Meet the New Board At the i-SIGMA 2022 Membership Meeting, held in April during the Annual Conference, representatives elected by the membership were inducted to the Board of Directors.
Elected Board Members for 2022: • Gaines Garrett of Secure Shredding and Recycling (Baton Rouge, LA, USA) newly elected Director • Rick Jackson of American Document Services (Las Cruces, NM, USA) newly elected Director • Jason Skrmetti of Shred-it, a Stericycle Solution, (Bannockburn, IL, USA) newly elected Director • Brock Miller, CSDS of Shred Northwest (Gresham, OR, USA) promoted to Past President • Margaret Meier, CSDS of UltraShred Technologies Inc. (Jacksonville, FL, USA) reelected as a Director • Giovanna Spadoni of OMTRA S.r.l. Benefit Corporation (Milan, Italy) reelected as a Director • Gina Lentine of Legal Shred NY (Deer Park, NY, USA) elected to the Office of Secretary • Brian Connelly of All Points Mobile Shredding (Stuart, FL, USA) elected to the Office of President-Elect
Vacant Director Position Filled With Gina Lentine being elected to the Office of Secretary, a vacancy in a director role was created. The i-SIGMA Board of Directors appointed and approved Thomas J. Seibert, Jr. of VRC Companies, LLC (Oldsmar, FL, USA) to fill the vacancy and serve the remaining year term for this director position.
i-SIGMA is pleased to introduce the elected Board serving the association this year. Please take a moment to get to know your representatives a bit better.
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Executive Teamzz President Bowman Richards, CSDS Richards & Richards, LLC NAID AAA Certified Nashville, TN, United States 615-242-9600 bowman@richardsandrichards.com Bowman Richards is the owner and president of Richards & Richards Secure Shredding in Nashville, Tennessee. He joined the family business in 2008, starting in sales and gradually moving into management. He took over the company in 2018, the same year it sold off its other services (records storage, scanning, data protection) to refocus around its shredding business. A Certified Secure Destruction Specialist, Bowman has been a member of i-SIGMA and its predecessors since 2008 and currently serves as president of the organization. Previously, Richards served as president elect of i-SIGMA and chair of i-SIGMA’s Conflict Resolution Committee, after serving as a member of the committee. He also previously served as the international conference chair for NAID and on the board of directors of PRISM. Bowman is a graduate of the University of Tennessee Knoxville and a member of EO (Entrepreneurs’ Organization) in Nashville. Bowman has been married to his wife Lauren for 13 years, and they have four children and four dogs. Outside of work, Bowman enjoys golfing and hunting (duck, deer, pheasant, and turkey). He’s also involved in the local Christian organization Barefoot Republic.
