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Round Table Participants
State Chief Information Officer, Governor’s Technology Office
Timothy D. Galluzi serves as Nevada’s State Chief Information Officer and leads the Governor’s Technology Office. He was designated State CIO in June 2022 after serving as administrator of Nevada’s Enterprise Information Technology Services Division and has served the State of Nevada in technology and leadership roles since 2013. His background includes statewide enterprise technology initiatives, technology investment governance, and service in the United States Marine Corps as a telecommunications chief and instructor. As facilitator for State AI Roundtable II, Tim brings the statewide governance perspective needed to balance innovation, cybersecurity, operational readiness, and public trust as Nevada updates its executive branch AI policy.
State Chief Information Security Officer, Governor’s Technology Office
Bertrum “Bert” Carroll serves as Nevada’s State Chief Information Security Officer within the Governor’s Technology Office, where he leads statewide efforts to strengthen cybersecurity, manage enterprise risk, and support resilient public services. He brings more than a decade of executive cybersecurity leadership experience guiding security strategy, regulatory compliance, and large-scale security operations across complex organizations. Bert has built high-maturity cybersecurity programs and helped secure both consumer-facing and mission-critical systems. He also brings a mission-focused leadership background as a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel. His role in the roundtable is especially important as Nevada evaluates how AI policy should address security-by-design, risk management, incident response, vendor accountability, and public trust.
Information Security Officer, Nevada Department of Taxation
James Underwood serves on the executive team as the Head of Cybersecurity at the Nevada Department of Taxation, where he focuses on cybersecurity strategy, risk management, and information security governance for critical operations. With over 25 years of IT and cybersecurity leadership across both the public and private sectors, James previously served as a county-level CIO and as Subsidiary CIO for a multinational corporation. His extensive expertise spans Zero Trust architecture, identity and access management, secure systems implementation, and robust policy development designed to protect public infrastructure and sensitive data. A recognized thought leader, he recently moderated a panel on Zero Trust fundamentals at the Nevada Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit and serves on the Nevada GMIS board as Vice President. James is participating in the State AI Roundtable to help Nevada evaluate practical considerations for responsible AI use, human accountability, public trust, and implementation across government.
Founder, Arc Dome Strategies
Caleb Cage is the founder of Arc Dome Stategies, a Nevada public affairs firm. Based on twenty years of federal and state public service, Caleb and his team at Arc Dome Strategies advise clients on projects that benefit Nevada through economic development, community development, and system modernization.
Business Account Manager, Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation / EmployNV
Garrett Chambers serves as a Workforce Services Representative IV (Business Account Manager) with the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, supporting workforce development and employer engagement through EmployNV. His work focuses on connecting Nevada businesses with workforce solutions, identifying talent needs, and strengthening partnerships between public workforce programs and private-sector employers. Garrett uses artificial intelligence daily to improve efficiency by drafting communications, summarizing meetings, standardizing documentation, conducting research, and developing custom GPTs to streamline administrative workflows. He brings an important workforce perspective to the State AI Roundtable as Nevada considers how AI will affect public-sector operations, service delivery, skills development, and the future of work. His participation helps keep the conversation grounded in implementation: how agencies, workers, employers, and job seekers will experience AI-enabled change in real workplaces.
Director of GSD, BRK Nevada
Tim Robb is a public-sector strategist and Director of GSD at BRK Nevada. He has served as a senior advisor in the Governor’s Office across administrations and has held roles including Homeland Security Advisor to Governor Joe Lombardo, Director of Strategic Initiatives, and Director of the Governor’s Cabinet. His work has spanned public safety, emergency management, information technology, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, natural resources, tourism, Native American affairs, and environmental regulation. Tim brings deep experience helping teams navigate Nevada’s policy, regulatory, and stakeholder environment when the stakes are high and the timelines are short. At the roundtable, he offers a practical governance perspective on how policy moves from concept to implementation.
Director of Enterprise Information Security, Clark County School District
Carl Jones serves as Director of Enterprise Information Security for Clark County School District, where he helps lead cybersecurity strategy, policy implementation, and protection of critical data and systems in one of the nation’s largest school districts. He brings extensive experience in information technology and cybersecurity, including more than two decades of service with CCSD and a master’s degree in information security. Carl has played a key role in strengthening cybersecurity posture in a complex K-12 environment, where public trust, student data protection, operational continuity, and secure digital services all intersect. At the State AI Roundtable, Carl brings a local government and education security perspective on AI risk, data governance, and implementation controls.
Education Programs Professional, Nevada Department of Education
Blakely Hume works for the Nevada Department of Education, where one of his roles is the leading the AI Governance Committee. In this role, he helps guide responsible AI use, policy development, training, and practical implementation. With attention to transparency, academic integrity, public trust, and meaningful human oversight, he helps guide a cross-disciplinary understanding of the foundations of AI. He also teaches in the Nevada System of Higher Education. Completing a Ph.D. in English, Rhetoric and Composition, his research focuses on rhetorical theory, discourse and public deliberation, and the rhetoric of science, religion, and public controversy. He also holds an M.A. in Ancient and Modern Philosophy and an M.A. in American History and the History of Science. These fields shape his approach to artificial intelligence governance: rhetoric informs questions of public communication and accountability; philosophy grounds his work in ethics, judgment, and human agency; and history provides context for how institutions respond to technological change.