Lt. Gen. Mark E. Weatherington, USAF (Ret.)

Chairman, Defense Innovation Council | Former Deputy Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command

Commanded two-thirds of America's nuclear triad with operational responsibility for ICBMs, strategic bombers, and nuclear command/control systems.

Led $186 billion nuclear modernization portfolio. Chairman, Defense Innovation Council (Atlantic Council). General Partner, Thomas & Taylor Partners Holdings. Expert in critical infrastructure protection at national-security classification levels.

Dr. David Mussington, CISSP

Former Executive Assistant Director, CISA

Managed protection of America's 16 critical infrastructure sectors with $200M+ budget reporting directly to DHS Secretary.

Founding member, Cyber Safety Review Board. Professor, University of Maryland School of Public Policy. PhD (MIT), MA Security Studies (Georgetown), CISSP.

Garrett Melich

Former Deputy Director Cyber & Digital Policy, CIA

Twenty-four years at CIA ending as Deputy Director coordinating Agency cybersecurity with White House, Pentagon, and Intelligence Community.

Founded CIA's Directorate of Digital Innovation (first new Directorate in 50 years). Led classified HUMINT operations across Europe, Asia, Middle East. President, Level Up LLC.

Brian Sample

Former SES, Defense Intelligence Agency

Twenty-three years Intelligence Community as Senior Executive Service leader at DIA. Provided intelligence briefings directly to White House NSC.

Commanded $80M global technology operations and $50M R&D portfolio. Led multi-billion dollar IDIQ award with zero protests. Founder, Random Sample Consulting.

Ryan Streit

Former General Counsel, White House

Former General Counsel for President's Intelligence Advisory Board & Intelligence Oversight Board. Selected through Intelligence Community-wide competitive process to advise the President.

Attorney at National Security Agency Office of General Counsel. Former Associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. JD University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.

Peter Renner

Vice Chairman | Global Client CTO, Microsoft

Global Client CTO at Microsoft advising Fortune 100 on AI adoption and post-quantum encryption. Cybersecurity Advisor at Semiconductor Manufacturing Cybersecurity Consortium. Doctoral Candidate in Cybersecurity.

Eliot Jung

Vice Chairman, Cybersecurity | Cybersecurity Specialist, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Cybersecurity Specialist at Brookhaven National Laboratory (U.S. Department of Energy). Former Executive Director at JPMorgan Chase managing global cybersecurity operations. Doctor of Technology (Purdue), Master in Public Policy (Harvard Kennedy School).

Ian Schneller

CISO, Health Care Service Corporation

Protects 17 million Blue Cross Blue Shield members across five states. First CISO to win Dallas CIO ORBIE Award (2023).

Manages 500+ employees protecting patient records. 23 years U.S. Air Force cyber defense. Former CISO at JPMorgan Chase.

Karl Perman

CSO GigNet, CEO CIP CORPS

Author of four books on critical infrastructure protection including authoritative guide to NERC CIP compliance.

2011 Security Magazine "Most Influential People in Security." National Sector Chief, Dams (InfraGard). 30+ years critical infrastructure experience.

Isaura Gaeta

Former VP Intel Product Assurance & Security Research

40 years Intel Corporation. VP Security Research & GM Product Assurance. 5x Intel Achievement Award. Board: Elevate Semiconductor, Stearns Bank. Chairman, Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley. MS Engineering Management (Stanford), BS Chemical Engineering (UC Berkeley).

Dr. John C. Checco

Resident CISO Financial Services, Proofpoint

Former SVP, Bank of America Global Information Security. Established Zero Trust Architecture strategy. D.Sc. Cybersecurity (Marymount, 2025). CCISO, CISSP, CSSLP.

Jon Olson

Chief Legal Officer, Blackbaud

Chief Legal Officer at Blackbaud. Former SVP/General Counsel/Corporate Secretary (16+ years). Corporate governance and SEC regulatory expertise. Former Division Counsel at Alcatel-Lucent.

Tim Williams

CISO, Insulet Corporation

CISO protecting connected medical devices for global diabetes management. Former CISO at ZOLL Medical and Kaiser Permanente. FDA compliance and medical device security expertise.