Overview
The NET+ and InCommon teams at Internet2 are excited to announce the addition of NET+ Persona to the NET+ services portfolio.
Join us for this introductory IAM Online webinar to learn from institutional RFP evaluators and technical leads regarding compliance tracking and rollout models.
You’ll hear from your peers in higher education about how they utilize NET+ Persona to meet upcoming compliance deadlines, protect credential issuance and recovery, and combat enrollment fraud.
The addition of NET+ Persona follows InCommon’s fall 2025 identity proofing survey, in which the community identified federal research access, financial aid fraud, and credential issuance and recovery as top fraud and security concerns. These insights shaped the subsequent NET+ RFP for Identity Proofing Services and led to Persona’s selection.
This interactive session will also include time for Q&A. We encourage attendees to bring detailed questions to the learning session.
Takeaways:
- Get perspective on questions to bring to your own vendor evaluation process
- Understand where NET+ Persona fits into the broader IAM stack
- Pick up tips for building the internal business case for adoption
Event Details
Date: October 14, 2026
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET
Format: Virtual Webinar
Cost: Free
Series: IAM Online
Meet the Presenters
CLOUD CONTRACT ANALYST & VENDOR MANAGER, INTERNET2
Sue Gavazzi
HIGHER EDUCATION GTM LEAD, PERSONA
Maggie Larsen
IDENTITY MANAGEMENT LEAD, SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY
Tommy Doan
IDENTITY MANAGEMENT LEAD, SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY
Tommy Doan
INTERNET2 SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER
Nick Lewis
Nick Lewis (CISSP) is a Program Manager for Security and Identity. Nick has held positions at Michigan State University, University of Michigan, Children’s Hospital Boston, and was ISO at Saint Louis University. Nick holds an MS in information assurance from Norwich and telecommunications from MSU.
SENIOR DIRECTOR, INCOMMON STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND RESEARCH, INTERNET2
Ann West
SENIOR DIRECTOR, INCOMMON STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND RESEARCH, INTERNET2
Ann West
Ann West is the Senior Director of InCommon Strategic Partnerships and Research at Internet2. She works directly with the research and education community to determine what new technology capabilities campuses need, and then partners with IT leaders to bring those ideas to reality.
Ann is a foundational expert in Identity and Access Management (IAM)—the technology that ensures the right person has access to the right digital tools. She has been deeply involved for more than three decades and loved the community experience so much that she joined Internet2 to lead outreach for several large projects funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
As the former Associate Vice President for Trust and Identity, Ann’s work has been instrumental in the Trust & Identity ecosystem. This includes evangelizing the adoption of IAM practices, growing the community of IAM practitioners, collaborating with the US government and higher education on identity assurance standards and practices, developing and managing third-party support programs, and expanding services like eduroam, a service that provides secure Wi-Fi access on campuses worldwide.
Ann’s current work specializes in the complex, long-term infrastructure projects that require community buy-in and strong partnerships to succeed.
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