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.

Fons Knopjes

Center for Identity Fellow 

Susan Combs

Center for Identity Fellow 

Kenneth Gantt

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

John Boyd

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

Ramesh Songukrishnasamy

Chief Technology Officer, HID Global

Patrick Fallon, Jr.

Section Chief-Financial Crimes, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Patrick J. Lechleitner

Assistant Director, Homeland Security Investigations

Robert Novy

Deputy Assistant Director, US Secret Service

David Boyd

Chief Information Security Officer, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Gary Smith

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