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Disney Parks Security Leader Anne Kuhns Wins Information Security Executive of the Year Southeast Award

Walt Disney Parks & Resorts Security Leader Anne Kuhns Wins Information Security Executive (ISE) of the Year Southeast Award(TM) 2007
Awards Program Celebrates 5th Anniversary and Honors Nominees With 2-Day Leadership Summit, Networking and Awards Gala

Executive Alliance, creator and provider of premium leadership-recognition forums, announced today that Anne Kuhns, Senior Manager, IT Risk Management, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, has been named the winner of the prestigious Information Security Executive (ISE) of the Year Southeast Award 2007. Ms. Kuhns was selected by the judges for her collaborative, comprehensive and passionate approach to leading security efforts across a large and diverse employee base. She and eighteen other nominees from Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee were honored at a gala awards ceremony held during the Executive Alliance Leadership Summit Featuring the ISE Southeast Awards. The two-day event was held at the Sheraton Atlanta Downtown Hotel and drew information security executives from across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.Tony Spinelli, Chief Security & Compliance Officer for Equifax, was named the ISE Southeast People's Choice Award winner. Selected through an online community balloting process, Mr. Spinelli was selected by his peers representing the information security industry throughout the Southeast region.

Five ISE Finalists, including Ms. Kuhns and Mr. Spinelli, were showcased during the evening event. The other finalists are Christopher Leach, Senior Vice President of IT Risk Management and Chief Information Security Officer, First Horizon National Corporation; Steve Scott, Senior Vice President and Director, Corporate Information Security, Wachovia Corporation; and Aurobindo "Robin" Sundaram, Vice President of Information Security, ChoicePoint, Inc.

As part of the award's fifth anniversary celebration, Executive Alliance positioned the awards ceremony as the anchor event of the Executive Alliance Leadership Summit Featuring the ISE Southeast Awards. Comprised of executive forums, a panel of industry leaders as well as keynote speaker Rhonda MacLean of MacLean Risk Partners, LLC, the two-day program offered great networking and interaction that was enriched by the quality of the nominees and the excitement of the awards.

"The stature of the ISE Award is validated by the strong competition and the consistent level of finalists and winners," said Marci McCarthy, CEO of Executive Alliance. "The judges did not have an easy task to choose a winner from this great lineup of nominees; however, what made their job difficult is exactly what made the Leadership Summit a resounding success."

-- Posted March 26, 2007