TEDCO names Cyber Maryland Program board of directors
The Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO), the state’s economic engine for technology companies, Thursday announced the newly appointed board of directors for the Cyber Maryland Program.
The program was established by the Maryland General Assembly during the 2023 legislative session to develop and implement a strategy to address Cybersecurity related workforce vacancies in the state.
The Program is managed by an 18-member board of directors, each with backgrounds in information technology and cybersecurity.
The program’s board of directors include:
- Kenneth Allman, Garrett Community College
- Roger Austin, Boston Consulting Group
- Loyce Best Pailen, University of Maryland Global Campus
- Thomas Byrd, T. Rowe Price
- Derrek Dunn, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
- Supro Ghose, EagleBank
- Katie Fry Hester, Senate co-chair of the Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Biotechnology
- Allen Kachalia, Johns Hopkins Medicine
- Anne Kaiser, House of Delegates co-chair of the Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Biotechnology
- Troy LeMaile-Stovall, TEDCO
- Kimberly Mentzell, Maryland Department of Commerce
- Kirkland Murray, Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation
- Laura Nelson, National Cryptologic Museum Foundation
- Greg Rogers, Maryland Department of Information Technology
- Gregg Smith, Cybersecurity Association of Maryland, Inc.
- Rachael Stephens Parker, Maryland Department of Labor
- Tami Watkins, Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco)
- Anthony Woods, Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs












