Marian Merritt

Marian Merritt is the Deputy Director for the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) atthe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)/ U.S. Department of Commerce. Her areas offocus include workforce management, apprenticeship, and small business cybersecurity. Marian hasover 24 years of experience working in the cybersecurity industry, with experience in productmanagement, corporate website management, family online safety programs and corporatephilanthropy. She previously was with Symantec Corporation as their Director of Cyber Education andOnline Safety Programs.

Marian attended Boston University’s Questrom School of Business for her undergraduate degree andholds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She lives in Los Angeles, CA.