Life Safety Alliance Announces Inaugural ‘Legends’ Class
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The Life Safety Alliance (LSA) announced its inaugural class of 'Legends', formally establishing the highest level of recognition within the global security and life safety profession.
The Legends Program was created to define, preserve, and uphold the profession’s most enduring contributions. It acknowledges individuals whose contributions have significantly benefited their organizations or fields. These leaders helped shape the modern practice of security, safety, and risk across sectors and generations.
“From the outset, we wanted this program to reflect the full breadth of our profession,” said Michael Gips, CPP, CSyP, Life Safety Alliance president and co-chair of the Legends committee. “We evaluated dozens of nominees across physical and cybersecurity, life safety, intelligence, loss prevention, resilience, governance, investigations, and so on. Our goal is to recognize those whose influence transcended any single role or sector.”
The selection of the fifteen members of the inaugural class was thorough and carefully considered. Nominees were assessed using a structured process based on professional judgment, historical importance, and long-lasting, influential contributions to the field. From an exceptionally accomplished pool spanning disciplines, sectors, and geographies, only a select group met the threshold required for elevation to Legends status.
“We set out to establish the measure of a Legend, which is an order of magnitude above the top, the best, or even the most popular,” said Jonathan Perillo, Co-Chair of the Legends Committee."Legends are the few who turn the tide of theory or practice, whose stories are carried through generations, and whose efforts are frequently invoked to inspire greatness."
Collectively, these Legends represent the architects, stewards, and standard-bearers of modern security and life-safety practice. Their influence spans physical security, cybersecurity, risk management, governance, research, education, intelligence, and professional standards development.
The inaugural class also lays the foundation for the program’s future. Designed as an enduring institution rather than a one-time recognition, the Legends Program will continue to identify individuals whose careers demonstrate the same level of transformative and sustained impact.
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