WiCyS
2023 Committees
WICYS 2023 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
General Chair
JANELL STRAACH
WiCyS Chair of the Board, Faculty
Rice University
Program Chair
AMBAREEN SIRAJ
NSF*
Founder, WiCyS
(*Siraj is serving in her personal capacity)
COMMITTEES
Program Co-Leads
Aisha Ali-Gombe
Louisiana State University
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Priyam Biswas
Offensive Security Researcher
Intel
Chutima Boonthum
Professor
Hampton University
Jennifer Cheung
Cybersecurity Research Scientist
NIWC Pacific
Meg Layton
Director of Information Security Architecture and Engineering
Children’s National Hospital
Ida Ngambeki
Assistant Professor
University of Maryland Baltimore CountyÂ
Elena Peterson
Senior Cyber Security Researcher
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Program
Monika Akbar
Assistant Professor
The University of Texas at El Paso
Safwa Ameer
Postdoctoral Researcher
The Institute for Cyber Security at the University of Texas at San Antonio
Deborah Barnes
Sr. Vulnerability and Threat Analyst
Cradlepoint
Roshni Chandrashekhar
Tech Lead Manager, OAuth Platform
Google
Diara Dankert
Threat Researcher
ConnectWise
Mai Ensmann
Assistant Cybersecurity Program Manager
Cyber Florida
Maria Fanelle
Networking and Security Engineer
MITRE
Kathleen Gibson
Penetration Tester
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Ashley Greeley
National Cryptologic University, NSA
NCAE-C Program Team (K12 Lead)
Rosie Hall
Security Research Engineer
Cisco
Katherine Hutton
Executive Director, UK/Europe Partnerships
Cyber Capital Partners
Arlyssa Jaquez
Network Security Architect
Verizon
Amy Justice
IT Security, Compliance and Privacy Manager Randstad NA
Chris Lemmon
Advanced Security Engineer
Secure Yeti
Angel Liu
Head of Governance, Risk and Compliance
LinkedIn
Dawn McCarty-Jolly
Sr. Info Security Engineer
UHG/Optum
Aleise McGowan
Treasurer, WiCyS Neurodiversity Affiliate
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor
The University of Southern MississippiÂ
Sharon Mudd
Sr. Cybersecurity Operations Researcher
Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute
Karen Nemani
President
WiCyS Ontario Affiliate
Jacqueline Ore
Cloud Security Analyst
Citi
Quintana Patterson
IT Clinical and Compliance Manager
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Elizabeth Rasnick
Assistant Professor
Center for Cybersecurity at University of West Florida
Sarba Roy
Security Researcher
Intel Corporation
Jillian Seabrook
Information System Security Manager
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Amy Starzynski Coddens
Strategic Partnerships Manager
REN-ISAC/Indiana University
Mike Zachman
VP & CSO
Zebra Technologies
Shafia Zubair
Director, Supply Chain Cybersecurity Risk Management
Johnson Controls
Scholarship
Janell Straach
Committee Chair
WiCyS Chair of the Board, Faculty
Rice University
Gretchen Bliss
Director of Cybersecurity Programs
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Jennifer Bush
Chief Information Security Officer
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Ramona Codreanu
Security Systems Administrator
University of Michigan
Suzanne Dove
Solutions Architect Sr Stf
Lockheed Martin
Marcie Friedman
Info Sec Technology Analyst
Norfolk Southern
Esther Goldstein
Software Engineer, Data Security
Salesforce
Anne Hall
Cyber Systems Security Engineer Sr Staff
Lockheed Martin
Pushpa Kumar
Professor of Instruction
University of Texas at Dallas
Alex Maestretti
CISO
Remitly
Danelle Mattison
Cyber System Security Engineer, Staff
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works
Sharon Mireku
Executive Paralegal-Independent Contractor
Law Firms-Both Private and Corporate Environments
Lorie Pfannenstein
Program Director, Signals Intelligence Collection Program (SICP) & Summer Intern Program for Science and Technology (SIPST)
NSA
Penelope Rozhkova
Security Consultant
Accenture
Angela Sims-Ceja
Water Technical Operations Superintendent
Aurora Water
Mary Wallingsford
Associate Professor
Anne Arundel Community College
Career Fair
Pat McCain
Mary Jane Partain
Career Fair Concierge, Director
UT Dallas
Tara Lewis
Career Village
Andrea Frost
Senior Software Security Engineer
Dell Technologies
Stacie Bohanan
Principal Research Scientist III
University of Alabama in Huntsville
TERRI JOHNSON-AKSE
Instructor of Cybersecurity Management
UCCS College of Business
Mayra Paredes
SecOps Manager
Southwire LLC
Operations & Logistics
Lynn Dohm
Lead
Executive Director
WiCyS
Tia DeBord
Registration Liaison
Globaux Source
Peter Baldwin
vCFO
WiCyS
Morgan Garland
Operations Manager
WiCyS
Colleen Huber
Marketing Coordinator
WiCyS
Kimberly Hutcherson
Meeting Space Coordinator
Globaux Source
Pat McCain
Presenter Liaison
Globaux Source
Lana Richardson
Retail Store Management & Executive Assistant to the Conference Chair
WiCyS
Jessica Robinson
VCISO
WiCyS
Myriam Saint Jean
Financial Manager
WiCyS
Michele Tomasic
Director of Operations
Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute
Laura Villalobos
Community Manager
WiCyS
Poster
CHUTIMA BOONTHUM-DENECKE
Lead
Professor/Director of IAC
Hampton University
Idongesit Mkpong-Ruffin
Director
Florida A&M University Center for Cybersecurity (FCCS)
Retail Store
Lana Richardson
Retail Store Management & Executive Assistant to the Conference Chair, WiCyS
Mia Partain
Retail Store, WiCyS
Reethee Ghafoor
Retail Store, WiCyS
Social Media & PR
Aditi Chaudhry
Cybersecurity Engineer
Two Sigma
CHELSEA CONARD
Consultant for Strategy, Risk, and Compliance
Kudelski Security
MIDORI CONNOLLY
Customer Success Manager
Yubico
ALINA THAI
Threat Intelligence Analyst
Allstate
Maddie Witt
Social Media Specialist
WiCyS
Volunteer
Cameron Mitchell
Lead
Operations Coordinator
Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute
Jamie Glenn
Operations Coordinator
Software Engineering Institute | CERT