NEWSRELEASEMediaContact:LeighA.McGuire;phone:+1.703.518.1465Email:leigh.mcguire@asisonline.orgOnline:HYPERLINK"http://www.asisonline.org/newsroom"www.asisonline.org/newsroomChristinaDuffey,CPPAssumesPresidencyofASISInternational’sProfessionalCertificationBoardfor2011Alexandria,Va.(Jan.14,2011)–ASISInternational(ASIS),thelargestorganizationforsecuritymanagementprofessionalsworldwide,announcestheappointmentofChristinaDuffey,CPPtothepresidencyoftheASISProfessionalCertificationBoard(PCB)for2011.Duffeyisthedirector,ClientServicesforParagonProtectionLtdlocatedinToronto,Ontario,Canada.AmemberofASISsince1996,DuffeyhasservedonthePCBforfouryears.“ASISboardcertificationistheacceptedstandardforpractitionersworldwide.Inacrowdedemploymentenvironment,ASIScredentialsconveycredibilityandputcertifiedpractitionersonadifferentplayingfield—effectivelydistinguishingthemashighlyqualifiedprofessionalswithaworldwidenetworkofresources,”saidChristinaDuffey,CPP.“Iwillcontinuetheworkinitiatedbymypredecessorandwillalsoendeavortoengageandmentortheindustry’syoungprofessionalsastheybuildafirmfoundationforfuturecareeradvancement.”AfterservingtwoyearsintheCanadianArmyReserves,Duffeybeganhercorporatesecuritycareerin1990atInterconSecurityLimited.In1997,shecommencedanine-yeartenureasvice-presidentforLevySecurityCorporationofChicago,IL.Priortojoininghercurrentemployer,DuffeyalsoservedasvicepresidentandgeneralmanagerforAndersonSecurityAgencyinPhoenix,AZ.DuffeyearnedherCertifiedProtectionProfessional(CPP)credentialin2001.PCBmemberscontinuingserviceunderDuffeyin2011include:VicePresident/President-electRichardF.Lisko,CPP,AlliedBarton;KeithC.Blowe,CPP,TransportationSecurityAdministration;CherylElliott,CPP,PCI,EmoryUniversity;JamesW.Ellis,CPP,PSP,PrincipalFinancialGroup;AlfredoIturriaga,CPP,RacoWindConsultores,Ltda.;KeithL.Kambic,CPP,U.S.EquitiesAssetManagement,LLC;RogerB.Maslen,CPP,G4SSecureSolutionsCanada;MurrayD.Mills,CPP,MinistryofHealth-Central;DavidJ.Moitzheim,CPP,May