ISACA welcomed its 2021-2022 Board of Directors last week during its virtual Annual General Meeting. The new board includes members with diverse backgrounds and a range of expertise from across the globe, including new Board Chair Gregory J. Touhill.
Touhill is director of the CERT Division at the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, a federally funded research and development center focused on working with government and industry to advance the security of computer systems and networks. Touhill also serves on the AFCEA Cyber Committee and is on the adjunct faculty at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College where he teaches courses for senior cybersecurity leaders. He most recently served as president of the AppGate Federal Group, a cybersecurity and advanced technology company.
A retired brigadier general, Touhill served in the Air Force as a military commander where he also led cybersecurity and information technology programs and received the Bronze Star. In addition to leading cybersecurity teams in the Department of Defense, he has the distinction of working as the US government’s first federal CISO, appointed under President Obama. He has served on ISACA’s board since June 2018 and holds ISACA’s Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) credential.
Stepping into the vice chair role on ISACA’s board is Pamela (Pam) Nigro, CDSPE, CISA, CGEIT, CRISC, vice president information services and security officer at PWNHealth Chicago, LLC, who previously served as board director. Before her current role, Nigro held the role of senior director, information security, at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas.
The following 13 leaders were installed on the 2021-2022 ISACA Board of Directors during the meeting:
- Gregory J. Touhill, CISM, CISSP, Brigadier General (ret), Chair; Director of the Software Engineering Institute's CERT Division and formerly the first Federal Chief Information Security Officer of the United States government
- Pamela (Pam) Nigro, CDPSE, CISA, CGEIT, CRISC; Vice Chair; Vice President Information Services and Security Officer at PWNHealth Chicago, LLC
- John De Santis, Director; technology executive; past chairman and CEO of HyTrust, an IT infrastructure security software company that was acquired by Entrust in January 2021, and board member for cybersecurity software providers ValiMail and Cequence
- Niel Harper, CDPSE, CISA, CRISC, Director; Chief Information Security Officer for the United Nations Office for Project Services
- Gabriela Hernández-Cardoso, Director; Lawyer with significant experience in the public and private sectors
- Maureen O’Connell, Director; Executive experienced in finance and education
- Veronica N. Rose, CISA, CDPSE, Director; Lead Information Systems Auditor, Metropol Corporation, and board member with the ISACA Kenya Chapter
- Gerrard Schmid, Director; President and CEO of Diebold Nixdorf
- Asaf Weisberg, CSX-P, CISM, CRISC, CISA, CDPSE, CGEIT; Director; Founder and CEO of introSight
- Tracey Dedrick, Director; Board Chair (2020-2021); C-Suite executive experienced in risk, compliance, treasury and investor relations
- Brennan P. Baybeck, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CISSP; Director; Board Chair (2019-2020); VP & CISO for Customer Services at Oracle Corporation
- Rob Clyde, CISM, NACD Directorship Certified and Board Fellow; Director; Board Chair (2018-2019); Executive chair of the board of directors, White Cloud Security, and executive advisor to ShardSecure
- David Samuelson, Director; Chief Executive Officer, ISACA
“I’m excited to work with this accomplished, talented and diverse board of directors,” Samuelson said. “In our returning board directors and the outstanding individuals who are joining the board, we have a well-rounded group that is ready to steer this proud organization toward an even brighter future.”
Find out more about the 2021-22 board at https://www.isaca.org/why-isaca/leadership-and-governance/board-of-directors.