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Posted: May 15, 2014
Brooks of IR Analyzers/Vector Mapping named to RCI's 2014-15 board of directors
RCI, Inc. elected its 2014-2015 board of directors at the annual meeting of members during the RCI 29th International Convention and Trade Show on March 24.
The following are members of the board:
* President: Sidney Hankins, III, RRC, AIA, Roof Design and Consulting Services Inc., Knoxville, TN
* First vice president: Jean-Guy Levaque, RRC, RRO, Halsall Associates, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
* Second vice president: Robért Hinojosa, RRC, RWC, REWC, RBEC, RRO, PE, CDT; RJH and Associates Inc., Miramar Beach, FL
* Secretary/treasurer: Michael Williams, RRC, RWC, RRO; Building Envelope Consulting LLC, Leesburg, VA
* Immediate past president: Thomas Gernetzke, RRC, RWC, REWC, RBEC, RRO; Facility Engineering Inc., Madison, WI
* Executive vice president & CEO: James Birdsong, RCI, Raleigh, NC
* Region I director: Peter Brooks, IR Analyzers / Vector Mapping, Williston, VT
* Region II director: Michael Clark, RRC, RWC, REWC, RBEC, PE, CSRP; Michael E. Clark & Associates Inc., Macon, GA
* Region III director: Raymond Makiejus, RRC, RRO, Flood Testing Laboratories Inc., Chicago, IL
* Region IV director: Steven Drennan, Conley Group Inc., Irving, TX
* Region V director: Michael Gardner, RRC, RRO; Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc., Lakewood, CO
* Region VI director: Paul Kompauer, PEng, Calysta Consulting, Abbotsford, BC, Canada
* Region VII director: Edward Sheridan, RRC, REWC, RWC, RBEC, PEng; Fishburn/Sheridan & Associates Ltd., Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Shown (from left, seated) are: Robért Hinojosa, James Birdsong, Sidney Hankins, Jean-Guy Levaque, Michael Williams, and Tom Gernetzke. Shown (from left, standing) are: Peter Brooks, Michael Clark, Raymond Makiejus, Steven Drennan, Michael Gardner, Paul Kompauer, and Ted Sheridan.
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