Volunteers

The CyberAmbassadors program is run entirely by volunteers, who help facilitate trainings and provide logistical support. New volunteers are always welcome! There are many ways to contribute, and options to help in person and/or remotely.

CyberAmbassadors program facilitators are trained volunteers who organize and deliver trainings for their employers, institutions, and communities. In order to become a facilitator, the first step is typically to earn a certificate by completing all nine modules in the CyberAmbassadors curriculum. Certified CyberAmbassadors are invited to participate in facilitator trainings as they are scheduled, and you can email the program directors for more information.

Certified Facilitators

Certified Facilitators are volunteers who have completed the CyberAmbassadors Communications, Teamwork, Leadership, and Facilitator training. Certification is earned by demonstrating expertise in the curriculum, regularly organizing and conducting trainings, and successfully integrating feedback from participants to improve the CyberAmbassadors program.

Abe Atte
Georgia Tech

Amy Ball
Tanque Verde
High School

JP Blackford
George Washington University

Dirk Colbry
Michigan State University

Katy Colbry
Michigan State University

Christopher Eaker
Carleton College

Scott Eckersall
Eckersall, LLC

Amy Kur
Case Western Reserve University

Mark Luchini
Jackson National

Tim Luchini
Intramotev

Wayne Paugh
US Attorney

Sandeep Puthanveetil Satheesan
NCSA at UIUC

Ellen S. Styles
ERC Incorporated

Trained Facilitators

Trained Facilitators are volunteers who have completed the Communications, Teamwork and Leadership curriculum as participants, and also completed additional facilitator training. They are prepared to organize and conduct their own trainings using the CyberAmbassadors materials, including receiving and integrating feedback from participants.

Mahyar Abedi, Michigan State University

Hussein Al-Azzawi, University of New Mexico

Izzat Alsmadi, Texas A&M, San Antonio

Ramona Anand, Lorain County Community College

Afsane Arvand, Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles

Abe Atte, Georgia Tech

Janae Baker, Rutgers University

Amy Ball, Salpointe Catholic High School

James Babiarz, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Rebecca Belshe, Arizona State University

Tannor Brown, University of New Mexico

Andrew Bryant, Harvard University

Gavin Burris, University of Pennsylvania

Cynthia Burrows, University of California, San Diego

Katrina Cernucan, University of Utah

Yue Chang, TutumGene, LLC

Feng Chen, Louisiana State University

Yanni Chen, Texas Tech University

Cheryl Cheng, Puget Sound Energy

William Cleveland, Kutta Technologies

Michael Czebatul, Retired

Carmen Daoud, SC Johnson

Chet Date, Business Quality Solutions, LLC

Mike Davis, Virginia Commonwealth University

Shawn Doughty, Tufts University

Connor Dubrule, Tau Beta Pi

Nicholas Dunn, University of Minnesota

Christopher Eaker, Carleton College

Grace Faustino, University of New Mexico

Kevin Fotso, University of New Mexico

Caroline Freitag, Northwestern University

Aida Ghiaei, University of Connecticut

Joshua Gyllinsky, University of Rhode Island

Ben Hamilton, Metro State University

Christie Hasbrouck, Penn State University

Peter Hawrylak, University of Tulsa

Josh Henry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Becky Hinrichs, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Sue Holl, California State University Sacramento

Daniel Howard, National Center for Atmospheric

Research

Antony James, Harvest CROO Robotics

Hongyan Ji, University of Iowa

Chris Keeley, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Megan Kimsey, Florida State University

Prince Kumar, Texas A&M University, College Station

Matt Lacy, Texas A&M University

Bethany Laursen, University of Michigan

Karen Liston, Wayne State University

Brian Loomis, Michigan State University

Serena Lotreck, Michigan State University

Jenna Marcinko-Fortner, Esurgi

Shannon Marshall, University of Michigan

Brigitte Martin, University of Mississippi Medical

Center

Michael McAllister, Vanderbilt University

Debra McCaffrey, Arizona State University

Alesa H. Netzley, Michigan State University

Charles Nguyen, University of Minnesota

Brian Nicely, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Chris Prince Udochukwu Njoku, University of Nigeria

Janna Nugent, Northwestern University

Caroline Ogg, Bohannan Huston, Inc

Olabisi Ojo, Albany State University

Mary Olson, Oracle

Nicholas Panchy, Michigan State University

Stanley Paul, Harvard University

John Pederson, Georgia Institute of Technology

Jaynal Pervez, University of Texas, Dallas

Latoya Phillips, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Julia Pimental, Colorado School of Mines

Joy Pine-Thomas, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Mohamad Qayoom, Louisiana State University

Tara Radavand, University of Michigan

Bruno Ricardi de Abreu, University of Illinois

Angadbir Singh Sabherwal, Nexii

Widodo Samyono, Jarvis Christian University

Paula Sanematsu, Harvard University, FASRC

Darshan Sarojini, University of California San Diego

Noah Schrick, University of Tulsa

Matthew Selensky, Northwestern University

Wendy (Pengyin) Shan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Kurtis Showmaker, The Jackson Laboratory

Jason Simms, Swarthmore College

Jyotika Sirohi, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Paul Snider, Kansas State University

Brad Spitzbart, Stonybrook University

Shreyas Srivathsan, Georgia Institute of Technology

Alexander Steep, Michigan State University

Jason Stidd, University of Utah

Dena Strong, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Robert Styles, Retired

Cesar Sul, University of Southern California

Annamaria Szakonyi, St. Louis University

Mohammed Tanash, Kansas State University

Brad Thornton, Texas A&M University

Scott Trocchia, ASML

Luis Torrens Sotomayor, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

Kathryn Traxler, Louisiana State University

Sree Venda, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Shu Wan, SUNY Buffalo

Anneliese Ward, University of New Mexico

Chris Whaley, Escape To Expand, LLC

Raziq Yaqub, Alabama A&M University

Yongjian Zhong, University of Iowa

Founding Fellows

Founding Fellows are volunteers who contributed to the development and testing of the Communications, Teamwork, Leadership, and Facilitator training curriculum. They participated in pilot workshops, provided feedback on the program and curriculum, and conducted their own trainings using the CyberAmbassadors materials.

Eric Adams, Purdue University

Justin Booth, Michigan State University

Kendra Cheruvelil, Michigan State University

David Cribbs, Jackson National

Dave Dai, Michigan State University

Ali Eydgahi, Eastern Michigan University

Christina Koch, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Gail Krovitz, Internet2

Amy Kurr, Schneider Electric

Mark Luchini, Jackson National

Debra McCaffrey, University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine

Kiran Mhatre, Harvard University

Alan Paul, Giant Angstrom

Dylan Perkins, University of Wyoming

Chris Reidy, University of Arizona

Sandeep S Puthanveetil, National Center for Supercomputing Applications

Chip Shank, Michigan State University

John Turner, University of North Texas

Daniel Voss, Beaumont Research Institute