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IAS Accreditation Committee and IAS Technical Advisory Councils (TAC) Membership

The following is a complete list of the members of the IAS Accreditation Committee and Technical Advisory Councils:

IAS Accreditation Committee
Robert J. Goodhue, C.B.O., Assistant Development Services Director, Phoenix, Arizona.
Guy Tomberlin, C.B.O., Chief Plumbing Inspector, Division of Commercial Inspections, Fairfax County, Virginia.
Ed Dryden, C.B.O., Building Official, Arlington, Texas.
William Gregory, Building Inspector, Yorktown Heights, New York.
Amir Tabakh, Chief of Mechanical Engineering Section, Los Angeles, California.
Jay Joseph Ponce, C.B.O., Special Inspection Coordinator Portland, Oregon.

IAS Technical Advisory Council – Building Departments
James L. Brothers, Chair, Building Director, City of Decatur, Alabama.
Dana R. Brems, Senior Administrative Analyst, City of Henderson, Nevada.
Roy Fewell, Chief Building Official, City of La Habra, California.
Sharon Myers, Plans Examiner, Division of Industrial Compliance, Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
Earl Russell, Deputy Director Building and Safety, City of Las Vegas, Nevada.

IAS Technical Advisory Council – Inspection Agencies
Michael W. Bouse, Chair, City of Henderson, Nevada.
John Chrysler, Executive Director, Masonry Institute of America.
Terry Egland, General Manager, Testing Engineers, Inc.
William Fitzjohn, Construction Inspection Training and Research.
Thomas Ginsbach, President, Northwest Geotech, Inc. dba Northwest Testing, Inc.
Keyvan Irannejad, Building Department, City of Milpitas, California.
John Latiolait, Director, Smith-Emery Laboratories.
Earl Russell, Deputy Director Building and Safety, City of Las Vegas, Nevada.
William Taylor, Vice President/General Manager, Geotek, Inc.
Randy Webb, Director Technical & QA Services, Professional Service Industries, Inc.

IAS Technical Advisory Council – Laboratories
Javier Garcia, INyMET.
Doug Geralde, CSA International.
Hiroharu Habu, The Building Center of Japan.
Amr El Hefnawy, Housing & Building National Research Center, Egypt.
Marc Janssens, SouthWest Research Institute.
Annette Machock, Field Calibrations.
Ayman Mosallam, University of California, Irvine.
Keith Mowry, Underwriters Laboratories.
George Smith, Jr., FM Approvals.
Jeffrey Turcotte, Intertek Testing Services NA.
Don Waldman, RADCO.

 

IAS TAC – Laboratories meeting, held August 2 in Los Angeles. Members attending (L-R) are Annette Machock, Field Calibrations; Don Waldman, RADCO; Amr El Hefnawy, Housing & Building National Research Center; IAS President Chuck Ramani; IAS Vice Pat McCullen; IAS Accreditation Manager Raj Nathan; Jeffrey Turcotte, Intertek Testing Services NA; George Smith, Jr., FM Approvals; and Ayman Mosallam, University of California, Irvine. A complete list of IAS Accreditation Committee and IAS TAC members is now available. Also in attendance (not pictured) were Javier Garcia, INyMET; Keith Mowry, Underwriters Laboratories; and Marc Janssens, SouthWest Research Institute.

 

The IAS Accreditation Committee approves IAS Accreditation Criteria, and is comprised of qualified U.S. building officials. The Technical Advisory Councils are comprised of senior management from testing laboratories, calibration laboratories, inspection agencies, or governmental and regulatory organizations. The councils advise on matters regarding accreditation protocol, conformity assessment, testing, calibration, inspection and other subjects relating to IAS accreditation activities.