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Chicago CISO of the Year Winners

Previous Winners

These are the previous winners of the Award.

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2025 Shefali Mookencherry

ENTERPRISE

CISO, UIC

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2023 Darin Hurd

ENTERPRISE

CISO, Guaranteed Rate

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2021 Ricardo Lafosse

CISO, Kraft Heinz

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2017 Erik Decker

Chief Security & Privacy Officer, University of Chicago Medicine

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2013 Jason Witty

CISO & SVP, US Bank

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2025 Nitin Raina

MIDCAP

CISO, thoughtworks

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2023 Neil Witek

MIDCAP

CISO, Oak Street Health

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2020 Paige Adams

Global CISO, Zurich Insurance

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2016 Todd Fitzgerald

CISO, Grant Thornton International Ltd.

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2024 Dan Manley

ENTERPRISE

CISO, CME Group

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2022 Mahmood Khan

ENTERPRISE

SVP & CISO, CNA Insurance

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2019 Jill Rhodes

CISO, Option Care

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2015 Kevin Novak

CISO and Technology Risk Officer, Northern Trust Bank

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2024 Angela Williams

ENTERPRISE

CISO, UL Solutions

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2022 Walter Lefmann 

MIDCAP

CISO, Chicago Trading Corporation

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2018 Bradley Schaufenbuel

CISO & VP, Paylocity

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2014 Arlan McMillan

CISO, Department of Innovation and Technology, City of Chicago

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On behalf of the Program Committee, prior winners, nominees, partners, sponsors and the CISOs of the Chicago region, thank you for your participation in the Program.

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