October 2026 – Lunch Meeting

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

11:30am – 1pm 

Technical Speaker + Lunch

Speakers: Jeff Dehart and Zack Jones

Bios:

Jeff Dehart serves as Vice President of Risk Advisory Services at Martindale, bringing more than 30 years of experience advising Boards of Directors, Audit Committees, and executive leadership teams on governance, risk management, internal audit, fraud prevention, and operational excellence. Throughout his consulting career, Jeff has helped organizations strengthen oversight, improve performance, and mitigate risk across a wide range of industries.

As a trusted advisor, Jeff has served as the outsourced Chief Audit Executive (CAE) for four major organizations, leading enterprise risk assessments, internal audit strategy, and board-level reporting. His expertise spans governance frameworks, fraud investigations, vendor risk management, supply chain oversight, construction controls, business continuity planning, and organizational risk consulting.

Over the course of his career, Jeff has delivered advisory services to organizations ranging from Fortune 100 companies to mid-sized businesses and nonprofit entities. His industry experience includes oil and gas, manufacturing, aerospace, construction, and nonprofit organizations.

Zack Jones is the founder and principal consultant at Genesis Solutions. With a background in enterprise audit services and hands-on security assessment work, Zack brings practitioner-level expertise to every engagement. He personally oversees all assessment deliverables and maintains active expertise across CIS Benchmarks, NIST frameworks, ISO 42001, and the EU AI Act.

When he’s not reviewing CIS controls or writing AI governance gap analyses, Zack is building automation tools with Claude Code, contributing to the security practitioner community, and exploring the intersection of AI and compliance.