Jewelers Security Alliance Awards Recognize Excellence

LP Leaders at Signet Jewelers Ltd. and Sterling Jewelers Inc. Honored for Contributions in Safety and Security for the Jewelry Industry

On Saturday, January 11, 2014, the Jewelers’ Security Alliance (JSA) held its annual luncheon at the Harmonie Club. During the event, the board of directors of the JSA presented the Industry Service Award to Kevin Valentine, the vice president of internal audit and enterprise risk management of Signet Jewelers Ltd., and Mark Neapolitan, the director of loss prevention at Sterling Jewelers Inc., the U.S. division of Signet. The James B. White Award was presented to Frank Aimaro, FBI special agent, and detective Carol Mosher of the Los Angeles Police Department, both assigned to the FBI/LAPD interstate theft task force.

These prestigious awards are given to individuals who have demonstrated commitment to improving crime prevention and in recognition and appreciation of the extraordinary contributions to the safety and security of the jewelry industry.

“The Jewelers’ Security Alliance recognizes Kevin and Mark for their leadership in loss prevention, which has been a model for the entire industry for many years,” said John Kennedy (pictured center), the president of JSA. “JSA deeply appreciates their many successful efforts in which for decades they have conducted training on jewelry identification and investigation for law enforcement personnel, and worked to have the jewelry industry cooperate more closely with the FBI and local law enforcement agencies.”

Valentine (pictured on right side of photograph) is responsible for internal audit, enterprise risk management and loss prevention for Signet’s U.S. and U.K. operations. Valentine has over 30 years experience in those specialty areas of which 27 of those years have been with Signet.

Neapolitan (pictured on left side of photograph) is responsible for the administration of all loss prevention functions, issues and investigations relative to Sterling throughout the U.S. Neapolitan has a combined experience of 43 years between law enforcement and loss prevention and more than 25 of those years have been with Sterling. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy.

Valentine said, “Mark and I have had the pleasure of working with the JSA for about a quarter-of-a-century. In the ongoing pursuit of making the jewelry industry safer, the work of JSA is critically important. Through its loss prevention efforts, the safety of the entire jewelry industry has continuously improved.”

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