Ten IOBSE Student
Members Receive LPQ Scholarships to
Support Career Advancement
Matthews, NC (May 16, 2016) -
The International Organization of
Black Security Executives (IOBSE), in partnership with
The Loss
Prevention Foundation (LPF), awarded ten students from historically black
colleges and universities scholarships to support their career advancement and
personal development.
This initiative is part of both
organization's ongoing focus and commitment to invest in the professional growth
of minority, college students as they transition from academia to the workforce.
"It
was truly an honor for me to award these amazing students with such a
widely-recognized certification within the loss prevention industry," said
Fanchon Barnes, IOBSE's 2nd Vice President and LPF's Diversity Committee member.
It's our way of providing these emerging leaders a jumpstart into their
professional security careers."
Scott Glenn, Chief Security Officer at
Sears Holdings Corporation added; "I recently had the opportunity to spend some
time with these incredible students at the IOBSE conference in Florida. They are
all truly deserving and represented themselves and their schools with
distinction. As Chair of the Diversity Committee for the LPF, I cannot think of
a better way to reward this group for their accomplishments".
"LPF has
been supporting the IOBSE for many years by offering student scholarships who
demonstrate tremendous potential and an interest in our profession. The IOBSE
does and exceptional job of identifying top talent and LPF wants to encourage
these students to pursue careers in retail ", stated Gene Smith, LPC and
president of LPF.
Congratulations to the following recipients of the
LPQualified (LPQ) Scholarships (in order from left to right):
| Dorian Heard
- Georgia Piedmont Technical College |
| Princess-Ayshiya
Gonzalez - Georgia Piedmont Technical College |
| Sayqwan Stabler
- North Carolina Central University |
| Donte' Thrasher
- Clark-Atlanta University |
| Kanecea Moore
- Florida A&M University |
| Destiny Sanders
- Florida A&M University |
| Michael Thomas,
Jr. - Florida A&M University |
| James Jones
- Morehouse University |
| Kimberly Lane
- Georgia Piedmont University |
| Brandon Oatts
- Georgia Piedmont University |
About the
Loss Prevention Foundation (LPF)
The
Loss Prevention Foundation is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2006, by
industry-leading professionals to serve the loss prevention and asset protection
industry. Their mission is to advance the loss prevention profession by
providing relevant, convenient and challenging educational resources. LPF is
responsible for administering the industry's two-tiered certification program,
the LPQualified (LPQ) and LPCertified (LPC), on-line educational resources and
the loss prevention professional membership program. For further information,
visit
http://www.losspreventionfoundation.org.
About The International Organization of Black Security Executives
(IOBSE)
The
International Organization of Black Security Executive (IOBSE) is a non-profit
organization. The IOBSE was founded in 1982 by six black men who were attending
the American Society for Industrial Security (now ASIS International) conference
in New Orleans, Louisiana. Their mission is to impart professional resources to
aid in the integration of security management into business operations, provide
education and training to keep practitioners and students abreast of current
trends in security operations and technology and assist in professional
networking in order to facilitate the exchange of information, ideas, knowledge
and experience.
For
media inquiries, contact Christina Kendall at
christina.kendall@losspreventionfoundation.org
