Mone’ Ross is an award-winning speaker, strategist, and cybersecurity executive known for leading some of the industry’s most high-impact cyber simulations.

As Vice President at a top financial firm , she trains Fortune 100 leaders to navigate crises with clarity, command, and confidence. Her work sharpens how companies respond to real-world cyber threats by blending strategy, storytelling, and leadership development to raise the bar on what true resilience looks like.

Before stepping into the C-suite arena, Mone’s career spanned the U.S. House of Representatives, the Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Coast Guard Cyber Command. Along the way, she became known for a rare skill: simplifying complexity, connecting the dots between people and process, story and strategy, brand and business. She works to prove that transferable skills are the X-Factor.

Mone’ brings bold energy and undeniable warmth into every room she enters. While she speaks fluent "cyber," she also speaks leadership, identity, and personal growth—because you’re not just one thing, and neither is she.

Whether leading C-suite workshops, speaking on global stages, mentoring young adults navigate the digital world (including as a guest on the National Cryptologic Foundation's #CyberChats podcast and speaker for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's High School Scholars Internship Program), or traveling back home to Detroit, Mone’ creates spaces where people are empowered to lead boldly and build legacies.

A proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Mone’ lives out her commitment to service, sisterhood, and showing up with purpose, presence, and power. She recently co-founded the Rho Mu Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Leadership Academy where she has helped nearly 40 sorority members identify and activate their leadership strengths.

Mone’ holds a B.A. from Michigan State University and an M.P.S. from Georgetown University. Her impact has been recognized with honors such as the 2024 Women of Color in STEM: Technology Rising Star Award and the 2025 U.S. Black Chambers Power 50 Woman of Influence Award. She also proudly serves on the Michigan State University Alumni Board.

Today, Mone’ stands at the intersection of cybersecurity, leadership, and legacy-building. She helps people protect what matters and step fully into who they’re meant to be.