Kristina Tanasichuk is the founder and CEO of the Government Technology & Services Coalition, the leading non-profit for small and mid-sized companies working in the federal homeland security market.  At GTSC she works with federal contractors to understand the missions of DHS and improve their internal capacity and security. She is also Executive Editor of Homeland Security Today, a media platform covering all news related to homeland security.  She has worked in cyber and homeland security for over 20 years and is currently the President of InfraGard of the National Capital Region (NCR) leading National Critical Infrastructure Security & Resilience Month, the Cyber Security Pipeline, and Cyber Security camps for high school students.  She founded Women in Homeland Security in 2009 and runs numerous programs to bring high school students to STEM field trips in homeland security and cyber.