Cybersecurity, Risk, and Compliance Executive

Donna L. Ross is a seasoned cybersecurity, risk, and compliance executive with more than 30 years of leadership experience spanning financial services, insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, technology, and retail. Throughout her career, she has built and led enterprise security, risk management, compliance, privacy, and resiliency programs for highly regulated organizations.

Most recently, Donna served as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Radian, where she was responsible for the company’s information security, cyber resilience, privacy, and risk management strategies. Prior to joining Radian, she held senior leadership roles at Accolade, Corning Incorporated, GMAC, and Prudential, leading global programs focused on information security, technology risk management, compliance, governance, and disaster recovery. At Accolade, a leading healthcare concierge and advocacy company, Donna served as Head of Information Security and Chief Compliance Officer. At Corning Incorporated, she led Information Risk Management initiatives supporting the company’s global technology environment.

Donna earned a bachelor's degree in Economics and Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing from the State University of New York at Brockport and holds an Ithaca College Cybersecurity Certificate. A lifelong learner, she has earned numerous industry certifications, including C|CISO, CRISC, CGEIT, CISM, CDPSE, GSEC, FLMI, ACS, and CTM.

A recognized leader within the cybersecurity community, Donna has dedicated significant time to advancing industry collaboration and public-private partnerships. She was a founding committee member on the FBI’s Automated Network Cyber Attack Reporting System initiative and has served on the Advisory Board of SecureWorld Philadelphia, where she frequently speaks on cybersecurity, privacy, threat management, and emerging technology risks. She maintains strong relationships with government and industry cybersecurity professionals through her long-standing involvement with InfraGard and has received two awards from the Director of the FBI for Exceptional Service to the Public Interest, as well as the President’s Call to Service Award.

Donna’s contributions have been recognized through numerous honors, including the Titan 100, CISOs Connect CISO Choice Award, Global CISO 100, and HousingWire Women of Influence. She remains actively involved in professional and community organizations, including InfraGard, ISACA, Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS), the United Way, the American Red Cross, and Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Following her retirement from Radian in September 2026, Donna continues to support the cybersecurity community through advisory work, board service, speaking engagements, mentoring, and industry events. She is passionate about helping organizations strengthen resilience, develop future cybersecurity leaders, and foster meaningful collaboration across the security profession.

J.D. Miller has hosted more than 650 executive events and has been behind the microphone for thousands of live and virtual engagements throughout his 25+ year career. A former television journalist with CBS, NBC, and FOX affiliates, he brings a journalist's curiosity and interviewing expertise to every discussion—asking insightful questions that uncover meaningful perspectives while creating content that informs, engages, and inspires.

A seasoned marketing executive and spokesperson, J.D. has led global marketing teams and developed strategic initiatives across technology companies, financial institutions, nonprofit organizations, and agencies. He has also helped organizations navigate mergers and acquisitions, leading transformational efforts across marketing, technology, and business operations.

An award-winning television journalist, J.D. has served as a global technology spokesperson and industry analyst for CNBC, FOX Business, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, TheStreet, and other leading media outlets. He is also the author of Ringmaster of AI: Suite Speak Conversations.

Recognized for his engaging and insightful moderation style, J.D. has led executive interviews, high-profile panel discussions, and industry conferences, facilitating conversations that surface valuable insights and spark meaningful dialogue. His ability to connect with executives, audiences, and industry leaders has made him a trusted moderator and sought-after host for both live and virtual events.

Susan Koski is the CISO and Head of Enterprise Information Security for The PNC Financial Services Group. She is responsible for Information Security Strategy, Digital Identity for customers and the workforce; Data Protection; Fusion Center (cyber, insider, physical and fraud monitoring); Vulnerability Management; Threat Intelligence; Security Incident Management; Application Security; Security Metrics; Cloud Security; and Security Policy, Governance and Assessments.

Susan has more than 25 years of experience in Information Technology (IT), cybersecurity, business continuity, third-party risk management and IT risk management. She has also served in executive leadership roles with BNY Mellon (Managing Director of Technology Risk Management), Synovus (Chief Information Security Officer - CISO) and Aetna (Chief Data Protection Officer).

Susan has a record of rebuilding programs and developing highly functional teams. She re-engineers processes and technology for efficiency and innovation – or “Effovation” – creating opportunities for teams to achieve continuous learning and development through the use of creativity to tackle complex issues.

Susan holds a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering (cum laude) from the University of Pittsburgh and an Masters in Business Administration (summa cum laude) from Duquesne University.

She is a CISO Executive Network Advisory Council member, Governing Body Member for the Evanta Pittsburgh CISO program, Advisor for the Robert Morris University Information Systems & Communications PhD Advisory Board and member of the BITS Security Steering Committee.

Roni is a co-founder and the CEO of Legit Security. In previous roles, Roni led Product and Business Units at Checkmarx and Microsoft, both after startup acquisitions. Roni’s early career was in the Israeli Defense Force’s Unit 8200. In his free time, Roni enjoys traveling with his family and trying different local cuisines.

John is an international technology executive and innovator with over 39 years of experience in the fields of data, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI).

John is an independent consultant and he teaches at Grand Valley State University in the College of Computing. He also teaches at Penn State University in the Smeal College of Business, and the Ross Business School at the University of Michigan. He teaches classes based on his books and on the subjects of AI, and Building and Managing Analytics teams at leading universities in the US and Europe.

Previously, John was the global head of AI at EY. His role was to actively lead the design, development, implementation, and use of innovative AI solutions, including Generative AI, Traditional/Classical AI, and Causal AI, across all of EY Service Lines and functions and for EY's clients. The team was comprised of - an Applied AI Research group, a product development organization, and an AI Consulting Practice.

Prior to EY, he was responsible for the AI and advanced analytics team at CSL Behring, a leading biopharmaceutical company where he led a team that developed and deployed over 25 analytical applications in 4 years. John was an Executive Partner at Gartner, where he was management consultant to market leading companies in the areas of digital transformation, data monetization and advanced analytics. Before Gartner, John was responsible for the advanced analytics business unit of the Dell Software Group.

John’s most recent book – The Path to AGI examines the most practical and pragmatic path forward to developing Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). The book focuses on the long-term evolutionary path of Artificial Intelligence (AI). As a field of technology, we have developed a substantial body of technology, tools, techniques, methodologies, approaches, and more in the broader field of AI over the last 70 years. The advances and advancement have been impressive, continuous, and very useful to all of society. To date, AI has been a technological success. AI has been a business success. Also, AI has been a success for all of humanity. Most of the people in the world have heard about AI. While most people have heard of AI, they really do not understand much if anything about AI. This lack of knowledge presents an opportunity for those that are less interested in real technological progress and more interested in chicanery to have an opening to mislead people about where we are in relation to achieving AGI on a widespread basis. This session is about the real, practical, pragmatic journey needed to achieve AGI. AGI is not here now. AGI will not be here in the next 3 to 5 years. AGI is hard. AGI is a long way from where we are today. If you really want to know how we will arrive at AGI and when, then you will enjoy this book..

John’s 4th book – Causal Artificial Intelligence, is intended to provide guidance for data scientists, by providing deep technical information as well as the type of information needed to collaborate with subject matter experts (SMEs). SMEs hold deep organizational knowledge about how each business operates. Business executives and managers must be able to guide the combined team based on the direction that the organization wants to take and the problems that need to be solved. The book is meant to be a primer on how teams can work together to derive value from this new pillar of the AI field.

John’s 3rd book is an effort to raise awareness and knowledge of the topic of data – Data for All, has been written for the general public, the book is an outline of how the world of data works today and how it will work in the near future. The book instructs people in how to protect and manage their data and the data of their loved ones. Data for All communicates how to do this in applied and practical terms.

John is the author of the bestselling book – Building Analytics Teams: Leveraging analytics and artificial intelligence for business improvement. The book was published in June 2020 and outlines how to hire and manage high performance advanced analytics teams. The book outlines how to engage with executives and senior managers, and how to select and undertake analytics projects that change and improve how a business operates.

John is co-author of the bestselling book – Analytics: How to win with Intelligence, which debuted on Amazon as the #1 new book in Analytics in 2017. Analytics is a book that guides non-technical executives through the journey of creating an analytics function, funding initiatives, and driving change in business operations through data and applied analytical applications.

Mr. Thompson’s technology expertise includes all aspects of advanced analytics and information management including – descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics, artificial intelligence, analytical applications, deep learning, cognitive computing, big data, simulation, optimization, synthetic data, and high-performance computing.

John has built start-up organizations from the ground up and he has reengineered business units of Fortune 500 firms to reach their potential. He has directly managed and run - sales, marketing, consulting, support, and product development organizations.

He is a technology leader with expertise and experience spanning all operational areas with a focus on strategy, product innovation, growth, and efficient execution.

Thompson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Ferris State University and a MBA in Marketing from DePaul University.

John Pepe is the Regulated Industry Advisor and Resident Chief Legal and Compliance Officer at Proofpoint, where he oversees the legal and compliance practice within the Digital Communications Governance (DCG) Group. He advises highly regulated and litigious customers on industry best practices and helps shape Proofpoint’s DCG compliance strategy. John has more than 20 years of experience in legal and compliance technology, including 8 years at Proofpoint, and has also served as an Industry Advisor, Division Manager, Product Marketing Manager, and Product Manager at other leading DCG providers.

Before moving into technology, John spent 10 years in the legal and compliance departments of trading firms, broker-dealers, and investment banks. He held FINRA Series 7, 24, 14, 4, 51, and 55 licenses, and served as Chief Compliance Officer on the Floor of the New York Stock Exchange. He earned a Juris Doctor in Corporate and Securities Law from Rutgers Law School and a BA from Rutgers University.