IFMA Foundation names 2008-2009 board of trustees
New female foundation chair Also serving on the executive committee are Past Chair Peggy McCarthy, CFM, IFMA Fellow, of PMC Solutions; First Vice Chair Pat W. Turnbull of Kayhan International; Secretary/Treasurer Pamela Ewton, CFM, of Shell Real Estate; and IFMA President and CEO David J. Brady. Other members of the IFMA Foundation board of trustees include IFMA Second Vice Chair Francis Kuhn, CFM, CFMJ; Jennifer Corbett-Shramo, IFMA Fellow; Peter Kirk; Kathryn L. Lopez, CFM; Andreas Rohregger, FMP; Eric Teicholz, IFMA Fellow; Stephen Ballesty; and David Hewett, CFM. This year’s board of trustees has a strong international presence. Ballesty, of Australia, is managing director of advisory at Rider Levett Bucknall and has worked closely with the Australian government on strategic facility management issues. He is also the past chairman of the Facility Management Association of Australia. Rohregger is a doctoral student at the University of Applied Sciences in Kufstein, Austria — one of the IFMA Foundation’s Recognized Degree Program schools. Rohregger is also the only person in Austria to have received IFMA’s Facility Management Professional credential. Established in 1990 as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation and separate entity from the International Facility Management Association, the IFMA Foundation works for the public good to promote priority research and educational opportunities for the advancement of facility management. The IFMA Foundation is supported by the generosity of the facility management community, including IFMA members, chapters, councils, corporate sponsors and private contributors who are united by the belief that education and research improve the facility management profession. Quelle: IFMA Foundation |