WiCyS
2021 Committees
WICYS 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
CONFERENCE GENERAL CHAIR:
Dr. Janell Straach
Chairman of the Board, WiCyS
Faculty, Rice University
CONFERENCE PROGRAM CHAIR:
Dr. Ambareen Siraj
WiCyS Founder, Director, CEROC, Professor, Computer Science
Tennessee Tech
COMMITTEES
WICYS COLORADO CONFERENCE SUPPORT CONSORTIUM
Gretchen Bliss
Director Cybersecurity Programs
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Steve Fulton
Coleman Richardson Chair
Computer Science, USAFA
Nina Amey
Department Chair
Arapahoe Community College
Joe Murdock
Business School Faculty
University of Colorado Denver
Marian Merritt
Lead for Industry Engagement
NIST/NICE
Dan Manson
Professor
Cal Poly Pomona
Bob Bowles
Director of the Center for Information Assurance Studies
Regis University
Patrice Siravo
Director of Commercial Cybersecurity
System High Corporation
Terri Johnson
Department Chair – Computer Networking & Cybersecurity
Pikes Peak Community College
Rhonda Spradling
Communications
AMERGINT Technologies
Yanyan Zhuang
Assistant Professor
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
IJ Olawale
Student
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Nathan Chung
Senior Consultant
Microsoft
Anastasia Biggs
Professor
Colorado Technical University
Heather Lawrence
Student
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
LT Col Adrian de Freitas
Katrina Rosemond
Student
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
PROGRAM
Dr. Ambareen Siraj
WiCyS Founder, Director, CEROC, Professor, Computer Science
Tennessee Tech
Celeste Matarazzo
Cyber Defenders Program Manager Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Mona-Lisa Pinkney
Sr. Director, Cybersecurity Governance, Risk, Compliance, Engagement and Geographies
Nike, INC.
Ashley Podhradsky
Interim Vice President of Research
Dakota State University
Kristine Christensen
Director, Faculty Development Professor, Computer Information Systems
Moraine Valley Community College
Chutima Boonthum-Denecke
Professor of Computer Science Director, Information Assurance and Cyber Security Center
Hampton University
Jennifer Cheung
Research Scientist
NIWC Pacific
Holly Parrish
Threat Operations Specialist
Arctic Wolf
Ahmed Ibrahim
Teaching Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Anita Nikolich
Research Scientist, School of Information Sciences
UIUC
Renita Murimi
Associate Professor of Cybersecurity University of Dallas
Esther Goldstein
Software Engineer, Data Security Salesforce
Arpita Biswas
Incidence Response Lead
Databricks Inc.
Sara Young
Program Manager
Digital Security & Risk Management, Microsoft
Michelle Lindblom
Security Awareness Manager
Salesforce
Elena Peterson
Senior Cyber Security Researcher
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Chuan Yue
Associate Professor
Colorado School of Mines
Ashley Greeley
Cyber Professional
DoD
Erye Hernandez
Senior Security Engineer
Google
Joshua Fallon
Network Defense Analyst
Software Engineering Institute
Anita Siassios
WiCyS Australia Affiliate
Aisha Ali-Gombe
Assistant Professor
Towson University
Amani Altarawneh
Graduate Assistant, Ph.D. Candidate University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Angie Sawaya
Security & Privacy Compliance Manager IBM Enterprise Technology & Security
Anca Pop
Information Security Consultant
365 Striker
Heather ricciuto
Academic & Talent Outreach Program Manager
IBM
Jan Pearce
Professor and Chair, Computer & Information Science,
Berea College
Magnolia McShane
Security & Threat Intelligence Consultant
Little Owl Security
SCHOLARSHIP
Shade Adeleke
Associate Professor and Cybersecurity Coordinator
Prince George’s Community College
Jacquelyn Blanchard
Chief Cyber Architect, Lockheed Martin,
Vice President
BSidesCharm
Eric Chan-Tin
Assistant Professor
Loyola University Chicago
Elizabeth K. Hawthorne
Lecturer and Graduate Program Director Cybersecurity at Rider University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Angela Sims Ceja
Water Technical Operations Superintendent
City of Aurora, Aurora Water Department
Hannah Tun
Lead Security Engineer
OmniSOC
Mandy Galante
Cybersecurity Education Specialist
NJ Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell
Noureen Njoroge
Director of Cyber Threat Intel
Nike, INC.
Stacie Bohanan
Principal Research Scientist
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Jacqueline Ore
Career Success Lead, Cybersecurity
Fullstack Academy
Pushpa Kumar
Associate Professor of Instruction University of Texas at Dallas
Sarah Morales
Security Engineering Outreach Program Manager
Google
Gretchen Bliss
Director of Cybersecurity Programs University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
CAREER VILLAGE
Andrea Frost
Senior Software Security Engineer
Dell EMC
Kim Huynh
Security Program Manager
Research and Threat Intelligence at Microsoft
Michelle Lindblom
Security Awareness Manager
Salesforce
Terri Johnson
Department Chair – Computer Networking & Cybersecurity
Pikes Peak Community College
OPERATIONS AND LOGISTICS
Michele A. Tomasic
Director Of Operations
Software Engineering Institute| CERT
Carnegie Mellon University
Lana Richardson
Community Care Manager
WiCyS
Colleen Huber
Senior Creative Director
The Nelly Group
Morgan Garland
Operations Manager
WiCyS
Lynn Dohm
Executive Director
WiCyS
VOLUNTEER COORDINATION
Cameron Mitchell
Carnegie Mellon University- Software Engineering Institute
CAREER FAIR
Mary Jane Partain
Career Fair Concierge Director
University of Texas-Dallas
Patrice Siravo
Director
Commercial Cybersecurity System High Corporation
SOCIAL MEDIA & PR
Aditi Chaudhry
Cybersecurity Engineer
Two Sigma
Maddie Witt
Social Media Specialist
WiCyS
Drenusha Salihu
Linux System Administrator
BVM
Alina Thai
Student
Georgetown University
Midori Connolly
Customer Success Manager
Yubico
POSTER
Chutima Boonthum-Denecke
Professor in Computer Science
Hampton University
Susan Jeziorowski
LEADERSHIP SUMMIT WORKING GROUPS
Advancement
Champion: Jenn Henley
Facebook
Student Intern: Shannon McHale
Rochester Institute of Technology
Pipeline
Champion: Prajakta Jagdale
Palo Alto Networks
Student Intern: Maggie Van Nortwick Northeastern University
Inclusion
Champion: Diana Kelley
Microsoft
Student Intern: Maleesha Perera
University at Albany
Transitioning/Returning
Champion: Dr. Dawn Beyer
Lockheed Martin
Student Intern: Shaina Munoz-Rivera University of Puerto Rico