List of Articles by Karin McKie
About the Author
Karin McKie is a writer, editor and culture critic for outlets such as The Daily Beast, The American Alliance of Museums, EDGE Media Network, Third Coast Review and CircusTalk. She’s also a SAG-AFTRA actor, publicist and educator, as well as a weight lifter, yogini, cyclist, dog foster and voter registrar. Visit KarinMcKie.com for clips and details.
Texas Code Leader Michael Shannon Receives 2024 Gerald H. Jones Code Official of the Year Award
Date Posted: 05/23/2025
Hope Medina Wins 2024 National Leadership in Sustainability and Energy Efficiency Award
Date Posted: 05/13/2025
ICC Region VIII Board President Jeff Canon Leads Hurricane Helene Recovery Efforts in Tennessee
Date Posted: 04/16/2025
2024 W. Scott Copp Chapter Leadership Award Shared by Dawn Neil and Cindi Somers
Date Posted: 02/26/2025
San Diego Chapter Champions Military Families Career Path Program
Date Posted: 01/22/2025
Isabelle Haddad Selected as Code Council’s First Climate Corps Fellow
Date Posted: 08/23/2024
Oregon Permit Technicians Association Honored with Inaugural W. Scott Copp Chapter Leadership Award for 2023
Date Posted: 07/29/2024
California Code Leader Raj Patel Receives 2023 Gerald H. Jones Code Official of the Year Award
Date Posted: 07/03/2024
A Passion for Building Safety Starts Early for 14-Year-Old Peyton Shepherd
Date Posted: 06/17/2024
Cindy Davis Looks Back on Impactful Career and Legacy of a Safer State of Virginia
Date Posted: 06/11/2024
Plumber Melanie Aldrich is the First Female Member and President of the Rhode Island Master Plumber and Mechanical Association
Date Posted: 05/23/2024
Allen, Texas’s Nate Zapalski Obtains International Code Council’s Master Code Professional Designation
Date Posted: 02/07/2024
Former Code Council President Jimmy Brothers Receives Prestigious Bobby J. Fowler Award
Date Posted: 01/24/2024
Construction Educator Jim Ellwood Honored with Virginia Public Safety Award
Date Posted: 11/07/2023
Palm Beach County’s Michael Gauger Achieves Master Code Professional Certification
Date Posted: 10/31/2023
North Las Vegas’s Kimberley Johnson Achieves Master Code Professional Certification
Date Posted: 08/22/2023
Fire Marshal Christine Reed’s Mission to Teach Fire Safety and Prevention in Northern California
Date Posted: 08/07/2023
With Family Roots in Plumbing, Oklahoma’s Christina Selby Finds Purpose and Success in Building Safety
Date Posted: 07/26/2023
Empowering Women: Kimberly Norman-Rosedam Shares her Experience from the Women Leaders in Code Enforcement Symposium
Date Posted: 06/05/2023
Connecticut’s Gayathri Vijayakumar Receives National Leadership in Sustainability and Energy Efficiency Award
Date Posted: 06/05/2023
Rachel Patterson Nurtures Future Building Safety and Code Enforcement Professionals During Building Safety Month and Beyond
Date Posted: 05/08/2023
John “JC” Hudgison Receives 2022 Emory R. Rodgers Leadership in Building Safety Fellowship
Date Posted: 05/03/2023
Leslie Chapman-Henderson Honored with NHC’s 2023 Neil Frank Award
Date Posted: 04/19/2023
Colorado Building Official Nate Romero Mentors and Inspires Industry Professionals
Date Posted: 03/14/2023
Mike Pfeiffer Honored with 20th Annual Bobby J. Fowler Award
Date Posted: 01/31/2023
Pleasant Hill’s Chief Building Official Geoff Simmons Receives 2022 Innovation in Code Administration Award
Date Posted: 11/28/2022
Code of Honor Scholarship Recipient Christina Selby Attends Her First Code Council Public Comment Hearings
Date Posted: 10/25/2022
Lessons from Kentucky’s devastating July flooding: Is your community prepared?
Date Posted: 09/01/2022
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