Code Council Board names Weiland CEO

The International Code Council Board of Directors promoted the association's Chief Operating Officer, Rick Weiland, to the position of Chief Executive Officer. Weiland succeeds James Lee Witt.

"After a comprehensive, nationwide search that started with more than 100 applicants, Rick Weiland was our choice to lead the administration of the International Code Council," said Board Immediate Past President Henry Green. "By promoting from within we can continue to move the ICC vision forward with very little transition at the executive level."

Weiland, who has been ICC's COO for the past three years, has more than 20 years experience working in the public sector and not-for-profit world as a Regional Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), State Director and Senior Advisor to former U.S. Senator Tom Daschle, and as a State Director for the American Association of Retired Persons.

"Obviously, I am very pleased with the Board's decision and ready to tackle the challenge of leading the International Code Council," Weiland said. "I will continue to reach out to members and stakeholders to ensure their voices are heard as we move forward."

As COO, Weiland played a key role in developing a blueprint to map ICC's path to growth and success. He also has been instrumental in expanding and enhancing ICC's communications, customer service, and relationships with other safety and standards organizations.

Weiland has held key positions for disaster recovery and prevention and federal policy creation and implementation, been involved in economic development initiatives, and worked with state and local governments to build disaster resistant communities in a six-state region.

“I am so excited, after an exhaustive, seven-month national search led by the number one executive search firm in the country that Rick has been asked by the ICC Board of Directors to serve as CEO,” Witt said. “He is a natural leader—dedicated, relentless, innovative—with a ‘can do’ and ‘get it done’ approach. Like me, he has a passion for wanting to make the world a better and safer place to live and raise our families.”

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.