2021 Election Candidates
This November, WiS-KC members will be electing new Vice President, Events, and Membership chairs to execute their individual duties and serve on the leadership board for two years (Vice President serves as President the second year of her term).
Members who have attended a chapter meeting in the last six months are considered to be in good standing and are eligible to vote. We will be voting during the regular charter meeting on Nov. 16th.
If you are a WiS-KC member in good standing but unable to attend the meeting, please email your vote to vote@wiskc.org.
Please see the current candidates and their biographies below.
VICE PRESIDENT CANDIDATE
JENNIFER HARMON
Jennifer Harmon is a technologist at heart with a passion for improving diversity in the field of technology. She was previously a leader for Geek Squad Summer Academy in 2010, hosting a 10 week-long technology summer camp targeting teens in underserved and minority communities from across the country. Currently, Jennifer is a Product Owner at Cerner working to increase interoperability within the Veterans Affairs Electronic Health Record Modernization project. She is ardent about improving the security of healthcare data and is working towards her ISC2 HCISPP and CompTia Security+ certifications. Jennifer looks forward to growing with the WiSKC community by serving as the Vice President in 2022.
EVENTS CHAIR CANDIDATE
MAURA MILNER
Maura has spent the last two years working for Imperva, a leader in cybersecurity, covering KS/MO/NE/ND/SD. In Maura's role, she helps organizations protect data and all paths to their data through application security, as well as database security. Prior to Imperva, Maura spent a decade with TouchNet selling enterprise software and integrating payment processing into higher education. At TouchNet, she focused on the compliance and security aspects of payments taken all across a college campus. Her other experiences includes E-GRC at Archer Technologies along with a myriad of support and sales roles.
Maura has received her Masters degree in Business Administration, as well as her Bachelors in Finance and Accounting both from Wichita State University. She has three grown children, ages 23, 22, and 20. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with each of her children. She also loves sports, live music, decorating, walking, and reading. Maura currently resides in Olathe, Kansas.
MEMBERSHIP CHAIR CANDIDATE
LISA CHILES
Lisa is the Configuration Lead on the Customer Service Infrastructure Services team at ScriptPro. She leads her team to investigate, maintain and deploy configuration and compliance updates and requirements to ScriptPro customers.
Lisa started her career in the practice of Pharmacy. After 10 years of an occupation in Pharmacy, she transitioned into Healthcare IT. Lisa has spent the last 20 years focused on software and platform security compliance, software testing, and the integration of security into various development processes.