About The Cybersecurity and Privacy Program

The Cybersecurity and Privacy Program provides resources and events that are created by, and for, the higher education cybersecurity and privacy communities.


Major areas of focus of the program include:


Cybersecurity and Privacy Advisory Committee

The Cybersecurity and Privacy Advisory Committee, previously known as the HEISC Advisory Committee, is responsible for ensuring progress in meeting the strategic priorities of the program. To accomplish this, the committee creates and monitors working groups and sponsors other activities, annually reviews the strategic priorities to see if changes are needed, and annually sets objectives for the working groups that will produce tangible outcomes furthering the goals of the council.


  • Jon Allen

    Jon Allen
    Associate Vice President CIO & CISO, Baylor University
    HECVAT Users Community Group Co-Chair
  • Nichole Arbino

    Nichole Arbino
    Communities Program Manager, EDUCAUSE
    EDUCAUSE Staff Liaison
  • Chris Cashmere

    Chris Cashmere
    Risk, Compliance, and Privacy Manager, University of Nebraska
    Privacy Community Group Co-Chair
  • Louis Daher

    Louis Daher
    Data Security Analyst - Michigan Engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
    800-171 Compliance Community Group Co-Chair
  • Wendy Epley

    Wendy Epley
    Principal Analyst, Information Security, The University of Arizona
    Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Conference Program Committee Co-Chair
    800-171 Compliance Community Group Co-Chair
  • Charlie Escue

    Charlie Escue
    Extended Information Security Manager, Indiana University
    HECVAT Users Community Group Co-Chair
  • Isaac Galvan

    Isaac Galvan
    Lead Cybersecurity Training Specialist, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Awareness and Education Community Group Co-Chair
  • Chris Gregg

    Chris Gregg
    CISO, University of St. Thomas
    Higher Education Chief Information Security Officers Community Group Co-Chair
  • Sean Hagan

    Sean Hagan
    Chief Information Security Officer, University of Alaska Fairbanks
    Governance, Risk, and Compliance Community Group Co-Chair
  • Tom Horton

    Tom Horton
    Chief Information Security Officer, Weill Cornell Medical College
    Advisory Committee Co-Chair
  • Jennie Kennedy

    Jennie Kennedy
    Chief Privacy and Data Protection officer, University of Texas System
    Higher Education Chief Privacy Officers Community Group Co-Chair
  • Nick Lewis

    Nick Lewis
    Program Manager for Security and Identity, Internet2
    Internet2 Liaison
  • Alex Lindstrom
    Vendor Services Risk & Program Manager, Stanford University
    Governance, Risk, and Compliance Community Group Co-Chair
  • Ron Loneker

    Ron Loneker
    Director, IT Special Projects, Saint Elizabeth University
    800-171 Compliance Community Group Co-Chair
  • Alexander Magid

    Alexander Magid
    Information Privacy and Compliance Analyst, DPO, Clark University
    Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Conference Program Committee Co-Chair
    Higher Education Chief Privacy Officers Community Group Co-Chair
  • Mark Napier

    Mark Napier
    Deputy Dir IT/ Chief Info Privacy and Security Officer, Indiana University Bloomington
    Awareness and Education Community Group Co-Chair
  • Anthony Newman

    Anthony Newman
    Executive Director, REN-ISAC
  • Pegah Parsi

    Pegah Parsi
    Chief Privacy Officer, University of California San Diego
    Advisory Committee Co-Chair
  • Masood Sidiqyar

    Masood Sidiqyar
    Sr. Director, Information Security, Vanderbilt University
    Governance, Risk, and Compliance Community Group Co-Chair
  • Svetla Sytch

    Svetla Sytch
    Assistant Director of Privacy and IT Policy, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
    Privacy Community Group Co-Chair
  • John Virden

    John Virden
    AVP, Chief Information Security Officer, Miami University
    Higher Education Chief Information Security Officers Community Group Co-Chair
  • Andrew Weisskopf

    Andrew Weisskopf
    Chief Information Security Officer, University of Delaware
    Technologies, Operations, and Practices Community Group Co-Chair
  • Ann West

    Ann West
    Associate Vice President, Trust and Identity, Internet2
    Internet2/InCommon Liaison