Jon Scoles, president of Scoles Floorshine Industries in Wall Township, N.J., has been selected to receive the sixth NJSSA Bob Stader Lifetime Achievement Award. Jon will receive this prestigious honor during Supply Line 2014 in Atlantic City, N.J.

“We are deeply honored to present this award to Jon as he exemplifies the standards of great ethical and leadership performance in our industry,” says Steve Lentini, NJSSA president. “Jon’s commitment to ISSA and NJSSA is also greatly appreciated.”

In 1981-82, Jon was elected president of the NJSSA and repeated that role from 1999-2002. In 1993, along with Barbara Casse-Bender, Bob Bushansky, and David Holtzman, he helped create Operation Clean Sweep, which is still a major community action event carried on by NJSSA today. 

Jon was elected district director of ISSA from 2005-2007 and served on the ISSA Stakeholder Committee that reviewed the GS-42 Green Seal Cleaning Standard. In 2011, he was elected vice president/president elect of ISSA, serving as president in 2012 and International Director in 2013. In 2012-2013, he also served on the Executive Committee for the ISSA Clean Standard for K-12 Schools, the first scientific standard in the cleaning industry.