Hodge, Green named officers on International Code Council Board

Frank P. Hodge, Jr., Director of Building and Fire Codes, Town of Hilton Head Island, has been appointed vice president of the International Code Council Board of Directors. Henry L. Green, Executive Director, Bureau of Construction Codes, Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth, has been appointed secretary/treasurer.

Hodge was elected to the International Code Council Board in 1999. Hodge is a master code professional and a certified building official. He is chair of the South Carolina Building Code Council, and former chair of the Standard Plumbing Code Committee, and CABO One and Two Family Dwelling Code Committee. He served on the Model Energy Code and Wind Load Deemed to Comply Revision committees.

Green was elected to the International Code Council Board in 2002 and previously served on the board from 1994 to 1998. He is chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Science. Green is a recipient of the Automatic Fire Alarm Association Man of the Year award and the Building Industry Association of Southeast Michigan Distinguished Service to Government award.

The International Code Council, a membership association dedicated to building safety and fire prevention, develops the codes used to construct residential and commercial buildings, including homes and schools. Most U.S. cities, counties and states that adopt codes choose the International Codes developed by the International Code Council. The International Code Council also provides technical and educational services to the construction industry. The International Code Council, which marks its first anniversary this year, is the result of the consolidation of what were the nation's three model code organizations: Building Officials and Code Administrators International (BOCA), International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO) and Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI).

In May 2003, the International Code Council Board named disaster response and crisis management expert James Lee Witt as its chief executive officer. He has more than 25 years of leadership and experience in the field of disaster management, including eight years as the director of the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). During his time at FEMA, he elevated mitigation and the role that building codes play in building safer, stronger and better communities. In addition to serving as chief executive officer of the International Code Council, Witt continues in his role as president of James Lee Witt Associates.

EDITORS NOTE: Photos of Henry Green and Frank Hodge are available at www.iccsafe.org/news/LVBOD.html