ICC Voting Members Elect 2011-2012 Board Officers, Directors |
Officers of the 2011-2012 ICC Board of Directors are (from left): Immediate Past President James L. Brothers, President William (Bill) Dupler, Vice President Ron Piester, and Secretary/Treasurer Stephen D. Jones. |
International Code Council Members elected board officers and directors during the Annual Business Meeting of the 2011 Annual Conference in November in Phoenix. William (Bill) Dupler, Deputy County Administrator for Community Development for Chesterfield County, Virginia, was elected President. Dupler manages the operations of six county departments that form the Community Development Division. He has been extensively involved in code development as well as in increasing the profile of Building Safety Professionals at the local, state and national level. Dupler has served on the Code Council Board for seven years as a Director, Secretary/Treasurer and Vice President. |
Six Elected As Board Directors |
Re-elected as Directors-at-Large to the ICC Board of Directors were Ravi Shah (far left) and Patrick Parsley (second from left). Jay Elbattar (third from left) was elected as the Section A Director and Richard Truitt (third from right) was elected as the Section E Director. Bob Boyer (second from right) and Rob Drexler were elected as Directors-at-Large. |
Patrick Parsley, Building Official for Fairmont, Minnesota, was re-elected as a Director-at-Large. Director Parsley was the founder of the Council’s Region III Chapter that supports building safety professionals in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. He is a Minnesota Certified Building Official, Certified Plans Examiner and Certified Building Official. He was named “Minnesota Code Official of the Year” in 1998 and received the Herb Meyer Award from the 10,000 Lakes Chapter. Ravi Shah, Assoc. AIA, C.B.O., Director of Development Services for Carrollton, Texas, was re-elected as a Director-at-Large. Director Shah manages all of the city of Carrollton’s Planning, Building Inspection and Transit-Oriented Development. Shah was appointed to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulations, and served as Vice Chair to the Texas Industrialized Building Code Council. He was named “Building Official of the Year” by the University of Texas at Arlington Construction Research Center. Robert G. Boyer, Code Product and Training Coordinator for the Palm Beach County Planning, Zoning and Building Department, was elected to his first term (a two-year term on the Board) as a Director-at-Large. Director Boyer monitors impending code changes, and reviews and recommends acceptable proposals for alternative construction materials and methods for compliance with the county’s building codes. He also assists with training and professional development of Building Division employees. Robert Drexler, Fire Marshal for Greece, New York, was elected to his first term (a two-year term on the Board) as a Director-at-Large, filling the vacant seat created by Jones’ election as Secretary/Treasurer. Director Drexler serves as a liaison between the town and its four Fire Districts with responsibility to provide the town’s fire prevention program. He assists in investigating the cause, origin, and circumstances of fires involving injury, loss of life or substantial property damage. He also provides leadership to assistant fire marshals and building inspectors on code enforcement including fire safety enforcement, education, inspections and plan review. He is Co-Chair of the New York State Code Coalition to Protect and Preserve Our Communities. Drexler is the Monroe County Fire Marshals Association Delegate to the New York State Building Officials Conference. Jay Elbettar, P.E., Building Official for Mission Viejo, California,was elected Section A Director of the ICC Board. Director Elbettar manages the Mission Viejo Building Division through Charles Abbott Associates, including plan check, inspections, counter operations and permit issuance. He was the recipient of the Council’s 2010 Gerald E. Jones Code Official of the Year award. Elected as a Section Director, the section includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Richard C. Truitt Sr., Harford, Maryland, County Deputy Code Director, was elected Section E Director. Director Truitt helps administer Harford County programs for issuing, maintaining and controlling of licenses and permits required by the county. Elected as a Section Director, the section includes Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Quebec. ICC Board members not standing for election this year are: James L. Brothers Immediate ICC Board Past President, Alabama Residential and Energy Codes Board, Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs; and Directors Gregori S. Anderson, C.B.O., Director of Building Safety and Regulatory Services Department of Building Safety and Regulatory Services, Chatham County, Savannah, Ga.; M. Dwayne Garriss, Georgia State Fire Marshal; Ron Hoover, C.B.O., MCP, Director, Marion, Iowa., Building Inspection Department and Fire Chief for the City of Alburnett, Iowa.; John “Jack” Leyden, C.B.O., Rhode Island State Building Code Commissioner; Alex “Cash” Olszowy, Building Inspector Supervisor, Lexington Fayette Urban County (Ky.) Government; Tina Rakes, Building Official, Baldwin City, Kan.; Guy Tomberlin, C.B.O., Code Specialist, Land Development Services, Fairfax County, Va.; and Jeff Whitney, C.B.O., Building Official, Grand County, Moab, Utah. |