Leaders
Our Team
We are proud to have many experienced professionals contributing to our mission and vision through active leadership roles. All personnel involved with leading the Military Cyber Professionals Association are unpaid volunteers serving in their personal capacities.
There are two main echelons of leadership and oversight; national and chapter. The national leadership consists of a robust Board of Advisors that are seasoned senior leaders that assist the small Board of Directors. The national staff runs the daily affairs of the organization and reports to the Board of Directors. Chapter Presidents report to the Board of Directors and national staff. Chapter staffs report to their Chapter President. Note: Chapter leadership contact information is listed on the MCPA member-only intranet.
Board of Advisors
(in order of military rank and alphabetically by last name)
General and Flag Officers
General (Ret) Keith Alexander
First Commander of US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) and former Director of the National Security Agency (NSA)
General (Ret) Michael Hayden
Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and National Security Agency (NSA)
Lieutenant General (Ret) Stephen Fogarty
Former Commander of US Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER)
Lieutenant General (Ret) Burke Garrett
Former Deputy Commander of US European Command (EUCOM)
Lieutenant General (Ret) Karen Gibson
Former Deputy Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and Sergeant at Arms of the US Senate
Lieutenant General (Ret) Rhett Hernandez
Inaugural/former Commander of US Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER)
Lieutenant General (Ret) Mary Legere
Former G2 (Director of Intelligence) of the US Army and Commander of the Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM)
Lieutenant General (Ret) Jack Shanahan
Inagural/former Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), Director of Project Maven, and Commander of the 25th Air Force
Lieutenant General (Ret) Chris Weggeman
Former Commander of 24th Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) and USCYBERCOM J5
Vice Admiral (Ret) TJ White
Former Commander of the Cyber National Mission Force and 10th Fleet
Major General Len Anderson IV
Commander of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, and Former Deputy Commanding General of Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command and Deputy Commander of Joint Task Force-ARES
Rear Admiral (Ret) Paul Becker
Former J2 (Director of Intelligence) at the Joint Staff (JS) and PACOM
Major General (Ret) Joe Brendler
Former Chief of Staff and J5 at USCYBERCOM
Major General (Ret) John Davis
Former Principal Director for Cyber Policy at the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Cyber Policy, and Director of Current Operations at USCYBERCOM
Major General (Ret) George Franz
Former Director of Operations at USCYBERCOM
Major General (Ret) Patricia Frost
Former Director of Cyber, Electronic Warfare, and Information Operations for the US Army, and Deputy Commanding General of US Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER)
Major General Stephen Hager
Deputy Commander of the Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF)
Rear Admiral (Ret) Janice Hamby
Former Chancellor of the National Defense University (NDU) College of Information and Cyberspace (CIC), and Deputy Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Department of Defense (DoD)
Rear Admiral (Ret) Norm Hayes
Former J2 (Director of Intelligence) at EUCOM and Director of the NSA National Security Operations Center
Major General (Ret) Jim Keffer
Former Chief of Staff of USCYBERCOM
Major General (Ret) Mitchell Kilgo
Former Commander of CECOM and CENTCOM J6
Rear Admiral (Ret) Bill Leigher
Former Deputy Commander of US Fleet Cyber Command / US 10th Fleet
Major General (Ret) Earl Matthews
Former Director of Cyber Operations and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of the US Air Force
Rear Admiral (Ret) Mark Montgomery
Executive Director of the US Cyberspace Solarium Commission, former Policy Director of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and J3 (Director of Operations) of PACOM
Major General (Ret) Punch Moulton
Former J3 (Director of Operations) at EUCOM
Rear Admiral (Ret) Scott Sanders
Former Deputy Commander of 2nd Fleet and Joint Staff J7 Reserve Deputy Director
Rear Admiral (Ret) Andy Singer
Former US Navy N2N6 and J2 (Intelligence Officer) of US Pacific Command (PACOM)
Major General (Ret) Mike Skinner
Former CIO and Advisor to multiple organizations
Rear Admiral (Ret) Ken Slaght
Former Commander of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR)
Major General (Ret) Rick Testa
Former Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the US Air Force
Major General (Ret) Ed Wilson
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Cyber Policy and Commander of 24th Air Force / Air Forces Cyber / Joint Force Headquarters-Cyber
Major General (Ret) Garrett Yee
Former Assistant to the Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of the Army
Rear Admiral (Ret) Danelle Barrett
Former Director of Current Operations at USCYBERCOM
Brigadier General Paul Craft
Army Chief of Cyber and Commandant of the Army Cyber School
Brigadier General (Ret) Rob Lyman
Former Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Cyber Effects Operations at the Air Force Headquarters (AF A2/6)
Brigadier General Chad Raduege
Director of Cyberspace and Information Dominance at Air Combat Command
Brigadier General (Ret) Bernie Skoch
Board Chairman of the Air and Space Force Association, Commissioner of the CyberPatriot Program, and former Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Pacific Air Forces
Brigadier General (Ret) Rob Spalding III, PhD
Former Senior Director for Strategic Planning on the National Security Council
Brigadier General (Ret) Greg Touhill
Inaugural/former Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of the United States
Brigadier General (Ret) Guy Walsh
Former Strategic Initiatives Chief at USCYBERCOM
Brigadier General Teri Williams
Vice Director of Operations (Cyber) for the National Guard Bureau
Senior Enlisted
Command Sergeant Major Sheryl Lyon
Senior Enlisted Leader of USCYBERCOM and NSA
Command Sergeant Major (Ret) Dave Redmon
Former Senior Enlisted Advisor of USCYBERCOM and NSA
Master Gunnery Sergeant Scott Stalker
Senior Enlisted Leader (SEL) of US Space Command and former SEL of USCYBERCOM
Senior Executive Service
Arnold Abraham, Esq.
Former Associate Director of Intelligence at USCYBERCOM
Hon. James H. Anderson, Ph.D.
Former President of The Institute of World Politics (IWP), Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities
Captain (Ret) John Felker
Former Assistant Director of the DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), former Director of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC), and former Deputy Commander of US Coast Guard Cyber Command
Dr. Diane Janosek, Esq.
Deputy Director of the NSA for Compliance and former Commandant of the National Cryptologic School
Blake Moore
Head of US Defense Strategy at Amazon Web Services, former Chief of Staff to the DoD CIO, and lead for the 2018 DoD Cyber Strategy and Cyber Posture Review
Colonel (Ret) Daniel J. Ragsdale, Ph.D.
Former Principal Director for Cyber in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (USD) for Research and Engineering (R&E) and Acting Director of Defense Research and Engineering for Modernization
Daniel B. Prieto III
Former Director for Cybersecurity Policy at the National Security Council and Chief Technology Officer for the DoD CIO
Thomas Wingfield, Esq.
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Cyber Policy and Chancellor (Acting) of the National Defense University (NDU) College of Information and Cyberspace (CIC)
Academia, Industry, and Nonprofits
Michaela Barnett
Founder of Blacks In Cybersecurity
Austin Branch
Founder of the Information Professionals Association
Dr. Dorothy Denning
Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School
Dr. Peter Denning
Director of the Cebrowski Institute at the Naval Postgraduate School and former President of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Dr. Paul de Souza
Founder and President of the Cyber Security Forum Initiative (CSFI)
Jay Healey
Cyber Strategist at the Officer of the National Cyber Director and former Director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative at the Atlantic Council
Robert M. Lee
Founder and CEO, Dragos, Inc.
Graham Plaster
Founder of TheIntelligenceCommunity.com (TIC), Foreign Area Officer Association (FAOA) Board Member, and Editor in Chief of the peer reviewed journal "International Affairs"
Dr. Ed Rockower
Research Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School
Dr. Brad Sims
President of Capitol Technology University
Honor Roll of Deceased Advisors
Lieutenant General (Ret) Vince Stewart
Former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Deputy Commander of US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM), and Commander of Marine Corps Forces Cyber Command (MARFORCYBER). MCPA Advisor 2000-2023.