About
The Standards & Technical Committee ensures the integrity and relevance of StateRAMP’s security standards and policies. This committee is responsible for evaluating and recommending updates to PMO policies, security frameworks, industry best practices, and assessment processes to the Board of Directors.
Committee members collaborate closely with StateRAMP staff to maintain a standardized approach to cloud security verification. Through regular meetings and ad hoc sessions, the committee upholds StateRAMP’s mission to promote a “verify once, use many” model, reduce duplicative costs, and protect citizen data.
CHAIR
Charles Rote
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer
Maine Office of IT
VICE CHAIR
Dan Lohrmann
Field Chief Information Security Officer
Presidio
ADVISOR
Siddique Chaudhry
Manager, Global Public Sector Security Compliance
Snowflake, Inc.
ADVISOR
Gary Coverdale
Chief Information Security Officer
County of Santa Barbara, California
ADVISOR
George Finney
Chief Information Security Officer
University of Texas System
ADVISOR
Jennifer Hawks
US Government Practice Lead
A-LIGN
ADVISOR
Phyllis Lee
Sr. Director of Controls
Center for Internet Security
ADVISOR
Mary Lou Prevost
Group Vice President, US, State, Local Government and Education
Splunk
ADVISOR
Martin Rieger Jr.
Chief Solutions Officer
stackArmor
ADVISOR
Bob Sievert
Chief Technology Officer (Interim)
NASPO
ADVISOR
Thomas Volpe Jr.
Vice President Cybersecurity Risk and Compliance
C2 Labs
MEMBER
Joe Bielawski
President
Knowledge Services
MEMBER
Elizabeth Chavez
GRC Analyst, Security Policy & Governance
State of Texas
MEMBER
Earl Crane
Adjunct Faculty
University of Texas at Austin
MEMBER
Payam Hojjat
Cyber Risk and Governance Chief
State of California
MEMBER
Jason Oksenhendler
Cybersecurity Director, FedRAMP
Moss Adams LLP
MEMBER
Naomi Ward
Manager of Vendor Risk Management
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MEMBER
Rick Zak
Director – Regulatory Compliance, U.S. State & Local Government
Microsoft
