Sandy Jones Volunteer of the Year Award
Recognizing SIA Volunteers for Expanding SIA’s programs and Services
About the Sandy Jones Volunteer of the Year Award
The Sandy Jones Volunteer of the Year Award is named in honor of Sandra Jones, principal of Sandra Jones and Company, a prolific SIA volunteer and co-founder of the executive conference Securing New Ground. The award is presented on an annual basis to an SIA volunteer who has made tireless efforts to expand SIA's programs and services. The Sandy Jones Award is presented at The Advance, SIA’s annual membership meeting, during ISC West.
2026 Sandy Jones Volunteer of the Year Award Recipients: Daniël Reichman and Mark Schreiber
SIA has named Daniël Reichman and Mark Schreiber as the 2026 recipients of the Sandy Jones Volunteer of the Year Award.
Daniël Reichman, Ph.D., is the CEO and chief scientist of Ai-RGUS, an artificial intelligence startup spun out of Duke University. Reichman serves as a member of SIA’s Artificial Intelligence Advisory Board, which engages regulators on emerging AI issues and provides guidance on the safe, responsible and effective use of AI in security solutions. He has contributed to the development of SIA’s Glossary of AI Terms in Security Solutions and Guide to AI Uses Cases in Security and authored articles for All Things AI, a monthly newsletter on AI-related topics. Reichman has been an active participant and speaker at ISC West, his company has participated and received a 2023 award in the SIA New Products and Solutions Awards at ISC West and he is an active member of the SIA Startups in Security community.
Mark Schreiber, CPP, CPD, is the principal consultant at Safeguards Consulting, a security design and consulting firm in Greenville, South Carolina. Schreiber, a longtime dedicated SIA member, is a member of the Voice of the Industry (VOI) steering committee for SPARC, SIA's technical end user forum. SPARC is SIA’s membership sector for security practitioners and practitioner teams, and the Voice of the Industry committee provides industry input to this group of security practitioners upon request and is designed to provide supplier/vendor/solution provider expertise in a vendor-neutral manner. Schreiber’s contributions on the VOI committee include serving as primary author on the SPARC Intelligence Report offering guidance for evaluating AI vendors and service providers. He has served on SIA’s Learning and Development Committee, Video and Vision Subcommittee, Utilities Advisory Board, Drone Security Subcommittee and Autonomous Solutions Working Group and engaged in the partnership between SIA and IAPSC to promote collaboration, content generation and knowledge sharing and elevate awareness of the security consultant profession.
Previous Sandy Jones Award Winners
- 2025: Pauline Norstrom, Yazmina Rawji and Joey St. Jacques
- 2024: Kelly Ann Christensen, Jason de Souza, John Nemerofsky and Elaine Palome
- 2023: Jim Black and Ryan Kaltenbaugh
- 2022: Sean A. Ahrens and Elizabeth Lowe
- 2021: Tracy Larson
- 2020: Janet Fenner
- 2019: Mark McCourt
- 2018: Ted Curtin and Joel Schwartz
- 2017: Doug Haines
- 2016: John Mack
- 2015: Frank De Fina, Jim Crumbley, Frank Gasztonyi and Rodger Schmidt
- 2013: Steve Van Till
- 2012: Scott Schafer
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