17th Annual Billington CyberSecurity Summit speakers include CISOs, federal cyber leaders, military officials, members of the intelligence community, critical infrastructure experts, and technology innovators.
For speaker biographies, photos, and additional information, visit our 2026 Speakers page.
Ben Abramovitz
Director of Cybersecurity, Public Service Commission
State of Maryland
Andrew Alipanah
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Orange County, California
Nick Andersen
Acting Director
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Major General Larry Broadwell
Deputy Commander, Sixteenth Air Force
Department of the Air Force
Cheri Caddy
Senior Cyber Advisor
Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL)
Mark Canter
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Andrew Carney
Program Manager, Information Innovation Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Department of War (DoW)
Earl Chilton
Chief of Strategic Engagement for Cyber
U.S. Department of the Air Force
(invited pending agency approval)
Vijay D'Souza
Director, Information Technology and Cybersecurity (ITC) Team
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
The Hon. Kirsten Davies
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
U.S. Department of War (DoW)
Michael Ellis
Deputy Director
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Brian Epley
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Department of Commerce
Jennifer Franks
Acting Chief Technology Officer and Director of the Center for Enhanced Cybersecurity
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
John Garstka
Director, Cyber Warfare
Platform and Weapons Portfolio Management (PWPM)
Office of the Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSW, A&S)
Department of War (DoW)
(invited pending agency approval)
Rajiv Gupta
Head
Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
Charlee Hess
Director, Healthcare and Public Health Cybersecurity Division, Acting Director of the Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection, Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
(invited pending agency approval)
Susmit Jha
Program Manager, Information Innovation Office
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Department of War (DoW)
Ivan Kalabashkin
Deputy Head of the Cyber Department
Security Service of Ukraine (SBU)
Jeffrey King
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
(invited pending agency approval)
Beckie Koonge
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
National Weather Service
Brett Leatherman
Assistant Director
Cyber Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Aaron Luttman
Senior Technical Advisor
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Brian Mazanec, PhD
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Acting Director, Center for Preparedness
Director, Center for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Coordination Operations & Response Element
HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
Manuel "Manny" Medrano
Director, Office of Cyber Testing Monitoring and Response
U.S. Department of State
(invited pending agency approval)
Monzy Merza
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Crogl
Col. Erica M. Mitchell
Commander, Delta 26
National Reconnaissance Office
(invited pending agency approval)
Rear Admiral (Ret) Mark Montgomery
Senior Director
Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Dana Morris
Senior Vice President (SVP) of Product & Engineering
Virtru
Ryan Palmer
Architecture Lead for AI Services
General Services Administration (GSA)
(invited pending agency approval)
Justin Post
Regulatory Cybersecurity Specialist and Cybersecurity Focal Point Program Advisor, Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Megan Rolander
Ransomware Expert
Black Kite
Nevena Rupp
Director General, Digitization & Identities
Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)
Germany
Ory Schein
Israel Cyber Attaché
Israel National Cyber Directorate
Jeffrey Spaeth
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Cameron Stanley
Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer
Department of War (DoW)
Lt. Gen. Paul T. Stanton
Commander of the Department of War (DoW) Cyber Defense Command and Director
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
Hon. Katherine “Katie” Sutton
Assistant Secretary of War for Cyber Policy and the Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of War
U.S. Department of War (DoW)
(invited pending agency approval)
Nushat Thomas
Cybersecurity Branch Chief
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Zach Tudor
Associate Laboratory Director, National & Homeland Security
Idaho National Laboratory (INL)
Dr. Justin Ubert
Director, Cyber Protection Division
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)