Katie Arrington Chief Information Security Officer at Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
Katie Arrington Chief Information Security Officer at Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Katherine “Katie” Arrington currently is the Chief Information Security Officer, CISO(A) to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, ASD(A). In this position, she serves as the central hub and integrator within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, OUSD(A&S), to align acquisition cyber strategy.
Senator John Cornyn U.S. Senator from Texas Sen. Cornyn was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002, and is currently serving his fourth term after being reelected in 2008, 2014, and 2020.
Tam Dao Supervising Special Agent at FBI
Tam Dao Supervising Special Agent at FBI Tam Dao is currently a Supervisory Special Agent for the FBI and serves as a subject matter expert for personality assessment and counterintelligence matters related to academia. He joined the FBI in 2012 after spending time as tenured-track professor at the University of Houston. As a professor, he was the recipient of the Walter G. Klopfer Award for distinguished contribution to the literature in personality assessment and the University of Houston Faculty Research Excellence Award for excellence in research and scholarship. He has been awarded federal and state grants for his research and has published more than 50 scientific articles. Tam holds a BA in psychology with high honors from the University of Texas at Austin; an MS from the University of Pennsylvania; and a PhD in a combined program in counseling psychology and human systems from Florida State University.
Dr. Kevin Gamache Chief Research Security Officer at Texas A&M University System Dr. Kevin Gamache is Chief Research Security Officer for The Texas A&M University System responsible for ensuring the 11 universities and 7 state agencies within the A&M System are compliant with U.S. Government requirements for protecting sensitive federal information. He also serves as the Facility Security Officer for The Texas A&M University System and manages the System’s security relationships with the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy. Dr. Gamache has earned the Industrial Security Professional® designation.
Kristopher Gardner Director for Science and Technology Protection of Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, Office of Strategic Technology Protection and Exploitation
Kristopher Gardner Director for Science and Technology Protection of Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, Office of Strategic Technology Protection and Exploitation Mr. Kristopher E. Gardner is the Director for Science and Technology (S&T) Protection in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)), Office of Strategic Technology Protection and Exploitation (STP&E). Mr. Gardner is responsible for developing options to protect emerging S&T to maintain Department of Defense technical advantage. He has extensive experience with the Office of the Secretary of Defense and U.S. Army S&T community, including responsibility for S&T protection, research and development, and integration and cooperation with the Intelligence Community. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia.
Allison Lerner Honorable, Inspector General at NSF
Allison Lerner Honorable, Inspector General at NSF NSF and CIGIE Actions to address threat to research integrity from unconventional exploitation methods.
Aaron Miles Principal Assistant Director of National Security and International Affairs Office of Science and Technology Policy
Aaron Miles Principal Assistant Director of National Security and International Affairs Office of Science and Technology Policy Dr. Aaron Miles is the Principal Assistant Director of National Security and International Affairs at the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) of the Executive Office of the President. Dr. Miles will provide his insights on the National Security Presidential Memorandum – 33 (NSPM 33) and the related JCORE recommendations.
Matthew Osegard Unit Chief - NCITF at FBI
Matthew Osegard Unit Chief - NCITF at FBI Matt Osegard has served in the FBI since 2004. He worked on and led a wide variety of Counterintelligence and Cyber matters as a Special Agent, Supervisor and is currently the Unit Chief of the National Counterintelligence Task Force, a position he's held since January 2020. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Osegard served in the Chicago field office.
General David Petraeus Board Member at Optiv Security, Inc. Gen. (Ret.) Petraeus is a member of the Board of Director of Optiv Security, Inc. and is a Board Member of KKR and Chairman of the KKR Global Institute, which integrates geopolitical and global trends expertise, macroeconomic analyses, and environmental, social and governance issues and opportunities into KKR’s investment process.
Allen Phelps Executive Director of Research Security Management Certificate Program (RSMCP) Allen Phelps Executive Director of Research Security Management Certificate Program (RSMCP) https://rso.tamus.edu The Texas A&M University System Research Security Office is pleased to announce the launch of the Research Security Management Certificate Program (RSMCP).
Senator Rob Portman U.S. Senator from Ohio Rob Portman is a United States Senator from the state of Ohio, a position he has held since he was first elected in 2010, running a campaign that focused on common-sense conservative ideas to help create jobs and get the deficit under control.
Anna Puglisi Senior Fellow at Georgetown University, Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) Anna Puglisi is a Senior Fellow at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET). Previously she served as the National Counterintelligence Officer for East Asia, advising senior U.S. and foreign government officials at
Ashley Sanders Supervisory Investigations Officer at National Institutes of Health, Office of Management Assessment
Ashley Sanders Supervisory Investigations Officer at National Institutes of Health, Office of Management Assessment Ashley Sanders is the Supervising Investigations Officer for the NIH Office of the Director, Office of Management Assessment in the Division of Program Integrity. Her responsibilities include overseeing and investigating fraud, waste, abuse, and misconduct associated with the programs and operations of NIH, its employees, grant awardees and contractors. She is the primary liaison and coordination official to the HHS OIG, FBI and other Federal law enforcement agencies for program integrity, administrative, and criminal investigative activities. Ms. Sanders facilitates inter and cross-agency coordination on joint investigation and security insider threat activities. In this capacity she is a cleared and badged Task Force Member with the FBI ensuring effective, accountable and secure communications, providing investigative information and analytical support. Additionally, she coordinates on compliance and policy to safeguard her agency by preserving stewardship and accountability, while maintaining public trust in NIH.
Chancellor John Sharp Chancellor at Texas A&M University System John Sharp was appointed Chancellor of The Texas A&M University System by the Board of Regents on Sept. 6, 2011.
Dr. Patricia Valdez NIH Extramural Research Integrity Officer in the Office of Extramural Programs (OEP), in the Office of Extramural Research (OER) at National Institutes of Health
Dr. Patricia Valdez NIH Extramural Research Integrity Officer in the Office of Extramural Programs (OEP), in the Office of Extramural Research (OER) at National Institutes of Health Dr. Valdez serves at the NIH Extramural Research Integrity Officer in the Office of Extramural Programs (OEP), in the Office of Extramural Research (OER). In this role, she is responsible for training NIH Extramural staff and Research Integrity Officers on handling allegations of research misconduct in NIH-funded extramural activities and for performing the initial review and referral of allegations to the appropriate oversight agencies. Prior to joining the OER, Dr. Valdez was the Manager of Publication Ethics for the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) where she handled all allegations of scientific misconduct in ASBMB journals, including the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Senator Mark R. Warner U.S. Senator from Virginia Senator Warner was elected to the U.S. Senate in November 2008 and reelected to a third term in November 2020. He serves on the Senate Finance, Banking, Budget, and Rules Committees as well as the Select Committee on Intelligence, where he is the Chairman. During his time in the Senate, Senator Warner has established himself as a bipartisan leader who has worked with Republicans and Democrats alike to cut red tape, increase government performance and accountability, and promote private sector innovation and job creation. Senator Warner has been recognized as a national leader in fighting for our military men and women and veterans, and in working to find bipartisan, balanced solutions to address our country's debt and deficit.
FBI Director Christopher Wray Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations Christopher Wray became the eighth Director of the FBI on
Edward You Supervising Special Agent at FBI
Edward You Supervising Special Agent at FBI Edward You is a Supervisory Special Agent in the FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, currently detailed as a Liaison Officer at the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of National Security. Mr. You is responsible for creating programs and activities to coordinate and improve FBI and interagency activities to identify, assess, and respond to biological threats or incidents. He supports FBI initiatives to build partnerships with the life sciences community, domestically and internationally, and leads efforts to identify and address potential security challenges in advanced biotechnology. His overall goal is to safeguard the scientific community, the life science research enterprise, and the U.S. bioeconomy. Before being promoted to the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, Mr. You served as a member of the FBI Los Angeles Field Office Joint Terrorism Task Force and the FBI Hazardous Evidence Response Team.
