Cyber is a Cascade STEAM Community Group with a focus on science and science-related community projects.
Welcome to Cascade STEAM’s Cyber-focused community group! We are just getting started as a community group and we’d love to have you join us at an upcoming meeting. Meetings are free and all are welcome. Anyone with an interest in cybersecurity is welcome and encouraged to attend. Please help us by spreading the word to friends and colleagues.
Upcoming Meetings
We meet on the second Thursday of the Month from ~5:30-7:00pm at various locations. Meeting details will be available on this page, the Cascade STEAM Community Hub, and the Cascade STEAM Meetup Page. We will not hold meetings in August or December; join us for Cascade STEAM Socials on these months instead!
Join us as we continue to work on organizing our group and building a local cybersecurity community. Our meetings are free and anyone with an interest in Cybersecurity is welcome to attend.
Mark your calendars and watch this space as we confirm meeting locations. Consider creating a Meetup account and following Cascade STEAM, to receive email notices about our events.
January (Meeting #7)
Thursday January 8, 2026 @ 5:20pm-7:00pm Location: Stemma Brewing West, 500 Carolina Street Featured Guests:
- Kayne McGladrey, Virtual CISO, Executive Cybersecurity Advisor
- Mary Thomas, IT Director for City of Mount Vernon, WA
- Shay Colson, Managing partner, Intentional Cybersecurity
Panel Discussion Topic: What cybersecurity professionals should expect in 2026 Timeline: 5:20 pm - Doors open (perhaps arrive a little earlier if you might want to order food/drinks) 5:45 pm - Meeting begins 6:45 pm - Wrap-up 6:30-7:00 - Wrap up and networking/social time
Career Spotlight & Presentation: Chris Ranallo, Director of IT for Lummi Nation. He will be talking about how they built a cybersecurity and IT program, and available to discuss issues around public sector IT and cybersecurity. Few of us have had the need (opportunity?) to build a program from the ground up, so this should be an interesting perspective!
Past Meetings
- 5/25 - What does the community want from this group?
- 6/25 - Steven Reed, IT Cybersecurity Auditor, Washington State Auditor’s Office (SAO): Cybersecurity Audits & Tools
- 7/25 - Chris Ranallo, Director of IT for Lummi Nation: How to build a cybersecurity and IT program
- 9/25 - Donavon Swinney, CISSP, CISA, CISM, Director of Information Security, Whatcom Educational Credit Union (WECU): Cybersecurity in Financial Services
- 10/25 - Brent Hurtig and Ianthe Andress, Partners at Motive Search Inc: Recruiting for Big Tech & Tech Startups
- 11/25 - Mike Hamilton, Field CISO, Lumifi, and Co-Founder & Board Chairman, PISCES: Changes at CISA, PISCES Program, & Cyber Trends and Stories
Organizers
Volunteer Organizers of the Cascade STEAM Cyber Community Group are Marty Mulholland, and David Hirsch. Please contact cyber@cascadesteam.org for general inquiries.