Vivek Arora
Vivek Arora is Head of the IMF’s Office of Risk Management, which oversees the Fund’s enterprise risk management framework. He has held this position since 2017. Vivek’s previous positions include Deputy Director of the IMF’s Strategy, Policy & Review Department and extensive experience in country operations. He has served as the Fund’s senior resident representative in China, based in Beijing, and in South Africa, based (more…)Merline Barrington
Merline Barrington is ERM Lead at Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. She earned a Master of Public Administration in Public Policy and Administration degree (MPA-PPA), dually specializing in management and operations as well as human resources management from the City University of New York- John Jay College. (more…)Gabriel Benincasa
Gabriel Benincasa is both a CPA and JD with years of financial services leadership experience. As the SEC’s first Chief Risk Officer, Gabriel has been responsible for establishing the organization’s strategic plan and building a department from scratch. Gabriel has a long history of helping companies revamp their compliance and risk structures while influencing the corporate cultures to comply with the heightened regulatory scrutiny. While (more…)Thomas (Tom) Brandt
Tom Brandt is a risk management practitioner in the federal government. With nearly three decades of federal service, he is currently the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) and Director of Planning and Risk for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. He previously served as CRO for the IRS. He is a fellow with the National Academy of Public Administration, a past president of the Association for (more…)Atisha Burks
Atisha Burks is the Senior Accounting and Finance Leader at the Department of the Navy where she supports Navy Financial Management and Financial Improvement programs department wide. Previously she was the Chief of Financial Policy, Reporting and Property at the Department of Homeland Security United States Coast Guard. Prior to that she was the Director of Financial Reporting and Policy at the United States Department (more…)Donovan Chase
Donovan Chase is an advisory Manager with KPMG. Since 2002, Donovan has worked with Federal clients, focusing on Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Government National Mortgage Association since 2004. His work has supported Federal Enterprise Risk Management, Government Compliance and Risk Assessment, Internal Control Testing, and Business Strategy for the Secondary Mortgage Market. (more…)Tom Easthope
As a senior member in Microsoft’s Enterprise Risk Management team, Tom Easthope is currently responsible for driving the company’s ERM engagement focus on information and enterprise IT as well as continuity and response. Mr. Easthope also oversees Microsoft’s internal implementation of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (more…)Adrian Evans-Burke
Adrian Evans-Burke is a management analyst in the Office of Strategic Planning and Performance Management at the Library of Congress. He is responsible for managing the Library‘s Integrated Risk Management and Internal Controls (iRIC) framework and ensuring that it is successfully incorporated into the Library’s planning and performance activities. (more…)Preston Finley
Preston Finley is the Director of the Foresight, Strategic Planning and Risk Management team within the Office of Enterprise Integration in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). He began his Federal Service with the Postal Service in 1994 and held numerous positions in Mail Processing Field Operations and Corporate positions (more…)Kenneth C. Fletcher
Mr. Fletcher’s professional career spans more than 40-years including military, private sector, and civilian government service. He is currently the President and founder of Kestrel Hawk Consulting, Inc., a risk management consultancy company he founded in 2017. He retired from federal government service after 14-years at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), (more…)Michael Frueh
Michael James Frueh was appointed as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Performance Management in the Office of Enterprise Integration in June 2019. He is responsible for the Department’s strategic planning, enterprise risk management, performance management, enterprise governance, and business architecture support. (more…)Alyssa Fusisi
Alyssa Fusisi, Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Risk Management Professional – Federal (CRMP-Fed), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM), is a Principal with Kearney & Company. Ms. Fusisi has more than fourteen years of experience supporting multiple Federal agencies with financial management, internal controls, and risk management. Ms. Fusisi is the Customer Enablement Lead for Kearney’s Emerging Technology Practice and (more…)Chris Hare
Chris brings over 16 years of risk management experience in both the public and private sectors including all three branches of government (Executive, Legislative & Judicial). He has a special expertise in the area of OMB Circular A-123, the Green Book and the COSO Internal Control and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) frameworks and serves as a corporate liaison on several projects where he helps Federal (more…)Thomas Holland
Thomas Holland is a Manager at Guidehouse focused on helping entities enable their missions through enhanced enterprise risk management. Thomas has also played a key role in multiple program stand-up or transformation engagements, contributing mainly in the areas of organizational and operational design, governance, risk, compliance, and process improvement. (more…)Bernard Jenkins
Since January 2016, he has served as the Director of Business Operations for the Office of Finance at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In this role, Bernard has overall responsibility for all major operational functional areas, including budget, human resources, acquisitions, IT, and space management ensuring organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Prior to joining the Office of Finance, Bernard spent his entire (more…)Larry Koskinen
Larry Koskinen has served the public interest for more than forty years through executive positions in the federal government, commercial professional services firms, and non-profit organizations, both within the United States and abroad. He is a member of the Federal Senior Executive Service, and is currently serving as Chief Risk Officer at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. (more…)Kate Kraycirik
Kate Kraycirik is the Director of Enterprise Risk Management at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Prior to starting the Enterprise Risk Management program, Kate was in charge of the MD Anderson’s Risk Management section in the Legal services department providing ongoing assistance, guidance and oversight for related activities at MD Anderson, with particular emphasis on patient care risk review and reduction, investigation, (more…)Jill Lennox
Jill Lennox is the Team Lead for the FDIC’s Enterprise Risk Management program. Jill assumed this role in February 2019, where she played a key role in building the FDIC’s ERM program in 2019 and launching it in 2020. Jill leads a five-person team and reports to the CRO. (more…)Bonita Mannings
Bonita Mannings is a Personnel Psychologist and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advocate at the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM). In this role, Bonita served as the Curriculum Director for the Leadership and Relationship Curriculum, as well at the Diversity and Inclusion Curriculum for five years. Additionally, she serves as an Executive Coach and mentor. Bonita also works collaboratively with her colleagues on various organizational (more…)Alice McNutt Miller
Alice McNutt Miller is the former first Chief Risk Officer of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, where she was responsible for developing, implementing, and managing a comprehensive process for identifying, monitoring and managing risks to DFC. Prior to joining DFC, Alice was the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s first Chief Risk Officer. As CRO, she was responsible for guiding and overseeing the agency’s approach to assessing (more…)Patrick A. Murphy
Patrick A. Murphy has been serving as the Commissioner of the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency (DHSES) since February 2019. During his tenure at DHSES, Commissioner Murphy oversaw the establishment and maintenance of New York State’s critical COVID-19 response infrastructure (more…)James A. Nelson
Dr. Nelson was appointed Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) in October 2007. The position established in January 2006, is the result of a major recommendation by NAPA (National Academy of Public Administration), which conducted an exhaustive analysis of diversity within CDC. Dr. Nelson has achieved a distinguished career in the field of Diversity Management and Education Development. He has (more…)Bobbi-Jo Pankaj
Bobbi-Jo Pankaj is an Enterprise Risk Management and Controls Subject Matter Expert at Guidehouse. Ms. Pankaj supports federal government clients with risk, compliance, and controls activities which encompasses Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) A-123 assessments, Internal Audit, and Grants Management. Since 2004, Ms. Pankaj has led ERM, risk management and internal control engagements for public-sector organizations, assisting them in improving (more…)Nicole Puri
Nicole Puri is Chief Risk Officer at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service. Ms. Puri has over 20 years of experience in the fields of enterprise risk management, law, finance, and real estate. She has worked in and with the federal government for over 15 years, (more…)Stephen Quinn
Stephen Quinn is a senior computer scientist in the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL). Mr. Quinn is the program manager of the National Checklist Program and the National Online Informative Reference Program and is the lead author for integrating NIST risk management project work within the paradigm of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). He is also a co-originator of the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP). He was (more…)
John Skober
Mr. Skober is the Comptroller of Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC), US Navy where he leads a community accountable for $1B. He was Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness branch head at Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command where he managed the people, processes and tools to meet full financial statement audit objectives. Mr. Skober began as an accountant at Lockheed Martin Corporate Shared Services where (more…)Alyssa Smiley
Ms. Smiley began her Federal career in 2009 and currently serves as the acting Deputy Director for the Risk Management and Assurance Division within the Office of the Chief Financial Officer at the Department of Homeland Security. In this role, Ms. Smiley has assisted in developing a robust, risk-based information technology assurance program that encompasses Federal requirements while also supporting increased control environment maturity and (more…)Meredith Stein
Ms. Meredith Stein works at the National Institutes of Health, where she leads the Enterprise Risk Management, Audit Liaison, and FMFIA Programs. Prior to joining NIH, Ms. Stein worked for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and KPMG. (more…)Kate Sylvis
Kate, a Director in Guidehouse’s Risk Consulting Practice and the Enterprise Risk Management Solution Leader, has over 19 years of experience advising clients on complex governance, risk, compliance, internal control and operations challenges coupled with high transparency and regulatory scrutiny. She advises clients across a range of industries including: financial services, government, technology, healthcare, energy and consumer products. Her expertise and experience cover a range (more…)William Tillman
William (David) Tillman, a retired enlisted Marine cryptologist, is currently the Senior Agency Information Security Risk Officer (SAISRO) for the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) headquartered in Alexandria has the executive responsibility for all aspects of Cybersecurity governance, risk, compliance and operations. Mr. Tillman is also the responsible executive for NCUA Tier 1 – Tier 4 IT operations. Prior to this role, Mr. Tillman served (more…)Marshall Toburen
Marshall Toburen, CIA, CISA, CFSA (non-practicing) is Risk Management Strategist at RSA, a Dell Technologies Company. Marshall provides strategic input to the development and marketing of risk-related solutions for RSA and advises customers on risk management best practices. (more…)Sean Vineyard
Mr. Vineyard is the Director of 11th Hour Service’s Public Sector Civilian Practice with over twelve years of risk management, financial management, and management advisory experience. Mr. Vineyard is a Senior Leader, an educator, and a published author in the Enterprise Risk Management and Financial Management fields of practice and is active in the risk and financial management communities having held multiple positions with the (more…)Cynthia Vitters
Cynthia Vitters is a Managing Director in Deloitte & Touche LLP’s Advisory practice, and leads Deloitte’s Government & Public Services Enterprise Risk Management practice. In this role, she and her team support clients across the federal, state and local governments as well as higher education institutions, helping them to identify, interpret, and prepare for risks that can impact business as usual as well as lead, (more…)