Leigh Williams was appointed President of BITS in April 2007. Previously, Leigh was a Senior Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, in the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. While at Harvard, his research focused on public and private sector collaboration in the governance of privacy and security. Prior to joining the Kennedy School, Leigh worked for many years at Fidelity Investments in various risk management, security and privacy roles, including Chief Risk Officer and Chief Privacy Officer. His most recent position at Fidelity was Senior Vice President, Public Policy. While with Fidelity Investments, Leigh served the industry in a variety of leadership roles, including many within BITS and the rest of The Financial Services Roundtable. Leigh served as Chairman of the BITS Security and Risk Assessment Steering Committee, co-Chair of the BITS Privacy Working Group, and as a member of the BITS Advisory Board. He was one of the early leaders of the Identity Theft Assistance Center (ITAC), serving as an officer and member of the first Board of Directors of ITAC from 2004 - 2006.
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Jenny Cleveland,
Project Administsrator

Jenny Cleveland joined BITS in 2010 as part of the Communications and Member Relations team. Previously, Jenny held communications and program administration positions for non-profits. She holds a Bachelor's of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri.
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John Ingold,
Director

John Ingold leads BITS' Vendor Management Program. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association. Before briefly practicing law, John consulted for BITS on security matters including the BITS Key Considerations for Securing Data in Storage and Transport. John earned his law degree from the George Washington University Law School where he was a Dean's Fellow in the legal writing program. While in law school, John interned with BITS where he focused on security issues. Before law school, John worked for nearly five years as a network administrator, network consultant, and as an electronic commerce website developer.
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Andrew Kennedy joined BITS in 2008 and currently works with the Security and Vendor Management programs. He interned at BITS in 2006 while earning his degree from Cal State East Bay. Previously, Andrew worked as an IT professional and Security consultant with over a decade of experience working in the biotech and software industry in California.
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Nicole Muryn joined BITS in 2008 as a Project Administrator to the BITS Fraud and Regulation programs. Nicole is a recent graduate from Ohio Northern University with a B.S.B.A. in International Business and Economics with a double major in French Language.
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Ann Patterson,
Vice President

Ann Patterson directs communications and member relations for BITS, ensuring BITS members receive maximum value from their relationship with BITS. Prior to joining BITS in February 2002, Ann was the alliance marketing manager for EYT, formerly Ernst & Young Technologies. At EYT, Ann was responsible for developing and executing strategic business development and marketing programs with EYT's technology partners. Previously, Ann held various positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers in its marketing, business development, and strategic communications groups. Prior to PwC, Ann worked for the Department of Defense (DoD). She holds a BS in commercial arts from Hood College.
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Paul N. Smocer,
Vice President

Paul Smocer joined BITS in February 2008. As Vice President of Security, Paul is responsible for leading BITS' work in promoting the safety and soundness of financial institutions through best practices and successful strategies for developing secure infrastructures, products and services. Paul has over thirty years' experience in security and control functions, most recently focusing on technology risk management at The Bank of New York Mellon Company and leading information security at the former Mellon Financial Corporation. While at Bank of New York Mellon and at Mellon, Paul was actively engaged with BITS as a member of its Vendor Management Working Group, Chair of the Security Steering Committee in 2005 and 2006, and as 2004 Chair of the former Operational Risk Committee.
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Heather Wyson joined BITS in 2001. Today, she is the Director for the BITS Fraud Reduction Program and the Crisis Management Coordination initiative. Heather manages a variety of projects for the Crisis Management Coordination group related to critical infrastructure protection and cross-sector coordination. With the Fraud Reduction Program, Heather focuses on debit and ATM card fraud, internal fraud, and remote channel fraud. She has a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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