2020 Greater Los Angeles Virtual Holiday Meeting
Notice: See below for CPE Policy.
Please join us for the 2020 Greater Los Angeles Virtual Holiday Meeting hosted by:
- IIA Los Angeles Chapter
- ISACA Los Angeles Chapter
- ISC2 Los Angeles Chapter
- Innovation Shipyard Alliance
Mark your calendars for Wednesday, December 9, 2020 and join us for a 2 CPE fun-filled evening featuring keynote speaker Traci Brown, CSP, presenting “Liar Liar Pants on Fire!”
Traci is a fraud busting body language expert and named by TIME Magazine as one of the nation’s top deception detection experts. Traci will share with you her fraud spotting techniques so that you are able to easily tell fact from fiction and learn the telltale signs of when a person is lying.
A special panel discussion will follow on “The Impact of the Pandemic: Today and Tomorrow,” moderated by Debbie Lew, Vice President, Internal Audit, Kaiser Permanente, and President, ISACA Los Angeles Chapter. Hear from various professionals regarding how Covid-19 has impacted their respective areas and what they think the post-Covid future will bring.
Please note this event will take place on the Internet via Live Webinar. The link for the session will be emailed prior to the start of the session.
Please register and take advantage of the early registration discount which ends on Friday, November 27, 2020.
We will also have exciting raffle prizes to giveaway. Please note raffle winners will be limited to early bird registrants only. So don’t delay! Register today!
We look forward to seeing you there!
Keynote: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
About Our Keynote Speaker
Traci Brown, CSP
Fraud-Busting Body Language Expert
Traci Brown, CSP trained in the body language of deception detection right alongside our country’s top law enforcement. TIME Magazine has named Traci one of the nation’s top deception detection experts. Traci will teach you the lie, fraud and identity theft detection skills that she’s used to get to the truth in billion-dollar business deals, crimes and politics. You’ll be able to immediately use the same tools to stop fraud and create more success in your own organization and personal life… so you see more zeroes (before the decimal) in your bank account.
Traci is a Three Time US Collegiate Cycling Champion and former member of Team USA. Yeah, she’s fast on 2 wheels and looks pretty good in spandex.
Traci is a past president of the National Speaker’s Association Colorado Chapter and the author of four books including her latest, “How to Detect Lies, Fraud and Identity Theft.”
Traci holds a degree in business from the University of Colorado and is also a certified master practitioner of Neuro Linguistics, Hypnosis, and Hawaiian Huna.
Panel Discussion: The Impact of the Pandemic: Today and Tomorrow
About Our Panelists

Debbie Lew, CISA, CRISC, CHIAP
Vice President, Internal Audit, Kaiser Permanente (Moderator)
Debbie is the Vice President, Internal Audit at Kaiser Permanente addressing risks across Information Technology and Enterprise Shared Services. Kaiser Permanente is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit health plans, serving 12.2 million members.
Debbie was an Executive Director at Ernst & Young LLP establishing strategy and leading execution of IT risk and compliance service offerings in the national Health Risk and Compliance practice.
Debbie has held several volunteer leadership positions within ISACA including Global Chair, Leadership Development Advisory Council, the COBIT Steering Committee, CRISC credentialing task force and a Director on the ISACA global board.
She is currently President, ISACA, Los Angeles chapter. She serves as a member of the California State University (Northridge) Accounting and Information Systems Advisory Board and is a founding member of the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Cyber Collaborative Advisory Council. Debbie also serves as a member of The IIA’s Global Information Technology Guidance Committee.

Kimberly G. Allain
Senior Associate Vice President for Employee & Organizational Development and Advancement and Human Resources Operations at Cal Poly Pomona
Kimberly Allain is the Sr. Associate Vice President for Employee & Organizational Development and Advancement and Human Resources Operations at Cal Poly Pomona. She has over 20 years of experience in progressively responsible human resources leadership roles. She has worked in a wide variety of organizations including automotive, banking, consumer products, utilities, and higher education. She has spent her career focusing on leadership development, strategic planning, performance consulting, employee and labor relations, talent acquisition, employee engagement, workforce planning, and organizational development.
Some of her accomplishments include developing an employee grassroots-based innovation initiative, overseeing large scale change management efforts, creating a leadership development program for high potentials, developing curriculum for the institution’s ambassador program, collaborating with academic affairs to co-create future of work learning, overseeing early exit program, built learning and development organizations from the ground up and established strategic direction for optimum impact, and piloting enterprise-wide workforce planning. Kim has consulted with numerous teams to increase engagement, team cohesion, and strategic planning.
Kim finds purpose in her role by focusing every day on how she can make the work lives of people better and more fulfilling. Creating great work cultures, developing emotionally intelligent leaders, and increasing employee engagement and capability across the institution is her goal. Also, working together with her staff to increase employee wellbeing during this time of great disruption is essential to ensure the workforce can respond to the changes in our new environment.
Kim holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from UCLA and a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Brandman University. She is also a member of SHRM and ATD and holds numerous certifications in various assessments including, DiSC, Emotional Intelligence, 360-degree feedback, multiple learning solutions.

Thomas Phelps IV
CIO & VP of Corporate Strategy, Laserfiche
Adjunct Professor, Master in Accounting with Emphasis on Data and Analytics (MAcc D+A), University of Southern California
Thomas Phelps IV is the CIO and VP of Corporate Strategy for Laserfiche, a global provider of intelligent process automation and enterprise content management software. He leads the Business Innovation and Technology organization, along with business analytics, industry marketing, analyst relations and strategic alliances. Previously, Thomas was PwC’s national entertainment and media champion for cybersecurity. He led the innovation of content security practices used worldwide by the motion picture industry. In 2019, Thomas became an Adjunct Professor for the Master in Accounting with Emphasis on Data and Analytics (MAcc D+A) program at the University of Southern California.
Thomas is the Chairperson of the Long Beach Accelerator. He serves on several boards, including Innovate@UCLA, STEM Advantage, Southern California, Society for Information Management, and Advancing Women in Technology. He is a past-president of ISACA Los Angeles and is on the speakers bureau for ISACA International. He is a founding member of Ascend Los Angeles Metro, and was instrumental in starting the student chapters at Ascend USC and Ascend@UCLA.
Thomas has co-chaired sessions at the Wall Street Journal CIO Network Annual Meetings, and been cited in many publications, including CBS, Forbes, The Economist, CIO.com, IDG Connect, Tech Target, Inc. Magazine and others. He has co-authored/contributed to five books, including publications by PwC, ISACA and CRC Press. He has also been cited in The Robotic Process Automation Handbook by Tom Taulli.

Stacey L. Schabel, CPA, CIA
Senior Vice President and Chief Audit Executive, Jackson Financial Inc.
Stacey Schabel is the Senior Vice President & Chief Audit Executive for Jackson Financial Inc. She is responsible for the North American Group-wide Internal Audit team, which examines and evaluates the key activities and processes supporting the North American operations of Prudential plc, which includes Jackson, its affiliates and subsidiaries.
Stacey assists the board, audit and risk committee members, and executive management in protecting the assets, reputation, and sustainability of the organization through assessment and reporting on the overall effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes. Schabel has over 19 years of audit and risk management experience, is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Series 6 registrant and a member of The IIA’s Global Financial Services Guidance Committee.

Elena Ceja
Director of Business Continuity Management, Kaiser Permanente
Elena Ceja is currently the Business Continuity Management Director for Kaiser Permanente, previously she was the Senior Consultant for Emergency Management for the Southern California Medical Centers for 7 years. In 2003, she began her career with Kaiser Permanente as an Executive Intern with the Environmental Health and Safety Department at South Sacramento, while obtaining her master’s degree in Health Administration from the University of Southern California (USC).
Prior to this in 2002 Elena graduated with a B.A. from the University of California, at Berkeley. Elena remained with Kaiser after completion of her internship, serving as the Safety Coordinator at Walnut Creek Medical Center before transferring to the Los Angeles Medical Center (LAMC) as the Safety Manager. While at LAMC, she worked to provide a Safe and Healthy Environment for a 500 bed Medical Center, 9 Medical Office Buildings, Mental Health Center, and over 5,000 employees and physicians. Elena is a member of the Hospital Association of Southern California and the California Hospital Association Conference Committee.
Agenda
3:45 PM – 6:30 PM: Virtual Meeting Session
Time Details: 2 CPE Credits for the Virtual Meeting Session
Webinar Rates
ISACA, IIA, ISC2,
Innovation Shipyard Alliance |
Non-Members | Full-Time Students & Faculty |
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Rate |
$0 (Early-Bird)
$5 (Regular) |
$5 (Early-Bird)
$10 (Regular) |
$0 (Early-Bird)
$5 (Regular as a Member) $10 (Regular as a Non-Member) |
*Virtual education events (e.g. Webinars) CPEs
Qualifications for one CPE require attendees to be online for at least 50 minutes and answer at least 3 posted polling questions.
Polling participations are recorded and reviewed for CPE qualifications.
CPE certificates are emailed to attendees within a week of the completion of the live webinar.
If recorded webinars are viewed, CPEs should be self-reported. The chapter only provides formal CPEs for attendance of live virtual events.
*Disclaimer
ISACA reserves the right to alter or delete items from the program in the event of unforeseen circumstances. Material has been prepared for the professional development of ISACA members and others in the IT audit, control, security, and governance community. Neither the presenters nor ISACA can warrant that the use of material presented will be adequate to discharge the legal or professional liability of the members in the conduct of their practices. All materials used in the preparation and delivery of presentations on behalf of ISACA are original materials created by the speakers, or otherwise are materials which the speakers have all rights and authority to use and/or reproduce in connection with such presentation. Subject to the rights granted in all applicable copyrights, trade secrets, and other intellectual property rights in the materials are and remain with the speakers.
*Please note: unauthorized recording, in any form, of presentations and workshops is prohibited.
*Permission to be Photographed, Videotaped, and Recorded
By attending this event, the registrant grants permission to be photographed, videotaped, and recorded during the event (in person or virtual). The resultant photographs, video recordings and virtual event recordings may be used by ISACA for future promotion of ISACA’s educational events on ISACA’s web site, on social media and/or in printed promotional materials, and by attending this event, the registrant consents to any such use. The registrant understands any use of the photographs, video recordings and virtual event recordings will be without remuneration. The registrant also waives any right to inspect or approve the aforementioned use of any photographs, video recordings and virtual event recordings now or in the future.