Town Hall Meeting

Caitlin’s expertise in critical infrastructure security and resilience, including cybersecurity, makes her a uniquely valuable asset to clients navigating the complex operational challenges posed by our increasingly interconnected and interdependent global economy. Prior to joining Toffler Associates, Caitlin served as Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection with the Department of Homeland Security under President Obama. She led the mission to protect critical infrastructure and redefined public-private risk management for emerging issues like complex mass attacks, electric grid security, cybersecurity, GPS resilience, and climate adaptation planning. Over the course of nearly two decades of developing physical and cyber risk management approaches, she has successfully advanced public-private partnerships that drive thought leadership, influence policy, and evolve industry practices to manage security and operational risks

KC is a dynamic security executive that enjoys working in a complex critical infrastructure environment. He understands and articulates risk, compliance and organizational strategy to individuals at all levels. His focus is on ensuring compliance with well-designed controls, processes and policies. He is passionate about increasing security in critical infrastructure along with building the partnerships that foster great information sharing. KC currently serves as the Electric Sector Chair for InfraGard National.

Dave brings an approach to managing transformational change through strategic foresight, design, and risk management. He brings a future-focused approach to develop an understanding of the key drivers that will impact organizations. In addition, he builds stakeholder consensus for the strategic efforts necessary to produce lasting value. He has demonstrated this through his leadership in the Army National Guard for his 18 years of service to his community and Nation completing combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is currently assigned as a Brigade Operations Officer and an active member of the Chief, National Guard Bureau's Innovation Team (NGIT). In this role, Dave advises the Chief and his leadership team on key challenges facing the National Guard.

Carter Manucy is the IT/OT & Cybersecurity Director for Florida Municipal Power Agency, a joint-action agency in Orlando, Florida. At FMPA his responsibility over all of corporate Information Technology as well as the Operational Technology as it relates to FMPA’s generation assets. With more than 25 years of experience, Carter has held numerous roles in the IT/OT domain while maintaining a passion for cybersecurity. Carter often advises for the interests of APPA (American Public Power Association) and other municipal trade organizations in regard to cybersecurity, policy and NERC CIP compliance. Carter is currently the chair for the Cyber Mutual Assistance Coordinator Committee, was a voting member for NERC CIPC, and acts as chair/author/member/participant/contributor for numerous other committees, groups and publications in the cyber security and compliance arenas.

Prior to launching ArmorText, the world’s first secure collaboration and teams platform designed for critical infrastructure and secure cross-enterprise information sharing, Navroop was a senior manager at Accenture’s North American Security Practice. He spent a significant portion of his career identifying opportunities in the governance, risk, compliance, business continuity, and cyber resilience fields in emerging markets. Navroop led international engagements and successfully built profitable cyber security practices in the United States, Sweden, and Argentina. Navroop is routinely sought after for his advice on how to safeguard sensitive communications and strengthen system-wide emergency response preparedness throughout the critical infrastructure community. He has presented at major industry events sponsored by the National Council of Information Sharing and Analysis Centers, Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition, American Turkish Council’s International Business and Technology Forum, Northwestern University Law School, and Williamson College Business School. He serves on several technology advisory boards, and has repeatedly been called upon to brief state and presidential campaigns as well as legislators and congressional staffers on the nuts and bolts of encryption, cyber threats to national security, and public policy.

Ryan is a Threat Intelligence Consultant at Xcel Energy. They stay up to date on any and all threats to the company and the different operating companies, covering all 10 states, 15,000+ employees and contractors, and 5 million+ customers. He recently joined Xcel after his eight years in the Army where he served as a Threat Lead and a Cyber Security Subject Matter Expert within three-letter agencies for the U.S. government. In his free time, he attempts to avoid digital frequencies and head outside to do something with his wife and two children.

Matt Anglin is the Director, Enterprise Security & Chief Information Security Officer for the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), which operates New York’s high-voltage transmission system, manages the state’s competitive wholesale electricity markets, and conducts comprehensive power system planning. In this role, Matt oversees the cyber & physical security programs for the NYISO, which is designated as national critical infrastructure by the Department of Homeland Security. Matt has also led the NYISO’s IT infrastructure, operations and software development teams, and served as Acting Chief Information Officer in 2015.
Prior to joining the NYISO, Matt held senior IT leadership roles at healthcare and financial services organizations, and he began his career as a member of the United States Army Signal Corps, serving at various locations throughout the world.
Matt holds a Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications Management from the State University of New York, and a Master of Science in Technology Management from the University of Maryland.

Phil Clark is the Director of Corporate Security for Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC).
AECC is a Generation and Transmission Cooperative, serving seventeen (17) Electric Distribution Cooperatives that provide power to over half a million homes, farms, and businesses across two-thirds of the State of Arkansas.
His responsibilities include cyber and physical security as well as leadership on CIP compliance efforts.
He is active in security and reliability working groups at both regional and national levels.
He believes collaboration within the industry is an important aspect of securing the reliability of the Bulk Electric System.

Branndon is the proud father to Jackson and a nationally recognized innovative CIO that has spent the last 20 years providing vision, leadership, governance and execution for technology programs, projects and departments. He brings a diverse background leading the development and deployment of enterprise-level technology solutions in a wide variety of business environments including education, government, financial services, energy, healthcare and manufacturing. His experience spans technology operations, infrastructure, application development, project management, cyber security, executive leadership, strategy, and business development. His technology skills and businessacumen allow him to communicate to individuals from a technical to executive-level and help organizations transform and realize business value through the implementation of strategic technology solutions. Those solutions range in size, complexity and scope including projects in both the private and public sector(s); up to 100 million in total contract value. As the senior vice-president of Technology & Innovation / CIO Branndon is a member of American Municipal Power’s executive team, where since 2009 he has lead a complete technology transformation, was named Intelligent Utility's 2012 CIO of the Year, recognized in 2014 as one of the 20 Most Innovative CIOs, awarded the 2015 Frost & Sullivan CIO Impact Award & inductee in the 2017 Smart50, 2018 & 2019 Tech Power Players. Branndon oversees information technology, operation technology / SCADA and enterprise cyber security functions, projects and people. He is responsible forsetting, facilitating and leading technology strategy and tactical execution. In addition to his role at Branndon is a member of the Hometown Connections, Inc. board of directors. Branndon has a BS in Computer Information Systems, and a MBA focused in Finance. In addition to the recognition and awards mentioned above Branndon has been included in the DeVry Wall of Fame, awarded the DeVry Pinnacle, honored with Keller's top 40 for 40th & has been a graduation commencement keynote speaker several times. He holds a number of certifications and is an adjunct college professor.