NICE Community Coordinating Council

Meeting Agenda

January 25, 2023 | 3:15-5:00 p.m. ET

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I. Introduction and Ground Rules – NICE Program Manager Susana Barraza

II. Opening Remarks

a. Industry Co-Chair – Bridgett Paradise, Chief People & Culture Officer, Tenable

b. Interim Academic Co-Chair – Paul Bingham, Vice President and Dean, College of 

Information Technology, Governors University

c. Government Co-Chair – Marian Merritt, Deputy Director of NICE 

III. Standing Items

a. Report Roundup – Learning from Good Ideas 

2022 Deloitte-NASCIO Cybersecurity Study

Presented by Eric Sweden, Program Director, Enterprise Architecture & Governance, 

NASCIO

www.nascio.org/cybersecuritystudy

b. Strategy Stories – New Developments that align to NICE Strategic Plan

Competencies and the NCAE-C Careers Preparation National Center (CPNC)

Presented by Zoe Fowler, Norwich University and Vincent Nestler, CSU, San Bernardino

c. Framework Feature – Applications and Uses of Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity 

Red Hat Training & NICE Framework Mapping Project

Presented by Lea Fenske and Rob Locke, Red Hat

https://www.redhat.com/en

d. Research Review- Driving Research on Effective Practices

Convergence Education: A Guide to Transdisciplinary STEM Learning and Teaching

Presented by Emily Kuehn and Louie Lopez, U.S. Department of Defense

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Convergence_PublicReport_Final.pdf

IV. Working Group Updates

a. Promote Career Discovery

Co-chairs: Roland Varriale II, Argonne National Laboratory; Keith Davis, Koinonia Family 

Life, Inc

b. Transform Learning Process

Co-chairs: Dr. Donna Schaeffer, Marymount University

c. Modernize Talent Management

Lead: Marian Merritt, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education
V. Community of Interest Updates

a. Apprenticeships in Cybersecurity

Co-chairs: Tony Bryan, CyberUp; Debbie McLeod, McLeod Information Systems

b. Cybersecurity Skills Competitions

Co-chairs: Amelia Phillips, University of Cumberlands; David Zeichick, California State 

University, Chico

c. K12 Cybersecurity Education

Co-chair: Thomas Trevethan, Palo Alto Networks

d. NICE Framework Users

Karen Wetzel, Manager of the NICE Framework

VI. Project Progress Reports

a. NICE Conference and Expo (Seattle, Washington) – June 5-7, 2023

Presented by Randy Pestana, Florida International University

URL: https://niceconference.org/

b. NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference (Phoenix, Arizona) – December 4-5, 2023

Presented by Felicia Rafeliff, iKeepSafe

URL: https://www.k12cybersecurityconference.org/

VII. Featured Topic

Cybersecurity Workforce Initiative Overview

Presented by Erin White, Senior Director, Corporate initiatives Business Roundtable

https://www.businessroundtable.org/business-roundtable-launches-new-cybersecurityworkforce-corporate-initiative

NICE 2022 Accomplishments Infographic

Presented by Danielle Santos, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education

https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/2023/01/12/NICE%202022%20Infographic.pdf

VIII. Closing Remarks and Next Meeting Reminder

The next NICE Council Meeting will be February 22, at 3:30 p.m. ET.