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.
2025 Sandy Jones Volunteer of the Year Award Recipients: Pauline Norstrom, Yazmina Rawji and Joey St. Jacques
SIA has named Pauline Norstrom, Yazmina Rawji and Joey St. Jacques as the 2025 recipients of the Sandy Jones Volunteer of the Year Award.
Pauline Norstrom is the founder and CEO of Anekanta AI and Anekanta Consulting, which are artificial intelligence and research brands providing AI strategy, governance and AI literacy services to businesses around the world. Norstrom’s company has been a member of SIA since 2019, and she is highly involved with the association as a volunteer. Norstrom is a member of the SIA Cybersecurity Advisory Board and has served as an influential thought leader on cybersecurity with SIA, having participated on cybersecurity panel discussions with the Cybersecurity Advisory Board and authored informative articles and blogs on critical cybersecurity and converged security topics. She is a member of SIA’s AI Advisory Board, where she has helped SIA to develop a glossary of AI terms in security. Additionally, Norstrom serves on SIA’s Data Privacy Advisory Board, where she has been a key contributor to efforts such as the development of the Data Privacy Pro certificate program and the creation of the Security Cornerstones e-learning module on data privacy. She has fostered SIA’s relationships with international organizations, including the Confederation of European Security Services, and is also an active member of the SIA Women in Security Forum community.
Yazmina (Mina) Rawji is a relationship manager at dormakaba, where she plays a key role in driving customer acquisition, business growth and market expansion for Security, Sports & Entertainment – an Alvarado dormakaba Group brand, entrance systems, interior glass systems and airports. Rawji is heavily involved with the SIA Women in Security Forum (WISF) community, serving on the WISF Steering Committee, as well as the planning committee for the annual Security LeadHER conference designed to advance, connect and empower women in security. She also serves as chair of WISF’s AmbassadHER subcommittee, where she actively supports expansion and outreach of WISF’s efforts to SIA members in Mexico and Latin America. Rawji has supported SIA’s presence at Expo Seguridad México, recommending prospective conference speakers, building connections across dormakaba, Alvarado and SIA and more. She has also played an instrumental role in presenting the WISF Power 100 program, an annual recognition program from WISF that honors 100 women leaders each year who are driving change and leading the way in the security industry, and was as a WISF Power 100 honoree in 2024.
Joey St. Jacques has dedicated over three decades to the critical infrastructure sector, with extensive experience including a significant tenure at an electrical utility where he developed his expertise as a security practitioner. Since its founding in 2022, St. Jacques has served as chair of the SIA Utilities Advisory Board, an expert-led group offering insight and education to security practitioners, members of the security industry and other stakeholders about emerging security trends, regulatory compliance issues, and recommended practices for protecting utility infrastructure. He oversees the group’s vital efforts to educate SIA membership while also helping to protect the utility sector through the delivery of high-quality information. St. Jacques led the development of the Security Cornerstones e-learning module on critical infrastructure security and has guided the Utilities Advisory Board’s efforts in presenting SIA’s Protecting Utilities lunch event at ISC West and the Critical Infrastructure Lunch and Learn at ISC East. Additionally, he is a dedicated volunteer on the SIA Education at ISC conference committee, generously offering his time and expertise to thoroughly review and evaluate content proposals for the annual conference at ISC East and West.
Previous Sandy Jones Award Winners
- 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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