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The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF), Washington, D.C.
Rob Gifford was promoted to president, effective July 1. During Gifford’s tenure at the foundation, its ProStart high school culinary and restaurant management program grew by more than 50%, now reaching 150,000 students nationwide annually. The foundation also introduced a growing array of new programs designed to attract, empower and advance the industry’s workforce. Dawn Sweeney, president and CEO of the National Restaurant Association, will remain chief executive officer of the foundation.
ASHRAE, Atlanta
The organization installed new 2019-2020 officers and directors. Darryl Boyce, special advisor to the assistant vice president of finance and administration for Carleton University, was elected president. Elected officers who will serve 1-year terms include Charles Gulledge III, senior mechanical engineer, Environmental Air Systems LLC, was named president-elect; and Michael CA (Mick) Schwedler, applications engineering manager for Trane, was elected treasurer. The newly elected vice presidents entail K. William Dean, regional site operations manager, National Research Council of Canada; Malcolm (Dennis) Knight, owner, Whole Building Systems, LLC; William McQuade, vice president sector services, Air Conditioning, Heating, & Refrigeration Institute; and Farooq Mehboob, principal consultant, S. Mehboob & Co. Consulting Engineers. New directors and regional chairs to serve 3-year terms include Steven Marek, design engineer, Steve Marek, P.E.; Douglas Zentz, associate professor and program coordinator, Ferris State University; Richard Hermans, retired, director of training and advanced applications, McQuay International; Robin Bryant, project manager, B&I Contractors, Inc.; and Apichit Lumlertpongpana, managing director, I.T.C. Co. Ltd. New directors-at-large are Kelley Cramm, senior technical leader, Henderson Engineers; Jaap Hogeling, manager, ISSO; and Ashish Rakheja, director and COO, Aeon.