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Roy Wright, president and chief executive officer of the Insurance Institute for Building & Home Safety, is a leader in climate adaptation, building science, and disaster mitigation. A former Federal Emergency Management Agency official, Wright brings together stakeholders across industries and specialties to tackle some of the toughest disasters facing communities across the United States. From wildfires to hurricanes, tornadoes to hailstorms, he oversees the research and risk-reduction efforts that are creating stronger, more resilient homes, businesses, and communities. Wright is a recognized resiliency shaper who has dedicated his career to breaking the cycle of human suffering that strikes families and communities in the wake of severe weather.
Gloria Frank is a member of the structural engineering staff at Raths, Raths & Johnson Inc, and is enrolled with the state of Illinois as an engineer intern. She is engaged in condition assessment, field investigation and testing, litigation support services, and documentation of structural components and distressed structures. In addition to structural engineering projects, she assists with testing for building enclosure condition assessment and repair design of historic structures.
Patrick Reicher is a principal with Raths, Raths & Johnson Inc. Reicher is a licensed Structural Engineer in the State of Illinois and a Licensed Professional Engineer in several states. He has considerable experience in forensic investigation, evaluation, and repair design of existing building enclosures; and building enclosure consulting and commissioning for new construction projects. He currently serves on several committees and task forces for the International Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants (IIBEC), the IIBEC Chicago Area Chapter, the Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance, and the Construction Specification Institute Chicago Chapter).
Erica Sherman, PhD, is an engineer in GAF’s Building Enclosure Research + Innovation group. She has a PhD in mechanical engineering with a research focus on experimental fluid dynamics and has nearly five years of experience in roofing material- and system-specific research and development. Her work has included new product development and testing in the residential roofing space. Sherman is a member of ASTM, IIBEC, and National Women in Roofing.
Bonnie Sharphouse, LEED AP, is a sustainability manager for GAF. She has more than 15 years of consulting and industry experience in sustainability strategy design and execution for the manufacturing, chemical, and energy sectors. Sharphouse is responsible for driving GAF’s product sustainability strategy and initiatives. She works across the business to explore innovative ways to reduce waste, improve product transparency, and provide tools and resources to help customers meet their sustainability goals. She holds undergraduate and master’s degrees in environmental sciences and policy from the College of William & Mary and Johns Hopkins University.
Elizabeth J. Grant is director of building enclosure research + innovation at GAF. She is a member of IIBEC, NWIR, RICOWI, and AIA. Grant wrote Integrating Building Performance with Design: An Architecture Student’s Guidebook, and has published in IIBEC Interface, the Journal of Architectural Engineering, the Journal of Green Building, Professional Roofing, Architectural Science Review, and Buildings & Cities. Before joining GAF, she was an associate professor at Virginia Tech’s School of Architecture + Design, researching the building enclosure and offering courses in architectural design, environmental design research, and environmental building systems.
Dr. White is a senior managing scientist in the Polymer Science and Materials Chemistry Practice at Exponent Inc., an engineering and scientific consulting firm.
Timothy A. Mills, PE, graduated with a BS degree in engineering from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute of New York in 1983. Prior to forming TAM Consultants in 2002, Mills worked with a number of multidiscipline design and inspection firms. He specializes in forensic investigations and building envelope consulting. Tim has published numerous articles and completed more than 1000 building inspections. He is an instructor for the Air Barrier Association of America (ABAA) training courses that certify contractors in the proper installation of air barriers, as well as a certified ABAA Auditor in the quality assurance program. TAM Consultants became part of Terracon Consultants in 2020.
Brett Laureys is a principal and director with Wiss, Janney, Elstner, Associates Inc. (WJE) in Northbrook, Illinois. He has been with WJE for 27 years. He is a preservation engineer who specializes in the evaluation and repair of historic buildings and structures all over the United States. He has been heavily involved with the SWR Institute (SWRI) for the past 18 years and has previously served on the board of directors for SWRI and WJE.
Renae Kwon is an associate principal with WJE and a licensed architect in Illinois, Arizona, and Indiana. Since joining WJE in 2003, Kwon has provided consulting services and has performed numerous investigations associated with exterior wall systems both for new and existing construction. As part of this work, Kwon is involved in the testing and assessment of windows, curtainwalls, masonry wall systems, exterior insulation finishing systems, and various other building enclosure and cladding systems for structural integrity, moisture penetration resistance, condensation, air infiltration, and thermal performance.
Pat Conway is a registered architect in Wisconsin, member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Construction Specification Institute (CSI), International Masonry Institute’s (IMI) director of education, director of IMI’s national masonry technical team, and distinguished masonry speaker and author.
Dr. Randy Van Straaten provided risk assessments of masonry retrofits for Building Science Corp., RDH Building Science, and finally his own firm, Building Enclosure Labs Inc. (BELi) stretching over 15 years and many projects. He is an associate member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies at Ryerson University, where he has co-supervised several ambitious students conducting thesis research on the topic. He teaches “Building Science for Retrofits” at George Brown College and “Building Performance” at Ryerson University. BELi provides client-focused risk assessment services often supporting other engineering firms while sharing methods and insights with the industry.
Joshua Buckholt, PE, SE, is a vice president/principal at CSD Structural Engineers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Joshua’s current focus is providing peer review services for glass and steel specialty structures and developing technical documents for professional organizations and product manufacturers. 
Dr. Mahmoud Maamouri received his BS, MS, and PhD degrees in structural engineering, all from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a registered structural engineer (SE) and/or professional engineer (PE) in a total of 21 states. He is a member of the American Concrete Institute, Prestressed Concrete Institute and American Institute of Steel Construction. He is past chair of American Concrete Institute Committee 348 on Structural Reliability and Safety.
Benjamin Meyer is the building enclosure business director with Siplast. Previous experience includes enclosure consultant principal, technical management, research, and education for enclosure products, commercial design, real estate development, and construction management on a range of projects that included residential, educational, offices, and DuPont industrial projects. Industry positions include voting member of the ASHRAE 90.1 Envelope and Project Committees, LEED Technical Committee member, past LEED Materials (MR) TAG, and director of the Air Barrier Association of America. Meyer has MBA, BS, and M.Arch degrees from the University of Cincinnati.
Keith Nelson is a principal and building envelope department manager at ECS Mid-Atlantic. He has over 20 years of experience in complex building enclosure design and failure investigations. Nelson is an ASHRAE Certified Building Commissioning Professional, consultant to ASHRAE 90.1 Building Envelope Subcommittee, and member of the ASHRAE 160 Hygrothermal Analysis Committee. He participates in ASTM E06.55 Performance of Buildings and in ASTM E06.41 Air Barriers. Nelson provides building science training nationally, coauthored a chapter in The Building Commissioning Handbook, and cochaired/edited ASTM STP161,5Whole Building Air Leakage: Testing and Building Performance Impacts.
Peter M. Babaian is the Building Technology Division head for our Chicago office at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger. His 20-plus years’ experience includes designing, investigating, and rehabilitating a variety of building enclosures and structures. His projects involve exterior enclosure consulting for new construction, rehabilitating existing structures and enclosures, historic preservation, building enclosure commissioning, investigating nonperforming building enclosures, and providing expert services related to construction litigation. He enjoys collaborating with clients to understand their goals and provide creative solutions. He is an active member in many professional industry groups, and he helps educate the next generation of engineers.
Brian Chamberlain has been with Carlisle Construction Materials since 1987. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, with a bachelor’s degree in the science of architectural design. Since joining Carlisle, Chamberlain has been assisting architects, consultants, and specifiers in developing special engineered roofing, focusing on performance and sustainability assemblies. He is part of a team that is responsible for system configurations, details development, and code testing. He has been involved in numerous technological presentations throughout the US, Canada, and overseas. Chamberlain is a member of IIBEC, the Construction Specifications Institute, and Single Ply Roofing Industry. He has 35 years of experience in the roofing industry.
Aaron Rosen is a managing partner at Rosen Scarfino, a building enclosure consulting firm. His certifications include Professional Engineer, FenestrationMaster®, BECxP, CxA+BE, and LEED AP BD+C. He has more than 18 years of professional experience working with many different types of cladding and glazing systems. Rosen Scarfino was founded in 2016, and in their first year of business they were providing risk mitigation consulting services on projects totaling over $1 billion in construction costs. Rosen has been retained numerous times to provide a third-party expert opinion on building enclosure-related issues such as air/water leakage, condensation, and moisture accumulation.
David Roodvoets is an independent consultant. Previously, he was employed as an associate development scientist for the Dow Chemical Co. and technical director for the T. Clear Corp. Roodvoets has been involved with research on all facets of roofing systems. He has worked with major research institutions and conducted extensive wind tunnel testing of roofing systems. Recently he participated in a four-year study of temperature and moisture effects on cedar roofs. He is active in many building enclosure-related organizations, including ASTM, Cool Roof Rating Council, Single Ply Roofing Industry, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, and Roofing Industry Committee on Weather Issues.
Anthony (Tony) Hyatt has been the national manager of the Cedar Shake & Shingle Bureau for 11 years. Hyatt is an experienced field representative in business-to-business and direct sales, small business management, and regional marketing of roofing products. He has worked in the steel roofing industry, offering sales, product application training, estimating, and consulting. Hyatt has worked on a number of different roof installations and has conducted hands-on educational training seminars in multiple states, as well as one in Japan. He owned and operated his own roofing company in the Wisconsin, held the Certainteed “Master Shingler” designation, and installed cedar roofs.
Joshua Schultz, PhD, PE, LEED AP, is an associate professor of engineering at Gonzaga University. He owns his own consulting firm and serves as a building product engineer for PFS TECO. Prior to academia, Schultz worked at Skidmore Owings and Merrill and Stutzki Engineering. His research and consulting interest in glass and facades extends well over a decade. While at Stutzki Engineering, Schultz worked on a number of significant projects, and he maintains active consulting in the facade realm. Schultz’s research group focuses on material behavior of structural glass and the development of a glass failure prediction model.
Jeff Bowlsby, architect, stucco consultant, is a licensed California architect and stucco consultant, with Simpson Gumpertz & Heger in Northern California. He specializes in exterior wall and stucco assembly consultations to architects, contractors, developers, stucco contractors, and property owners. His nationwide practice focuses on the design of new building construction and rehabilitation projects, and forensic evaluations. Bowlsby has chaired or co-chaired several ASTM stucco committees including ASTM C1063 and ASTM C1861. He has authored many peer-reviewed stucco-related technical articles published in national industry professional journals, and he is the author of the stucco industry information resource StuccoMetrics.com.
As principal architect and owner of Korb + Associates, Korb is a licensed architect in 19 states with 24 years of experience. He brings a broad understanding of the design and construction industry to bear, largely in the service of mission-based clients. He has been involved with numerous award-winning education, commercial, mixed-use, and student housing facilities.
Patrick St. Louis, LEED Green Associate is a senior project director with Thornton Tomasetti (TT) in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, office Forensic, Renewal, and Property Loss practice. St. Louis has been with TT for over nine years, with a primary focus on forensic and renewal architecture. He has a bachelor’s degree from Florida Atlantic University.
