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The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named Lynn de Séve, founder and president of GSA Schedules, Inc. as the 2021 recipient of the George R. Lippert Memorial Award, an honor presented annually to a distinguished individual for long-term, selfless service to the security industry and SIA. de Séve will receive the award on Nov. 17, during the 2021 SIA Honors cocktail reception.

Lynn’s work experience

In addition to her SIA membership, de Séve is a member of the National Contract Management Association and ASIS International. As a member of SIA, she served on SIA’s Board of Directors for four years and on the SIA Executive Committee for two years as secretary.

de Séve chairs the SIA Procurement Policy Working Group serves on the steering committee for the SIA Women in Security Forum and is a past member of SIA’s Member Engagement and Experience Committee.

Rewards and accolades

In 2006, she received the SIA Industry Advocate Award for her leadership related to public policy challenges impacting the electronic physical security industry, and she was presented with the SIA Chair’s Award in 2016 for her efforts in procurement policy and support for the industry and again in 2019 alongside the rest of the SIA Women in Security Forum steering committee.

de Séve has presented at many industry events, training seminars, and SIA GovSummit conferences and is a frequent contributing writer for security industry publications.

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