Following its 2025 transition to a member-funded model, the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center formed an Interim Member Governance Board to provide temporary volunteer stewardship. The board’s task is to develop a governance model and revise the MS-ISAC Charter before moving to formal member-led governance. Meet 10 members of the interim board who bring firsthand experience protecting public services in cities, counties, schools, elections offices, tribal governments, and Alaska Native organizations, often with limited budgets, small teams, and competing operational demands.
Suneel Cherukuri – CISO, Government of the District of Columbia
Suneel Cherukuri brings more than 20 years of experience in cybersecurity architecture, engineering, and operations. He worked as a systems engineer at Carlson Wagonlit Travel and in group audit at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, then spent four years as a senior network security engineer for the DC government. After security roles at Dimension Data, ANZ in Melbourne, and NFF, he returned to the District in 2018 as CISO in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer, responsible for protecting DC government information resources and running security operations. In an April 2026 interview with MeriTalk, he discussed managing identity complexity, AI and cyber training, and coordinating security across more than 100 DC agencies. He brings the perspective of a large city government to the board.
Jason Skeen – Information Technology Security Manager, Mecklenburg County
Jason Skeen has spent nearly three decades in IT. He began as a PC technician and IT support manager at Furnitureland South, then moved into healthcare as a network engineer and interim information systems director at Randolph Hospital and director of information systems at Stanly Regional Medical Center, where he served on the transition team for its merger into Atrium Health. At Atrium Health he managed threat and vulnerability, security operations, and governance, risk and compliance teams for an organization with more than 40 hospitals and 900 care locations. Since 2020 he has served as IT security manager for Mecklenburg County, managing its security operations center team, leading investigations and incident response, and developing the county’s first computer incident response team plan. He brings the perspective of a county SOC practitioner.
Anthony Coronas – Director of Information Technology, Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation
Anthony Coronas has led IT across the manufacturing, accounting, and construction industries. He spent a decade as director of IT infrastructure at Panattoni Development, then directed IT at Farmers’ Rice Cooperative, where he oversaw a fiber optic backbone and SCADA environment. At Roebbelen Contracting he moved the company to the cloud, supported its shift to fully remote work during COVID-19, and applied the NIST CSF and CIS Controls frameworks. At Jensen Precast he managed a $5 million annual budget across 19 branches. Coronas became director of IT for Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation in January 2025. He has presented TribalHub sessions on vulnerability remediation in 2025 and cybersecurity budgeting in 2026, and spoke at the ISAC Annual Summit in 2026. A CISA, he holds a master’s in cybersecurity and information assurance and is a doctoral scholar at Golden Gate University. He brings the perspective of tribal government IT leadership.
Josh Teel – Director of Information Technology, Harper County, Kansas
Josh Teel has led all technology operations for Harper County, a rural Kansas county government, since 2021, managing infrastructure, cybersecurity, and day-to-day IT with a small team. His career includes more than a decade in local government IT and earlier service with the American Red Cross. He describes rural public sector IT as a job of limited budgets, small teams, and big responsibilities, where leaders wear every hat. He is active in Kansas and national IT organizations and is a strong believer in peer collaboration and shared threat intelligence. He brings the perspective of a rural county with a lean IT team.
Rob Barnett – IT Business Integration Director, Natives of Kodiak
Rob Barnett started as a network engineer at Mercury Data Group and spent 16 years at Olgoonik Development, rising from network administrator to vice president of IT. There he led five consecutive ISO certification audits without a major non-conformity and maintained 99.8% availability of critical systems. Since 2021 he has led enterprise technology, cybersecurity, and compliance for Natives of Kodiak, an Alaska Native Corporation, where he led its CMMC Level 2 certification with a perfect 110/110 NIST SP 800-171 score. He founded the Alaska Tribal Cyber Group in partnership with CISA, was elected to the MS-ISAC Executive Committee representing tribal interests, and was quoted in CIS’s 2024 release on its study of tribal organization cybersecurity. He brings the perspective of Alaska Native and tribal organizations.
Stephen Barteau – Information and Technology Manager, Orange County Registrar of Voters
Stephen Barteau worked in technology at Boeing Satellite Systems, Infor, and Astea before entering Orange County government in 2012, building identity governance and network architecture. Over eight years at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, he led a $7.2 million CJIS-compliant network hardening initiative, a full cloud migration, and founded the department’s project management office. Along the way, he rebuilt a security program end to end and wrote its incident response and business continuity plans. He now leads technology and information security for the Orange County Registrar of Voters, a CISA-designated critical infrastructure operation serving 1.9 million registered voters across 191 vote centers. He is an elected member of the EI-ISAC Executive Committee, a mentor and facilitator in the MS-ISAC Leadership Mentoring Program, and a member of the county’s Cybersecurity Joint Task Force. He brings the perspective of election security.
Josh Bauman – Director of Technology, Festus R-VI School District
Josh Bauman spent a decade as a systems analyst at Jefferson Regional Medical Center and two years managing network infrastructure and security at Maryville University. Since 2014 he has served as director of technology for Missouri’s Festus R-VI School District, rolling out a Chromebook program for 1,300 students and managing more than 3,500 accounts. He serves on the Missouri State Cybersecurity Committee, as a state lead for the MS-ISAC K-12 Working Group, and on the leadership team of the Missouri Student Data Privacy Alliance. He co-hosts the K12 Tech Talk podcast, begins teaching CIS coursework as adjunct faculty at Jefferson College in fall 2026, and chaired the board of Developmental Disabilities Advocates. He brings the perspective of a K-12 school district.
Christopher Byram – Network & Cybersecurity Manager, Park County, Colorado
Christopher Byram has 36 years of experience in computing, networking, and cybersecurity. He served in the U.S. Air Force with Air Force Space Command, U.S. Space Command, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the National Reconnaissance Office, and then worked as IT manager for a defense subcontractor supporting Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Boeing. As network and cybersecurity manager for Park County, he and a coworker restored all 350 county systems across seven locations over a single weekend after the CrowdStrike incident. He is integrating cybersecurity incident response into the county’s Emergency Operations Center and Incident Command System. He also chaired the board of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the High Rockies for six years. He brings the perspective of treating cyber incidents as public-service emergencies.
Terry Loftus – Assistant Superintendent & CIO, San Diego County Office of Education
Terry Loftus leads Integrated Technology Services as assistant superintendent and CIO for the San Diego County Office of Education, with a track record of building high-performing teams and aligning technology with organizational needs. He joined CIS’s Cybersecurity Where You Are podcast for a discussion of CIS’s K-12 cybersecurity assessment, covering common challenges such as limited funding and skilled personnel, how schools have grown their security maturity despite them, and how to start a K-12 cybersecurity program. He brings a regional education perspective that complements district-level experience.
Al Yu – Information Technology Director, Black Hawk County, Iowa
Al Yu has more than 25 years in IT, including two decades in K-12 education. Since 2021 he has served as information technology director for Black Hawk County, leading a team responsible for enterprise technology operations, cybersecurity, and digital transformation. Known for a people-first leadership approach, he encourages continued education and advocates for learning “something new every day,” and is committed to supporting underserved and underrepresented communities through equitable access to technology. He was featured at the Iowa Digital Government Summit in 2025. He brings the perspective of county-wide technology leadership shaped by years in education.
Local Experience, Shared Purpose
These ten leaders come from very different corners of public service, from a large city government and a county elections office to rural counties, school districts, and tribal and Alaska Native organizations. What they share is practical experience protecting public services within real constraints. As the interim board works through its governance task, that range of experience reflects the diversity of the communities MS-ISAC serves.
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John Kevin Hao is a news and feature writer covering cybersecurity, technology, and business targeted for professional audiences.