WiCyS 2024
Conference Committees
WICYS 2024 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
General Chair
JANELL STRAACH
Chair of the Board, WiCyS
Faculty, Rice University
Program Chair
AMBAREEN SIRAJ
NSF*
Founder, WiCyS
(*Siraj is serving in her personal capacity)
COMMITTEES
Program Co-Leads
Pat McCain
Smriti Bhatt
Priyam Biswas
Intel
Chutima Boonthum-Denecke
Hampton University
Jennifer Cheung
Meg Layton
Children’s National Hospital
Angel Liu
Confluent
Elena Peterson
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Elizabeth Rasnick
University of West Florida
Awalin Sopan
Workday
Bich Vu
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Program
Ridhima Agarwal
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Saja Alqurashi
Colorado State University
Safwa Ameer
MITRE Corporation
Rutuben Ataliya
AWS Security
Deborah Barnes
Cradlepoint
Basma Basem
Microsoft
Shuvra Chakraborty
Temple University
Christina Chapple
Angela Clark
University of South Alabama
Diara Dankert
ConnectWise
Mai Ensmann
Cyber Florida: The Florida Center for Cybersecurity
Bill Gardner
Marshall University
Jessa Gegax
Surescripts
Keerthi Sameera Immanni
Nicole King
SentinelOne
Cindy Kishoyian
Verizon
Danielle Kissel
US Army, Army Retirement Services
Tanvi Kolte
Chris Lemmon
Secure Yeti
Jen Miller-Osborn
NetWitness FirstWatch
Omoshalewa Muhammed
FORVIS
Prathibha Muraleedhara
Stanley Black & Decker
Laura Elena Navarro Cobos
Laxima Niure Kandel
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Collins Okafor
WiCyS Houston Affiliate
Kalyani Pawar
Ana Pease
Trista Polaski
Carnegie Mellon University: Software Engineering Institute
Sneha Rangari
Visa Technology and Operations
Katie Riesing
Stephanie Scheuermann
Ford Motor Company
Jillian Seabrook
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Amy Starzynski Coddens
Universities of Wisconsin Administration
Heather Stoner
Optum
Cindy Sutherland
Brittney Swearinger
Cisco
Junia Valente
Toyota Tsusho Systems, US, Inc.
Jaidie Vargas
Lockheed Martin
Scholarship
Janell Straach
WiCyS (Lead)
Gretchen Bliss
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Kristine Christensen
Moraine Valley Community College
Ramona Codreanu
University of Michigan
Joe Eastman
Champlain College
Maria Fanelle
MITRE
Marcie Friedman
Norfolk Southern
Esther Goldstein
Salesforce
Deepti Gupta
Texas A&M University-Central Texas
Amy Justice
Randstad North America
Rachael Klamo
Optum
Pushpa Kumar
University of Texas at Dallas
Aleise McGowan
The University of Southern Mississippi
Angela Pena
Dell Technologies
Penelope Rozhkova
Accenture
Samantha Shields
CISA
Angela Sims-Ceja
Aurora Water – City of Aurora
Miranda Skar
Aon/Gotham Digital Science
Shannon Strum
Stripe
Mary Wallingsford
Anne Arundel Community College
Stella Whyte
River State University
Career Fair
Pat McCain
Tara Lewis
Career Growth Hub Planning
Andrea Frost
Dell Technologies
Julia Costin
Cyber Qubits
TERRI JOHNSON-AKSE
University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS)
Michelle Lindblom
SecureMatter
Career Growth Hub Operations
Kimberly Bertschy
Wal-Mart
Devi Bhattacharya
University at Albany – State University of New York
Jason Craig
Sharon Mireku
Independent Contractor
Heather Ricciuto
IBM
Merle Rodriguez
Erica Smith
Operations & Logistics
Lynn Dohm
WiCyS (Lead)
Peter Baldwin
WiCyS
Tia DeBord
Times 10 Association Strategies
Patty Duffy
GlobauxSource
Morgan Garland
WiCyS
Jennifer Haisten
Times 10 Association Strategies
Colleen Huber
WiCyS
Kimberly Hutcherson
GlobauxSource
Jaclyn Justice
WiCyS
Quiana Oates
WiCyS
Patti Palacios
GlobauxSource
Quintana Patterson
WiCyS
Myriam Saint Jean
WiCyS
Michele Tomasic
WiCyS
Adaeze Udoh
WiCyS
Poster
CHUTIMA BOONTHUM-DENECKE
Hampton University
Smriti Bhatt
Purdue University
Amani Altarawneh
Tennessee Tech University
Retail Store
Mary Jane Partain
WiCyS (Lead)
Reethee Ghafoor
WiCyS
Myriam Saint Jean
WiCyS
Mia Partain
WiCyS
Social Media & PR
Aditi Chaudhry
Two Sigma
CHELSEA CONARD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIDORI CONNOLLY
Abigail Phillips
Nelly Group
ALINA THAI
Georgetown University
Volunteer
Cameron Mitchell
WiCyS (Lead)
Brooke Beyer
Lockheed Martin
Jamie Glenn
Carnegie Mellon University: Software Engineering Institute/CERT
Tricia McMahon
County of San Diego