Retired senior executive with 17+ years of C-suite cybersecurity leadership and more than two decades in technology and application development.
Former VP — Chief Information Security Officer at Principal Financial Group®, where she led enterprise-wide cybersecurity and cyber risk strategy and reported to the Board. Inducted into the CSO Hall of Fame and named a Top 100 CISO by CISOs Connect in 2025.
Experta en gobernanza corporativa, cumplimiento regulatorio, seguridad en la nube y desarrollo de talento; reconocida por alinear la estrategia de seguridad con objetivos de negocio y por su capacidad de comunicación ante juntas directivas.
Activa en la comunidad profesional (FS-ISAC, Technology Association of Iowa), mentora de nuevos CISOs y abierta a roles como directora independiente, miembro de consejo o asesora estratégica.
- Self-employed — Retired CISO: June 2025 – Present
- Principal Financial Group — VP - CISO: March 2015 – May 2025
- Principal Financial Group — AVP & Chief Information Security Officer: March 2012 – February 2015
- Principal Financial Group — Chief Information Security Officer: April 2008 – March 2012
- Principal Financial Group — Director - IT: October 2005 – March 2008
- Principal Financial Group — Asst. Director - IT: June 1987 – October 2005
- FS-ISAC — Board of Directors: December 2016 – May 2023
- Technology Association of Iowa — Member / (Chair) CISO Roundtable: September 2014 – May 2025
- YL Ventures — Venture Advisor: January 2019 – April 2024
- NYU Tandon School of Engineering — CISO Mentor: May 2022 – October 2024
- UnityPoint Health — Information Security Committee Member: December 2021 – August 2023
