SIA Announces Recipients of the 2024 SIA RISE Scholarship

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named 18 recipients for the 2024 SIA RISE Scholarship, a program offered through SIA’s RISE community, which supports the education and career development goals of young industry talent and emerging leaders.

Through this scholarship program — open to SIA student members and RISE members who are employees at SIA member companies — each awardee will receive a $3,000 scholarship to use toward continuing education and professional development courses, SIA program offerings and/or other academic or education programs. Scholarship funds can be used to expand knowledge in the areas of business, human resources (HR), information technology (IT), marketing, sales, project management, security engineering and/or risk management.

“The 2024 class of SIA RISE Scholarship awardees is an inspiring, accomplished and dedicated group of individuals who are making a difference in the security industry and actively pursuing their educational and career development goals,” said SIA CEO Don Erickson. “We are proud to present these 18 honorees with scholarship funds to support them as they grow their knowledge and expertise and foster their leadership in this industry and in the larger community.”

The winners for the 2024 SIA RISE Scholarship are:

Brian Abraham, area sales manager, Software House
Kiara Bell, lead information and security compliance analyst, Arcules
Callie Buzzeo, technical program manager, Meta
Chasity Cope, HR admin, Down East Protection Systems
Olivia Doherty, consulting coordinator, Northland Controls
Devin Gonzalez, product champion, i-PRO Americas
Amanda Hahn, director of digital marketing, LRG Marketing
Alisha Hippert, project manager of customer experience, dormakaba
Alicia Janowicz, HR business partner, Axis Communications
Justin Lei, senior engineer, i-PRO Americas
Jennifer Lemoine, program administrator, Convergint
Pamela Madey, channel sales specialist, BCD
Dan Metz, intelligence analyst, TAM-C Solutions
James Robles, technical trainer, HID
Rachel Salina, product marketing coordinator, Axis Communications
Maya Sears, mechanical engineer associate, dormakaba
Mustafa Shahriyar, escalation engineer, i-PRO Americas
Shaunté Sivas, business development manager, Systems Distributors, Inc.

SIA also thanked the following individuals and companies which contributed to the 2024 RISE Scholarship fund. Tax-deductible donations were made through the Foundation for Advancing Security Talent (FAST), a not-for-profit organization founded by SIA and the Electronic Security Association (ESA) and dedicated to connecting passionate, innovative professionals with new opportunities in the security industry.