Board of Advisors

With a shared mission to advance identity protection, security, and management, the Center for Identity's Board of Advisors provides guidance on all aspects of the Center's operations, including research and education programs, applications, and outreach.

Ben Bass

Former Special Agent in Charge and Director of the NCFI, US Secret Service an Center for Identity Fellow 

Fons Knopjes

Former Senior Research & Development Advisor Netherands National Office for Identity and Center for Identity Fellow 

Susan Combs

Former Texas Comptroller and Center for Identity Fellow 

Kenneth Gantt

Deputy Assistant Director, Integrated Operations Division Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Department of Homeland Security

John Boyd

Deputy Director, Office of Biometric Identity Management, Department of Homeland Security

Ramesh Songukrishnasamy

Chief Technology Officer, HID Global

Mark Phillips

Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Mid-States Field Division, US Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration