About
The Standards & Technical Committee ensures the integrity and relevance of GovRAMP’s security standards and policies. This committee is responsible for evaluating and recommending updates to PMO policies, security frameworks, industry best practices, and assessment processes to the Board of Directors.
Committee members collaborate closely with GovRAMP staff to maintain a standardized approach to cloud security verification. Through regular meetings and ad hoc sessions, the committee upholds GovRAMP’s mission to promote a “verify once, use many” model, reduce duplicative costs, and protect citizen data.

CHAIR
Charles Rote
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer
Maine Office of IT

VICE CHAIR
Dan Lohrmann
Field Chief Information Security Officer
Presidio

ADVISOR
Siddique Chaudhry
Manager, Global Public Sector Security Compliance
Snowflake, Inc.

ADVISOR
Pete Dudek
Associate Director of Federal Services
A-LIGN

ADVISOR
George Finney
Chief Information Security Officer
University of Texas System

ADVISOR
Eric Hellen
Director of Business & Data Analytics
NASPO

ADVISOR
Mitch Herkis
Global Head of Government Affairs
Wiz

ADVISOR
Hermant Jain
Chief Information Security Officer
State of Indiana

ADVISOR
Phyllis Lee
Sr. Director of Controls
Center for Internet Security

ADVISOR
Rashad Munawar
Director, Security Compliance and Operations
Blackberry Government Solutions

ADVISOR
Martin Rieger Jr.
Chief Solutions Officer
stackArmor

ADVISOR
Thomas Volpe Jr.
Vice President Cybersecurity Risk and Compliance
C2 Labs

MEMBER
Joe Bielawski
President
Knowledge Services

MEMBER
Gary Coverdale
Chief Information Security Officer
County of Santa Barbara, California

MEMBER
Earl Crane
Adjunct Faculty
University of Texas at Austin

MEMBER
Payam Hojjat
Cyber Risk and Governance Chief
State of California

MEMBER
Linda Markey
Director, Security Policy & Governance, Department of Information Resources
State of Texas

MEMBER
Jason Oksenhendler
Cybersecurity Director, FedRAMP
Moss Adams LLP

MEMBER
Mary Lou Prevost
Group Vice President, US, State, Local Government and Education
Splunk