Committees

​The Chapter Board shall perform the duties prescribed by the bylaws, and the parliamentary authority adopted by the Chapter:

If you are interested in volunteering to assist the ISACA-CMC chapter, please complete the nomination form found here and email to voteform@isaca-cmc.org

Committees:

The Academic Outreach Committee Chair shall:

  • Provide liaison with academic institutions,
  • Establish opportunities to brief appropriate classes of academic institutions on ISACA, CISA, CISM, CGEIT and IT governance,
  • Coordinate scholarship initiatives approved by the Chapter Board,
  • Liaise with appropriate professors, and where appropriate take steps to establish an "Academic Advocate" program in local academic institutions, and
  • Perform other duties as pertain to this office.
       Chair(s): Kelli Arbaugh and Yvonne Kinney


The Advertising Committee Chair:
  • Be responsible for posting jobs
       Chair(s): Amy Zimmerman


The Arrangements Committee Chair shall:
  • Be responsible for coordinating and approving contracts and arrangements for the Chapter training events,
  • Coordinate Board meetings; and such other events as may be authorized by the Chapter Board of Directors,
  • Obtain approval of arrangements from other local associations when the Chapter hosts joint training events,
  • Approves arrangements coordinated by other association when it hosts joint training events. and
  • Perform other duties as pertain to this office.
       Chair(s): Pat Hamilton


The Certification Committee Chair shall:
  • Maintain resource material related to ISACA’s certifications,
  • Promote ISACA’s accreditations within the Chapter membership, including exam preparation sessions,
  • Maintain exam participation rate to sustain the local area as an exam writing site,
  • Report to Chapter Board on exam results,
  • Act as a liaison between exam participants and the Association, and
  • Perform other duties as pertain to this office.
       Chair(s): Joe Newell


The CSX Liaison Committee Chair shall:
  • Be responsible for obtaining information related to pertaining to topic,
  • Awareness campaign on topic, and,
  • Perform other duties as pertain to this office.
       Chair(s): Dave Horvath


The Education Committee Chair shall:
  • Be responsible for coordinating spring and fall seminar series,
  • Including designating location, date, time, speaker, topics, and materials required for training events,
  • Coordinate and approve contractual obligations for arrangements and speakers,
  • Develop pricing and advertisements for planned training events, and
  • Perform other duties as pertain to this office.
       Chair(s): Ayele Kebede and Donald Butler


The Government Regulatory Advocate Committee Chair shall:
  • Be responsible for obtaining information related to ISACA pertaining to topic,
  • Awareness campaign on topic and,
  • Perform other duties as pertain to this office.
       Chair(s): Joe Newell


The Marketing Committee Chair shall:
  • Conduct general marketing and publicity of the Chapter, ISACA’s certifications, COBIT, the Association, and any other new initiative,
  • Coordinate initiatives involving partnerships and alliances,
  • Acquire any required marketing materials from ISACA International as authorized by the Chapter Board,
  • Exercise general policy control and direction of any mail-out kits, publications, editorial or advertising which the Chapter may issue, authorize or sponsor under the direction of the Chapter Board, and
  • Perform other duties as pertain to this office.
       Chair(s): Tram Jewett and Robert Halpin

 
The Membership Committee Chair shall:
  • Maintain accurate lists of membership,
  • Maintain electronic lists of members and guests,
  • Forward information on events and other pertinent information to e-mail lists,
  • Identify and use other means of disseminating information about events and the chapter, where appropriate,
  • Disseminate membership lists as directed by Chapter Board, with due regard to security and privacy issues,
  • Report on membership data from the Association,
  • Coordinate plans for maintaining and increasing Chapter membership, and
  • Perform other duties as pertain to this office.
        Chair(s): JP Garvin


The Newsletter Committee Chair shall:
  • Be responsible for gathering topical information on the chapter,
  • Writing articles,
  • Obtaining President and Vice President review of draft Newsletter,
  • Moving Newsletter to Final,
  • Forwarding to Webmaster for publishing, and,
  • Perform other duties as pertain to this office.
       Chair(s): Clarence Briscoe, III 

 
The Program Committee Chair shall:
  • Be responsible for obtaining and coordinating speakers for monthly training events,
  • Including identifying quality speakers,
  • Coordinating a speaker and topic for each of the nine monthly training events,
  • Obtaining a brief speaker bio and topic write-up,
  • Preparing the announcement and submitting to web team and membership
  • Confirming the speaker availability one month before the training event
  • Obtaining the presentation from the speaker and coordinating printing and delivery of presentation handout to training event
  • Coordinating the speaker meal with Chapter arrangements, if necessary
  • Coordinating speaker gift with Registration committee, if necessary
  • Issuing email to speaker expressing appreciation for presentation and invitation for future presentations, if desired
  • The program speakers and topics are coordinated for the next fiscal year by June for presentation in the next Chapter Board meeting, and
  • Perform other duties as pertain to this office
       Chair(s): John Shuey and JP Garvin

 
The Registration Committee Chair shall:
  • Be responsible for obtaining sign-in sheet for Chapter training events from Arrangements Committee,
  • Registering attendees during training events,
  • Preparing and issuing receipts for attendees,
  • Validating and collecting proper payments,
  • Acquiring and providing speaker gifts when needed,
  • Paying service provider for arrangements when needed,
  • Depositing collections. The committee forwards all financial transactions and receipts to Treasurer and,
  • Perform other duties as pertain to this office.
       Chair(s): Jim Kalbac

The SheLeads Committee Chair shall:
  • Be responsible for engaging those members in education and networking opportunities and,
  • Perform other duties as pertain to this office.
       Chair(s): Vivien Osamiluyi


The Special Event Coordination and Assistance Committee Chair shall:
  • Be responsible for engaging Chapter members for networking opportunities and,
  • Perform other duties as pertain to this office.    
       Chair(s): Wesley E. Lewis


The Webmaster and Event Management System Committee Chair shall:
  • Be responsible for publishing the affairs of the chapter on the chapter website
  • Perform other duties as pertain to this office.
       Chair(s): Stefano Caiola and Jane Hu
 

The Young Professionals Committee Chair shall:
  • Be responsible for engaging those members under the age of 35 in education and networking opportunities
  • Perform other duties as pertain to this office.
       Chair(s): Tram Jewett

 
The Nominations Committee shall:
  • A Nominating Committee of 3 members shall be selected by the Chapter Board at their June meeting,
  • The Nominating Committee shall solicit candidates for office from the Chapter membership and shall nominate candidates for offices to be filled at the annual general meeting,
  • The Nominating Committee shall report at Board meetings,
  • Nominations from the floor shall be permitted prior to the election,
  • Each candidate shall have consented to serve and shall have completed a Willingness to Serve agreement and Conflict of Interest form,
       Chair(s): Dave Horvath, Tram Jewett, and Joe Newell

​​If you are interested in volunteering to assist the ISACA-CMC chapter, please complete the nomination form found here and email to voteform@isaca-cmc.org​