Ms Anderson is the principal architect at "As It Stands," a California based woman-owned consulting firm that provides quality assurance and property assessment services to a variety of clientele. She is also certified in California as an OSHPD Inspector of Record, an Access Specialist, and a ICC Combination Inspector and brings over thirty years of design, management and construction experience across a vast array of project types. Her insights on construction methods, codes and regulation, and architectural design combine to form an integrated approach to assessing existing conditions of a variety of built environments, including hospitals, schools, commercial, multi-family, and historic properties. Working as the client’s agent or in collaboration with multidisciplinary design teams, Ms. Anderson is committed to reduce project expenditures and risk by providing clear and accurate reports and opinions for use in plan reviews, property transactions, project management, and legal dealings. She is active on several state and organizational committees and lectures frequently on a wide range of topics, including accessibility, quality assurance in design and construction, and the development of building codes and regulations.

Ruben Arsate, M.A. Industrial Technology Education and a Bachelors of General Studies; with a concentration in construction management, from the University of Northern Iowa.  He is the Senior Building Inspector for Johnson County and was hired September 11, 2000 to develop the building inspections division for Johnson County.  Ruben is a certified building inspector and plans examiner and is currently working toward becoming a Certified Building Official. Before coming to Johnson County, he was an Associate Professor for 9-1/2 years at Kirkwood Community College, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  At Kirkwood Community College, Ruben taught classes in both the architectural and construction management areas.  Before teaching in college, he operated his own commercial remodeling business in San Antonio.  He also was a supervisor with his father’s stone masonry business in San Antonio where it still exists under his brother’s supervision.  As an instructor, Ruben’s philosophy is to utilize the classroom as an avenue to bring real life experiences and theory together to provide the student the most beneficial learning experience possible.  This, in turn, will produce a more knowledgeable, confident and practical code enforcement personnel for all jurisdictions.

Ken Baker has been working in building energy efficiency for over 25 years.  His 1982 Master of Architecture degree from the University of Idaho focused on energy and resources efficient construction techniques and the use of Idaho-based materials to create a vernacular architecture.  He is an experienced educator, facilitator, and mediator.  For fifteen years he worked for the Idaho Department of Water Resources Energy Division.  He led the development of a team-based structure within the Division and supervised a staff of ten in creation and implementation of energy efficiency program for Idaho communities, schools, business and industry.  Ken was the Idaho lead for the Residential Construction Demonstration Project, a six-year residential building science and research program.  He provided building science and energy code training to builders throughout Idaho over a ten-year period.  Ken left the state in August 2001, and opened a private energy consulting practice, K energy.  Ken is currently working with the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance as a green building educator and technical assistance coordinator, a customer service representative for Rebuild America, providing technical and programmatic assistance and mentorship to program staff in the states of Idaho, Arizona and Nevada.  He serves as a consultant to the Association of Idaho Cities on energy issues, provides IECC code training and coordination to the states of Idaho, Montana, and Nevada, and is the Idaho and Montana Education Coordinator for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance.  Ken has led eco-charrettes for the City of Tolleson, Arizona, Ada County Idaho Parks and Recreation, and the City of Post Falls Idaho.  He is currently working with the State of Idaho and Idaho State University and their design team to set up high performance guidelines for the campus and the state.

"""Dave Bowman, PE, is the Manager of Codes for the ICC´s Codes and Standards Group with responsibilities for the management of all ICC standards development and the direction and coordination of ICC Staff when assisting or participating in standards development with other organizations. Dave also maintains the integrity of the referenced standards chapters of the I-Codes and assists code development as the Staff Secretary for the IBC Fire Safety Committee and the IBC General Committee. He provides portions of the IBC Commentary and is involved in the development of the ICC Performance Code.

Mr. Bowman is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Illinois he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and an Masters degree in Business Administration.  He teaches building, residential, fire, property maintenance and zoning code seminars."""

Tim Burgett is an Instructor and Code Analyst with the International Code Council.  He teaches code classes dealing with the International Building Code, the International Residential Code and the International Fire Code, along with Administrative classes.  His experience dealing with Codes and Standards is over thirty years.  He maintains certifications with the National Professional Standards as an Instructor, Fire Fighter, and Inspector.  Tim is a Certified Building Code Official and Certified Fire Protection Specialist.  He is certified in the Fire, Building, Plumbing, and Mechanical areas, Permits Technician, and Accessibility.  Other certifications are National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies in Sprinkler, Fire Alarm, and Special Hazard Systems.  Work experience has included the design of sprinkler and fire alarm systems, plans examiner, code consulting, volunteer fire fighter, paramedic, and instructor.  With Tim’s experiences of working with contractors and building officials, he has an understanding of both groups and their problems and concerns.

"""RICK CARROLL, CBO, CFPS—Birmingham, AL
Rick has over twenty years experience dealing with the Fire and Building Codes in conjunction with NFPA Standards. He maintains certifications as a National Certified Instructor and also carries certification as an SBCCI Code Analyst in Fire, Building, Plumbing, and Mechanical areas. Other certifications include: Certified Building Code Official; Certified Fire Protection Specialist; and National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies in Sprinkler, Fire Alarm, and Special Hazard Systems. He has a BS Degree in Telecommunication and also a BS Degree in Fire Service Technology and Management. He is currently working towards a Master Degree in Education, Online Learning , Design and Technology.

In addition to these certifications, Rick has over twenty-five years of field experience as a firefighter and fire-services training officer for Jackson, Tennessee. His time spent there as a Senior Fire Inspector, and later as a Senior Plans Examiners in building and fire codes, assisted him in administering his duties and responsibilities to the Jackson Fire Department as a training officer.

Mr. Carroll has worked with an American Broadcasting Company (ABC) affiliate station as a camera-operator, director and producer.  His production company RC Productions, produced many public service announcements and documentaries over the years.  He is a certified Web Developer and is currently working in ICC’s Business Development Division with the Department of Housing and Urban Development on a national housing initiative to inform the public and encourage jurisdictions to adopt HUD-recognized “Safe Harbor” codes for compliance with Fair Housing Act accessibility requirements."""

"""Robert Church, J.D. is an assistant city attorney for the City of Orem, Utah, with special emphasis on municipal prosecution. He works closely with the city´s development services department and assists them in enforcing the city´s building, zoning and nuisance ordinances through civil and criminal prosecutions.  He also prosecutes all criminal misdemeanor violations that occur within the city limits. 

Robert is a graduate of California Western School of Law, San Diego, California, and is a member of the California, Washington and Utah Bar Associations.  He is also a Lieutenant Colonel in the Utah Army National Guard serving as the Staff Judge Advocate for 1st Corps Artillery."""

"""Lee Clifton is the Director of Plumbing Programs for the International Code Council, Plumbing & Mechanical Activities. Prior to joining the Code Council, Lee was with the City of Los Angeles for 21 years.  As the Principal Inspector with the City of Los Angeles this included planning, organizing and coordinating the training programs for approximately 200 inspectors and clerical staff.  Lee currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Southern California Health and Housing Council and participates on the Strategic Planning Committee to end lead poisoning in Los Angeles County.

In prior years he also served as a Senior Plumbing Training Officer for the Department of Building and Safety, instructing over 700 inspectors.   Lee has taught the model plumbing code for the Plumbing, Heating, Cooling, Contractor Association of the Greater Los Angeles Area and the North Orange County Regional Occupation Program.  His career began as a second generation plumber, working for his father at Clifton Plumbing Inc. in Tampa, Florida and then entering the United Association Apprentice Program.

Lee holds an L.A. City Journeyman Plumber’s license; numerous certificates for training and medical gas inspection and an IAPMO Certified Plumbing & Mechanical Inspector; Member of the Unified Plumbing & Piping Association of Long Beach, the Board of Directors for the Southern California Health and Housing and a Council Member of Southern California Emergency Services Association (SCES).  In the past Lee has participated on numerous industry committees including; IAPMO Certification & Study Guide Committee; Seminar Curriculum Committee and 1993 Earthquake Valve Committee."""

John has 46 years of Architectural experience on a variety of building types. During the past 20 years he served as Director of Technical Resources for a large international design firm. He led a unified vision and strategy to assure that consistent standards were established, achieved and delivered to all firm projects. He has a clear committment to technical excellence and directed quality assurance, risk management, documents, construction administration, and directed professional continuing education.

"""Frank B. Czako, graduated from Youngstown State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.  He has thirty-nine years of experience in the plumbing, piping and heating industry, eleven of which were operating and managing his plumbing firm. Work experience includes industrial, commercial, hospital, health-care, and residential.  Frank currently holds a State of Ohio Certified Plumbing Inspector´s Certificate.

His teaching experience includes twenty-two years as a Fourth-Year Plumbing Apprenticeship Instructor, sixteen years as a Backflow Prevention Certification Instructor and thirteen years conducting classes on the State of Ohio Plumbing Code. Frank obtained a certification as a Medical Gas instructor per ASSE 6050 Standards in August 2003.

Frank is presently the Executive Director of the Associated Plumbing and Hydronics Contractors Association.  He is currently serving on the State of Ohio Advisory Committee for Backflow Prevention."""

A recognized leader in the field of fire protection and emergency management, Mr. Davidson has more than thirty years of experience in both the volunteer and career fire service. He retired after 21 years as Fire Marshal in charge of the Fire Safety Division of the South Brunswick Township Code Enforcement Department with responsibilities including enforcement of the Uniform Fire Code and the Office of Emergency Management. He has experience teaching a variety of subjects involving health, safety and code enforcement for Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; The University of Medicine and Dentistry; Middlesex County College,  the Middlesex County Fire Academy, the California Fire Chief’s Fire Prevention Inspector Institute, the Georgia Fire Prevention Symposium, the US Department of Energy and the National Association of State Fire Marshals. He has gained national recognition as the Chair of the International Code Council’s International Fire Code Development Committee and he currently chairs the Subchapter III, (Fire Prevention Code), subcommittee for the NJ Fire Safety Commission’s Code Advisory Committee and the ICC Fire Code Interpretations Committee. In September of 2006 he was the recipient of the International Code Council’s annual ‘ICC Fire Service Award’ which is presented in recognition of untiring support of and dedication to professional code enforcement and the fire protection profession.

"""George is an attorney from Nashville, Tennessee who practices extensively in the field of building codes, zoning and land use. He is a 1979 graduate of Vanderbilt University Law School and has worked for Metro Nashville representing codes officials and the zoning board. Since leaving for private practice, he has had an opportunity to participate in some of the most significant and interesting codes decisions in Tennessee, including his successful defense two years ago of a building code official accused of negligence and constitutional violations arising out of the failure to issue a building permit.

Mr. Dean is a frequent speaker at codes meetings, and bar associations concerning these topics. He is also the author of  """"Tennessee Zoning Boards: Practice and Procedure"""" and the original author of  """"Legal Aspects of Code Administration."""""""

"""Dave Diamantes is a fire protection consultant, code trainer, curriculum developer and author. He served with the Fairfax County Virginia, Fire & Rescue Department as a firefighter, company officer and fire prevention officer for 25 years. He is an adjunct instructor at the National Fire Academy, the Virginia Fire Marshal Academy, Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute, and Harrisburg Area Community College. He is the author of Fire Prevention: Inspection and Code Enforcement, 3rd Ed., (2006 ITP) and Principles of Fire Prevention, (2004 ITP), and was a contributing author for Building Department Administration, 3rd. Ed. (2007 International Code Council).
     He received an A.A.S. degree in Fire Science Administration/ Fire Investigation, from Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, Virginia, and a B.S. in Fire Science from University of Maryland University College, College Park, Maryland. He holds certifications as Certified Building Official (CBO), (International Code Council), Fire Inspector and Fire Investigator, (Commonwealth of Virginia), Building Inspector, Residential Building Inspector, and Building Plans Examiner, (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania). He lives in Berryville, Virginia with his wife Bonnie."""

Page Dougherty is a veteran of the fire service, spending 27 years working in three jurisdictions. Page worked in fire suppression for 15 years, attaining the rank of Fire Captain, then spent another 12 years specifically working in fire prevention assignments, attaining the rank of Fire Marshal.  During this time period, Mr. Dougherty worked in the areas of development review, plan review, wildland fire defense, and inspection/code enforcement.  Since leaving the fire service, Page has worked as a fire protection consultant, Senior Staff Engineer and Regional Manager for Fire Service Activities for the International Code Council.  In these positions he served as a liaison to fire chiefs and fire marshals organizations, instructed courses on fire protection and fire codes, and provided technical assistance on intent and application for fire and life safety issues found in the International Codes, and the Uniform Fire Code.
 

With more than 32 years of experience in the fire protection, building construction and safety fields Darrell Duty offers litigation support services to attorneys, consulting services to business and property oweners,engineers and architects. His teaching experience includes university level full semester classes, National Fire Academy classes, and a variety of 4 to 16 hour courses. He hold a Master of Science Degree in Fire Safety Management and multiple code related certifications.

Vincent Fiorentino is a Fire Safety professional and New York State Certified Code Official with more than 27 years experience in the public safety field. He is a 20 year veteran of the New York City Fire Department and certified fire investigator. Mr. Fiorentino is currently the Fire Inspector in Nyack, New York, where he is responsible for code enforcement, fire investigations and fire prevention awareness. Nyack, located in Rockland County in Southeastern New York State is one of the county’s oldest and most structurally diverse communities, with many buildings in excess of 100 years old. Mr. Fiorentino is currently the President and educational coordinator of the Rockland County Chapter of the New York State Building Officials Conference. Additionally, Mr. Fiorentino is a Fire and Life Safety Consultant. Consulting clients include large international 5-Star hotels, luxury high-rise residential buildings and smaller boutique hotels in New York City.

Anthony Floyd is a registered architect and Senior Green Building and Energy Code Consultant for the City of Scottsdale.  He previously served as building official for the City of Scottsdale from 1988 -1995.  Anthony’s responsibilities in Scottsdale include education/outreach, energy performance evaluations and assessment of alternative building materials for building code compliance.  He maintains Scottsdale’s regionally based green building and energy rating criteria for residential and commercial projects and serves as a liaison to the Public Works division in facilitating Scottsdale’s LEED Gold mandate for newly constructed and renovated city facilities.

Anthony served on both the Drafting and Public Hearing Committees for the development of the International Green Construction Code (IGCC) and on the National Green Standard Committee in developing the ICC 700 Residential Green Building Standard.  He currently chairs the Site Sustainability working group on the ASHRAE 189.1 Standards committee for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings and is co-chair of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Codes Committee.     

Anthony is a faculty associate at Arizona State University and an adjunct instructor at Scottsdale Community College where he teaches building code and green building classes. Anthony has a civil engineering and architecture degree from Penn State University and a Master’s degree in public administration from Arizona State University.

Ron George, CIPE, CPD, specializes in plumbing, piping, fire protection and air-conditioning design. I also provide plumbing and mechanical code consulting, plumbing product design & plumbing standard consulting. I also provide forensic investigation services for plumbing & mechanical system failures. My company employs 6 cad operators and 4 mechanical designers.  I have over 27 years experience working for several major architectural/engineering and design/construct firms. I have designed plumbing & mechanical systems for all building types including; airports, stadiums, industrial manufacturing facilities, office buildings, commercial and retail buildings, hospitals, laboratories, prisons, jails, hotels, apartment buildings, military projects and educational facilities. Some of my recent notable design experience includes: the Detroit Lions new domed stadium (Ford Field, site of the 2006 Super Bowl), The Detroit Tigers new stadium (Comerica Park), the new Detroit Metro Airport (McNamara Terminal), the University of Michigan Life Sciences Lab Buildings, Michigan State University science and classroom buildings, Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital, St. Johns Hospital, and the MGM Casino in Detroit to name a few.  My responsibilities have included being the lead system designer responsible for plumbing and fire protection system design. I have also written construction specifications performed cost estimates and participated in value engineering and life cycle cost studies during the planning stages of many of these projects. I have provided construction administration services in field offices that included construction inspection & observation, reporting construction progress and reviewing and processing equipment installation shop drawings. Over the last ten years, I have been involved as an expert witness in forensic engineering investigations and have provided investigations, reports, and testimony dealing with plumbing, piping and HVAC system failures. I specialize in domestic hot water scalding issues and hot water system failures.  I am a frequent speaker at industry & association meetings and conventions. I have served as a chapter officer for the American Society of Plumbing Engineers and for two years I served as the Society Vice President of Education for national office with the American Society of Plumbing Engineers. I have been writing plumbing engineering columns for several national engineering trade publications for over 11 years. I have written over 100 articles dealing with plumbing system design and plumbing codes for various engineering trade publications. I wrote a monthly “Designers Guide” column in “Plumbing Engineer” magazine for over eight years and now I write the “Code Update” column in “Plumbing Engineer” magazine. In 2000 I was appointed as a member of the International Plumbing Code Development Committee and in 2004 I was appointed to serve on the International Residential Code, Plumbing & Mechanical Committee. I have also served as a member of the BOCA National Mechanical Code Interpretations Committee. I regularly attend the model Plumbing, Mechanical, Fuel Gas and Residential code hearings and I am actively involved in code development and I have submitted numerous code changes I offer testimony at the Model Code hearings.

"""Mr. Giachetti has been with ICC for 11 years and is currently a senior staff engineer in ICC’s Chicago Regional Office Plan Review Department.  Most of his activities involve supervision of the plan review department.  In addition to his supervisory duties, he performs architectural and structural plan reviews of commercial and residential structures, provides interpretations of the International Codes, and assists with the development and updating of the codes.  He teaches several building code seminars including Nonstructural and Structural Plan Review, Fundamentals of the International Building Code and Solving Means of Egress.  Previously, he has been the instructor for an on-line class on Residential and Non-Residential Plan Review for Red Rocks Community College in Colorado.  He previously served as part of the ASTM D07 committee which was involved with wood analysis.  He also served as part of the committee for the development of the International Existing Building Code. 

He holds both a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign."""

"""Ben Greene is currently the Fire Marshal for the City of Englewood, Colorado.  He is responsible for the management of fire inspections performed by his staff and line personnel.  He reviews plans for life and fire safety on new construction, remodels, etc. Ben has advanced the computer technology for Englewood fire and rescue units so that all units have computers with up-to-date information and field reporting capability. He serves on several nationally known code committees and is a part of the ICC Code Review Committee for the Fire Marshal’s Association of Colorado.
 
Ben received his BS in Education from Ball State University.  He has been in the fire service for 25 years, serving as a fire/medic, EMS Coordinator and, for the last 10 years, as Fire Marshal.  Ben is an instructor for Englewood’s firefighters, the Metro Fire Training Academy, the Colorado Chapter ICC Educational Institute, Western Fire Chiefs Association and the Fire Marshal’s Association of Colorado.  He teaches all aspects of the fire code"""

Robert is a technical staff member of ICC in the Whittier, California office. He is the former mechanical official for the City of Long Beach, California where he was responsible for plan checking all mechanical plans for heating, cooling, ventilation and refrigeration. One of a very limited group of full-time mechanical plan reviewers, Robert has over 31 years of experience dealing with building mechanical systems, including 24 years of code enforcement with the cities of Long Beach and Los Angeles. He is a past member of the Mechanical Code Development Committee and continues as an active instructor along with his technical staff responsibilities.

"""Mr. Hall is Manager of Government Relations in the Pennsylvania Field Office of the International Code Council (ICC).  He served in a similar position for Building Officials and Code Administrators (BOCA) International since June of 1989, prior to its integration into the ICC in February of 2003.  He serves as a representative to governmental jurisdictions in the Middle Atlantic states and is responsible for code administration presentations to adopting authorities, representing the ICC at meetings of state and local chapters, as well as instructing seminars.

He serves as the chairman of the Board of Safety and Fire Prevention of the Philadelphia Fire Department.

A licensed engineer with 35 years experience, including 18 years in code enforcement, he is a registered professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  In addition, he is an International Code Council Certified Building Official, Commercial Building Inspector, Building Plans Examiner and Accessibility Inspector/Plans Examiner.

Roland has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Drexel University. 

Nationally, he is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

His previous experience includes chief of the construction division, a supervisor of building and fire plans examiners, and a building plans examiner for the City of Philadelphia."""

John R. Henry, P.E., is a Principal Staff Engineer with the International Code Council (ICC) Business & Product Development Department where he is responsible for research and development of technical resources pertaining to the structural engineering provisions of the code. Mr. Henry has developed and presented technical seminars on the structural provisions of the Uniform Building Code (UBC) and the International Building Code (IBC).  He has a broad range of experience including structural design in private practice, plan check engineering with building department jurisdictions, and over 8 years of experience as an ICC Staff Engineer. Mr. Henry graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from California State University, Sacramento. He is a Registered Civil Engineer in California, a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC). Mr. Henry is an ICC Certified Plans Examiner.

Edwin Huberts served 28 years in all ranks with the NYC Fire Department. In addition to field firefighting, He also served in the Bureau of Fire Prevention and was the lead Chief in the adoption of the ICC's Building and Fire Code for use in NYC. Since leaving the FDNY, he has been teaching both fire safety and code courses in addition to working as a consultant in developing fire safety and emergecny plans that are mandated in all high rise buildings in NYC.

Former ICC Board Member Greg Johnson is a building inspector for the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota. He is Past Chairman of the ICC Education Committee and has served on the Public Policy, Standards Council and Fire Safety Hearings Committees. He is a former Board member of the Association of Minnesota Building Officials (AMBO) and served as Chairman for the AMBO Legislative Committee. Johnson was the 2001 recipient of the Alvin Kleinbeck Code Official of the Year Award from the Minnesota Code Officials.

Deby Jones is the founder of 2nd Language Success (Spanish In-A-Pinch® and Inglés En-Un-Rato (English In-A-Pinch®)) products and services (workshops). This women-owned corporation has created over 300 professioin-specific “cheat sheets”, called “Transaction Cards” in over 25 different industries. Deby Jones has earned academic degrees in Spanish and Organizational Communication.  Deby’s 20 years experience in Risk Management (specializing in safety and workers compensation) along with Human Resources (benefit coordination), makes her the industry’s choice in presenters. These products and curriculum are being used by national Universities such as Rutgers University, Texas Women’s University, Brigham Young University, and are nationally sponsored by Simpson Strong-Tie and Boise Engineered Wood.  Deby’s an enthusiastic, nationally renowned and passionate language instructor (facilitator).  Her patented Visualphonetic® Language Approach and practical Cheat Sheets are, phonetically friendly, edgy and most of all FUN! Many professional associations and private companies seek Deby’s advice and services to help their professionals work more cost effectively and efficiently by enhancing their service capabilities.

Kenneth W. Karren, PhD, served as a professor at BYU over from 1961 to 1978, teaching structural design courses.  Ken did research in cold-formed steel at Cornell University which resulted in some provisions in the AISI Specification for Cold-Formed Steel.    I prepared the Utah Snow Load Study Utah for SEAU with consultation and assistance in the final draft by some association members.  Ken is a past president of the Utah Section of ASCE and of the SEAU (Structural Engineers Association of Utah).  He was responsible for the creation of some finite element computer programs for aerospace (Hercules, Inc.) during the 1960’s.  One finite element program was for axisymmetric structures.  Fourier series were used to represent loads, displacements and stresses in the circumferential direction.  Work was also done using transient dynamics.  Ken owned a private structural design firm in Utah for 24 years which provided the structural designs for steel, prestressed concrete, reinforced concrete, and wood-framed buildings.  Ken is currently employed in checking/training structural engineers for a large civil/structural engineering firm in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Peter Kulczyk joined the International Code Council® in 2007, where he serves as a Technical Staff member working in the Business and Product Development Department of the ICC.  He is responsible for developing technical publications based on the International Residential Code (IRC), the National Green Building Standard (NGBS), and the International Green Construction Code (IgCC). He instructs programs on the IRC, NGBS, and IgCC both locally in his home state of Minnesota, and nationally upon request.  Peter has also developed and presents a half-day program titled Residential Building Codes For Green Homes upon request. Peter had previously spent a decade as an Instructor with the State of Minnesota Building Code Division (Dept of Labor and Industry), twelve years as a municipal building inspector, and in various positions with five residential and commercial construction companies.  He holds International Code Council Certifications in Green Building-Residential; Plans Examiner; and Building Inspector; along with that of Certified Building Official in the State of Minnesota.  He is a LEED Green Associate (USGBC). He is the author of various International Code Council publications, including the 2006 International Residential Code Q & A Guide; the Conventional Construction Provisions of the 2009 International Residential Code; the 2009 Green Residential Building Study Companion; and the 2009 International Residential Code Q & A Guide.  Peter is a member of the Minnesota Chapter of the United States Green Building Council; the Minnesota Renewable Energy Society; the Midwest Renewable Energy Association; and a committee member of the Green Code Committee of the 10K Lakes Chapter of ICC.  He is a recipient of the Russ Smith Education Award (Instructor of the year in Minnesota) from the 10K Lakes Chapter of the International Code Council®. He has an Associate Degree in Building Inspection Technology and a two-year Architectural Drafting Certificate.

"""Andrea Lanier Papageorge. J.D., is currently the Specialist of Codes and Standards for AGL Resources in Atlanta, Georgia.   She was the formerly the Regional Manager of Government Relations for the ICC and prior to that the Director of Government Affairs for the Southern Building Code Congress International.  She was also the Manager of the Construction Codes for the State of Georgia for over seven years.  Prior to that, she was the staff attorney for Athens-Clarke County, Georgia.  Andrea has over eighteen years of experience in state and local government law.  She also has many years of experience in government relations and public policy.  She has taught Legal Aspects of Code Administration for both the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia and for the Southern Building Code Congress.  She has taught Legal Aspects along with Ethics for Code Professionals and Select Topics in Management for numerous building official groups.

Andrea is an Active member of the Georgia State Bar and is a member of the Local Government Law Section.  She has an undergraduate degree from Georgia Southern University in Political Science.  She is a Certified Public Manager, having obtained her certification from the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia.  She also has numerous hours of training in mediation and negotiation, including the Course for Mediators and Impartial Hearing Officers, sponsored by the Conflict Resolution Research and Resource Institute from which she has Professional Certification.  She is a registered neutral with the State of Georgia.  She has won awards in her profession, including the William H. Downs Outstanding Service Award, in recognition of her substantial contribution to the progress and development of the Building Officials Association of Georgia and the Construction Code Industry from the Building Officials Association of Georgia and the “Stream-lining Achievement Award” for the Georgia Model Code Enforcement Package from the National Conference of States on Building Codes& Standards (NCSBCS)."""

John LaTorra is the Building and Inspection Manager for the city of Redwood in California and is currently a Director on the ICC Board of Directors.  John chaired the Drafting, Public Hearing and Code Development Committees for the first ICC I-Codes and the International Plumbing Code.  John has over 30 years of experience with municipal inspections and building codes and has been an instructor with a community college and state university for more than 28 years on building, energy, solar, mechanical and plumbing subjects.  Mr. LaTorra as a former board member with ICBO and IAPMO and a current ICC board member is able to instruct on a wide range of subjects related to the IBC, UBC, IRC, UPC, UMC, IMC and IPC.

"""Peter Lenz, A.I.A., is a practicing Licensed Architect in Ohio and an instructor for the ICC. As the former Director of Building Standards for the City of Dublin, Peter served as a Building Official, Master Plans Examiner, and Building Inspector. He continues to act as a Commercial Plans Examiner for several Ohio communities and also acts as the Government Affairs interface with the Building Industry Association of Central Ohio (Home Builders). Peter is on the board of (ODPCA) Ohio Design Professionals and Code Analysts and an associate director of (COCOA) Central Ohio Code Official Association. Both are chapters of the International Code Council. Peter is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. He has studied architecture at Pratt Institute, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Pennsylvania.

Prior to his involvement in building code administration, Peter had a varied career as an independent practicing architect, corporate architect and vice president of a design build company. He was licensed to practice in 22 states and taught classes in architecture and technical drafting."""

"""Ron is the Building Official of Clark County Department of Development Services, Building Division. Ron has published over 30 papers and articles on topics ranging from materials to quality control and conducted editorial review of the 1995 Portland Cement Association Inspector’s Manual. He is an experienced instructor and seminar speaker on a variety of topics at a local community college and for ICC.
     Ron is currently on the ICC Board of Directors and has served as a local officer for the American Concrete Institute, American Society of Nondestructive Testing, American Welding Society, Geology Society of America, National Association of Amusement Ride Safety Officials, and the Southern Nevada chapter of ICC. He is also the current chairman of the Nevada Earthquake Safety Council and of the Nevada Organization of Building Officials."""

Susan H. McLaughlin is the Supervisor of Training for the State of New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.  She is responsible for coordinating continuing education programs for licensed code enforcement inspectors, technical assistants and design professionals.  She combines her strong organizational abilities as a program developer and a trainer.  Serving as an instructor, Susan teaches courses that enhance procedures and processes for counter personnel in code enforcement, courses on supervisory skills, communication skills and customer service.  Susan’s philosophy is experiential learning : sharing life’s experiences.  She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Drexel University.

"""Roxanne Michael, CBO, AICP
Roxanne Michael attended her first ICBO ABM in 1979 in Anchorage and has remained active with ICC ever since. She has managed Building and Planning departments in the NW and has had her own training consulting company. Roxanne is an ICC Certified Building Official, Plans Examiner, Building, Plumbing and Mechanical Inspector as well as an AICP.  As the Building Official of Skagit County, WA for 15 years she was able to improve turn-around times from 8 to 2 weeks during high volume construction and to greatly improve customer service and teamwork throughout multiple departments. She also significantly increased the training budget earning an ISO BCEGS rating of class 2. Sharing information and helping people get certified is a passion of Roxanne’s. She has been active providing coaching to Permit Technicians, including workbooks and workshops. Over the last 28 years, Roxanne has taught Building codes in-house, at community & technical colleges, and at state and international forums. Her seminars stem from her own experiences in many jurisdictions with a sincere desire to share information and have some fun doing so.
Roxanne was the President of the NWICBO chapter and of WABO while serving on various ICBO & ICC committees. She currently serves on the “Ad Hoc Committee on the Administrative Provisions of the I-Codes.” In 2006 she coordinated a WABO production of ICC’s “On Your Side” video in that ongoing effort to promote the role of the Building Official. Most recently Roxanne has been backing up the Building Official of Whatcom County. She is also a contract instructor for ICC, in California as well as across the country."""

"""Shirley Muns is the Codes and Regulations Manager at U.S. Greenfiber in Charlotte, NC.   She is responsible for developing codes and regulations strategy for a cellulose insulation manufacturer and working with trade groups, industry and governmental agencies to structure and improve codes and regulations. Shirley is a Certified Building Official and since 1981 has held a variety of jobs in the building industry including Residential Inspector and Plan Reviewer, Commercial High-Rise Building Inspector, and Chief Building Official.  She has worked with the Green Building Program at Austin Energy and at Austin Community College as an Adjunct Professor. 

Recently, Shirley was the Codes Specialist at the Energy System Laboratory, Texas A&M University System. Shirley currently serves the International Code Council as a member of the IECC Code Development Committee and as a contractor instructor providing Energy code training along with fundamental Building and Residential code and inspection training.  She has received the President’s Award for her exceptional ability and dedication to training from the Greater Austin Home Builders Association, in 2003; the Industry award from the Building Officials in Texas, in 2005; and the Affiliate of the Year award given for her commitment to the development of codes and standards in the interest of public safety from the ICC in 2006."""

"""Marc Nard, CBO, is a Senior Technical Staff member in the Codes and Standards department at ICC. In this position he is responsible for new code changes being processed and posted to the proper parliamentary procedures and provides written and verbal technical interpretations on all International Codes. Marc is the secretary for the development of the International Residential Code and the ICC Standard on the Design and Construction of Log Structures. 
Marc develops and reviews class materials and is responsible for teaching a variety of topics including the building code, residential code, fire code, plumbing code, mechanical code, electrical code, existing building code and non-structural and residential plan review and the property maintenance code. Marc is a Certified Building Official, certified in all aspects of 1 & 2 Family Residential (NCPCCI), certified in Building, Plumbing, Mechanical and Electrical Commercial (NCPCCI) and certified in Property Maintenance (ASI).  Marc was a building official, a volunteer fireman, an EMT, and a Hazardous Materials Team Member in the States of Indiana and Michigan for 10 years prior to coming to work for Building Officials and Code Administrators, International."""

Gerald Neville, P.E., is currently a code consultant and an instructor for numerous training programs on the International Building Code.  Formerly a Senior Staff Engineer, Architectural and Engineering Services, for ICC, with responsibility for development and instruction in numerous educational training programs related to structural engineering, field technology and inspection practice of building materials.  His duties also included the development and maintenance of ICC’s Special Inspector certification examination and served as a staff liaison to several committees involved in the development of the special inspector certification examinations.  Mr. Neville received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from the University of Wisconsin and has more than 30 years of experience in the area of code development and the application of structural provisions and in the development of related national standards.  Prior to joining ICBO/ICC he represented the concrete industry in the development of model codes and national regulatory documents related to concrete.

Gary Nordeen is a Senior Building Science Specialist with extensive knowledge relating to building, energy, and ventilation codes.  He has worked with a variety of state and utility energy conservation programs for over 20 years.  Currently, Gary is the technical lead for the US Department of Energy Building Technologies Information Center, provides code training for building department staff, designers, builders, and the general public, assists with code development for the Washington State Building Code Council, and provides technical assistance to local jurisdictions and the general public.

"""Kimberly is a Senior Staff Architect in Technical Services with International Code Council (ICC) at their Chicago Regional office.  Her 12 plus years experience with ICC includes working in the plan review and code development departments.  Her responsibilities include code development secretary for the Means of Egress Committee; providing code interpretations; instructing ICC technical seminars; and authoring/reviewing instruction materials, articles and code commentary.  She is ICC´s representative for development of the referenced technical standard, ICC/ANSI A117.1 ´Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities´ and ASME 24 ‘Flood Resistant Design and Construction’.  Kim is also the secretary for the ICC 300 ‘Bleachers, Folding and Telescopic Seating, and Grandstands.’

Before joining ICC, Kimberly worked as a structural engineer and architect. She is a licensed architect in Illinois and holds an Accessibility Inspector/Plans Examiner certification."""

Kenneth Petersen is a principal in the firm of Bureau Veritas (BV), providing comprehensive plan review and inspection services to over 110 city and county jurisdictions.  He is a past Building Official for the City of Oakley, CA, City of Dublin, CA, and is Co-Building Official for the City of West Sacramento, CA.  Mr. Petersen is a registered Civil Engineer in California and Oregon, an International Code Council (ICC) Plans Examiner and Building Inspector, Permit Technician and General Contractor.  With over twenty years of teaching building codes, he holds a lifetime Community College Teaching Credential and has served as Chairman of the Education Committee for the Peninsula, East Bay and Monterey Chapters of ICC.  Mr. Petersen is an instructor for ICC, California Training Institute (CTI), Oregon Building Officials Association (OBOA), and has been an instructor at Ohlone College in Fremont, California and at the College of San Mateo, California.  He pioneered consultant plan review services in the Bay Area and has developed and presented numerous seminars and workshops on building code requirements.

Carroll Lee Pruitt, FAIA, NCARB, is President of Pruitt Consulting, a building code consulting firm located in Arlington, Texas.  Mr. Pruitt is a registered architect in Texas and Florida and a licensed interior designer in Texas. Prior to establishing Pruitt Consulting, he worked for both ICBO and ICC for 16 years managing the Austin Regional Office.  Mr. Pruitt has worked in both the public and private sectors where he has gained over 27 years of experience in building code application and use.  Mr. Pruitt is a graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington School of Architecture and a National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) certificate holder. He assisted NCARB for a number of years in the development of the Architectural Registration Exam and has been active in AIA activities at the local, state and national level for 20 years.  Mr. Pruitt has been active with the Texas Society of Architects Codes and Standards Committee since 1980 and is a past chair of the Building Performance Knowledge Community at the national level of the AIA. He is also a Registered Accessibility Specialist with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and holds certification as both an accessibility plan reviewer and inspector. Additionally, he holds certifications from the International Code Council in building plan review, commercial energy plan review and commercial energy inspection. He is currently a member of the ICC interpretation committee.

"""Christopher R. Reeves, P.E., is the Manager of Plan Review Services for the International Code Council.  He is responsible for the administration of plan review services in all three district offices; Chicago, Birmingham and Los Angeles.  He is also responsible for monitoring the code interpretation service for ICC as well as conducting building and sprinkler system plan reviews.  In additional to conducting building and fire code related seminars, Chris also served as the staff liaison for an Ad Hoc Committee on hazardous materials.

Chris is a graduate of Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering.  Previously, Chris worked for Factory Mutual Engineering as a loss prevention consultant where he was responsible for the inspection of industrial and commercial buildings with main emphasis in the evaluation and field testing of fire suppression systems."""

Secretariat for the International Building Code – General Code Development Committee
Secretariat for the A117.1 Standard for Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities
Staff Liaison – International Green Construction Code, Site Development Committee

Kermit has over three decades of experience in the development, implementation and administration of building and land development regulations.  In addition to the roles listed above, Kermit assists ICC members in the interpretation and development of the codes as well as the presentation of education seminars and development of interpretive manuals.  He works as a liaison to the Codes Committee of USGBC and with Green code committees of ICC chapters in the Los Angeles area.  Prior to coming to ICC, Kermit worked for the cities of Portland, OR and Seattle, WA as well as the State of Washington.  In addition to broad experience with the construction and building maintenance codes of ICC, Kermit worked in the development and enforcement of zoning, land division, site development and environmental protection regulations in both cities.  Among his accomplishment are the development of comprehensive erosion control and mitigation standards, a comprehensive sign regulation and a management review of the impact of the building department operations on the habitat of endangered salmon.  Kermit also was a consultant specializing in the ADA, Fair Housing and other accessibility standards.  Kermit is an honorary member of the Washington Association of Building Officials and a past president of the Oregon Building Official Association.

Roger Rotundo lives with his family in the Sonoran Desert outside of Phoenix, AZ.  Roger has worked in the mechanical and plumbing industries for more than 30 years.  15 years ago, Roger went to work for the City Of Phoenix as a commercial plumbing and mechanical inspector.  He, currently, supervises the residential inspectors for the City.  Roger has been involved with code groups on a national level for ICC, IAPMO, UL and NFPA.  He was a member of the NFPA 96 Committee working with the Standard for Ventilation Control and Fire Protection of Commercial Cooking Operations for the 2004 code cycle.  He served as member on the IRC Plumbing and Mechanical Code Committee. He was chairman of the UMC Mechanical Code Committee for the 2003 and 2006 code cycles.  He served as chairman of the IAPMO Education committee that produced the Illustrated Training Manuals and Study Guides for the 2006 code books. Roger has taught plumbing and mechanical code classes for PHCC and apprentice programs for 14 years and helped revise the national plumbing apprentice program for the National Center for Construction Education and Research.

James T. Ryan, C.B.O. serves as a Board Member for the ICC and is the Codes Administrator for the City of Overland Park, Kansas, the second largest city in the state. Tim has been employed by the City of Overland Park since 1978. He has served in the Building Inspection section, Plan Review section and has been the Codes Administrator since 1997. As Codes Administrator he is in charge of the Building Safety Division which is responsible for the administration and enforcement of all construction, fire safety and interior property maintenance codes. Tim graduated from Pittsburg State University with a Bachelors Degree in Construction Technology and Management. He is a certified Building Official and currently holds 15 separate certifications with ICC. Tim has served on the ICC Board of Directors since 1999. He also served on the BOCA Board of Directors for 10 years, including a term as the 54th President of that organization. He has served on numerous code development, technical ad-hoc, administrative and specialized committees for both the legacy code groups and for ICC. He is a seasoned instructor and speaker on a wide range of topics including Existing Buildings, Legal Aspects, Means of Egress and Accessibility.

Tom Sbrusch is the owner of Alpha Building Inspections, which provides residential building inspections for the greater Houston area of southeast Texas. He is an active participant in the Greater Houston Builder’s Association and a staff member of Coastal Building Inspections. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston and has been performing inspections and training for over fourteen years. He is an adjunct faculty member of Brazosport College in the Drafting Technology Department and has obtained ICC certifications in Coastal Construction , Residential Electrical, Commercial Building and Residential Energy. Tom is also  a certified Home Energy Rater with the Energy and Environmental Rating Alliance and has certification with the Post-Tensioning Institute in Unbonded Post-Tensioning Foundations.  Prior to owning his own business, Tom worked for seven years for Texas Department of Insurance Windstorm Inspections program and spent the last three as manager of the Brazoria County office. Tom is able to instruct many areas of residential construction but specializes in High Wind, Wood Framing and Energy topics.

Laura is responsible for the administration of the chapter program and the coordination of chapter benefits and services to chapters of the International Code Council (ICC). Serving over 325 chapters, she is the point of contact for hundreds of chapter officers and thousands of chapter members. The goal of the Chapter Program is to support the volunteer efforts of our chapter organizations in promoting the ideals of the ICC, to advance their understanding of the International Codes and increase their professionalism through participation in ICC and local chapter activities.

Laura has been involved in the code administration profession for 25 years. She is the former Chapter Relations Manager at ICC and held a similar position with Building Officials and Code Administrators (BOCA) International, Inc., prior to their consolidation with ICC. Laura was invited to join BOCA’s technical staff in 1996 for her extensive background in housing and zoning regulations. She also held the positions of Membership Services Representative and Instructor. She continues to teach both technical and non-technical seminars today.

Prior to joining BOCA, Laura was employed by the City of Columbus, Ohio, for ten years, where she was a successful code enforcement officer, supervisor, code writer and trainer.

Robert E. Shaw Jr., P.E., is president of the Steel Structures Technology Center, Inc. (SSTC), which focuses on the development, production and presentation of technical education related to the design, fabrication, erection and inspection of steel-framed structures. He is the lead guideline writer for in-process construction inspection for the SAC Joint Venture Program to Reduce Earthquake Hazards in Steel Moment Frame Structures, Phase 2, and serves on the Welding and Joining Technical Advisory Panel. He is the author of The Structural Bolting Handbook and Steel Inspection News, a bimonthly newsletter on steel construction and inspection. Shaw serves as chair of AWS D1 Subcommittee 6 on Strengthening and Repairing Existing Structures, and is a member of the D1 Main Committee and Subcommittee 1 on Design, and is an advisor to SC12 on Seismic Welding Issues. He was recently appointed to two AISC Specification Task Committees: TC7 on Welds and TC8 on Bolts. A graduate civil engineer from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, he also holds memberships in several professional and technical societies.

David Smith has over thirty-six years of experience in the construction industry. He has managed three building departments in the last twenty-three years, and is currently the Chief Building Official and Floodplain Administrator for Ashtabula County, Ohio, overseeing construction for three cities, seven villages and twenty-seven townships. Prior to this, he completed a three-year apprenticeship as a structural ironworker and for ten years constructed various types of structures, including high-rise buildings. He has a broad knowledge and understanding base of the building codes and standards and has a proven ability to communicate them to government officials, professionals, contractors, and lay people. Mr. Smith has completed all forty-five (45) exams listed in the ICC National Certification Exam Bulletin and possesses all sixty-one (61) ICC certifications. In addition, he possesses the Concrete Field Testing Technician – Grade I with the American Concrete Institute (ACI), the Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) with the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM), the LEED AP, LEED AP BD&C, and LEED AP Homes with the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI), and the Ohio Manufactured Home Inspector certification with the Ohio Manufactured Home Commission. He has a Master of Arts degree in Applied Linguistics and a degree in Petroleum Technology, and has worked overseas in Jordan and in Saudi Arabia. More recently, the Building Officials Conference of North East Ohio (B.O.C.O.N.E.O.) has elected him as the 1st Vice-President for the years 2012-14.