GovRAMP Standards & Technical Committee

About the Committee

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 Program Management Office (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.

Meet the Committee

Charles Rote
CHAIR

Charlie Rote

CISO

Maine Office of IT

Dan Lohrmann
VICE CHAIR

Dan Lohrmann

Field CISO for Public Sector

Presidio

Joe Bielawski
MEMBER & BOARD REP

Joe Bielawski

President

Knowledge Services

Gary Coverdale
MEMBER

Gary Coverdale

CISO

County of Santa Barbara, CA

Payam Hojjat
MEMBER

Payam Hojjat

Chief of Cyber Risk, Privacy & AI Governance

State of California

Linda Markey
MEMBER

Linda Markey

Director, TXCC GRC

Texas Cyber Command

Jason Oksenhendler
MEMBER

Jason Oksenhendler

Cybersecurity Director, FedRAMP/GovRAMP

Baker Tilly US

Mary Lou Prevost
MEMBER

Mary Lou Prevost

Group Vice President, US, SLED

Splunk

Bernice Russel-Bond
MEMBER

Bernice Russel-Bond

State CISO

State of North Carolina

Siddique Chaudhry Headshot
ADVISOR

Siddique Chaudhry

Sr. Manager, Global Public Sector Compliance

Snowflake

Earl Crane
ADVISOR

Earl Crane

Adjunct Professor

University of Texas at Austin / Carnegie Mellon

Pete Dudek
ADVISOR

Pete Dudek

Associate Director of Federal Services

A-LIGN

Mitch Herckis
ADVISOR

Mitch Herckis

Global Head of Government Affairs

Wiz

Greg McCarthy
ADVISOR

Greg McCarthy

CISO

City of Boston, MA

Jay Ribeiro
ADVISOR

Jay Ribeiro

Senior Manager, AWS Security

AWS

Megan Smyth
PARTNER ADVISOR

Megan Smyth

Director of Legal Education

NASPO

Meredith Ward
PARTNER ADVISOR

Meredith Ward

Deputy Executive Director

NASCIO

Maria Thompson
ADVISOR

Maria Thompson

WWPS Principal Strategist

Wiz

Thomas Volpe Jr.
ADVISOR

Thomas Volpe Jr.

Vice President Cybersecurity Risk and Compliance

C2 Labs

Jared Chaney
PARTNER ADVISOR

Jared Chaney

eProcurement SME

NASPO

Phyllis Lee
PARTNER ADVISOR

Phyllis Lee

VP of Content Development

Center for Internet Security