2025 CSO Hall of Fame Honorees
Meg Anderson, VP & CISO (retired), Principal Financial Group Bob Bruns, CISO, Avanade Jonathan Chow, CISO, Genesys Mignona Cote, CISO, Infor Laura Deaner, Managing Director, CISO, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) George Finney, CISO, University of Texas System Michael Gordon, SVP & CISO, McDonald’s Ron Green, Cybersecurity Fellow/Former CSO, Mastercard Shawn Henry, CSO, CrowdStrike Todd Lukens, SVP, Security & Infrastructure, Nationwide Rishi Tripathi, SVP, CISO & CTO, Mount Sinai Health System Marnie Wilking, CSO, Booking.com
Class of 2024
Jerry Geisler, SVP & CISO, Walmart, Inc. Gary Hayslip, CISO, SoftBank Investment Advisers Vaughn Hazen, CISO, CN Jill Knesek, CISO, BlackLine Susan Koski, EVP & CISO, PNC Financial Services Michael Palmer, CISO, Hearst John Schramm, Global Head of IT Risk and Security, Munich Re Keith Turpin, CISO, The Friedkin Group Phil Venables, CISO, Google Cloud Teresa Zielinski, Global CISO, GE Vernova
Class of 2023
Rich Agostino, SVP & CISO, TargetEd Amoroso, Founder & CEO, TAG InfoSphereDevon Bryan, Global CIO, Carnival CorporationNicole Darden Ford, Global VP & CISO, Rockwell AutomationKeith Gordon, EVP & CSO, CIBCBen Miron, VP of Infrastructure & Cybersecurity, NextEra Energy, Inc.Gary Owen, CISO & Chief Risk Officer, CapitalHolly Ridgeway, EVP & CSO, Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
Class of 2022
Marene Allison, CISO, Johnson & Johnson, Inc.Bret Arsenault, CISO, MicrosoftJames Beeson, SVP & Global CISO, CignaDerek Benz, CISO, Coca-ColaMark Connelly, CISO, Boston Consulting GroupJohn McClurg, SVP & CISO, BlackBerryTim McKnight, EVP & CSO, SAPChandra McMahon, SVP & CISO, CVS HealthGary Warzala, Leadership Partner Security & Risk Management, GartnerDeborah Wheeler, SVP & CISO, Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Class of 2021
Roland Cloutier, Global CSO, TikTokDeneen DeFiore, VP & CISO, United AirlinesAndy Ellis, Operating Partner, YL VenturesBobby Ford, SVP/CSO, HPERenee Guttmann, CISO, Campbell Soup CompanyMeredith Harper, VP/CISO, Eli Lilly and CompanyMike Towers, CISO, TakedaMark Weatherford, CISO, AlertEnterpriseJason Witty, Global CISO, J.P. Morgan Chase
Class of 2020
Tim Callahan, SVP, Global CISO, AflacDave Estlick, CISO, Chipotle Mexican GrillJamil Farshchi, CISO, EquifaxEmily Heath, Chief Trust & Security Officer, DocuSignBrad Maiorino, CISO, Raytheon TechnologiesKathy Orner, VP, Chief Risk Officer, CWTJim Routh, Head of Enterprise Information Risk Management, MassMutualGregory Wood, SVP, Technology Risk Management & Security, The Walt Disney CompanyTimothy Youngblood, Corporate VP, CISO, McDonald’sIn addition to the honorees listed above, CSO inducted Michael Assante posthumously for his work with the SANS Institute and Center for Strategic and International Studies.*Editor’s note: The job titles and company affiliations listed here reflect the positions held by these individuals at the time they were inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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