Finalists Announced for 2026 TMA/SDM Monitoring Center Excellence Awards

The Monitoring Association (TMA) today announced the finalists for the 2026 TMA/SDM Monitoring Center Excellence Awards, sponsored by SDM Magazine. The awards honor outstanding monitoring centers and professionals who demonstrate exceptional performance, innovation, and service to customers, communities, and the alarm monitoring industry.

The TMA/SDM Monitoring Center Excellence Awards recognize monitoring centers that are FM Approved, Intertek/ETL, or UL-listed, along with individuals who exemplify the highest standards of professionalism and contribute to advancing the monitoring profession.

Finalists represent the top scoring entrants in each category, selected by an independent panel of industry judges.

“Each year, these awards highlight the extraordinary professionals and monitoring centers that work tirelessly behind the scenes to protect lives and property,” said Whitney A. Doll, CEO of The Monitoring Association. “We are proud to recognize this year’s finalists whose dedication to service, innovation, and operational excellence continues to elevate the monitoring profession and strengthen the safety of the communities they serve.”

The 2026 Excellence Awards finalists are:

Monitoring Center of the Year

• Becklar Monitoring
• Elite Interactive Solutions
• Everon
• Puget Sound Energy
• Vivint

Monitoring Center Manager of the Year

• Katie Money, ADT
• Larry Esposito, Affiliated Monitoring
• Galina Klimchuk, Vivint

Monitoring Center Operator of the Year

• Tammy Moon, ADT
• Crystal Uzdevenes, COPS Monitoring
• Cherray Clifton, UCC

Monitoring Center Support Person of the Year

• Bill Kaelin, ADT
• Jennifer Acevedo, Affiliated Monitoring
• Rob Dyer, Becklar Monitoring

Award winners will be revealed during the virtual 2026 TMA Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, May 12, at 2:00 PM ET, taking place on the opening day of the 2026 TMA Virtual Mid-Year Meeting.

Industry professionals are invited to attend the ceremony and celebrate the achievements of this year’s finalists.

Register to attend:
https://tma.us/events/2026-mid-year-meeting/

For more information about the awards program, visit:
https://tma.us/events/awards/excellence-awards/