Ronald L. Skaggs, FAIA, FACHA, FHFI
Chairman

Ronald L. Skaggs, FAIA, FACHA, FHFI, is Chairman of the National Institute of Building Sciences Board of Directors. An architect, he was elected to the Board in 2003 to serve in the public interest category. In addition, Skaggs is a member of the National Building Information Modeling Standard Committee.

Skaggs is Chairman Emeritus of HKS Architects in Dallas, Texas. With 41 years of experience, he has directed the overall activities of HKS, Inc. as chairman and CEO. Currently principal-in-charge of various healthcare projects at HKS, he has actively engaged in the design of more than 650 health-related institutions including hospitals, clinics and academic health centers.

Skaggs earned both his bachelor and master degrees in architecture from Texas A&M University and was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus of the University. He is also an outstanding alumnus of the College of Architecture, where he was as an adjunct professor.

As an officer in the U.S. Army Surgeon General’s Office, Skaggs worked with the Health Facility Planning Agency in programming and designing a wide range of Army medical facilities and was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for his contributions. Skaggs holds a diploma in Healthcare Administration from the U.S. Army Academy of Health Sciences, where he served as a faculty member and lecturer on the subject of Health Facility Design.

Skaggs is a registered architect in a number of states and is certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and was president of the AIA for the year 2000. Skaggs is past president of the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health, past president of the Dallas Chapter AIA and a member of the Board of Regents of the American Architectural Foundation. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Architects, a Fellow of the Health Facility Institute, a member of the American Hospital Association and past president of the Forum for Health Care Planning. He serves on the board of the Construction Industry Round Table. Skaggs is a recipient of the Silver Medal from the Tau Sigma Delta honor fraternity and lifetime achievement awards from the Texas Society of Architects, American College of Healthcare Architects, Healthcare Symposium and AIA Dallas.

Skaggs previously served as a member of the National Architectural Accrediting Board.

Jim. W. Sealy, FAIA, NCARB, HFES, Hon. ICC
Vice Chair

Jim. W. Sealy, FAIA, NCARB, HFES, Hon. ICC, is Vice Chair of the National Institute of Building Sciences Board of Directors. An architect, he was elected to the Board in 2007 in the public interest category and is Chairman of the Consultative Council. Now an Ex-Officio member, Sealy formerly chaired the Building Seismic Safety Council Board of Direction. He also served on the Steering Committee that developed the Multihazard Mitigation Council, which was funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

A consultant to the design, codes, construction and legal profession, Sealy has more than 40 years of experience in the design and construction industries. He works with architects, design professionals, developers, building managers and owners, and attorneys in matters dealing with architecture, building codes, fire and life safety standards, general construction, and accessibility issues.

Sealy became involved in the writing of codes and standards in 1972 and has held continuous membership on a national, code-related committee since 1976 when he became a member of the Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI) Fire and Life Safety Subcommittee. He chaired the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Building Performance and Regulations Committee Liaison Team to SBCCI and served on the AIA Codes and Standards Advisory Committee. The only privately practicing individual to sit on two International Code drafting committees, the International Residential Code and International Performance Code, Sealy currently serves on the International Code Council (ICC) Means of Egress Committee.

Sealy is a member of the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Fire Council and recently completed his seventh year on a National Research Council panel to assess programs undertaken by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He was on the Board of Directors of the Dallas Mayor's Committee for the Employment with People with Physical Disabilities and is currently on the National AIA’s committee for accessibility.

Sealy received the SBCCI Alton T. Riddick Award for outstanding service to the building code industry in 1988. In 1992, the City of Dallas recognized his service to the disabled community with the William H. May Award. In 1993, he advanced to the prestigious College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. In 1999, he received the International Conference of Building Officials John Fies Award and the Dallas/AIA President’s Gold Medal. In 2004, ICC honored him with the Bobby J. Fowler Award.

A featured speaker for many years, Sealy was one of the first AIA members to deliver a national talk on the Americans with Disabilities Act. He has have given more than 40 seminars on accessibility, and spoken on the merits of a single code and the advantages of performance codes. He teaches continuing education programs for design professionals and code administrators, and has lectured at the Building Professional Institute at the University of Texas, Arlington.
 

James “Tim” Ryan, CBO
Secretary

Code Administrator for the City of Overland Park, Kan., Ryan has more than 30 years of experience in administration, enforcement and development of construction safety codes, construction management and methods. He has worked for the city for the last three decades, and has helped guide Overland Park, ranked sixth in Money magazine’s 2006 “Top 10 Best Places to Live in America,” through periods of substantial growth.

He holds certifications in 15 separate technical categories, including a Certified Building Official certification and multiple plan review and inspection categories, from the Building Officials and Code Administrators International (BOCA), now the International Code Council (ICC). He earned a bachelor’s degree in construction management and technology from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg,

Since 1999, Ryan has been a member of the ICC Board of Directors. An active participant in the development of the International Codes, he served on the ICC Building Code Steering Committee, held the role of Chairman for the International Building Code Technical Drafting Committee for Means of Egress and Accessibility, and served on the ICC International Building Code Scoping and Coordination Committee. He also served on the ICC Budget Committee, Strategic Planning Committee and Emergency Response and Hazard Mitigation Committee.

In Kansas, he has served on the Overland Park Residential Construction Task Force, the State of Kansas Steering Committee on Codes, and the State of Kansas Task Force on Residential Construction. He recently was elected Chair of a newly created Steering Committee for the State of Kansas tasked with creating a program to oversee the energy code provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Mortimer M. Marshall, Jr., FAIA, FCSI, NOMAC
Treasurer

Marshall is President of The Marshall Group, a family-owned architecture, structural engineering, contract management and general contracting firm in Reston, Va.

A registered architect in a number of states, Marshall is certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. He holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Ala.

A former partner in the Washington, D.C. firm of Giles and Marshall, Marshall previously served as director of design on the staff of the Secretary of Defense from 1967 to 1982. There, he was responsible for the development and implementation of all design criteria, policies and construction standards used in the U.S. Department of Defense’s annual, multi-billion-dollar, worldwide design and construction program.

The Vice President of Federal and International Affairs for the Weyerhaeuser Company, Brock heads the organization’s Washington, D.C. office. Previously she was e-business vice president. In that role, she served on the board of ForestExpress, the industry-backed electronic marketplace formed in 2000, by Weyerhaeuser, Georgia-Pacific and International Paper. She joined Weyerhaeuser as a government affairs manager n Washington, D.C., where she worked on public policy issues for the company. She later was appointed a director in Weyerhaeuser’s strategic planning organization.

She previously served as a legislative assistant responsible for natural resource issues for former United States Senators Daniel J. Evans and Slade Gorton.

Brock received bachelor’s degrees in English literature and economics from the University of Puget Sound and earned a master’s degree in business administration from Georgetown University.

A licensed real estate broker in Charlotte, N.C., Edwards served as a commissioned officer in the Naval Reserve, where he earned his wings as an aerial navigator and flew transport aircraft during active and reserve duty. He retired with the rank of commander.

Subsequently, Edwards held management positions for Campbell Soup and Philco Ford, as well as a start-up factory-built housing company that was a part of Operation Breakthrough, a federal Department of Housing and Urban Development contract to design and build factory-built housing. This experience led him to be hired by the state of Pennsylvania as division chief of the Pennsylvania Industrialized Housing Division to design, develop and implement a building regulatory program for new factorybuilt housing products. He then established a management consulting firm which did lobbying and created the Pennsylvania Industrialized Housing Manufacturing Association. Later, he became the director of Area Commercial Economic Development for the city of Philadelphia and for the city of Kings Mountain, N.C. He has also served as the assistant secretary for the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

In addition to his role on the Institute Board of Directors, Edwards has served on the Internal Revenue Service Taxpayer Advisory Panel; committees for the American Society of Testing Materials, the National Fire Protection Association and Manufactured Housing Standard Advisory Council; and worked extensively with the National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, N.C., and completed the requirements for a master’s degree in government administration from the University of Pennsylvania.

Bill Hardiman, a Michigan state senator, is a member of the National Institute of Building Sciences Board of Directors. He was appointed to the Board in 2006 by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate as a state agency official in the public interest category and has since served on the Board’s Budget and Finance, Government Affairs and Annual Report Committees.

Currently serving his second term in office, Senator Hardiman represents Michigan’s 29th state Senate district, which includes the cities of Grand Rapids, Kentwood and Lowell and the townships of Cascade, Lowell, Vergennes and Grattan.

Prior to being elected to Michigan’s Senate, Hardiman served as mayor of the city of Kentwood from 1992-2002. He also served on the Board of Directors for the Grand Rapids Transit Authority, the Gerald R. Ford Council of the Boy Scouts of America, Grand Rapids Housing Center, Michigan Municipal League, United Way of Kent County, Spectrum Health Services, Grand Valley Metropolitan Council, Kentwood Foundation, Grand Bank, Crime Victim Foundation, Grand Valley State University Foundation, and Right Place Program (a regional economic development
organization).

Senator Hardiman gained national attention as one of the founders and current chairman of Healthy Marriages Grand Rapids, formerly known as the Greater Grand Rapids Community Marriage Policy, a broad-based program to promote strong marriages and family life.

He was appointed by Governor Engler to the Secchia Commission on Total Quality Government and the Act 51 Transit Committee, and received special recognition by the Ohio House of Representatives for political, civic, and community contributions. He has received more than 35 awards and honors for his advocacy work relating to children, health and literacy.

Senator Hardiman was in the United States Army from 1966-1968. He served in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968 as a medic attached to an artillery unit and was part of the Americal Division. His final rank was specialist V.

He holds an associate’s degree from Grand Rapids Community College, a bachelor’s degree from Grand Valley State University and a master’s degree in public administration from Western Michigan University.
 

Steve M. Hayes, PE, CIH, FACEC
Board Member

Steve M. Hays, PE, CIH, FACEC, is a member of the National Institute of Building Sciences Board of Directors. He was appointed to the Board in 2001 by President William J. Clinton and confirmed by the Senate as a professional engineer in the public interest category. Hays is a Past Board Chair and has served on the Indoor Air Quality Task Force, Project Committee for preparation of lead-based paint abatement guidelines, Task Force Steering Committee for preparation of asbestos abatement guideline specifications, Radon Standards Project Committee, Asbestos Project Committee, Consultative Council, 1993 Consultative Council Planning Committee, Environmental Integration Committee, and National Institutes of Standards and Technology Steering Committee. He currently chairs the Annual Report and Strategic Plan and Development Committees and serves on the Board’s Executive Committee, Government Affairs, and Nominations Committees.

Hays is Partner and Chairman of the Board for Gobbell Hays Partners, Inc. in Nashville, Tenn. His background in the chemical industry, certification as an industrial hygienist, and knowledge of building systems give him a unique expertise in providing consulting services related to environmental hazards. Since 1981, he has been involved in environmental management and/or abatement design at more than 10,000 facilities.

A registered professional engineer in nine states, Hays holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering/chemical engineering from Vanderbilt University. He is certified as an industrial hygienist by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene, is a qualified environmental professional by the Institute of Professional Environmental Practice, and is a charter member of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland.

Hays has lectured extensively on environmental-related topics such as asbestos, environmental audits/assessments, and mold. He is a seminar faculty member at Georgia Tech Research Institute and the Environmental Institute and a former guest lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley and Texas A&M University. He also has lectured at University of Kentucky, Texas A&M, and New York University.

Hays is affiliated with the Environmental Information Association, American Academy of Industrial Hygiene, American Industrial Hygiene Association, National Institute of Building Sciences, American Council of Engineering Companies, Consulting Engineers of Tennessee, American Society of Testing and Materials, Air and Waste Management Association, American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygiene, and the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate.

An active participant in the industry, Hays has served on committees and commissions relating to lead, asbestos and other topics for the Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Information Association, Centers for Disease Control Advisory Committee, Industrial Hygiene Association, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, American Society for Testing and Materials, American Consulting Engineers, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., Society for Occupational and Environmental Health, Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board, Consulting Engineers of Tennessee, and other organizations. He serves on editorial advisory boards for American Consulting Engineer, Lead Detection & Abatement Contractor, and Indoor Environment Connections and reviewed for Asbestos Abatement and the National Asbestos Council Journal. Hays has made more than 100 presentations to industry conferences, seminars, subcommittees, societies, universities, federal agencies and congressional committees over the past 25 years and authored 49 papers and publications.

Brent H. Woodworth
Board Member

Brent H. Woodworth, a member of the National Institute of Building Sciences Board of Directors, was elected to the Board in 2006 in the industry category. He currently chairs the Multihazard Mitigation Council, vice-chairs the Consultative Council, chairs the Board’s Nominations Committee, and serves on the Board’s Executive Committee and Strategic Plan and Development Committee. He previously served as Chairman of the American Lifeline Alliance committee on critical facility resiliency and collaborative information sharing. 

Now President and CEO of the Los Angeles Emergency Preparedness Foundation, Woodworth has a distinguished history of working with governments, private sector companies and non-profit organizations. In 2007, he took his retirement from IBM after 32 years of service, which included the development and management of all worldwide crisis response team operations. Among his notable achievements, Woodworth founded and managed “The Crisis Response Team,” a team of independent international specialists focused on helping governments and business prepare, respond and recover from catastrophic events.  He and his team responded to more than 70 major events in 49 countries, including floods, earthquakes, hurricanes/cyclones, volcanic eruptions, tsunami, fires and manmade events such as wars, civil unrest and acts of terrorism. He was involved in the concept creation, initial design and roll-out of the Sahana international partnership emergency management system. Now considered a global standard for nationwide crisis management, this open-source system is currently running in 17+ countries.

Woodworth consults on a global basis with business leaders, elected officials and heads of state in the development and implementation of improved risk identification, disaster management, community partnerships, and global humanitarian relief services. He is well known as a subject matter expert and leader in helping local communities, cities, states and federal agencies prepare for, respond to, and recover from major catastrophic events.

Certified in disaster recovery, business continuity, incident management, disaster communications, search and rescue, and emergency medical services, Woodworth is a regularly featured speaker on radio and television broadcasts along with industry conferences, government sessions, and senior executive / board meetings. He has written multiple articles on disaster management and has been a guest lecturer at colleges and universities including Caltech, Stanford, Wharton School of Business, Harvard and Yale Law Schools. He and his team have worked for many years in cooperation with nongovernmental organizations and international relief agencies including the World Health Organization, United Nations (U.N.) World Food Programme, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Bank, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, World Vision, International Red Cross, and the United States Agency for International Development.  

Woodworth led teams during September 11, the 2005 Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, the Pakistan Earthquake, Peru  Earthquake and Bangladesh Cyclone. He has written articles, white papers and other publications. He has also testified before the State of Florida Department of Financial Services & Insurance Commission, the State of California Little Hoover Commission and a U.S. Congressional Subcommittee.

Contingency Planning & Management magazine recognized Woodworth in their 2001 “Hall of Fame” for his distinguished industry leadership, dedication, and international humanitarian efforts.  He was awarded the 2002 Computerworld Magazine Honors “Laureate” for his role in the September 11th emergency management support efforts at the NY City Emergency Operations Center and at Ground Zero. In 2005, he and his Crisis Response Team were recipients of the government of Sri-Lanka government award for their contribution to the Tsunami relief effort. In 2006, he received the Private and Public Businesses, Inc. (PPBI) achievement award for his leadership in responding to international disasters.

Woodworth currently serves on the Board of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction, is chairman of the Sahana Transition Board for the Sahana Software Foundation, is a project board member for the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council, and serves on the Advisory Board of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing management from the University of Southern California. He attended University of Southampton, England for advanced study archeology, and took undergraduate studies in biochemistry at the California State University Northridge.