NICE Community Coordinating Council

Meeting Agenda

September 22, 2021 | 3:30-5:00 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

Looking Ahead at the Cybersecurity Workforce at the Federal Aviation Administration

Presented by Dr. Diana Burley, Co-chair, Committee on Cybersecurity Workforce of the

Federal Aviation Administration

URL:

https://www.nap.edu/catalog/26105/looking-ahead-at-the-cybersecurity-workforce-at-t

he-federal-aviation-administration

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

Black Cybersecurity Association Partnership with RangeForce

Presented by Roger Whyte, Black Cybersecurity Association

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

Highmark Health

Presented by Jon Smiley, Sr. Program Manager, Highmark Health

d. Research Review

Closing the Gap on Women Veterans

Presented by Dr. Costis Toregas

IV. Working Group Updates

a. Promote Career Discovery

Co-chairs: Roland Varriale II, Cybersecurity Analyst, Argonne National Laboratory;

Monica Gomez, Cisco

b. Transform Learning Process

Co-chairs: Richard Spires, Instructor, Learning Tree

c. Modernize Talent Management

Co-chairs: Kevin Perry, Chief Cyber Training, DoD Cyber Crime Center/Cyber Training
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Academy; Melissa Woo, Executive Vice President for Administration, Michigan State

University; Lynsey Caldwell, Leidos

V. Community of Interest Updates

a. Apprenticeships in Cybersecurity

Co-chairs: Tony Bryan, Executive Director, CyberUp; Jennifer Oddo Executive Director,

Strategic Workforce Education and Innovation, Youngstown State University

b. Cybersecurity Skills Competitions

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

c. K12 Cybersecurity Education

Co-chairs: Terrance Campbell, CCTE Cybersecurity Teacher, Shelby County Schools;

Laurin Buchanan, Secure Decisions; Thomas Trevethan, Palo Alto Networks

d. NICE Framework Users

Karen Wetzel, Manager of the NICE Framework

VI. Project Progress Reports

a. Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week – October 18-23, 2021

Presented by Davina Pruitt-Mentle, Lead for Academic Engagement, NICE

URL:

https://www.nist.gov/itl/applied-cybersecurity/nice/events/cybersecurity-career-awaren

ess-week

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

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

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

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

Presented by Paola Hechavarria, Florida International University

URL: https://niceconference.org/

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

Presented by Tony Coulson, Cybersecurity Center, California State University, San

Bernardino

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

e. US Cyber Games

Presented by Jessica Gulick, CEO, Katzcy

URL: https://www.uscybergames.com/

VII. Featured Topic

NICE Strategic Plan - Implementation Plan

Presented by the NICE Community Coordinating Council Leadership Team

VIII. Closing Remarks and Next Meeting Reminder

The next NICE Council Meeting will be October 27, 2021, at 3:30 p.m. ET.