Organizing Board
Andy Lustig
Partner, Cooley
alustig@cooley.com
Katherine M. Ferguson
SVP, Business Development, Cooley
kferguson@cooley.com
Jeremy King
President, Benchmark Executive Search
jeremy@benchmarkes.com
Matt Devost
CEO & Cofounder, OODA LLC; former CEO, FusionX
mgd@ooda.com
Board of Advisors
Jonathan Aberman
Partner, Ruxton Ventures; Founder, TandemNSI; Founder, Amplifier Ventures; Advisor to DOD Lab Directorate
Mike Appelbaum
CEO, Immersive Wisdom
Robert P. Ashley
CEO, Ashley Global Leadership and Strategy; former Director, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
Eric Bednash
CEO, Racktop Systems
Wes Blackwell
Partner, Booz Allen Ventures; former US Navy Aviator
Michael Capps
Cofounder & CEO, Diveplane Corporation; former President, Epic Games
Bill Crowell
Partner, Alsop Louie Partners;
former Deputy Director, NSA
Jamie Dos Santos
Chairman & CEO, Cybraics Defense Corp; former CEO, Terremark Federal Group
Tim Estes
Founder, Executive Chairman & Co-CEO, Digital Reasoning
Bob Flores
Former CTO, CIA
Chris Gladwin
Cofounder & CEO, Ocient; former Founder & CEO, Cleversafe
Sue Gordon
Board Member, Avantus Federal & CACI; former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence; Deputy Director, NGA; Federal Executive, CIA
Bob Gourley
Cofounder & CTO, OODA LLC; former CTO, DIA
Will Grannis
Managing Director, Cloud CTO, Google
Cyndi Gula
Managing Director & Cofounder, Gula Tech Adventures; former VP Operations, Tenable Network Security
Ron Gula
President & Cofounder, Gula Tech Adventures; former CEO & Cofounder, Tenable Network Security
Lt Gen Rhett Hernandez
President, CyberLens; former Chief & Commander of Army Cyber Command
Brian Hibbeln
Venture Partner, SineWave Ventures; former Director, DoD
France Hoang
Cofounder & Chief Strategy Officer, boodleAI; Board Member, MAG Aerospace
Lt Gen (ret) Scott Howell
Consultant and Board Member; former Commander, Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)
Tim Hughes
SVP of Global Business & Government Affairs, SpaceX
Jim Hunt
Managing Partner, Lavrock Ventures
Gus Hunt
Managing Director, Accenture Federal Services; former CTO, CIA
Peter Katz
General Counsel, Expel; former GC, Duo Security
Jack Kerrigan
Partner, Razor’s Edge Ventures; former COO & GC, Blackbird Technologies
Mike Kushin
President & CEO, Parsons; former Six3 Systems and CACI
Francis Landolf
Consultant; former Senior Executive, NSA
Charlene Leubecker
Owner & CEO, CPL Consulting; former Deputy Intelligence Community CIO; former Director of Clandestine Technology, CIA
Dov Levy
Cofounder, Dovel Technologies
Elma Levy
Cofounder, Dovel Technologies
Ellen McCarthy
Consultant & Board Member; former Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence & Research
Shane McGee
GC & Chief Privacy Officer, Cofense Inc.
Dawn Meyerriecks
Blackstone Advisor, former CIA DS&T, DNI AT&F, AOL Products SVP, DISA CTO
Jonathan Moneymaker
CEO, BlueHalo; former President, Altamira
Tim Newberry
Founder, BlackHorse Solutions; National Security Investor & Advisor
Maj Gen (ret) Aaron Prupas
Founder, Brain Trust Solutions; former Director, Project MAVEN
Costa Saab
Managing Director, Valor Equity Partners;
former Chief Strategy Officer, CIA
Randy Sabett
Special Counsel, Cyber/Data/Privacy, Cooley; former NSA
Jen Sovada
President, Public Sector, SandboxAQ; former US Air Force ISR
Peggy Styer
Managing Partner, Razor’s Edge Ventures; former founder & CEO, Blackbird Technologies
Adam Vincent
Founder & former CEO, ThreatConnect
Alan Wade
President, Wade Associates Inc; former CIO, CIA
Mark Walsh
Founder & Managing Director, Ruxton Ventures; former Head of Office of Investment and Innovation, US Small Business Administration
Bryan Ware
CEO, Next5; former Assistant Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency; former Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, DHS
Steven Witt
CEO & Cofounder, Anno.ai; former CIA