James Rothstein

James Rothstein is chair of the Security Industry Association Board of Directors and is operating partner of Lee Equity Partners, a New York-based middle-market private equity firm.

Rothstein is a 30-year executive in the security industry and most recently led Wesco/Anixter’s $2B+ Global Security and Fire Business as senior vice president, global security solutions. Prior to Anixter, he was executive vice president and principal at Tri-Ed Distribution, which he acquired from TYCO in 2004 with former Honeywell colleagues. During a 10-year period, Tri-Ed grew sixfold, becoming the largest independent security products distributor in North America through a combination of acquisitions and strong organic growth. Tri-Ed was acquired by Anixter in 2006.  Rothstein began his career with the Pittway Corporation and Honeywell in sales and marketing roles, including vice president of marketing for ADI.

Rothstein holds a B.S. in economics from Colgate University. He has served on the SIA Board of Directors since 2019.