Mary Elizabeth Faulkner serves as VP, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and VP of IT Operations for Thrivent , its subsidiaries and affiliates. As the CISO and head of IT Operations, Mary Elizabeth is responsible for leading teams that execute the Fortune 500 diversified financial service organization’s information security strategy; provide management and oversight; support cyber defense engineering, identity and access management engineering and operations; incident response; information risk management and assurance services; technology service centers; fulfillment; IT incident response; and operations centers.