The people inside this network define what enterprise looks like.
The NS Advisory Council is 24 senior leaders who chose to associate with this ecosystem not as a courtesy but as a commitment. They are here because of what this platform stands for and what it is building for the industries they lead.
Most advisory boards exist to signal credibility. The NS Advisory Council exists to deliver it.
When a company enters the NEXUS program or engages through ASTRA, they are not receiving a warm introduction to someone who agreed to a meeting. They are entering rooms where these names already matter and where the associations they build carry weight beyond the conversation.
The council spans security, technology, healthcare, financial services, consumer, energy, hospitality, real estate, pharmaceutical, insurance and public sector. As NS Advisory expands, the council expands with it.
Nicole Ford
CISO, Microsoft
Leads security at one of the world's most valuable technology companies. Her presence signals that the executive standard here is set at the highest possible level; when Nicole is in a room, founders understand immediately what it means to be taken seriously.
Devon Bryan
SVP and Global CISO, Booking Holdings
His insight that the future of this industry will be defined by the people we invest in is the founding philosophy of ASTRA. His perspective on enterprise security at global scale shapes how this ecosystem thinks about the relationship between leadership, community and commercial outcomes.
Allison Miller
Former CISO, UnitedHealth Group
Healthcare is one of the highest-stakes security environments in enterprise. Her presence signals that this council spans industries, not just sectors, and that the conversations here are relevant to every environment where technology decisions carry real consequence.
Scott Dillon
Former CTO & CIO, Wells Fargo
Has led technology at one of the world's largest financial institutions; brings a perspective on enterprise architecture, commercial execution and organisational change that very few advisors can offer. He recognised the structural gap this platform was built to close and helped shape the thinking behind it.
Margarita Rivera
Global CISO, Carnival Corporation
Global operations across dozens of countries and hundreds of vessels. Brings a perspective on enterprise risk and vendor relationships at a scale most security leaders will never encounter.
Rakesh Sharma
Group CISO, Cleveland Clinic
One of the world's leading healthcare institutions, where the stakes of every security decision are measured in patient outcomes, not just data loss. Grounds the council in environments where the consequences of getting it wrong are not commercial.
Donna Kladis
CIO, Korn Ferry
Professional services and talent at global scale. Represents the intersection of technology leadership and human capital — relevant to how enterprise buying committees are built and how decisions inside them are made.
Rajeev Khanna
CIO, Trucordia
Ensures the council speaks to the CIO perspective as much as the CISO, so companies entering the network are prepared for the full range of decision-makers they'll encounter.
Edmond Mack
SVP & CISO, Cencora
One of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Brings depth across regulated, high-stakes environments where vendor relationships are built on compliance, trust and demonstrated reliability over time.
Jerich Beason
CISO, Waste Management
Critical-infrastructure security at national scale. Represents the operational-technology (OT) dimension, where IT/OT convergence is reshaping how enterprise security is structured and purchased.
Erik Hart
CISO, Cushman & Wakefield
Real-estate technology and enterprise security at global scale. Signals that the network reaches well beyond traditional technology sectors.
Johann Balaguer
CISO, Hard Rock
Hospitality and entertainment at enterprise scale. Represents the breadth of industries the ecosystem serves and the diversity of environments where senior technology leaders face the same challenges of access, trust and vendor selection.
Corey Kaemming
CISO, Valvoline
Retail and energy-sector security leadership across distributed enterprise environments, spanning consumer-facing operations and energy infrastructure.
Ken Townsend
CISO, Ingredion
Manufacturing and food technology at global scale. Brings procurement and vendor-relationship experience across highly regulated environments where decision-making is long, complex and built on demonstrated trust.
Katie Hanahan
Deputy CISO, American Medical Association (AMA)
Healthcare information security at an institutional level where data sensitivity, regulatory compliance and public trust converge.
Afia Phillips
CISO, Little Caesars Pizza
Consumer retail at enterprise scale. Signals that the network covers the full range of environments where technology founders operate, from critical infrastructure to consumer-facing enterprises.
Heather Reed
Former BISO, Nestlé
Global FMCG across dozens of markets and hundreds of brands. Brings a perspective on enterprise scale very few security leaders can offer.
Michael Owens
Mayor, City of Mableton
Public-sector technology leadership. Represents an increasingly important environment as government modernises its infrastructure under greater public scrutiny and fewer resources.
Gary Eppinger
Former CISO, CSX
Transportation and logistics-infrastructure security at national scale. Sits at the frontier of OT/IT security convergence.
Scott Miller
SVP & CISO, Mr. Cooper
Financial services and mortgage technology at scale. Brings a perspective on fintech security and regulatory compliance in a highly data-sensitive consumer financial environment.
Ray Austad
Head of Operational Risk Management, Farmers Insurance
Insurance and operational risk in a highly regulated environment where vendor trust is the entry point for every commercial relationship.
Rami El Outa
CTO, Luminor Group
Extends the council's geographic reach beyond North America; brings a perspective on financial-technology architecture in a rapidly evolving European regulatory environment.
Simone Fortin
MSC Cruises
An international C-level cybersecurity and technology executive with 20+ years leading transformation across multinationals, scale-ups and startups; has consistently positioned cybersecurity as a strategic capability that enables growth and digital trust.
Kodjo Hogan
Head of GRC, Clear Street
An information-security and risk executive specialising in governance, risk, compliance (GRC) and cybersecurity programs across banking, fintech, SaaS and emerging technology. At Clear Street he leads enterprise security governance, regulatory compliance and third-party risk for a cloud-native financial-services platform.