NICE Community Coordinating Council

Meeting Agenda

March 24, 2021 | 3:30-5:00 p.m. ET

BlueJeans: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/dpqyhydw

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

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. Strategy Stories - New Developments that Align to NICE Strategic

Howard Community College STEM Challenge Grant: A Response to Cybersecurity

Workforce Demand in Central Maryland

Presented by Dr. Patrick Valdivia, Manager of Computing and Cyber Lab Services,

Howard Community College, and Minah Woo, Associate Vice President, Continuing

Education/Workforce Development, Howard Community College

URL: https://www.eda.gov/oie/stem/2020/

b. Report Roundup - Learning from Good Ideas

Remote Work in the Capital Region

Presented by JB Holsten, CEO, Greater Washington Partnership

URL:

https://greaterwashingtonpartnership.com/publications/remote-work-in-the-capital-regi

on/

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

President's Cup Cybersecurity Competition

Presented by Michael Harpin, CISA

URL: https://presidentscup.cisa.gov/

d. Research Review - Highlighting Research Results or Topics for Further Study

Securing a Nation: Improving Federal Cybersecurity Hiring in the United States

Presented by Will Markow, Managing Director, Human Capital Management and

Emerging Technologies, Burning Glass Technologies

URL: https://www.burning-glass.com/research-project/cybersecurity-securing-nation

IV. Working Group Updates

a. Promote Career Discovery

James “Jimmy” Baker, Cybersecurity Evangelist and Author or, Roland Varriale II,

Cybersecurity Analyst, Argonne National Laboratory
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b. Transform Learning Process

Dr. Aurelia T. Williams, Interim Vice Provost for Academic Administration, Norfolk State

University; or Richard Spires, Instructor, Learning Tree

c. Modernize Talent Management

Karen Jensen, Saaby Consulting; or Kevin Perry, Chief Cyber Training, DoD Cyber Crime

Center/Cyber Training Academy; or Melissa Woo, Executive Vice President for

Administration, Michigan State University

V. Community of Interest Updates

a. Apprenticeships in Cybersecurity

Tony Bryan, Executive Director, CyberUp; or, Jennifer Oddo Executive Director, Strategic

Workforce Education and Innovation, Youngstown State University

b. Cybersecurity Skills Competitions

Amelia Phillips, Highline College; or Brad Wolfenden, EmberSec

c. K12 Cybersecurity Education

Terrance Campbell, CCTE Cybersecurity Teacher - Shelby County Schools; or Laurin

Buchanan, Secure Decisions

d. NICE Framework Users

Karen Wetzel, Manager of the NICE Framework

VI. Project Progress Reports

a. NICE Conference and Expo

Presenter: Randy Pestana, Florida International University

URL: https://niceconference.org/

b. NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference

Presenter: Felicia Rateliff, Director of Operations & Programs, iKeepSafe

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

c. Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cybersecurity Community

Presenter: Amy Hysell, Cybersecurity Center, California State University, San Bernardino

URL: https://www.caecommunity.org/

VII. Featured Topic

INFOSEC Institute Study on NICE Framework

Megan Sawle, Vice President, Marketing, INFOSEC Institute

VIII. Closing Remarks Next Meeting Reminder

The next NICE Community Meeting will be April 28, 2021, at 3:30 p.m. ET