Lynn began her sailing career late in life with an ocean passage from Hawaii to Seattle and repeated the magical experience again four years later as First Mate. For the past 25 years she has been in information security and risk management, working for large corporations – Microsoft, Barclays and Oracle. Her background includes being a founding member of the Cloud Security Alliance, working on national critical infrastructure protection projects with IT-ISAC and Telecom and Electrical Power Interdependency Task Force. Her volunteer work includes being former board member of the National Women’s Sailing Association and currently serving on the advisory board for the Executive Women’s Forum. She enjoys sailing locally with her spouse Nancy aboard Tethys.