Morgan Zantua

Morgan Zantua is the director of workforce development for the University of Washington Bothell's Center of Information Assurance and Cybersecurity and a research scientist for the UW's Applied Physics Laboratory. She has collaboratively constructed transition models placing members of the military community into STEM careers and is the architect of Cybersecurity Rapid Education Apprenticeship Training Employment System (CREATES). CREATES is a collaborative grant with the Washington State Department of Commerce and the Washington State Office of the CIO that builds a pipeline to support military transition into cybersecurity.

Zantua boasts a 25-year career in workforce development, career guidance and organizational change with a focus on military transition, cooperative education and cyber workforce development that embeds professional coaching and development into CIAC initiatives.

Experience

Program Adviser/Recruiter - Master's in Cyber Leadership

• Company Name Institute of Technology, University of Washington Tacoma
• Dates EmployedDec 2012 – Present
• Employment Duration6 yrs 6 mos

Program Advisor/Recruiter - MCL/MSL

• Company Name UWT
• Dates Employed2012 – 2013
• Employment Duration1 yr

Volunteer

• Company Name Hire America's Heroes
• Dates Employed2008 – 2013
• Employment Duration5 yrs
• Staff Career events and assist active duty, veterans and spouses make meaningful connections to recruiters, educational opportunities, job shadowing/

Employment Transition Coach

• Company Name 1 * National Guard
• Dates EmployedDec 2008 – May 2012
• Employment Duration3 yrs 6 mos
• LocationCamp Murray, WA

Education

Anitoch Seattle - different cohort

Field Of StudyMaster Degree in Whole Systems Design, Organization Renewal, Consulting Dates attended or expected graduation 1999 – 2001