Mark Loepker
National Cryptologic Museum Foundation Senior Advisor and Education Lead
Ft Meade, MD
Mark S. Loepker is a master practitioner in Information Assurance (IA) and International Partnerships with over 39 years of government experience. Mr. Loepker currently serves as a Senior Advisor to the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation, focused on developing educational programs to be delivered from the new Cyber Center for Education & Innovation (CCEI). He focuses on ensuring that K-12/STEM initiatives are tightly aligned with national cyber curriculum standards, and that the CCEI becomes a national resource addressing workforce development and operational training requirements targeting 13-20 grade curriculum.
Mr. Loepker, working with Dr. Melissa Dark, Purdue, pioneered the first-ever NSA sponsored class where graduate students used typical NSA technical challenges for their class work with mentorship from NSA Technical Directors.
After five years, the effort now spans 19 Universities and 12 government agencies with over 354 alumni and over 160 currently enrolled.