Cascade STEAM Cyber: Cybersecurity in Financial Services

Please join us as we continue to work on organizing the Cascade STEAM Cybersecurity group and building a local cybersecurity community. Our meetings are free and anyone with an interest in Cybersecurity is welcome to attend.

Cascade STEAM Cyber Meeting #4 - September 2025
Thursday September 11, 2025 @ 5:20pm-7:00pm
Bellingham Makerspace, inside Bellis Fair Mall, near Dick's Sporting Goods (1 Bellis Fair Parkway #618)

Meeting Plan
5:20 - Doors open
5:45 - Meeting begins

• Featured Speaker: Donavon Swinney, CISSP, CISA, CISM, Director of Information Security, Whatcom Educational Credit Union (WECU)
• Topic: Cybersecurity in Financial Services
  Ever wonder what a cyber career might be like in the financial services sector? Donavon Swinney is the Director of Information Security at WECU and has spent his career in the financial services sector. We’ll hear about Donavon’s career journey, learn about the cybersecurity program at WECU, and will be able to ask Donavon about AI usage in the Financial Services Industry.

6:30-7:00 - Wrap up and networking/social time

See our Cascade STEAM Cyber Community Group Web Page for updated information.

About Cascade STEAM:

Cascade STEAM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Bellingham, WA dedicated to develop and promote STEAM Education, Career Connected Learning, Digital Literacy, and Digital Equity for all people of all ages.

STEAM is an acronym for the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. STEAM education is a powerful framework to promote curiosity and creativity, encourage a shared learning experience, and build tools to solve important life challenges. We advocate through development and promotion of events, activities, and programs, and invite collaboration with community partners in shared purpose.

Learn more about us at our website at cascadesteam.org.