Advisory Boards

VCU Cybersecurity Center advisory board features experts from commercial, government, and academia selected from some of the top entities in Virginia and the world. The board provides various perspectives ranging from local, state and national businesses to federal agencies and other academic institutions.

External Advisory Board

Name	Role
Jason Ancarrow	AVP, Cybersecurity, CarMax
Cyrus Beheshti	Managing Director, Touche LLP
Cathie Brown	Former VP / CISO, Impact Makers
Rebecca Dovi	Director of Education, Code Virginia
Chip Greene	Director, Cybersecurity, GE Healthcare
Dan Han	CISO, VCU, Chair of the Advisory Board
Bobby Keener	Chief Technology Innovations Officer, VDOE
Robert Keeton	First Sergeant, Virginia State Police
Rob Powell	Senior Advisor - Cybersecurity, NASA
Craig Rieger	Retired (Idaho National Laboratory (INL))
Ken Speeden	Founder, Innovative Solutions Consortium
Charles Tango	CISO, Sysco
Chris Tignor	Gobal Chief Information Security Officer, PRA Group
Michael Watson	CISO / Deputy CIO, Commonwealth of Virginia
Chris Whyte	Associate Professor, LD Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs

Internal Advisory Board

Name	Role
Milos Manic	Director, VCU Cybersecurity Center, Ex Officio
William Pelfrey	Associate Professor, LD Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs
Erdem Topsakal	Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, VCU
Jim Wynne	Associate Professor Interim Chair, Department of Information Systems
Gary Tepper	Interim Dean, VCU College of Engineering
Chris Whyte	Associate Professor, LD Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs