Education Pathway National Center (EPNC)
The mission of the Education Pathway National Center (EPNC) is to establish an effective and sustainable national network of cybersecurity education-to-career pathways. The EPNC will promote student success, collaboration between educational institutions and sharing of instructional resources. The EPNC network will support initiatives within the CAE community to increase the capacity and diversity of students to meet the future national cybersecurity workforce needs.
The EPNC will:
CURRENT PROJECTS
EPNC Team

Dr. John Sands
PI –EPNC
Email: sands@morainevalley.edu
Phone: 708.955.5426

Jiri Jirik
EPNC Director
Email: jirikj@morainevalley.edu

Dr. Kristine Christensen
Co-PI, EPNC
Faculty Development
Email: christensen@morainevalley.edu
Phone: 708.974.5512

Chuck Bales
Curriculum Developer
Email: bales@morainevalley.edu
Phone:708.974.5401

Dr. Ryen Nagle
Dean, Science, Business and Computer Technologies
Email: nagler@morainevalley.edu

Stanley Kostka
CAE Regional Resource Center Manager
Email: kostkas@morainevalley.edu
Phone: 708.608.4285

Ginny Swyndroski
Office Manager
Email: swyndroskiv@morainevalley.edu
Phone: 708.974.5725

Michael Gonzalez
CSSIA Program Coordinator
Email: gonzalezm272@morainevalley.edu
Phone: 708.608.4464

Stephanie Wascher
Faculty Trainer

Kevin Vaccaro
Faculty Trainer

Michael Masino
Faculty Trainer & Curriculum Developer

Agata Rawdanik
Data Center Manager
Email: cssia@morainevalley.edu
Phone: 708.974.4075

Jesse Varsalone
Faculty Trainer & Curriculum Developer

Jason Zeller
Faculty Trainer & Curriculum Developer

Jesse Hairston
Co-PI, Education Pathway National Center – RING

Michael Qaissaunee
Co-PI, EPNC

Kyle Jones
Co-PI, EPNC

Eric Renegar
Faculty Trainer

Dr. Theresa Pallanti
Grants Office

Dr. Darren Howard
Grants Finance Office
EPI Team

Dr. Debasis Bhattacharya
University of Hawaii – Maui College

Dr. Kalyan Mondal
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Dr. Alfredo Cruz
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

Dr. Mark Spanier
Dakota State University

Laura Henry
Collin College