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Thomas O’Kane is the Chief Operating Officer of the AZ Cyber Initiative, an approved and established 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to developing the next generation of cybersecurity professionals in Arizona.

Thomas is currently a Graduate Cybersecurity Research Assistant at the University of Arizona’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, conducting research on the Dark Web for proactive cyber threat intelligence. Additionally, he served as an instructor for AZ Cyber Initiative’s inaugural Cyber Bootcamp.

Prior to his current role, Thomas worked as an IT Risk Advisory Analyst in Deloitte’s Risk and Financial Advisory practice, based in Phoenix, Arizona. In that role, Thomas was responsible for supporting clients with their most pressing regulatory and operational challenge. He inspected the relevant systems and IT security controls of organizations to help them identify, remediate, monitor, and manage their risks.

Thomas graduated from the University of Arizona with a bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and Accounting. Also, at the University of Arizona, Thomas is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Management Information Systems, with an emphasis in Cybersecurity.

The Honorable Christopher E Campbell is the Chief Strategist at Kroll, based in New York. He is a frequent guest commentator on national news programs on matters involving the economy.

Prior to Kroll, Chris was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions from 2017 to 2018. In that role, he was responsible for coordinating the Department’s efforts regarding financial institutions legislation and regulation, legislation affecting federal agencies that guarantee financial institutions and securities markets legislation and regulation. Specific policy and program areas of oversight included government-sponsored enterprises, critical infrastructure protection (cyber security) and compliance policy, the Federal Insurance Office (FIO), small business, community development and affordable housing policy.

Chris was the Treasury board representative on the boards of the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) and the Financial Industry’s Critical Infrastructure Group. He regularly met with the heads of the 15 federal financial regulators. Additionally, he oversaw the Deputy Assistant Secretaries for Financial Institutions Policy and Small Businesses, Community Development, Affordable Housing and Cyber Security, in addition to a staff of 200.

Prior to his role at the Treasury department, Chris was the majority staff director of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. He designed, managed and coordinated the U.S. Senate Republican agenda in the areas of international and domestic taxation, international trade, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, the U.S. National Debt, and oversight of three presidential cabinet secretaries. He was named by Roll Call Newspaper as one of the 50 most influential staffers on Capitol Hill, seven years running. Previously, he served as legislative director to Senator Orrin G. Hatch, where he coordinated and managed the senator’s legislative activities.

Promptly, prior to rejoining Senator Hatch’s staff, Chris owned a business consulting firm that specialized in business strategy for clients from all-sized companies across the country, and from a variety of industries.

Chris is a director of Intrado, Coinstar, WeConnect Health Management, tZERO, and a board advisor at Cross River Bank. Additionally, he is a Professor of Practice at his alma matter, Thunderbird School of Global Management. He also serves as a strategic advisor and consultant to several large national and international organizations. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

He holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Business Management and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Gregory “Greg” Droeger is the President of the Law Offices of Gregory L. Droeger, with a practice focused on Estate Planning; an accomplished and well-respected law firm in Nogales, Arizona, located in Santa Cruz County. Widely acclaimed as one of the most effective lawyers in Southern Arizona, Greg has developed the strong reputation of not only consistently achieving successful results for his clients, but doing so with an infectiously positive disposition that is best-in-class. Greg has the distinction of having been selected as one of the Arizona Bar Foundation’s Top Fifty pro bono attorneys five times over his law career.

Prior to his creation of a thriving legal practice in Southern Arizona, Greg was an acclaimed professor of automotive technology and metals joining technology at Nogales High School, Patagonia High School and Pima College. Greg also served two years in the United States Merchant Marine.

Greg served for fifteen years on the board of Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Tucson, Arizona, and twelve years as a board member of the Santa Cruz County Family Guidance Center in Nogales, Arizona, both of which are charitable foundations.

Gregory was born in Van Nuys, California and grew up in Southern California, attending both parochial and public schools, and graduated from the Severn Academy in Severna Park, Maryland. Greg graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Technology. He later entered the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona, graduating with a Juris Doctor degree.

Greg is married with five children and currently resides in Nogales, AZ where he enjoys model railroading and caring for his 6 dogs.

Nick Andersen is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Public Sector at Lumen Technologies.  Andersen served previously the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) at the U.S. Department of Energy.  He was appointed to lead DOE’s national effort to secure U.S. energy infrastructure against all hazards, reduce impacts from disruptive events, and assist industry with restoration activities. CESER works closely with the electricity and oil and natural gas industries; other Federal agencies; State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) communities; and DOE’s national laboratories to advance national energy security and prepare for, respond to, and recover from evolving threats and events to critical infrastructure.

Prior to joining the Department of Energy, Nick Andersen served in the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as the Federal Cybersecurity Lead and Senior Cybersecurity Advisor to the Federal Chief Information Officer, where he led the OMB Cyber Team and was responsible for government-wide cybersecurity policy development and compliance of shared federal security services.

Andersen previously served as CISO for the State of Vermont, where he was appointed to lead State efforts pertaining to the security and protection of data, security compliance activities, risk reduction, security operations, and threat intelligence.

Prior to this, Andersen was a senior executive and senior intelligence officer serving as the Chief Information Officer for Navy Intelligence and was the Head of the Office of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Systems and Technologies at the U.S. Coast Guard.  He has served on active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps, managing intelligence mission systems in Iraq, Europe, and Africa; and has led cybersecurity and technology programs worldwide with several leading and emerging companies.

Andersen holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Management and a Master of Science in Information Security and Assurance. He has received awards from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard, and Intelligence Community.