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
CHAIR
Charlie Rote
CISO
Maine Office of IT
VICE CHAIR
Dan Lohrmann
Field CISO for Public Sector
Presidio
MEMBER & BOARD REP
Joe Bielawski
President
Knowledge Services
MEMBER
Gary Coverdale
CISO
County of Santa Barbara, CA
MEMBER
Payam Hojjat
Chief of Cyber Risk, Privacy & AI Governance
State of California
MEMBER
Linda Markey
Director, TXCC GRC
Texas Cyber Command
MEMBER
Jason Oksenhendler
Cybersecurity Director, FedRAMP/GovRAMP
Baker Tilly US
MEMBER
Mary Lou Prevost
Group Vice President, US, SLED
Splunk
MEMBER
Bernice Russel-Bond
State CISO
State of North Carolina
ADVISOR
Siddique Chaudhry
Sr. Manager, Global Public Sector Compliance
Snowflake
ADVISOR
Earl Crane
Adjunct Professor
University of Texas at Austin / Carnegie Mellon
ADVISOR
Pete Dudek
Associate Director of Federal Services
A-LIGN
ADVISOR
Mitch Herckis
Global Head of Government Affairs
Wiz
ADVISOR
Greg McCarthy
CISO
City of Boston, MA
ADVISOR
Jay Ribeiro
Senior Manager, AWS Security
AWS
PARTNER ADVISOR
Megan Smyth
Director of Legal Education
NASPO
PARTNER ADVISOR
Meredith Ward
Deputy Executive Director
NASCIO
ADVISOR
Maria Thompson
WWPS Principal Strategist
Wiz
ADVISOR
Thomas Volpe Jr.
Vice President Cybersecurity Risk and Compliance
C2 Labs
PARTNER ADVISOR
Jared Chaney
eProcurement SME
NASPO
PARTNER ADVISOR
Phyllis Lee
VP of Content Development
Center for Internet Security