The Security Industry Association announced this week that Gordon Hope, general manager for AlarmNet at Honeywell, will receive the prestigious George R. Lippert Memorial Award in an awards ceremony at SIA Honors Night, which is set to take place on Nov. 19 during ISC East in New York City. The award honors an individual's long-term service to SIA, commitment to professionalism, and advancement of the industry. According to a statement, Raymond Dean, president of Security Oversight Group who received last year's award, will present the award to Hope.
SIA also will introduce two new awards at SIA Honors Night.
First, SIA will honor two of its members for their contributions to increasing collaboration between SIA and vertical market organizations with the Jay Hauhn Excellence in Partnerships Award. Mike Howard, chief security officer of Microsoft, has spent considerable time and energy over the past two years forging a collaborative relationship between SIA and the International Security Management Association (ISMA). Tom Cellucci, founder, chairman and CEO of Cellucci Associates, dedicated time to building a relationship between SIA and the County Executives of America, as well as collaboration between SIA and the U.S Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate.
SIA also will present the SIA Insightful Practitioner Award, which is presented to a security practitioner who demonstrates leadership and excellence in promoting the implementation of innovative security solutions through education, advocacy and teamwork, to Evelyn Meserve, former executive director of the International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety (IAHSS).
