News from IFMA Foundation and Board

The IFMA Foundation, a non-profit corporation providing education, research and scholarships for the benefit of facility management professionals and students, recently selected five new members to be added to their Board of Trustees. In addition, the Foundation announced the members of their 2005-2006 executive committee.

Joining the Board for the fiscal year are Andreas Rohregger, a doctoral student at the University of Applied Science, Kufstein in Austria; Jennifer Corbett-Shramo, IFMA Fellow, CEO of Pacific Building Care Inc. in Irvine, Calif.; John McGee, IFMA Second Vice Chair, COO of Union Switch & Signal Inc. in Pittsburgh, Pa.; Melissa Van Hagan, CFM, CFMJ, Territory Manager, Facilities, for Bank of the West in Walnut Creek, Calif.; and Peter Kirk of Milliken Commercial Carpet in LaGrange, Ga.

The Board of Trustees governs the IFMA Foundation with the Trustees serving as representatives of the stakeholders in the facility management field.

The executive committee for the Foundation will be comprised of Chair Francis Kuhn, CFM, CFMJ; Past Chair Sam W. Davidson, CFM; Vice Chair Peggy McCarthy, CFM, IFMA Fellow; Secretary/Treasurer Charles N. Claar, CFM, CFMJ, PE; and IFMA President and CEO David J. Brady.