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CHAPTER NEWS ASIS International Western Massachusetts Chapter 212 Third Quarter 2016
Upcoming Events
September 21, 11:00 until 1:00 - Chapter Meeting at Munich Haus, 13 Center St, Chicopee, MA
October 12, Law Enforcement Appreciation Dinner at the Sheridan Monarch Place, One Boland Way, Springfield, MA
Springfield, MA; 5:30 Recep-tion and Cocktails 7:00 Dinner and program
In This Issue
Member Spotlight
Chapter Happenings
Upcoming Events
Regional Events
The Power of Certifi-
cation
Member Spotlight
Maureen Fuller – Loss Prevention Field Manager, Big Y Foods
In this edition we would like to highlight one of our Chapter’s and Region’s volunteer leaders.
When most of us entered into the Security field it was easy to identify the other players as they all looked the same - middle aged bald guys.
Well thank goodness that has changed, our Associa-tion is much more diverse than in years past and we now have an organized effort in growing a specific sec-tor of membership – Woman in Security.
The ASIS Women in Security’s (WIS) mission is to provide support and assistance to women in the security industry as well as to inspire those interested in entering the securi-ty industry through tailored programming and mentoring. This brings us to our own WIS mentor for Region 5F, ARVP Maureen Fuller. Maureen’s career started with Big Y Foods in 1989 where she began as a full time associate. In ear-ly 1998 she transferred into the Loss Prevention Department in the role of Store Detective where her responsibilities were the identification and apprehension of shoplifters through undercover surveillance. Back in 1998 there were very few females in this role; and that actually led to some of her successes as the bad guys didn’t immediately recognize her as a member of the security team. Early that next year she took over the leadership and supervision of the Loss Prevention Store Detective group, which at the time was almost solely staffed by men, and brought their effectiveness in reducing losses to the organization to a new high. In 2000 Maureen was promoted to Loss Prevention Specialist where she was one of two individuals in that responsibility, and the first female in the organization’s history to be responsible for the investigations and interrogations of all internal cases. The department was reorganized in 2007, and Maureen was promoted to her present position of Loss Prevention Field Manager. Her duties in this role cover all of the opera-tional Asset Protection responsibilities for the organization. To further her professional development, Maureen completed her LPC Certification to include areas of study in Lead-ership and Business Principles, Loss Prevention Operations, Crisis Management, Safety and Risk Management, and Supply Chain Security. Along the way, Maureen recognized the importance of giving back and in 2007 she joined ASIS International. She soon started her first Volunteer Leadership Position in ASIS as the Secretary for the Western Massachusetts Chapter. She went on to serve as Vice Chair and then Chair of the Chapter bringing increases in membership and monthly Chap-ter meetings that continually brought value to the membership. Just when she thought she would be able to relax she accepted her present position of ARVP of Region 5F with a special focus on Women in Security (WIS) , as well as being appointed a seat on the ASIS National WIS Council as Chair of the membership commit-tee.
Chapter Happenings
The Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament was held at Oak Ridge Golf
Course in Feeding Hills, MA on May 17th. The chapter raised enough funds
through participation and sponsorships that we will be awarding Scholar-
ships in the amount of $1000.00 to three deserving students during our
Law Enforcement Appreciation Dinner on October 12th. We greatly appre-
ciate the participation and generous sponsorships provided, you made this
event a huge success!! Please enjoy these pictures from the event!
Chapter Happenings
September Chapter Meeting: at Munich Haus Restaurant, 13 Cen-
ter St, Chicopee, MA - September 21 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Law Enforcement Appreciation Dinner: at the Sheridan Monarch
Place, One Boland Way, Springfield, MA - October 12, 5:30 Reception
and Cocktails, 7:00 Dinner and program. Join us in the recognition
of Outstanding Public Service to our communities in Western Massachu-
setts. Our annual Criminal Justice Scholarships will be awarded as well!
Reservations will again be $450 for a table of ten or $50 for a single reservation.
Please contact David Oles [email protected] for reservations. Join us for
a great evening!
Special Honoree
Lifetime Achievement
Chief Doug Mellis
Chief of Police
East Longmeadow, Ma
Up to date information on Upcoming Events can be found at our Chapter website: http://wmass-asis.org/
Contact Us
Acting Chair – David Oles Integrated Systems Consult-ant, American Alarm 508 453 2732 [email protected]
Secretary – Joseph Cyr (Webmaster) Chief Security Officer, L-3 KEO 413 586 2330 [email protected]
Treasurer – Lysander Bone (Newsletter Editor)Security Manager Crane & Co. Inc. 413-212-2372 [email protected]
2016 Chapter Committee Positions
Law Enforcement Liai-son – Doug Mellis Chief of Police (Retired), East Longmeadow Police Department 413 525 5440 [email protected] Golf Committee Chair – Keith Ornelas Business Manager M.J. Norton Security Inc. 413 734 0707 ex: 104 [email protected]
Certificate Chair – Kirk McGee, CPP Investigator Region I Whistleblower Pro-tection Program U.S. Department of Labor 860 240 3152 [email protected]
Newsletter Ideas
Do you have an idea or suggestion for something you would like to see in our newsletter? We are always looking for articles, ideas and suggestions to make our newsletter more valuable to
our membership! If you have ideas, suggestions or articles that you would like to see pub-lished, please contact Lysander ([email protected])
Regional Happenings
ASIS Boston Chapter: CPP/PSP/PCI Re-
view Course at Axis Communications, Chelms-
ford, MA - October 24-28. See the Boston
Chapter’s Web Site for more details.
Southern Connecticut ASIS Chapter:
Public Service Appreciation Dinner with guest
speaker - Deputy Commissioner for Intelli-
gence and Counterterrorism, John J. Miller -
November 10 at The Water’s Edge at Gio-
vanni’s, 2748 Boston Post Rd, Darien, CT
06820 Phone (203) 325-9979; Vendor Exhib-
its: 4:00 – 6:30; Dinner: 6:30; Presentation:
7:45
Leadership opportunities
Are you interested in becoming more involved in the West-ern Mass ASIS Chapter? Are you looking for a leadership opportunity? If so, then the Western Mass ASIS Chapter
leadership team is looking for you!
Our Chapter is always looking for future leadership. In ad-dition to networking opportunities a leadership position offers and the points you earn toward certifications, it is
also a great way to give back to the community and the in-dustry that supports all of us.
So, if you're interested in holding a leadership position, please contact David Oles for leadership consideration.
