Standards & Technical Committee

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

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