Mission 500 Announces New Board of Director Members

The new members have established security industry experience.

Mission 500 announces the addition of five new board of director members.

Ken Gould of Ken Gould Consulting has been elected Chairman of the Board. Gould is a former president of the NYFAA and the MBFAA, sits on the Foundation Board for North Shore LIJ Staten Island University Hospital, is on the ESA Board of Directors, is a former ESA New Jersey CSA representative, and is president elect of NJESA.

Three newly elected board members include James Rothstein, SVP Global Security Solutions, Anixter; Will Wise, Group Vice President of the Security Events Portfolio, Reed Exhibitions; and Jason Lutz, Strategic National Account Manager & Industry Relations, Resideo.

Richard Hahn, President, Richard Hahn and Associates and Herve Fages, President, Connected Building & Building Management Systems, Honeywell Home and Building Technologies; are stepping down from the Mission 500 Board of Directors. Hahn and Fages have supported Mission 500 from its inception, and both will serve as Board Emeritus members.

The Mission 500 organization is also pleased to announce that Mary Beth Shaughnessy, Event Director, ISC Events and Unmanned Security Expo at Reed Exhibitions, will join the Mission 500 Executive Board to provide organizational direction and strategy planning.

“I am pleased to welcome our new Chairman, new executive board member, and three new Board of Directors members,” said Tom Nolan, Director of Strategic Partnerships for Mission 500. “They each have a unique background, with diverse experiences, including current and past commitments to helping children in need, that make them an asset to the Mission 500 Board of Directors and to the organization as a whole.”

For more information on Mission 500, contact Tom Nolan at [email protected] or call 516-903-7291.

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