Speaker's Name
Kimberly Young-McLear

Title
Assistant Professor

Company Name
U.S. Cost Guard Academy

Bio

Lieutenant Commander Young-McLear is currently an Assistant Professor (Permanent Commissioned Teaching Staff) at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. She has served at a variety of Coast Guard units since 2003. She holds engineering and technical degrees from Florida A & M, Purdue, and The George Washington University (Ph.D in Systems Engineering). She has taught a breadth of courses including Operations and Project Management, Senior Capstone Design, Introduction to Computing, Crisis Mapping & Cybernetics, and Cybersecurity Risk Management. She has been instrumental in enhancing the inclusion of cybersecurity training and education program at the Academy for cadets and faculty. She has also been active in leveraging partnerships with the Department of Homeland Security, and Coast Guard C4IT, acquisitions, engineering, enterprise management, and research and development communities. LCDR Young-McLear has been instrumental in advancing the Coast Guard through STEM. She was selected as the 2017 Capt. Niels P. Thomsen Innovation Award for Cultural Change for her research in leveraging social media for large-scale disaster response during Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Her efforts contributed to the creation of new solutions for the 2018 hurricane season, including Hurricanes Florence and Michael. LCDR Young-McLear was a key thought leader for the development of the Coast Guard Academy’s first cyber undergraduate major. Furthermore as Vice Chair, she leads a multidisciplinary faculty Cyber Council to advance cyber curriculum and research at the Academy. Her research niche is focused on protecting critical infrastructure from cyber threats in the Maritime Domain. LCDR Young-McLear is also the program developer for NET21, a middle school outreach program, designed to systematically close STEM gaps amongst underrepresented students and teachers of color in the field of cybersecurity.

Session List

Partnerships with Minority Institutions and How to Develop Them
Thursday, February 07th 1:00 PM to 2:15 PM Room: Delaware Suite A- Lobby Level