SIA Progress Award
Recognizing ADVANCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITIES AND SUCCESS FOR WOMEN IN THE SECURITY INDUSTRY
About the SIA Progress Award
The SIA Progress Award, presented by the Security Industry Association's Women in Security Forum, celebrates an individual who is advancing opportunities and paving the way to success for women in the security industry. Each recipient is determined based on the following criteria:
- Contributions to advancing women in the security industry within the past three years (e.g., volunteer activities and/or grassroots efforts, new programs, new company policies to promote a more diverse workforce and thought leadership)
- Promoting women’s professional growth through mentorship and/or sponsorship
- Recognitions and/or awards for related activities
- Demonstration of the highest levels of professionalism and integrity in the security industry
Eligibility
- All nominees must be employees of SIA member companies.
- Nominations must include detailed commentary/recommend from the nominating individual on why the candidate deserves the award.
- Nominees cannot be SIA staff or family members.
- Past award recipients and the current chair of the Women in Security Forum are not eligible.
2026 SIA Progress Award Recipient: Stephenie Haldane
SIA has named Stephenie Haldane as the 2026 recipient of the Progress Award. Stephenie Haldane is vice president of end user sales at HID, where she leads efforts to deepen customer engagement, grow key vertical markets and bring modern physical access solutions to end users. She brings nearly three decades of experience in sales, business development and team leadership across the security industry. Before joining HID, Haldane launched a new division for ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions focused on electronic access control for the senior living market. Her background includes physical access control, RTLS, mobile credentials, new construction and product development.
Haldane serves on the board of the Foundation for Advancing Security Talent (FAST) Board of Directors, where she leads campus outreach. She is a member of the SIA WISF SupportHER Subcommittee and mentors through SIA’s RISE community and HID’s mentorship program. Haldane has spoken at ISC West, Security LeadHER, AcceleRISE and PSA TEC and participates in industry panels and podcasts on leadership, allyship and the future security workforce. She organized male allyship sessions at HID’s offices in Austin, Texas, which included SIA CEO Don Erickson, ASIS International CEO Bill Tenney and Electronic Security Association CEO Merlin Guilbeau. Haldane is a 2026 SIA WISF Power 100 honoree.
Previous SIA Progress Award Winners
- 2026: Stephenie Haldane
- 2025: Yazmina Rawji and Sandra Jones
- 2024: Alice DiSanto
- 2023: Martha Entwistle
- 2022: Kasia Hanson
- 2021: Elaine Palome
- 2020: Andrew Lanning
- 2019: Maureen Carlo
- 2018: Eddie Reynolds
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