Faith Heikkila

Faith Heikkila, PhD CISM CDPSE FIP CIPM CIPP-US ABCP, serves as a Distinguished Fellow at the Ponemon Institute since March 2014 and has worked as an Information Security Governance Specialist at Perrigo Company plc since November 2016. With extensive leadership experience, Faith held the position of Chairman at the InfraGard Michigan Members Alliance from January 2020 to January 2022 and again from December 2015 to December 2016, as well as at Michigan InfraGard from January 2012 to October 2012. Former roles include Founder and Principal at Compliance Matters, LLC, Chief Information Security Officer and Privacy Officer at Greenleaf Trust, and Regional Security Services Manager at an Information Security Consulting Company. Faith has a Ph.D. in Information Systems, specializing in Information Assurance, from Nova Southeastern University, and has authored numerous articles on telecommunications, data privacy, and information security while contributing to the education of security professionals through speaking and panel engagements.