LAS VEGAS —The Safety Business Affiliation (SIA) introduced its new board of administrators chairman—Mike Mathes of Convergint—and introduced two new members to the SIA board of administrators at The Advance, SIA’s annual membership assembly, throughout ISC West 2026.
The SIA Government Committee for 2026 consists of:
- Chairman: Mike Mathes, govt vice chairman, Convergint
- Quick Previous Chairman: Scott Dunn, president, Dunn Strategic Advisory
- Secretary: Dave Ilardi, senior vice chairman and president of the Americas, Allegion
- Treasurer: John Nemerofsky, chief working officer, SAGE Integration
- At-Giant Officer: Tara Dunning, vice chairman of converging applied sciences, international technique and gross sales, Wesco
Who Are the New SIA Board of Administrators Members?
The brand new SIA board of administrators members, who will serve an preliminary two-year time period from 2026 to 2028, are:
- John Maffey, president and CEO, M3T Company
- James Marcella, director, trade associations, Axis Communications
Moreover, SIA confirmed six returning board members for the 2026–2028 time period:
- Alex Castaneda, company vice chairman, North America video safety and entry management, Motorola Options
- Andrew Elvish, vice chairman of world advertising and marketing, Genetec
- Brian Harrell, chief safety officer, FirstEnergy
- Björn Lidefelt, president and head, HID International
- Lee Odess, CEO, The Entry Management Collective
- Julaine Simmons, vice chairman of safety and digital techniques, M.C. Dean
“On behalf of the SIA group and our members, I’m thrilled to congratulate our new board of administrators chair, Mike Mathes, in addition to our new board members and the SIA Government Committee for assuming their roles for the 2026–2028 time period,” says Don Erickson, CEO of SIA, within the affiliation announcement.
“The SIA Board of Administrators is a dedicated, spectacular and educated group of professional leaders in safety, and their service on the board helps us to rive the affiliation and our trade ahead,” he says. “We additionally thank our rapid previous chair, Scott Dunn, and outgoing board members James Rothstein, Tom Cook dinner and Teresa Wu for his or her influence and management in guiding SIA in quite a few strategic areas.”
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