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ASHRAE 2026-2027 Board of Directors

  • Executive Committee

    President

    Sarah Maston

    Sarah E. Maston, P.E., BCxP, LEED AP
    Director, Colliers Project Leaders
    Hudson, Massachusetts


    President-Elect

    Ashish Rakheja, B.E., M.Tech, Fellow ASHRAE
    Director/Chief Operating Officer, AEON
    Uttar Pradesh, India


    Treasurer

    Wade Conlan, P.E., BCxP, Fellow ASHRAE, CxA, LEED AP BD+C
    Assistant Vice President/Commissioning & Energy Discipline Manager, Hanson Professional Services
    Maitland, Florida


    Vice President

    Mahroo Eftekhari, C.Eng. CDPhil, Fellow ASHRAE, FCIBSE MInstR SFHEA
    Professor, Building Services Engineering, Loughborough University
    Loughborough, England

     

     


    Vice President

    Blake Ellis, P.E., CDP, Fellow ASHRAE, MCIBSE, LEED AP
    Principal, Burns & McDonnell
    Overland Park, Kansas

     


    Vice President

    Trenton S. Hunt, Fellow ASHRAE
    Vice President and General Manager For Mechanical Products, NSW
    Midvale, Utah


    Vice President

    Andres J. Sepulveda, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE
    Chief Executive Officer, Commtech
    Madrid, Spain

     


    Secretary

    Jeff Littleton, Secretary

    Jeff  H. Littleton
    Executive Vice President, ASHRAE
    Atlanta, Georgia

  • 2026-27 Directors and Regional Chairs

    Region I Director and Regional Chair

    Charles Bertuch, P.E., Member ASHRAE, LEED AP

    Charles Bertuch, P.E., LEED AP
    Project Manager, Bergmann Associates
    Manlius, New York

     


    Region II Director and Regional Chair

    Genevieve Lussier, Member ASHRAE

    Genevieve Lussier
    President, Eequinox
    Quebec, Canada


    Region III Director and Regional Chair

    Sherry Abbott-Adkins, P.E., CPD, Member ASHRAE, GDP, LEED AP

    Sherry Abbott-Adkins, P.E., CPD, GDP, LEED AP
    President, A Squared Plus Engineering Group, LLC
    Westminster, Maryland

     


    Region IV Director and Regional Chair

    Heather Platt Gulledge, P.E., MBA, Member ASHRAE

    Heather Platt Gulledge, P.E., MBA
    Senior Project Manager, Dewberry
    Summerfield, North Carolina


    Region V Director and Regional Chair

    Julia Timberman, P.E., Member ASHRAE

    Julia Timberman, P.E.
    Sales Engineer, Air Control Products
    Columbus, Ohio


    Region VI Director and Regional Chair

    Maggie Moninski, P.E., Member ASHRAE, LEED AP, BD+C

    Maggie Moninski, P.E., LEED AP BD+C
    Senior Mechanical Engineer
    SINGH & Associates
    Chicago, Illinois


    Region VII Director and Regional Chair

    Caroline Kelty, P.E., LEED AP

    Caroline Kelty, P.E., LEED AP
    Project Manager & Mechanical Engineer
    CMTA, Lexington, Kentucky


    Region VIII Director and Regional Chair

    Keith Reihl, P.E., HBDP, CEM

    Keith Reihl, P.E., HBDP, CEM
    Principal Engineer, Southland
    Houston, Texas


    Region IX Director and Regional Chair

    Daniel Russell, P.E., HFDP

    Daniel Russell, P.E., HFDP
    Application Engineer, Norbryhn Equipment Co.
    Nampa, Idaho


    Region X Director and Regional Chair

    Colin Laisure-Pool, P.E.

    Colin E. Laisure-Pool, P.E.
    Account Executive, MPSW, Inc.
    Phoenix, Arizona


    Region XI Director and Regional Chair

    Buzz Wright, P.E. CEM, LEED AP, Member ASHRAE

    Russell Lavitt , P.Eng., Fellow ASHRAE, LEED AP BD+C
    Principal Mechanical Engineer, Stantec
    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 


    Region XII Director and Regional Chair

    Jason Alphonso, P.E., Member ASHRAE, OPMP, PMP

    Jason Alphonso, P.E., OPMP, PMP
    Principal/Owner, Z Service Group
    Winter Park, Florida

     


    Region XIII Director and Regional Chair

    Ching Loon Ong, P.E., Member ASHRAE, CMVP, Hon Fellow AFEO

    Ching Loon Ong, P.E., CMVP, Hon Fellow AFEO
    Managing Director, Confreth (M) SDN BHD
    Subang, Jaya, Malaysia 

     


    Region XIV Director and Regional Chair

    Eduardo Maldonado, Life Member ASHRAE

    Eduardo Maldonado, Life Member ASHRAE
    Professor, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto
    Porto, Portugal

     


    Region XV Director and Regional Chair

    Pankaj Dharkar, Fellow ASHRAE

    Pankaj Dharkar, Fellow ASHRAE
    President, Pankaj Dharkar & Associates
    Ahmedabad, India


    Region-At-Large Director and Regional Chair

    Bassel Anbari, P.E., Member ASHRAE

    Mohammed (Bassel) Anbari, P.E.
    Managing Director, InterCool
    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emerites

  • Directors-At-Large
    Carrie Brown, Ph.D., Member ASHRAE

    Carrie Brown, Ph.D.
    Director, Resource Refocus, LLC.
    Oakland, California

    Martin Dieryckx
    General Manager, Environment Research Center, Daikin Europe EV
    Oostende, Belgium

    Krishnan Gowri, Ph.D., BEMP, Fellow Life Member ASHRAE, LEED AP
    Senior Engineering Fellow, Energy Solutions
    Bothell, Washington

    Steve Kujak
    Director of Next Generation Refrigerant Research, Trane Technologies
    Brownsville, Minnesota

       

    Patrick Marks, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE
    Engineering Manager, Johnson Controls
    York, Pennsylvania

    Daniel Nall, P.E., BEMP, HBDP, Fellow Life Member ASHRAE, FAIA, LEED Fellow
    Vice President, Daniel Nall, Consultant, LLC
    Princeton, New Jersey 

    Michael Pouchak, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE
    Principal Development Engineer, Honeywell
    St. Anthony, Minnesota

       

    Filza Walters, Fellow ASHRAE, FESD
    Senior Associate, Director of Mechanical Engineering,
     Albert Kahn Associates, Inc. 
    Westland, Michigan 

     

    David Yashar, Ph.D.
    Engineer, National Institute of Standards and Technology
    Gaithersburg, Maryland

Upcoming Board of Directors Meetings   

        • Thursday, June 4, 2026 | 8:00-11:00 AM ET (UTC-04:00)
          • Meeting Link
            Meeting number: 2345 486 9767
            Password: MayBOD526

        • Sunday, June 28, 2026 | 1:30-5:30 PM CDT (UTC-05:00)
          • Meeting Link
            Meeting Number: 2334 183 2991
            Meeting Password: BODSun628

        • Wednesday, July 1, 2026 | 2:00-6:00 PM CDT (UTC-05:00)
          • Meeting Link
            Meeting Number: 2341 597 6958
            Meeting Password: WedBOD0701


          Board of Directors Minutes

          Board of Directors Minutes for the past three years are available below.  

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          Principal Motions

          Board of Directors Principal Motions for the past four years are available below.

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          If you wish to access earlier copies of the minutes or principal motions, please contact Candace Denton, Sr. Manager of Board Services, at cdevaughn@ashrae.org for assistance.


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