People & Leadership
People building what's next
A documentary and a conference are built by people. Meet the teams guiding The Women In Security Documentary 2 and the 2027 Conference & Exhibition.
Production leadership
Founder & Executive Producer
Richard Ticho
Founder & Executive Producer, Resilient Features
Richard leads the TWISD2 production and the conference built around it, continuing the conversation the first film started across 40+ screenings worldwide.
Champions of the production
Gilad Solnik
Amazon WWOS leadership · Sponsor, collaborator and friend of the production
Gilad introduced The Women In Security Documentary at GSX and has stood behind the film as a critical sponsor, collaborator and friend. He continues to back The Women In Security Documentary 2 and the conference built around it.
Meet the stars
Twenty-one women, one documentary
Their interviews, keynotes and panels form the heart of The Women In Security Documentary.
01
Marene Allison
Retired CISO of Johnson & Johnson; cyber and strategic business advisor; President, West Point Women
02
Nicole Buratovich
Sr. Manager, Program Management, Culture & Wellness, Amazon
03
Stacey Champagne
Founder & CEO, Hacker in Heels
04
Dr. Stephanie Carter
Principal, Compliance Advisory
05
Andrea Chedas
Head of Corporate Security, Wealthsimple
06
Lynn Dohm
Executive Director, WiCyS
07
Dr. Victoria Ekhomu
Chairman & CEO, Transworld Security Systems; President, School of Management & Security
08
Aarti Gadhia
Enterprise Account Executive, Sysdig
09
Karen Gispanski
Senior Director of Enterprise Cyber Security, Millennium Healthcare
10
Tia Hopkins
Founder & CEO, CTRL+EXEC
11
Dr. Valerie Lyons
Chief Operations Officer, BH Consulting
12
Melissa Mack
Managing Director, Pinkerton
13
Constance Matthews Reynolds
Founder & CEO, ReynCon
14
Paula Mendes
Associate Director, Pinkerton
15
Bonnie Michelman
Vice President & Chief Security Officer, Mass General Brigham
16
Niamh Vianney Muldoon
Founder, Security Stronger LTD
17
Karen Nemani
AWS Security Delivery Practice Canada, Amazon Web Services
18
Mackenzie Phillips
Senior Manager, Security & Loss Prevention, Amazon
19
Mindy Pretzman
US Secret Service (Retired)
20
Sarah Stone
Director, Pinkerton Consulting & Investigations
21
Danielle Weddepohl
Director, Public Safety and Emergency Management, George Brown College
Full biographies are on the film's official site: womeninsecuritydocumentary.com
The teams
Three groups, one gathering
Advisory Board
Guides the film's direction, voices and reach across the profession. Members are drawn from physical security, cybersecurity and the communities around them.
Conference Committee
Shapes the program, partnerships and experience in San Diego, from session themes to the exhibit hall.
Filmmaking Team
The Resilient Features production crew behind the first film's 40+ screenings, reuniting for the next chapter.
Board and committee members are being confirmed and will be announced here as they join.
On stage at the first film's events
