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

CEO, Coronet Technology Enterprises, Inc. (dba CTE Workforce)

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

Senior Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Enrollment Management, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, VCU

Jim Wynne

Associate Professor Interim Chair, Department of Information Systems

Gary Tepper

Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, VCU College of Engineering

Chris Whyte

Associate Professor, LD Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs