IS Council

The meetings of the Commonwealth Information Security (IS) Council are held on the third Wednesday, every other month with council committee meetings immediately following. All information security officers, information technology auditors and other information security interested parties of government entities are invited and may reserve a seat by sending an email to CommonwealthSecurity@VITA.Virginia.Gov.

Mission

To strengthen the information security posture in the Commonwealth of Virginia

Council Members

Member Agency Email
Jessica Beavers Library of Virginia jessica.beavers@lva.virginia.gov 
Amy Braden VITA amy.braden@vita.virginia.gov
Diane Carnohon Department of Education  diane.carnohan@doe.virginia.gov
Barry Davis Department of Social Services barry.davis@dss.virginia.gov
Kendra Burgess VITA kendra.burgess@vita.virginia.gov
Goran Gustavsson (ex-officio) Auditor of Public Accounts  goran.gustavsson@apa.virginia.gov
Beau Hurley Dept. of Motor Vehicles beau.hurley@dmv.virginia.gov 
Kristina Kemp Auditor of Public Accounts kristina.kemp@apa.virginia.gov 
Michael McDaniel  Virginia Retirement System mMcDaniel@vaRetire.org 
Eric Moss State Corporation Commission Eric.Moss@scc.virginia.gov
Broadus Pettiford Office of Attorney General BPettiford@oag.virginia.gov 
Frank Pitera  Dept. of Accounts frank.pitera@doa.virginia.gov
David Simmons Department of Juvenile Justice david.simmons@djj.virginia.gov
Trey Stevens VITA trey.stevens@vita.virginia.gov
Mike Wickham Virginia Workman's Compensation michael.wickham@workcomp.virginia.gov 
Stephanie Williams-Hayes Virginia State Police stephanie.williams-hayes@vsp.virginia.gov
Mike Watson  VITA michael.watson@vita.virginia.gov

Committees

The Council addresses information security initiatives as they arise but also has formed committees around the following initiatives: 

IS Council Committee Assignment List 2025

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