YARMOUTH, Maine—Elli Voorhees, Ph.D, 33, has been in the security industry for nearly 10 years. Since 2019, she has served as the director of learning and development for the Security Industry Association (SIA), where she oversees SIA’s expanding portfolio of training, credentialing and professional development programs.
“My primary day-to-day responsibilities range from managing curriculum development and designing learning experiences for new and existing programs to facilitating committee meetings and planning conference programs for SIA [email protected] events,” she explained. “I spend a lot of time working with subject matter experts in the industry to design and deliver programs of strategic value for SIA’s members and their channel partners. Most recently, I led the co-development of the new Security Industry Cybersecurity Certification (SICC) in conjunction with subject matter experts from SIA, PSA Security Network and Security Specifiers. I also provide support and leadership for conformity assessment processes to ensure SIA’s programs meet compliance requirements to defined industry standards (ISO/IEC 17024:2012 & ICE 1100:2019).”
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