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Jennifer Helgeson, Ph.D., is a research economist and acting group leader for the Community Resilience Group in the Materials and Structural Systems Division of the Engineering Laboratory at NIST. She leads the "Economics of Community Resilience Planning" research area, which focuses on the effectiveness of community-scale risk mitigation and adaptation efforts. Her work explores decision science, specifically regarding how businesses and communities respond to hazards and complex events. Helgeson earned her Ph.D. in environmental and developmental economics from the London School of Economics and worked previously at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

By training, Susana Deustua is an observational astronomer with expertise in the areas of spectrophotometric (spectral irradiance) calibration, cosmology with Type Ia Supernovae, and astronomy education and outreach. She has extensive experience in UV to IR imaging and spectroscopy with ground and space-based telescopes, instrument calibration and user support. Her projects include collaborations to calibrate astronomical telescopes and to determine the flux of standard stars to the high accuracy necessary to meet the requirements of large astrophysical surveys and for the next generation of scientific satellites and ground-based facilities. She shared the 2007 Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize and the 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant Type Ia supernovae.

Kelly Sauerwein is a physical scientist with the Special Programs Office at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Her work focuses primarily on assessing the scientific foundations of forensic science methods and practices. She has authored reports and supplemental documents on bitemark analysis, footwear and tire impression examination, digital investigation techniques and digital quality management practices. She holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, specializing in human decomposition for postmortem interval estimation, validation and human factors applications.

Diane is an IT Specialist in NIST’s Privacy Office and Assessment & Authorization Program, currently on detail in the Privacy Engineering Program in NIST’s Information Technology Laboratory. Previously, she was a nonprofit executive dedicated to leveraging people and technology for social impact, as well as a Senior Consultant at Deloitte Consulting, where she provided Strategy & Operations services to the USPS, VA, and other U.S. federal agencies on digital transformation, enterprise cybersecurity, and risk management solutions. She holds a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, an M.P.A. from the George Washington University, and GISF and CIPP/US certifications in cybersecurity and privacy.

Gary Howarth develops and leads ambitious research projects to address urgent challenges in communication technology. He leads the privacy-enhancing technology research portfolio for the Privacy Engineering Program and is a principal investigator for the mission-critical communications portfolio in the Public Safety Communications Research Division. Gary earned his Ph.D. in the chemistry department at Columbia University. He has previously taught high school science and co-founded a charter school in New Orleans.

Christina Gore is an economist in the Applied Economics Office of the Engineering Laboratory at NIST. She currently works on economic research at NIST in circular economy and community resilience. Prior to joining the Applied Economics Office, Gore earned a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in environmental and regional economics. Her research focuses on the behavioral drivers of technology adoption, incorporating risk preferences into community resilience planning, and understanding how communities make decisions surrounding resilience.

Heather Flanagan is the Principal at Spherical Cow Consulting. With more than 15 years of experience translating complex technical concepts into clear, actionable strategy, Heather is known for her ability to bridge communities, guide collaborative work, and make standards development a little less intimidating.  Heather is also a regular speaker and writer, focusing on standards, governance, and the real-world challenges of identity implementation.

Ram Sriram is the chief of the Software and Systems Division in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Information Technology Laboratory (ITL). Ram’s expertise lies in engineering, computer science and biomedical domains and in his ability to provide visionary technical leadership in advancing automation. For his contributions over the past four decades, Ram has received many awards, including five lifetime achievement/pioneer awards and a distinguished alumnus award from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Madras, India. He has also been made a fellow of prominent engineering, computer science, medical and science societies. Ram holds a bachelor’s degree from the IIT and a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University.