SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named Holly Borgmann of ADT as the 2025 recipient of the SIA Chair’s Award, an award presented annually and selected by SIA’s board of directors chairman to recognize SIA members’ efforts in furthering the association’s mission and commitment to its future.
SIA will present Borgmann with the award at Security Hill Day, an executive event that raises the collective voice of the security industry with members of Congress and their staff.
Borgmann is the vice president of government affairs at ADT. She has advocated for and enacted “meaningful legislative and regulatory changes at the state and federal levels to help clear the way for increased adoption of new technology in homes and businesses,” according to the SIA announcement.
She spends much of her time focused on public safety policy, data privacy, data security and other tech issues. A leader in the security industry, Borgmann serves on a number of boards dedicated to advancing public safety initiatives and other industry priorities.
Why Holly Borgmann Won SIA Chair’s Award
Borgmann has been recognized for her contributions to the industry, winning the SIA Industry Advocate Award (then the SIA Statesman Award) in 2017, was named one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Tech in 2019 and earned a place on the SIA Women in Security Forum Power 100 list in 2023.
She was also named to Florida Trend Magazine’s Florida 500 list in 2022, 2023 and 2024, and in 2024 she was awarded the Electronic Security Association’s Sara E. Jackson Award in recognition for her work leading the organization’s Government Affairs committee. In addition to serving as secretary of SIA’s Board of Directors, Borgmann is a member of the Security Industry Alarm Coalition Board of Directors.
“SIA’s ability to bring together so many best-in-class industry experts to advance policies, priorities and best practices helps to make us all safer and more secure,” says Borgmann in the SIA announcement. “I’m honored to have been selected for this year’s Chair’s Award.”
Borgmann has served on the SIA board of directors since 2022 and serves as secretary on the SIA Executive Committee. She has been a leader and volunteer with SIA, with engagement in SIA’s Women in Security Forum community and a founding member of the Power 100 subcommittee, evaluating hundreds of nominations each year for the award program.
Borgmann serves as vice chairperson of the SIA Government Relations Committee, which helps identify and advise SIA members regarding legislation, regulations and other policy trends or pending government actions affecting the security industry and makes recommendations for related actions, and she has also served as a member of SIA’s SecurityPAC Board of Trustees and the Identity and Biometric Technology Advisory Board.
Additionally, she serves on the SIA Data Privacy Advisory Board.
“Holly Borgmann is an inspiring security industry leader who has made invaluable contributions to SIA and the industry through her leadership on SIA programs, committees and initiatives,” says Scott Dunn, chairman of the SIA board of directors and senior director of business development at Axis Communications, in the SIA announcement.
“Holly’s expert leadership on the SIA Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Government Relations Committee, as well as her dedication of time and knowledge on initiatives like the SIA Women in Security Forum Power 100 program and in our member-led advisory boards, have been extremely impactful, and her strong support and advocacy have helped us to further SIA’s mission and push the industry forward,” he says. “We are thrilled to recognize her with the 2025 SIA Chair’s Award and look forward to celebrating her and her accomplishments with this well-deserved honor.”
