Nice has named Jean-Philippe Demaël as chairman of its new strategic committee. Demaël will also receive a seat on the board of directors. 

In this role, Fisher, along with other board members, will assist in governing and providing strategic direction for the foundation, which educates and certifies retail loss prevention and asset protection professionals.

ESA appointed Steve Paley and Kevin Stone to its Board of Directors, thus completing its composition.

The new board members are: Melissa Brinkman, CEO, Custom Alarm, Rochester, Minn.; Jeremy Bates, president, Bates Security, LLC/Sonitrol of Lexington, Inc., Lexington, Ky.; and Jason Lutz, distribution sales leader, Resideo Technologies, Austin, Texas.

The Security Industry Association (SIA) and the Electronic Security Association (ESA) have launched the Foundation for Advancing Security Talent (FAST), a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization designed to promote careers in the physical security technology and life safety industry. 

The board of directors of The Monitoring Association (TMA) today announced its decision to transition the organization’s 2020 Annual Meeting and Ops-Tech (formerly known as Fall Operations Management Seminar and Technology Summit) to a virtual format. 

NSCA, a not-for-profit association representing the commercial low-voltage electronic systems industry, announced the election of a new president to its executive committee, as well as many other leadership changes and the addition of two new officers to its board of directors for 2020-2021.

PSA, the world’s largest systems integrator consortium, announced the addition of Bert Bongard and Louis Boulgarides to its board of directors. 

The Security Industry Association (SIA) welcomed a new chairman, announced its 2020 executive committee and added five new members to the SIA board of directors at The Advance, SIA’s annual membership meeting, held virtually today, March 17.

Effective immediately, the company’s board of directors has named William Niles, Brinks’ chief transformation officer and general counsel, as interim chief executive officer.