Who Should Attend
The NTSC South Central Regional Policy Roundtable brings
together
members of the National Technology Security Coalition
Board and a
select group of Fortune 1000 CISOs, Chief Risk Officers, policy
leads, and
senior technology executives, along with invited policymakers.
George McElwee
President & Founder
The Reserve Component
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George McElwee is President and Founder of The Reserve Component,
bringing
extensive experience in Congress, government affairs, and national security. He spent approximately a
decade on
Capitol Hill and served as Chief of Staff to Congressman Charlie Dent, giving him a
firsthand
understanding of congressional leadership, legislative strategy, and how policy moves through
Washington.
George has been recognized five times by The Hill as a Top
Lobbyist
and is an active Navy Reserve public affairs officer. His perspective combines
congressional
experience, policy advocacy, and military service to provide a practical view of where Washington is
heading and
what changes in political leadership mean for organizations navigating federal policy.
Helen Oakley
Strategic Advisor, AI & Cybersecurity
Independent
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Helen Oakley, CISSP, GPCS, GSTRT, brings enterprise security leadership and a
direct
role in shaping industry guidance for agentic AI. A core leader of the OWASP GenAI Security
Project, she co-leads work on agentic AI security and AI Bills of Materials (AIBOM), and
contributes to OWASP’s Agentic AI Threats & Mitigations Guide and Top 10 for Agentic Applications.
Previously Vice President of Software & AI Security at SAP,
Helen helped build programs spanning secure development, software supply chain security, AI security,
and the emerging challenges of agentic AI and AI-automated engineering. She has also co-led
AIBOM
efforts with CISA and created practical OWASP tools for AI transparency and hands-on agentic
security testing.
Chris Sullivan
Executive Director
NTSC
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Chris Sullivan is the Executive Director of the National Technology Security Coalition
(NTSC), an independent,
nonpartisan nonprofit representing the perspectives of the nation's leading Chief Information Security
Officers in
technology security policy and public-private collaboration. With more than 20 years of experience as a
CEO, CTO,
CISO, and board advisor, Chris brings an operator's perspective to the intersection of
cybersecurity, artificial
intelligence, business strategy, and risk—helping connect the realities facing enterprise leaders with
the policies
and partnerships needed to address them.
A Certified Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP), he has advised
executives and boards on AI
governance, emerging technologies, enterprise risk, and regulation. His experience includes scaling
technology
startups, leading AI-focused R&D, advising Fortune 100 companies, managing complex
technology integrations, and
supporting public-private cybersecurity partnerships as a board member of InfraGard
Atlanta.
TJ White
Chief
Texas Cyber Command
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TJ White is a retired U.S. Navy leader and national security
strategist with more than 30 years of experience in cyber operations, intelligence, and military
leadership. He previously commanded U.S. Fleet Cyber Command, U.S. Tenth Fleet, U.S. Navy Space
Command, and the U.S. Cyber National Mission Force, and served as Director of Intelligence for
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
He founded OneNetworkConnection, LLC, to help organizations assess and
manage risks across cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, supply chains, and technology policy.
A self-described “cyber anthropologist,” White focuses on bridging the gap between
technology and organizational decision-making, helping leaders strengthen resilience through trusted
collaboration, strategic insight, and effective talent management.
Roundtable Agenda
Detailed Session Titles Forthcoming
12:30 PM
Registration & Networking
Check-in and opening networking session.
1:00 PM
Welcome & Introductions
1:15 PM
From Shared Responsibility to Coordinated Action: The Public-Private Cyber Partnership
Vice Adm. White, Chief, Texas Cyber Command
Fireside Chat
When a cyber incident disrupts essential services, response and recovery depend on capabilities
and decisions that cross enterprise, state, and federal boundaries. Shared responsibility requires
clear authority, realistic expectations, and resources that match the commitments partners make.
In this fireside chat, Vice Adm. White will use Texas Cyber Command to ground a discussion of why
a state-level cyber command is needed, what it is responsible for, and how it works with government
and private-sector partners. Drawing on his experience leading military cyber operations, he will
explore how intelligence informs coordinated action, how leaders prioritize affordable investments
in resilience, and which systemic challenges require collective support.
The conversation will also examine how procurement can advance Secure by Design and Secure by
Default, hold vendors accountable, and create opportunities for enterprise CISOs to shape practical
public-private cooperation.
Takeaway: A clearer understanding of what government and enterprise operators
should prepare, fund, and agree upon before a crisis to improve response and recovery.
2:15 PM
Who Gets to Decide? Governing the Agentic Enterprise
Helen Oakley
As AI agents move from assisting humans to making decisions and taking action across enterprise
systems,
organizations face a consequential governance challenge: who is authorized to decide, delegate, and
act—and how is that authority bounded, monitored, and revoked?
Drawing on her leadership within the OWASP GenAI Security Project and her former role as SAP’s
Vice President of Software & AI Security, Helen Oakley will open a practitioner-led discussion on
what good governance should look like inside the enterprise. Members will examine decision authority,
delegation, accountability, provenance, human oversight, and the controls required for increasingly
autonomous systems.
The discussion will then turn to what must be true across the broader ecosystem to make that model
practical, scalable, and sustainable. Members will explore the roles of government, standards bodies,
technology providers, and enterprise operators in advancing standards, Secure by Design expectations,
interoperability, information sharing, procurement incentives, and regulatory alignment.
Takeaway: The beginnings of an NTSC action plan:
Step 1 — Define what good looks like. Develop a practitioner-led governance and
risk management model for agentic AI.
Step 2 — Shape the environment that makes it possible. Identify the public-private
actions, standards, incentives, and policy priorities NTSC should advance to help enterprises
implement
that model at scale.
The session should conclude with a small set of concrete priorities for NTSC’s 2027 AI security
and public-private partnership agenda.
3:30 PM
After the Midterms: Washington, Cybersecurity, and the 120th Congress
George McElwee & Chris Sullivan
Just two days after the 2026 midterm elections, this discussion will
examine what the results mean for Washington, the post-election
lame-duck session, and the 120th Congress. Drawing on George McElwee's
extensive experience on Capitol Hill and in government affairs,
the conversation will explore changes to congressional leadership,
legislative priorities, and the outlook for cybersecurity and
artificial intelligence policy.
The discussion will also consider how the election results could
shape NTSC's policy strategy, congressional engagement, and
opportunities to strengthen public-private collaboration in the
months ahead.
Takeaway: A practical understanding of Washington's
post-election landscape and the implications for NTSC's policy
priorities and engagement strategy.
4:45 PM
Roundtable Concludes & Dinner
Join us for dinner and an evening of networking and continued conversation.