Understanding the Assignment: Project Direction from ISA/Larry Clinton

• Add for review: Tim McKnight, Leo Simonovich and Chris Betz.October 9 · Further feedback from ISA board on the top 50 list
• Develop pitches for board-member introductions: Summer Fowler, Mike Papay, Jack Freund and Chris Porter. Larry said members would be willing to reach out once the pitch information was better developed.October 9 · Further feedback from ISA board on the top 50 list
• Microsoft: have the attending ISA board members talk with the intended top-CISO contact, Igor, and ask for one suggestion to pursue.October 9 · Further feedback from ISA board on the top 50 list
• Remove unsuitable cases: Larry named Edna Conway, Sam Visner, Nuala O’Connor, David Mussington, Dan Caprio, Chris Sullivan and Robert Cantu. His reasons included retirement, insufficient budget, small companies, competing trade-association roles and corporate-director-only roles.October 9 email · spellings reconciled to the research records
• Retarget management, not director-only profiles: corporate directors generally do not decide which associations management should fund. An outside board role can coexist with a qualifying management role, but is not the recruitment model on its own.October 9 and October 12 emails
• Use the interns’ deeper research: Larry supplied an additional report on five candidates to help assess both specific interests and whether they were suitable ISA prospects.October 12 · ISA Prospects and intern attachment

Five points Larry highlighted in his August 28 email

• ISA’s direct access to policymakers and senior government leaders.
• The opportunity to help shape cybersecurity policy and corporate governance.
• ISA’s partnership with NACD and its Cyber Risk Oversight Handbook.
• Participation in a select group of senior cybersecurity leaders.
• Opportunities to contribute to ISA meetings, publications, programs and thought leadership.

Supplied membership proposal: the September Thales proposal describes a twelve-month term at $75,000 annually, a corporate membership with a designated board representative and company-wide participation. It presents ISA’s work in thought leadership, corporate governance and public policy. These are the supplied proposal’s terms, subject to ISA’s current confirmation.

Historical Hill-briefing instruction: the September 2 briefing targeted Members of Congress first, their staff second and relevant federal departments third. Larry distinguished that event audience from the executive recruitment audience; the recordings and messaging were then intended for the wider membership-development effort.

• July 24 — Follow up form our call this week; board roster, annual board satisfaction survey slides 12–24 and who-we-are one-pager.
• August 21–23 — briefing promotion and ISA materials; board list, monthly highlights, effectiveness survey, Larry’s biography and extended vita.
• August 28 — A new approach to ISA membership Development; recruitment priorities and the circulated 1631 program outline.
• August 30 — Re: Day 1: 1631 Board Slides; Craig Martin and DC-area segmentation.
• September 10 — Follow up from the board meeting and reply; sector material, summer report, Hill decks and Tuesday coordination.
• September 29 — Re: Board Member Prospect lists; five-sponsor objective, individualized appeals and the Thales membership proposal.
• October 8 — Initial thoughts on the top 50 list; source depth, employer checks and exact ISA matches. Do you know any of these people? and replies; member introductions and messaging review.
• October 9 — Further feedback from ISA board on the top 50 list; additions, removals and the Microsoft referral route.
• October 12 — ISA Prospects and attached intern research; management-focused retargeting and corporate funding.