{"id":70044,"date":"2025-03-23T19:16:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T23:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/?post_type=bio&#038;p=70044"},"modified":"2025-03-24T15:49:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:49:06","slug":"mary-lou-prevost-2","status":"publish","type":"bio","link":"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/bio\/mary-lou-prevost-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Lou Prevost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-industry-leadership-of-the-year\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Industry Leadership of the Year<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Mary Lou Prevost is the group vice president for U.S. State, Local Government and Education at Splunk. Prevost ensures state and local leaders operate with the resilience necessary for today\u2019s cyber threats. 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