Sacramento Post Annual Scholarship Awards Event

SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity
Industry Members
$50.00
Industry Non-Members
$65.00

Sacramento Post Annual Scholarship Awards Event

Thursday, March 27, 2025 | 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM

SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity
400 Jibboom St, Sacramento, CA 95811

About the event

Ready to inspire the next generation of local STEM leaders? With your contributions and participation the SAME Sacramento Post plans to award $40,000 in scholarships to 19 local students!

Join us in applauding the exceptional accomplishments of our local high school, community college and college students and their families. Together, we will share an informal networking dinner/reception, followed by scholarship award presentations, and a special 30-minute astronomy show in the UC Davis Multiverse Theater.

Registration opens at 5:30 PM; dinner buffet begins at 6:00 PM.

Learn more about the event and register

Presenter: Damon Hacker, President

Damon Hacker brings more than 30 years of experience in digital forensics and cybersecurity. He helps improve the techniques, processes, and technology used in cybersecurity and digital forensics within the legal process. Damon is an in-demand speaker on local, state, and national levels, frequently presenting on DoD CMMC cybersecurity compliance, IT security, IT auditing, computer fraud, white-collar crime, data breaches, non-competes, and intellectual property theft. He also consults on cybersecurity and forensics for the television industry, having provided guidance for The Blacklist, Bones, CSI: Cyber, CSI: Las Vegas, and Backstrom. Damon earned his Master of Business Administration from the Weatherhead School of Management and is a Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification – Registered Practitioner (CMMC-RP).