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Information Technology Security & Networking Division Staff

Name Title/Position Email Staff type
Trey Kennedy Deputy Chief Information Security Officer trey.kennedy [at] nist.gov Fed
Blair Heiserman Division Chief / Chief Information Security Officer blair.heiserman [at] nist.gov Fed
Susan G. Francis Division Safety Representative susan.francis [at] nist.gov Fed
Trey Kennedy Chief Privacy Officer (Acting) trey.kennedy [at] nist.gov Fed

A&A Assessment Group

Name Title/Position Email Staff type
Andrew Barnhart Group Leader andrew.barnhart [at] nist.gov Fed
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Jimmy Chen jinming.chen [at] nist.gov Fed
Philip Kemp philip.kemp [at] nist.gov Fed
Roger LeCroy roger.lecroy [at] nist.gov Fed
Key Mak key.mak [at] nist.gov Fed
Walt Strajnic vladimir.strajnic [at] nist.gov Fed

A&A Infrastructure Group

Name Title/Position Email Staff type
Edgar Garay Group Leader edgar.garay [at] nist.gov Fed
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Name Email Staff type
Amy Colvin amy.colvin [at] nist.gov Fed
Edgar Garay edgar.garay [at] nist.gov Fed
Kashif Hafeez kashif.hafeez [at] nist.gov Fed
Santi Kiran santi.kiran [at] nist.gov Fed
Denise Komara denise.komara [at] nist.gov Fed
Matthew Pugh matthew.pugh [at] nist.gov Fed
Sarah Rose sarah.rose [at] nist.gov Fed
Eric Talanca eric.talanca [at] nist.gov Fed
R. Allen Wilkinson r.allen.wilkinson [at] nist.gov Ctr

Assessment & Accreditation (A&A) Program

Name Title/Position Email Staff type
Andrew Barnhart Group Leader andrew.barnhart [at] nist.gov Fed
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Name Email Staff type
Jennifer Averett jennifer.averett [at] nist.gov Ctr
Andrew Barnhart andrew.barnhart [at] nist.gov Fed
John Connor john.connor [at] nist.gov Ctr
Nicholas Frimpong nicholas.frimpong [at] nist.gov Ctr
Stephen Plog stephen.plog [at] nist.gov Fed
James Puhl james.puhl [at] nist.gov Ctr
Cisa Riley cisa.riley [at] nist.gov Ctr
Steven Smith steven.a.smith2 [at] nist.gov Fed
Diane Wertime diane.wertime [at] nist.gov Fed
Shawn Winhoven shawn.winhoven [at] nist.gov Ctr

Embedded IT Security Officer Group

Name Title/Position Email Staff type
Helen Nelson Group Leader helen.nelson [at] nist.gov Fed
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Name Email Staff type
Jason Byrd jason.byrd [at] nist.gov Fed
Jake Hawley jacob.hawley [at] nist.gov Fed
Helen Nelson helen.nelson [at] nist.gov Fed
Jason Stup jason.stup [at] nist.gov Fed
Mike Wilhide michael.wilhide [at] nist.gov Fed
Kathy Zheng kathy.zheng [at] nist.gov Fed

Information Technology Security & Networking - HQ

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Name Email Staff type
Tonya Coates
London Davis
Wade Deuter wade.deuter [at] nist.gov Fed
Tony Gonzalez
Jovon Hamilton
Robert Healey-Conway
Blair Heiserman blair.heiserman [at] nist.gov Fed
Trey Kennedy trey.kennedy [at] nist.gov Fed
Zachery Michael
Carolyn M. Schmidt carolyn.schmidt [at] nist.gov Fed
Melissa Thomas melissa.thomas [at] nist.gov Fed

Network Security Group

Name Title/Position Email Staff type
Shannon Sisco Group Leader shannon.sisco [at] nist.gov Fed
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Name Email Staff type
Justin Binu justin.binu [at] nist.gov Fed
Josh Hein josh.hein [at] nist.gov Fed
William Lindsey william.lindsey [at] nist.gov Fed
Peyton Lyons peyton.lyons [at] nist.gov Fed
Firew Shafi firew.shafi [at] nist.gov Fed
Matthew Sibley matthew.sibley [at] nist.gov Fed
Shannon Sisco shannon.sisco [at] nist.gov Fed
Micah Walsh micah.walsh [at] nist.gov Fed
Sandy S. Yu sandy.yu [at] nist.gov Fed
Guo Zhang guo.zhang [at] nist.gov Fed

Networking Group

Name Title/Position Email Staff type
Robert J. Densock Group Leader robert.densock [at] nist.gov Fed
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Name Email Staff type
Calen Ashton-Garcia
Matthew Benton
Joe Boone joe.boone [at] nist.gov Fed
Nicholas Botchway nicholas.botchway [at] nist.gov Fed
David Bracaglia
Garren Brower
Thomas Bui thomas.bui [at] nist.gov Fed
Lawrence Cannady lawrence.cannady [at] nist.gov Ctr
Michael Casagranda
George Contreras george.contreras [at] nist.gov Fed
Samuel Cruz samuel.cruz [at] nist.gov Fed
Eric Curry
Marc Dak
Robert J. Densock robert.densock [at] nist.gov Fed
JimE Deyoung
Melissan Dezotelle
Tyler DiBrango
Jeremy Diehl jeremy.diehl [at] nist.gov Fed
Kenneth Dorman
Jesse Douglas
Ahmed Elias
Jose Escobar
Ryan Folkmann ryan.folkmann [at] nist.gov Fed
Deborah Nickerson Fowler deborah.fowler [at] nist.gov Fed
Susan G. Francis susan.francis [at] nist.gov Fed
Todd Frank
Orlando Gallegos
Michael Gammill
Matthew Goladay
Jesse Gonzales Deheza
Bryce Gregor
Sergio Guzman
Jonathan Heidemann
Daniel Hernandez Valadez
Mikayla Hernandez
Keith Hutton keith.hutton [at] nist.gov Fed
Cristopher James cristopher.james [at] nist.gov Fed
William Jenkinson william.jenkinson [at] nist.gov Fed
Jeremy Jennings
Josiah Johnston
Ryland Kicklighter
David B. Kim david.kim [at] nist.gov Fed
Jared King jared.king [at] nist.gov Fed
Andrew Lee
Robert Lenz
Scott LoGiudice
Bladimir Lopez Payan
Jeffrey Manns
Steven McCarthy
James McGinnis
Christian Mejia-Reyes
Jeremy Moles
Kimberly Mortensen
Michael Northrup
Jung Suk Park jungsuk.park [at] nist.gov Fed
Eric Peluso
Anthony Pratt
Wilmer Ramirez Bernal
DeAndre Ransom
Kevin Ritter
Ryan Roach
Danilo Rodriguez-Rodriguez
Greg Rudnicki
Thomas Rudnicki
Christopher Sanchez
Daniel Shortridge
Benjamin Smith
Gary Smith
Gary Smith
Steven Smith
Phillip Spears
Lorraine Spitz
Christopher Stotler
Daniel Sutton
Sean Taylor
Tyler Theobald
Fabian Thompson
Sabrina Tibbetts
Justin Tillman
Jeffrey Toia jeffrey.e.toia [at] nist.gov Fed
Arsenio Van Velkinburgh
Rylan Vanasdale
David Varillas Zetino
Spencer Walker
Clarence Williams
Russell Wolffe
Kevin Zeller

Privacy Group

Name Title/Position Email Staff type
Claire Barrett Group Leader claire.barrett [at] nist.gov Fed
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Name Email Staff type
Claire Barrett claire.barrett [at] nist.gov Fed

Security Implementation & Incident Response Group

Name Title/Position Email Staff type
John K. Antonishek Group Leader john.antonishek [at] nist.gov Fed
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Name Email Staff type
John K. Antonishek john.antonishek [at] nist.gov Fed
Amber Atkins amber.atkins [at] nist.gov Fed
Alfred Coulter Hurst V alfred.hurst [at] nist.gov Fed
David P. Kustaborder david.kustaborder [at] nist.gov Fed
Jeffrey J. McIntyre jeffrey.mcintyre [at] nist.gov Fed

Telecommunications Group

Name Title/Position Email Staff type
James Rink Group Leader james.p.rink [at] nist.gov Fed
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Name Email Staff type
Jesse Carter
Jason Cashmer
Thomas Chalhoub thomas.chalhoub [at] nist.gov Ctr
Christopher Coates
Brian Connors brian.connors [at] nist.gov Fed
Edwin Deline edwin.deline [at] nist.gov Ctr
Lonnie Diggs lonnie.diggs [at] nist.gov Ctr
Nathan Gageby nathan.gageby [at] nist.gov Ctr
Edwin Games edwin.games [at] nist.gov Fed
Shawn Hutson shawn.hutson [at] nist.gov Fed
Brandon McPherson brandon.mcpherson [at] nist.gov Ctr
Antoine Monroe antoine.monroe [at] nist.gov Fed
Shaun Myers shaun.myers [at] nist.gov Ctr
James Rink james.p.rink [at] nist.gov Fed
Justin Semrau
Adrian Thomas adrian.thomas [at] nist.gov Fed
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