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

2023:

Credit: William D. Cosner

FISSEA Innovator of the Year
William D. Cosner, Defense Contract Management Agency
Nomination Letter for 2023 EOY Award

Credit: Oz Alashe MBE

FISSEA Innovator of the Year
Oz Alashe MBE, CybSafe
Nomination Letter for 2023 EOY Award

2022:

Awards presented in calendar year 2022 are presented below, in the 2021 section.

FISSEA has updated award year designation methodologies to now reflect the current calendar year, resulting the 2022 award year being skipped.  

Awards presented in 2023 will be displayed in a 2023 calendar year section above.

2021:

Credit: Kim Mentzell

FISSEA Innovator of the Year
Kim Mentzell, Maryland Department of Commerce
Nomination Letter for 2021 EOY Award

Credit: Dr. Loyce Pailen

FISSEA Innovator of the Year
Dr. Loyce Pailen, University of Maryland Global College
Nomination Letter for 2021 EOY Award

2020:

Credit: Stu Sjouwerman

FISSEA Innovator of the Year
Stu Sjouwerman, KnowBe4, Inc.
Nomination Letter for 2020 EOY Award

Credit: Deborah Coleman

FISSEA Innovator of the Year
Deborah Coleman, U.S. Department of Education
Nomination Letter for 2020 EOY Award

2019:

Shehzad Mirza, Director of Operations – Global Cyber Alliance
Nomination Letter for 2019 EOY Award

Richard Therrien, Director of Cybersecurity Architecture and Implementation - Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Honorable Mention

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