Ron Piester is the Director of the Division of Code Enforcement and Administration for the New York State Department of State. A Certified Code Enforcement Official and Professional Code Administrator, Piester manages a 60-person division that administers and enforces New York's Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code and State Energy Conservation Construction Code. He is the International Code Council's liaison to the New York City Department of Buildings Administrative Technical Committee and serves as the Secretary of State's designee to the state Fire Prevention and Building Code Council. He is a member of the New York State Building Officials Conference Capital District Chapter, Eastern States Building Officials Federation, New England Building Code Association, Firemen's Association of the State of New York and the International Association of Fire Chiefs Eastern Division. Piester earned a Bachelors of Architecture from Syracuse University and is a Licensed Architect.