executive
Noureen Njoroge
Director of Global Threat Intelligence
Prajakta Jagdale
Senior Director
Allison Miller
Chief Information Security Officer
EQUITY Advocacy Committee
Quintana Patterson
Cybersecurity Technology Manager
Dr. Greg Shannon
Chief Science Officer
Christina Lemmon
Advanced Security Engineer
Maria Fanelle
Cloud Engineer
Lilli Chang
Secure Analyst
Parisa Moon
Associate IT Audit
Mentor/Mentee Committee
Colleen Huber
Marketing Manager
Deborah Kariuki
Graduate Program Director
Karen Nemani
Cybersecurity Leader
Penelope Rozhkova
Cyber Security Consultant
SOCIAL MEDIA Committee
Colleen Huber
Marketing Manager
Abigail Phillips
Marketing Specialist
Giselle Suazo
Social Media Manager
Delia Dohm
Project Manager
Chelsea Conard
Graduate Student
Alina Thai
Security & Intelligence
Anusha Vajha
Security Operations
Resource Committee
Lisa Ellrodt
Associate Director, Administrative Information Systems
David Meece
Cyber Security Consultant
membership community committee
Tricia McMahon
Volunteer
Mission Support Team Committee
3M
Akamai Technologies
Amazon
Bloomberg
Carnegie Mellon University
Cisco
Ford Motor Company
Lockheed Martin
Optum
Sandia National Laboratories
SANS Institute
SentinelOne
WiCyS Conference
CONFERENCE GENERAL CHAIR
Dr. Janell Straach
Chairman of the Board, WiCyS
CONFERENCE PROGRAM CHAIR
Dr. Ambareen Siraj
Founder, WiCyS
(*Siraj is serving in her personal capacity)
Conference Advisory Committee
Prajakta Jagdale
Senior Director, Offensive Security & Incident Command
Marian Merritt
*Serving in her personal capacity
Diana Kelley
Board Member & Executive Advisor