Principal Director of the BCPA with the following minimum responsibilities:• Preside at all general and Board of Directors meetings.• Exercise general administration of the other elected or appointed directors.• Serve as or appoint the primary liaison with other organizations.• Negotiate and sign all contracts.

Communications administrator of the BCPA with the following minimum responsibilities:• Serve as website administrator, and provide a quarterly website status report to the Board.• Determine what can and cannot be posted on the BCPA website in accordance with theMembership Code of Ethics. Bring clarifying questions to the Board and inform the Boardof any new categories/sections of information• Serve as BCPA liaison to the web page developers.• Fulfill duties listed under Social Media / Publicity Director in his/her absence.

Principal program administrator of the BCPA with the following minimum responsibilities:• Create and publicize the general program on the BCPA website including programreminders.• Administrator or delegate webinar capabilities as required for general program meetings.• Maintain records of all programs and feedback from the membership.• Research programs of interest and backgrounds of speakers.• Schedule speakers for all BCPA Meetings.

Leadership & Management:o Ensure ongoing program excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance, administration, fundraising, communications, and systems.o Recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve Board of Directors strategic goals. o Support Board of Directors: serve as ex-officio of committees, seek and build board involvement with strategic direction for both ongoing local operations as well as for the national rollout.o Actively engage with UMSA volunteers, board members, event committees, alumni, partnering organizations, and founders.o Ensure effective systems to track scaling progress, and regularly evaluate program components to measure successes that can be communicated to the board.o Closely monitor the operating and financial results against plans and budgets.o Build partnerships and establishing relationships with the local organizational leaders at each program site.o Act as chairperson for all Secure360 conference activitieso Manage contracts and contracted resourcesFundraising & Communications:• Expand local revenue generating and fundraising activities to support existing program operations and regional expansion.• Build and expand philanthropy opportunities for the organization that support its mission. • Work with the Marketing Committee to deepen and refine all aspects of communications—from web presence to external relations with the goal of creating a stronger brand and strong member connections. • Use external presence and relationships to garner new opportunities.• Be an external presence that publishes and communicates program results.• Act as a spokesperson, as requested.

Manage the expansion of the Secure360 conference to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Des Moines, Iowa.

Co-founder of Upper Midwest Security Alliance (UMSA), the group that has held a joint IT Security, Physical Security, IT Audit, and Business Continuity conference, Secure360○, in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area since 2006.

The premier educational conference in the Upper Midwest for the information risk management and security industry.www.secure360.org

Part of a team at Ameriprise that supports all legal entities globally. Serves as the primary liaison for business continuity strategies to assigned business areas by providing business continuity related advice, solutions and evaluation of business unit recovery goals. In this capacity, assist the business areas with the coordination and completion of annual activities, including, planning and exercises. Also communicates with executives and senior leaders about strategy and recovery risk and gains alignment for annual certification in accordance with corporate policy and regulatory requirements.

Marie Strawser is a Manager within the Ameriprise Business Continuity Management team. Marie is an experienced Business Continuity professional. She has over fifteen years’ experience in developing and sustaining responsive, comprehensive, flexible, scalable enterprise-wide continuity programs. Her focus has been on developing and implementing Business Continuity lifecycle that enhances the organization’s capabilities to provide critical services at any time, regardless of the event and impact. She helps the organization prioritize investments in people, processes, technology and facilities based on risk appetite. Marie is a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) and a Member of Business Continuity Institute (MBCI). Her program management experience includes Business Continuity, Workplace Recovery Strategies, Business Impact Assessment, Exercise and Validation, Business Process Evaluation, Program Governance, Metrics and Reporting, Policy and Standards, Communication and Training, Program Tools and Methodologies, and Third Party Oversight. Ms. Strawser earned a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Saint Mary’s University, a Master of Science in Software Engineering for the University of St. Thomas and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.

• Responsible for the recovery of critical business units at all headquarters locations and distribution center • Conducted meetings with planners to communicate expectations and on-going status updates• Conducted surveys and interviews to gather and document information on the critical business processes and business applications • Conducted risk and threat analyses • Developed high-level business continuity plans• Conducted testing on business continuity plans • Provided on-site support at the Corporate Command Center during Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma• Participated in the BC/CM presentation to the Executive Team

• Responsible for the recovery of critical business units located within the Twin Cities Metro area• Managed Revolution planning tool including answering planner questions• Maintained internal website for Business Continuity Team• Developed Corporate Support Team plans • Conducted testing on Corporate Support Team plans

•Managed the development of a Business Continuity Program for a Fortune 500 company•Managed mid-size project within budget and on time•Trained client personnel on the Business Continuity Methodology•Prepared monthly executive management presentation of current state of project as well as key results for the various project phases•Conducted meetings with executive to communicate analysis and project results and findings•Conducted meetings with IT personnel to communicate Business Unit recovery requirements•Developed Crisis Management Team framework and action plan for a Fortune 500 company•Conducted surveys and interviews to gather and document information on the client’s critical business processes and business applications •Conducted a Benchmarking study for a major health insurance provider•Performed audits on clients’ business continuity plans and disaster recovery plans