ASHRAE’s 2021-2022 president is Mick Schwedler, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, LEED AP. During his inaugural presidential address, Schwedler announced the new Society theme will be, “Personal Growth. Global Impact. Feed the Roots.” The theme explores ASHRAE’s expansive root system from the Society’s founding, through its extraordinary global growth and impact to the built environment. Three sets of roots were established to help members grow – member-to-member connections, grassroots chapters and regions, and technology.

“This Society Year, we will examine how ASHRAE cultivates its deep, widespread and strong roots to collectively provide global benefits today as well as for future generations,” Schwedler said. “Most importantly, we ask for your active participation in helping someone else grow.”

Schwedler is an applications engineer at Trane in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Elected officers who will serve one-year terms are as follows:

• President-Elect: Farooq Mehboob, P.E., Fellow Life Member ASHRAE, principal consultant, S. Mehboob & Co. Consulting Engineers, Karachi, Pakistan;
• Treasurer: Ginger Scoggins, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, principal, Engineered Designs, Cary, North Carolina;
• Vice President: Don Brandt, CEM, Life Member ASHRAE, instructor, Phoenix, Arizona;
• Vice President: Dunstan Macauley III, Member ASHRAE, director of mechanical engineering, Setty & Associates, Rockdale, Maryland;
• Vice President: Sarah Maston, P.E., BCxP, Member ASHRAE, president, Green Footprints Commissioning, Hudson, Massachusetts; and
• Vice President: Tim McGinn, P.Eng., HBDP, Member ASHRAE, principal, McGinn Technical Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

ASHRAE introduced its newest directors and regional chairs who will serve three-year terms from 2021–2024:

• Region I Director and Regional Chair: Steven Sill, plant superintendent, New York State Department OPWDD, Sterling, New York; 
• Region II Director and Regional Chair: Ronald Gagnon, president, Concept-R, Sorel-Tracy Quebec City, Canada;
• Region III Director and Regional Chair: Mark Tome, P.E., development engineer, Sitelogiq, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania;
• Region XI Director and Regional Chair: N. Eileen Jensen, P.E., mechanical engineer, Bonneville Power Administration, Vancouver, Washington; and
• Region-at-Large Director and Regional Chair: Richie Mittal, managing eirector, Overdrive Engineering Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India.

ASHRAE also introduced its newest Directors-at-Large (DALs):

• Dru Crawley, fellow/director, building performance research, Bentley Systems, Washington, D.C.;
• Art Giesler, director of technical sales, PermAlert ESP, Colleyville, Texas;
• Kishor Khankari, Ph.D., president, AnSight, Ann Arbor, Michigan; and
• Heather Platt Gulledge, P.E., senior project manager, Dewberry, Summerfield, North Carolina. (Alternate Director-at-Large).