ASHRAE Installs Officers, Directors

July 1, 2011
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) installed new officers and directors during its 2011 Annual Meeting, held June 25-29 in Montreal.

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) installed new officers and directors during its 2011 Annual Meeting, held June 25-29 in Montreal.

The new president is Ronald Jarnagin, staff scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Wash. His presidential theme is “Sustaining ASHRAE Through Leadership.”

Also installed for a one-year term were:

• President-Elect Thomas Watson, PE, chief engineer, McQuay International, Staunton, Va.

• Treasurer William P. Bahnfleth, PhD, PE, professor, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa.

• Vice President Constantinos A. Balaras, PhD, PE, research director, Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, Greece.

• Vice President Ross D. Montgomery, PE, owner, Quality Systems and Technology Inc., Palmetto, Fla.

• Vice President T. David Underwood, P.Eng., retired, Oakville, Ontario, Canada.

• Vice President Timothy G. Wentz, PE, associate professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The following were installed for three-year terms running from 2011 to 2014:

• Region VII Director and Regional Chair Jeff W. Gatlin, PE, vice president and co-owner, Thompson Engineers Inc., Memphis, Tenn.

• Region VIII Director and Regional Chair John L. Harrod, PE, senior mechanical engineer, SAIC Energy, Environment and Infrastructure LLC, Oklahoma City.

• Region IX Director and Regional Chair Richard J. Bowman, owner, Mechanical Concepts LLC, Wichita, Kan.

• Region X Director and Regional Chair Michael T. Burgess, PE, president, Burgess Group, San Diego.

• Region at Large Director and Regional Chair Ashok K. Virmani, managing director and owner, Suvidha Engineers India Pvt. Ltd., Noida, India.

• Director at Large Roberto R. Aguilo, PE, owner, Ing. Aguilo and Associates, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and professor, Universidad Nacional de Luján, Argentina.

• Director at Large Patricia Graef, PE, director, evaporative-media core technology, Munters Corp., Fort Myers, Fla.

• Director at Large Stephen D. Kennedy, territorial-affairs manager, Georgia Power Co., Atlanta.

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