Board Members

Chris is the Supervisory Special Agent of FBI Richmond Division’s Cyber Squad. Chris began his career as a Special Agent in 2009, investigating criminal computer intrusions, […]

Bob Austin joined the Virginia Cyber Security Partnership in 2015, serves on its Advisory Board and as a member of its Small Business Community Outreach Program. […]

Dan is the Chief Information Security Officer for Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). He has worked in various areas in IT over the past 20 years, with […]

Tom joined the Virginia Cyber Security Partnership in 2016 and joined the Advisory Board in 2017. He served as Treasurer from 2018-2020. Tom has 15+ years […]

Charles is the Chief Information Security Officer at Sysco, a Fortune 60 global leader in selling, marketing, and distributing food and non-food products to customers around […]

Dave Halla is a Senior Professional at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory’s (JHU/APL), Critical Infrastructure Protection Group, specializing in the protection of cyber-physical systems, […]

Ron Buchanan is Senior Vice President of Information Security at Atlantic Union Bank. Ron’s career in the financial sector includes all aspects of security including incident […]

Ed Miller CIA CISA CISM ITIL CIPT CIPM Ed Miller is the Director of IT Security Governance for the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA). He has […]

With over 20 years of professional information security experience, Jack has proven expertise in both public and private sectors, establishing programs and implementing; policies and procedures, […]

Cyrus Beheshti joined the Virginia Cyber Security Partnership in 2014 and was admitted to the Advisory Board in 2015, where he served two terms as Chair […]