NICE Community Coordinating Council

Meeting Agenda

January 26, 2022 | 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 – Jon Brickey, Senior Vice President, Mastercard

b. Academic Co-Chair - Marni Baker-Stein, Chief Academic Officer and Provost, Western 

Governors University

c. Government Co-Chair- Rodney Petersen, Director of NICE

III. Standing Items

a. Report Roundup – Learning from Good Ideas 

Women in the Workplace 2021

Presented by Sara S. O’Rourke, Partner, McKinsey & Company

URL: https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion/women-inthe-workplace

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

SFS Job Fair Use of NICE Framework Work Roles

Presented by Yang Li, National Science Foundation

URL: https://www.sfs.opm.gov/AODefault.aspx

c. Research Review-Driving Research on Effective Practices 

The State of the U.S. STEM Workforce

Presented by Amy L. Burke, Ph.D., Program Director, National Science Foundation

URL: https://www.nsf.gov/cise/bpc/

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

Presidential Cybersecurity Educator of the Year

Presented by Albert Palacios, U.S. Department of Education

URL: https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/two-educators-honored-2021-

presidential-cybersecurity-education-award

IV. Working Group Updates

a. Promote Career Discovery

Co-chairs: Roland Varriale II, Argonne National Laboratory

b. Transform Learning Process

Co-chairs: Richard Spires, Learning Tree; Dr. Donna Schaeffer, Marymount University
c. Modernize Talent Management

Lead: Lynsey Caldwell, Leidos; Kevin Perry, United States Army; Dr. Melissa Woo, 

Michigan State University

V. Community of Interest Updates

a. Apprenticeships in Cybersecurity

Co-chairs: Tony Bryan, CyberUp; Jennifer Oddo, Youngstown State University

b. Cybersecurity Skills Competitions

Co-chairs: Amelia Phillips, Highline College; Bradley Wolfenden, EmberSec; David 

Zeichick, California State University, Chico

c. K12 Cybersecurity Education

Co-chairs: Laurin Buchanan, Secure Decisions

d. NICE Framework Users

Karen Wetzel, Manager of the NICE Framework

VI. Project Progress Reports

a. NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference (Virtual) – December 6-7, 2021

Presented by Felicia Rateliff, Director of Operations and Programs, iKeepSafe

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

b. NICE Conference and Expo (Atlanta, Georgia) – June 6-8, 2022

Presented by Katherine Dagand, Florida International University

URL: https://niceconference.org/

c. NICE Challenge Project 

Presented by James D. Ashley

URL: http://www.nice-challenge.com/

VII. Featured Topic

NIST Educational STEM Resource (NEST-R) Registry

Presented by Cara O’Malley, Mathematician, National Institute of Standards and Technology

URL: https://nestr.nist.gov/

NICE Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Program Finder

Presented by Marian Merritt, Deputy Director, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education

URL: https://www.nist.gov/itl/applied-cybersecurity/nice/resources/apprenticeship-finder

VIII. Closing Remarks and Next Meeting Reminder

The next NICE Council Meeting will be February 23, 2022 at 3:30 p.m. ET.