Board of Directors

About the Board of Directors

The National Institute of Building Sciences Board of Directors is comprised of 21 members. The President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoints six members to represent the public interest. The remaining 15 members are elected from the nation's building community and include both public interest representatives and industry voices. A majority of Board members are required by the authorizing legislation to be in the public interest category.

Chairman

RK Stewart, FAIA, Hon. FRAIC, Hon. JIA, LEED AP
Perkins + Will, San Francisco, CA

Vice Chairman

James "Tim" T. Ryan, CBO
City of Overland Park Kansas, Overland Park, KS

Secretary

John P. Kelly
Ryan Companies, U.S., Inc. (retired), Minneapolis, MN

Treasurer

Edward Soenke, FCSI, AIA, CCS, NCARB
Design Partnership, Architects, West Des Moines, IA

Members

Wally E. Bailey
City of Fort Smith, Ark.

Carl F. Baldassarra, PE, FSFPE
The RJA Group, Inc., Chicago, IL

John F. Bender, PE, FSFPE
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., Aberdeen, MD

C. Morgan Edwards
Charlotte, NC

Cheryl R. English, FIES, LC
Acuity Brands

Bill Hardiman
Former Senator, 29th District of Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI

Steve M. Hays, PE, CIH, FACEC
Gobbell Hays Partners, Inc., Nashville, TN

Gordon V.R. Holness, PE
West Palm Beach, FL 

Susan Klawans
Gilbane Building Company, Providence, RI

Thomas L. Mitchell, Jr., Lt. Col. (ret.), USAF, CFM, CFMJ
Booz Allen Hamilton

Dwight “Sonny” M. Richardson, Jr.
Richardson Home Builders, Tuscaloosa, AL

Emory R. Rodgers
Virginia Department of Housing & Community Development, Richmond, VA

Jim. W. Sealy, FAIA, NCARB, HFES, Hon. ICC
Architect/Consultant, Dallas, TX

Charles W. Steger, PhD, FAIA
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Steven R. Winkel, FAIA, PE
The Preview Group, Inc., San Francisco, CA