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FISSEA - Federal Information Security Educators

FISSEA Cybersecurity Awareness and Training Innovators and former Educator of the Year Recipients.

2019:

Shehzad Mirza, Director of Operations – Global Cyber Alliance

2018:

Earl “Fred” Bisel Jr, Cybersecurity Education and Certification Readiness Facilities (CERF) Manager
Nomination Letter for 2018 EOY Award

2017:

Mike Petock, All Native Group (ANG)
Nomination Letter for 2017 EOY Award

2016:

Sushil Jajodia, George Mason University
Nomination Letter for 2016 EOY Award

2015:

Gretchen Ann Morris, DB Consulting/NASA John H. Glenn Research Center
Nomination Letter for 2015 EOY Award

2014:

Shon Harris, Logical Security, presented posthumously 
Nomination Letters for 2014 EOY Award

2013:

Sam Maroon, FITSI Foundation / Wounded Warrior Cyber Combat Academy 
Nomination Letters for 2013 EOY Award

2012:

J. Paul Wahnish, Career Technical Education Foundation, Inc. 
Nomination Letter for 2012 EOY Award

2011:

Susan Hansche, Avaya Government Solutions

2010:

Jim Wiggins, Federal IT Security Institute

2009:

Brenda Oldfield, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

2008:

Luke Andersen, Global Knowledge

2007:

David Kurtz, Department of Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt

2006:

COL. Curtis Carver, United States Military Academy

2005:

K Rudolph, Native Intelligence, Inc.

2004:

Dr. Gail-Joon Ahn, University of North Carolina - Charlotte

2003:

Jeff Recor, Walsh College

2002:

Patricia Black, United States Department of Treasury

2001:

LTC Daniel Ragsdale, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, United States Military Academy, West Point

2000:

George Bieber, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

1999:

Dr. Roger Quane, National Security Agency

1998:

Louis Numkin,  Nuclear Regulatory Commission

1997:

Dorothea de Zafra, National Institute of HealthJohn B. Ippolito, Allied Technology Group, Inc. Sadie Pitcher, U.S. Department of Commerce John Tressler, U.S. Department of Education

1996:

Joan Pohly, Department of Defense: Defense Information Systems Agency

1995:

Gale Warshawsky, Department of Energy: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (UC/LLNL)

1994:

Lt. Col. E. C. "Lee" Chambers, U.S. Air Force

1993:

Dr. Corey Schou, Idaho State University

1992:

Dr. Vic Maconachy, National Security Agency

1991:

Dr. Gary W. Smith, Department of Defense

Created May 24, 2016, Updated October 12, 2021