Cooper Lighting’s Jim McCarthy, Senior Marketing Specialist, has been awarded a 2009 Pillar of the Industry award from the American Lighting Association (ALA).
Established in 2000, the ALA Pillar of the Industry award recognizes exceptional contributions that have advanced the programs and interests of the lighting industry and the ALA over the past 12-18 months. McCarthy was presented with the award at the 2009 ALA Annual Conference.
With more than 39 years in the lighting industry, McCarthy has a wide range of exposure to many different facets of the lighting industry. He worked 29 years for an electric supply company gaining experience in electrical distribution, retail sales and purchasing, and has spent the last nine years with Cooper Lighting as an educator at The SOURCE, the company’s premier education center.
He is a member of ALA’s Certification Committee and the Education Committee and is actively involved in the development of new ALA programs. He has served as a CLC exam grader since 2002 and a seminar instructor since 2007. His work on the ALA Editing Task Force helped make both the revised ALA Residential Lighting Training Manual in 2006 and the Certificate Specialist program in 2008 a reality.
