Vector Security Networks® Announces 2022 Loss Prevention Foundation (LPF) Scholarship Recipients

PITTSBURGH, April 26, 2022 – Vector Security Networks®, a division of Vector Security, Inc.®, and the single-source integrator of physical security solutions and managed services for North American retailers and multi-site businesses, announces the recipients of its 2022 Loss Prevention Foundation (LPF) scholarships, which provide financial support to loss prevention professionals and hopefuls seeking to obtain Loss Prevention Qualified (LPQ) and Loss Prevention Certified (LPC) certifications.

The company began awarding the scholarships in 2009 in support of career development and continuing education in this rapidly-growing industry. Each year, loss prevention professionals, or those interested in a career in loss prevention, are invited to apply.

The 2022 recipients are:

LPQ Scholarship Recipients

Dennis Bunyan                        Lowe’s

Kaden Cummin                       Walmart

Jasmin Farley                          Walgreens

Tyler Haines                             Amazon

Jesus Marquez                        Amazon

Louis Shi                                 Walgreens

Maxim Uitti-Swartz                  Meijer

Marcus Vail                             Army & Air Force Exchange Service

Katherine Wagner                   Walgreens

Kristin Wherer                         Walmart

LPC Scholarship Recipients

Krystal Bernard                       Walgreens

Sarah Cherry                           Meijer

Ricardo Eastman                     TJX Companies, Inc.

Parker Elgin                             Amazon

Sarah Neustedter                   Festival Foods

Ross Nohara                           Victoria's Secret & Co.

Tanya Smith                            Walgreens

Jennifer Smith                         Harris Teeter, LLC.

Kevin Stone                            Columbia Sportswear Company

Christopher Zahina                 Kohl's Department Stores

“Congratulations to this year’s recipients,” said Gary Fraser, Vice President of Sales for Vector Security Networks. “Each year, we receive a large number of applications from deserving individuals, and this year was no exception. While the awardees represent a variety of professional backgrounds, they each express the highest level of desire for the opportunity, and share a positive outlook as to how they will use this program to enhance the value they bring to their respective employers and to the profession. We are pleased to help them advance their career aspirations.”

Including the latest recipients, Vector Security has awarded 327 scholarships totaling more than $323,500 the program began in 2009.

About Vector Security Networks

Vector Security Networks (www.vectorsecuritynetworks.com) is a division of Vector Security, Inc., a single-source integrator of physical security solutions and managed services for North American retailers and multi-site businesses, including many Fortune 500 companies. Vector Security Networks serves nearly 90,000 national account sites across North America. Vector Security Networks has installed primary and secondary networks for some of the largest retailers and quick serve restaurants in the United States.

About Vector Security

For over 50 years, Vector Security, Inc. (www.vectorsecurity.com) has been a premier provider of intelligent security solutions tailored to the needs of the customer. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, the company offers a full suite of electronic security services for residential, business and national account customers across North America and the Caribbean through a network of branches, authorized dealers and their ADS Security division. The Vector Security Networks division offers customized physical security and managed network services to multi-site commercial customers. Vector Security is a sister company of the Philadelphia Contributionship, a mutual insurance company founded in 1752, and currently provides cost-effective, technology-based security and automation solutions to nearly 400,000 homes and businesses across 58 branch locations.

About The Loss Prevention Foundation

The Loss Prevention Foundation (LPF) is a not-for-profit 501 c (6) organization founded in 2006 by industry leading professionals to serve the loss prevention /asset protection industry. An international leader in educating and certifying loss prevention and asset protection professionals, LPF is responsible for administering the industry’s only internationally sanctioned LP credentials: LPQualified (LPQ) and LPCertified (LPC). With 24/7 online educational resources and a professional membership program, the LPF is able to educate the industry like no other organization of its kind, in the world. LPF is also focused on driving more talent to the industry from colleges, universities, military, and law enforcement. For more information, visit www.losspreventionfoundation.org.

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