NEW YORK, July 19, 2022 – Octillo, in partnership with the Spencer Educational Foundation, is proud to announce the 2022 Bring I.T. Scholarship recipients, Cassandra Butch, a senior from Bentley University, and Joshua Gordon, a senior from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Bring I.T. is an annual scholarship program, administered through the Spencer Educational Foundation and designed to support students pursuing studies in risk management and insurance who self-identify with a traditionally underrepresented race/ethnicity or as female.
Cassandra and Joshua will each receive a $5,000 scholarship to advance their studies in risk management and insurance with a focus on technology, data security, and privacy. They are invited to attend the 2022 Advisen Cyber Insights Conference in October 2022 in New York, NY.
“As a women-owned, technology-focused law firm, one of our core missions is to support the next generation of cybersecurity professionals through the expansion of STEM education for students in underrepresented groups. We are proud of the 2022 Bring I.T. Scholarship winners and excited to see how they contribute to the risk management and cyber insurance fields in the future,” says Kara Hilburger, Member.
2022 Bring I.T. Scholarship winners' scholastic experience and extracurricular activities align with the scholarship’s mission to expand opportunities in STEM for people in underrepresented groups.
Cassandra Butch is pursuing a degree in actuarial science with a business studies and data technologies minor. She has been involved in advocacy groups, such as Students Advocating Gender Equality (SAGE) and PRIDE in addition to serving as a member of several collegiate organizations and honor societies, including Circle K, Alpha Psi Omega, Gamma Iota Sigma, and Beta Gamma Sigma.
Joshua Gordon is pursuing a degree in actuarial mathematics with a statistics and business minor. He is currently an officer and head basketball coach for the Special Olympics and served as a Member of the Student Actuaries at Michigan State University, Ann Arbor, and as Secretary of the Michigan Basketball Analytics Association.
To learn more about the Bring I.T. Scholarship program, visit octillolaw.com/bringit.
About Octillo: About Octillo: Octillo is a full-service technology law firm with a recognized focus on data security and privacy compliance, incident response, and litigation. Octillo attorneys counsel clients on matters pertaining to data security and privacy compliance, litigation and class action defense, incident response, government investigations, technology intellectual property, and emerging technologies. Octillo is a NetDiligence® Platinum Authorized Breach Coach – a recognition offered only to firms with a proven track record of competency and experience responding to data incidents. Octillo has offices from California to New York and is a NYSWBE certified women-owned enterprise. Learn more at octillolaw.com.
About the Spencer Educational Foundation: The Spencer Educational Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization funding the education of tomorrow’s risk management and insurance leaders through scholarships, grants, internship opportunities, on and off campus experiential learning, and support of risk management/insurance curricula. Since Spencer was founded in 1979, we have awarded nearly $9 million in scholarships and over $7 million in grants to universities and professional institutions impacting an estimated 70,000 students through our programming. For more information, please visit us at www.spencered.org.
