July 5, 2017 – ASHRAE introduced its 2017-2018 president, executive committee officers and directors during its Annual Conference in Long Beach, Calif., which was held June 24-28.
ASHRAE’s new president is Bjarne W. Olesen, Ph.D., Fellow ASHRAE.
At his inaugural presidential address, Olesen announced his term’s theme will be “Extending Our Community.” Through this theme, Olesen will focus his time as the Society’s leader on extending ASHRAE’s global community, technological horizons and overall value to the Society’s members.
In addition to serving as the Society’s president, Olesen will continue to serve as a professor at the Technical University of Denmark. During his term, he will also serve as chair of ASHRAE’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee.
Elected officers who will serve one-year terms are as follows:
- President-Elect: Sheila J.
- Treasurer: Darryl K.
- Vice President: Michael Schwedler, Fellow ASHRAE; Principal and Senior Applications Manager, Trane Co., La Crosse, Wis.
- Vice President: Ginger Scoggins, P.E., President, Engineered Designs, Raleigh, N.C.
- Vice President: Edward Tsui, Managing Director, Intelligent Technologies Ltd., Hong Kong
- Vice President: Julia A.
Hayter, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Group Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colo.
Boyce, P.Eng., Fellow ASHRAE, Assistant Vice President, Facilities Management and Planning, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ont.
Keen, Ph.D., P.E., BEAP, HBDP, Associate professor, Architectural Engineering and Construction Sciences, Kansas State University
ASHRAE also introduced its newest directors who will serve three-year terms from 2017-20:
- Region VII Director and Regional Chair: Michael P.
- Region VIII Director and Regional Chair: Jonathan I.
- Region IX Director and Regional Chair: Trenton S.
- Region X Director and Regional Chair: Marites Dagulo Calad, Vice President, Norman S.
- Region XIV Director and Regional Chair: Constantinos A.
- Region-at-Large Director and Regional Chair: Farooq Mehboob, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Owner, S.
- Director-at-Large: Van D.
- Director-at-Large: Donald L.
- Director-at-Large: Tim J.
Cooper., P.E., Senior Vice President, Bernhard MCC, Metairie, La.
Symko, President, QSC Consultants LLC, Sugar Land, Texas
Hunt, Systems Engineer/Account Manager, Mechanical Products Intermountain, Midvale, Utah
Wright Mechanical, Waipahu, Hawaii
Balaras, Ph.D., P.Eng., Fellow ASHRAE, Research/Development Engineer, National Observatory of Athens, Greece
Mehboob & Company, Consulting Engineers, Karachi, Pakistan
Baxter, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Senior R&D Engineer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Brandt: BEAP, Sales Engineer, Trane Co., Phoenix, Ariz.
McGinn, P.Eng., HBDP; Partner, DIALOG, Calgary, AB, Canada
About ASHRAE
ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is a global society advancing human well-being through sustainable technology for the built environment. The Society and its more than 56,000 members worldwide focus on building systems, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, refrigeration and sustainability.