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2014 Provisions Update Committee

(approved by the BSSC Board of Direction, May 2010)

Chair (approved January 2010)
David Bonneville, PE, SE
Senior Principal, Degenkolb Engineers, San Francisco, California

Design Analysis
Charles Kircher, PE, PhD
Principal, Charles Kircher and Associates Consulting Engineers, Palo Alto, California

Rafael Sabelli, SE
Walter P. Moore and Associates, Inc., Los Angeles, California

Robert Pekelnicky, SE
Degenkolb Engineers, San Francisco, California

Geotech
C. B. Crouse, PhD, PE
Principal Engineer, URS Corporation, Seattle, Washington

Gyimah Kasali, GE, PhD
Principal, Rutherford and Chekene, San Francisco, California

Nonstructural
John Gillengerten, SE
Consulting Engineer, Shingle Springs, California

John Silva (industry), SE
Director of Codes and Approvals, Hilti, Inc., San Rafael, California

Nonbuilding Structures
J. G. (Greg) Soules, PE, SE, FASCE
Principal Engineer, Chicago Bridge and Iron, The Woodlands, Texas

Robert Bachman, SE Principal, RE
Bachman Consulting Engineers, Laguna Niguel, California

Concrete
Dominic Kelly, PE, SE
Associate Principal, Simpson Gumpertz and Heger, Waltham, Massachusetts

S. K. Ghosh, PhD (industry supported)
Principal, S. K. Ghosh Associates, Palatine, Illinois

Steel
James Malley, SE, PE
Senior Principal, Degenkolb Engineers, San Francisco, California

Bonnie Manley, PE (industry supported)
Regional Director American Iron and Steel Institute, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Wood
Kelly Cobeen, PE, SE
Associate Principal, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Emeryville, California

Philip Line (industry)
Senior Structural Engineer, URS Corporation, Gaithersburg, Maryland

Masonry
James R. Harris, PhD, PE
President, J. R. Harris and Company, Denver, Colorado

Jason Thompson (industry supported)
Structural Engineer, National Concrete Masonry Association, Herndon, Virginia

Immediate past chair
Ronald O. Hamburger, SE, SECB
Senior Principal, Simpson Gumpertz and Heger, San Francisco, California

ASCE 7 Seismic Subcommittee Liaison
John Hooper, SE
Principal/Director of Earthquake Engineering, Magnusson Klemencic, Seattle, Washington

Code Resource Support Committee Liaison
J. Daniel Dolan, PhD, PE
Professor, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington

Nonvoting USGS Liaison
Nicolas Luco, PhD
Research Structural Engineer, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado

Nonvoting NIST Liaison
John "Jay" Harris, III, PhD, PE
Research Structural Engineer, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland

Nonvoting FEMA Subject Matter Expert
Robert Hanson, PhD, PE
Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan, Walnut Creek, California