Steering Committee

Catherine A. Allen, Chairman and CEO of the Santa Fe Group, has been an outstanding leader in technology and financial services and was the founding CEO of BITS, a financial services consortium led by the CEOs and CIOs of 100 of the nation's largest financial institutions.

James Souby, President and CEO, Park City Center for Public Policy. Former long-time Executive Director of the Western Governors’ Association. Prior to his experience with the WGA, he served as executive director of the Council of Governors’ Policy Advisors, a national association of state policy directors, and as the director of policy development and planning for the Governor of Alaska.

Jim Hodges, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Hodges Consulting Group. Former Governor of South Carolina. Considered a national leader in economic development, state government budget and public education policy issues.

James Geringer, Director, ESRI. Former Governor of Wyoming and past chairman of the Western Governors' Association and the Education Commission of the States. He served on John Glenn's National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century.

Thomas Stack, Partner, S&S Consulting, Former Senior executive at OMB, Executive Office of the President with 30 years experience in credit and cash management programs.

Marc-Anthony Signorino, Director, Technology Policy, National Association of Manufacturers.

James Lewis, Director and Senior Fellow, Technology and Public Policy Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Before joining CSIS, he was a member of the U.S. Foreign Service and Senior Executive Service, where he worked on national security and technology-related issues (including global arms sales, encryption, space remote sensing, and high-tech trade with China).

Keith Ward is the Director of Enterprise Security and Identity Management for Northrop Grumman. Mr. Ward has over 22 years of experience in Information Technology - leading, managing, and developing complex mission critical projects and developing smart security, identification and authentication solutions.

Thomas Stanton, Fellow, Center for the Study of American Government, Johns Hopkins University, former federal Senior Executive, and director of the National Academy of Public Administration, is an attorney and author or editor of six books, including Meeting the Challenge of 9/11: Blueprints for Effective Government, 2006.

Liesyl Franz, Vice President for Information Security Programs and Policy, Information Technology Association of America. Previously, she worked at the Department of Homeland Security, where she served as deputy director for outreach and awareness at the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD).

Gary Glickman, CEO, Imadgen,LLC. Mr. Glickman as over 25 years of experience in developing and implementing security, electronic commerce, payment system and other information technology solutions within government, financial, retail and technology organizations. Prior to founding Imadgen, Mr. Glickman was President and CEO of Giesecke & Devrient Cardtech, the US subsidiary of Giesecke & Devrient GmbH.