Security Industry Association to Present Gabrielle Shea With 2021 SIA Industry Advocate Award
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named Gabrielle Shea, public policy manager, government relations and public policy at NEC Corporation of America, as the 2021 recipient of the SIA Industry Advocate Award, which recognizes leadership in public policy. Shea will be presented with the award on Sept. 21 at Part 3 of the 2021 SIA GovSummit, SIA’s annual public policy and government security technology conference.
The SIA Industry Advocate Award — formerly the SIA Statesman Award — recognizes SIA member volunteers for their extraordinary contributions of professional time, leadership and resources to position SIA and its members to address the public policy challenges impacting the security industry. Throughout 2020 and 2021, Shea has supported SIA’s government relations efforts to advocate for responsible biometrics technology policy, including assisting with legislative analysis and drafting, contributing to SIA’s state government affairs initiatives and helping to represent SIA in meetings with legislators in state capitals across the United States.