Heather Dyer was named vice president, chief information security officer (CISO) in January 2022, a role she had acted in since November 2021. She reports to the chief information officer and executive vice president.

In this role, Dyer is responsible for protecting the Postal Service’s employees, customers, critical infrastructure and information systems against cyberthreats. She leads a team of information security professionals in defining and executing the Postal Service’s cybersecurity strategy and educating stakeholders and the public about the cybersecurity mission. Dyer also leads efforts in developing secure digital solutions designed to support new innovative product offerings that strengthen the Postal Service’s business processes.

Before being named CISO, Dyer served as the director, Identity and Access Management in the CISO organization, where she led efforts to modernize the Postal Service's internal and external identity and access management programs to ensure the Postal Service’s most critical systems and data are secure across the organization.

Dyer began her postal career in 1998 and has extensive experience within the organization. She has served as manager, Mail Entry, where she was responsible for ensuring over $46 billion in commercial mail revenue, as well as developing and deploying a modernized payment platform under payment modernization. She also served as the director, Retail, where she was responsible for 30,000 retail locations with a combined annual revenue exceeding $13 billion. Dyer also served in several field positions including Business Mail Entry manager, postmaster, and delivery supervisor.

Dyer holds a Bachelor of Science in management information systems from Southern New Hampshire University and a master’s degree in cybersecurity management and policy from the University of Maryland. Dyer is a graduate of the Management Leadership Program, Advanced Leadership Program, Executive Foundations Program and Senior Executive Assessment Program.

Mr. Lacy is a Senior Foreign Service Security Engineering Officer with the Diplomatic Security Service currently serving as the Deputy Assistant Secretary and Assistant Director for Cyber and Technology Security. He assumed this position in April 2021. The Directorate is a crucial part of the Department of State’s law enforcement and security strategy that brings together cybersecurity, technology security, and investigative expertise to support the conduct of U.S. Foreign Policy.

Prior to this appointment, he served as Director of the Countermeasures Program Division in the Office of Security Technology, where he managed the domestic and overseas technical countermeasures program and served as the Department’s point of contact for technical countermeasures operations within the United States Intelligence Community.

Mr. Lacy served as Regional Director for Security Engineering for Near Eastern Affairs (Middle East and North Africa) from 2016 to 2019. He served as the Branch Chief of Security Engineering Services (2012-2015) where he oversaw the technical security advance operations for the traveling Secretaries of State. He was posted overseas as Officer-in-Charge of ESC Baghdad, Iraq (2015-2016), ESO Bogota, Colombia (2010-2012), and ESO Brussels, Belgium (2007-2010). He also opened both the ESOs in Brasilia, Brazil (2002-2005) and Lagos, Nigeria (2000-2002).

Mr. Lacy is the individual recipient of four of the Department’s Superior Honor Awards including one for Security Engineering Officer of the Year.

Through varied tours, Mr. Lacy always sought to support the wonderful people of the Department. He was chair of the American Embassy Baghdad Employee Association, the largest in the service and a critical part of the morale and well-being of the personnel at the world’s largest embassy.

Mr. Lacy is a proud native of Washington, DC. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Howard University and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Dr. Matthew McFadden serves as GDIT’s vice president of cyber and chief information security officer for GDIT’s Emerge Labs, where he leads innovation and security strategy for emerging technologies across the enterprise. He drives the development of advanced cyber capabilities that support agency missions across defense, civilian, health, and intelligence sectors. Representing a workforce of more than 3,000 cyber professionals and 30+ cyber alliances, he supports some of the most complex and mission-critical cybersecurity programs in the federal space.