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ASHRAE announces 2025-26 President, Officers and Directors

“Healthy Buildings: Designing For Life” announced as new Society theme during Annual Conference in Phoenix.

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ASHRAE has installed its 2025–26 Society president, along with newly elected officers and directors, during its 2025 Annual Conference in Pheonix.

Bill McQuade, P.E., CDP, Fellow ASHRAE, LEED AP, will serve as the 2025-26 Society president. In his inaugural presidential address, McQuade introduced the theme for the 2025-26 Society Year, “Healthy Buildings: Designing For Life.” The theme emphasizes the critical role of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in reducing environmental impacts to the built environment while supporting healthier, more resilient communities.

“Today, shelter is more than just a roof over one’s head,” said McQuade. “Shelter encompasses the hospitals we are born in, the homes where we find comfort, the schools where we learn and the buildings we work in. A well-designed shelter prioritizes indoor environmental quality, ensuring good air quality, proper lighting, thermal comfort, acoustics and access to safe water, all essential for health and comfort. Providing safe, stable and sustainable shelter is not just a basic human need, it is a fundamental pillar of societal advancement and long-term development.”

McQuade is vice president for government affairs and global sustainability at Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc. (BAC) in Jessup, Maryland.

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

President-Elect: Sarah E. Maston, P.E., BCxP, Member ASHRAE, Director, Colliers Project Leaders, Hudson, Massachusetts.

Treasurer: Ashish Rakheja, B.E., M.Tech, Fellow ASHRAE, Director/Chief Operating Officer, AEON, Uttar Pradesh, India.

ASHRAE introduced its newest Vice Presidents who will serve a term of 2 years (Society Years 2025–2026 and 2026–2027):

Vice President: Trenton S. Hunt, Fellow ASHRAE, Vice President and General Manager For Mechanical Products, NSW, Midvale, Utah.

Vice President: Andres J. Sepulveda, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Chief Executive Officer, Commtech, Madrid, Spain.

ASHRAE introduced its newest Directors and Regional Chairs who will serve three-year terms from 2025–2028:

Region IV Director and Regional Chair: Heather Platt Gulledge, P.E., MBA, Member ASHRAE, Senior Project Manager, Dewberry, Summerfield, North Carolina.
Region V Director and Regional Chair: Julia Timberman, P.E., Member ASHRAE, Sales Engineer, Air Control Products, Columbus, Ohio.
Region VI Director and Regional Chair: Maggie Moninski, P.E., Member ASHRAE, LEED AP, BD+C, Senior Mechanical Engineer, SINGH & Associates, Chicago, Illinois.
President and Owner, A Squared Plus Engineering Group, LLC, Westminster, Maryland.
Region XII Director and Regional Chair: Jason Alphonso, P.E., Member ASHRAE, OPMP, PMP, Principal/Owner, Z Service Group, Winter Park, Florida.
Region XIII Director and Regional Chair: Ching Loon Ong, P.E., Member ASHRAE, CMVP, Hon Fellow AFEO, Managing Director, Confreth (M) SDN BHD, Subang, Jaya, Malaysia.
Region XV Director and Regional Chair: Pankaj Dharkar, Fellow ASHRAE, President, Pankaj Dharkar & Associates, Ahmedabad, India.

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

Steve Kujak, Member ASHRAE, Director of Next Generation Refrigerant Research, Trane Technologies, Brownsville, Minnesota.
Daniel H. Nall, P.E., BEMP, HBDP, Fellow Life Member ASHRAE, FAIA, LEED Fellow, Vice President, Daniel Nall, Consultant, LLC, Princeton, New Jersey.
Michael A. Pouchak, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Principal Development Engineer, Honeywell, St. Anthony, Minnesota.