ASHRAE Golden Gate Chapter - Chapter Officers

CHAPTER OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS (2008-2009)


Jeff Blaevoet President	Jeff Blaevoet, P.E. [jblaevoet@gb-eng.com] Jeff is President of Guttmann & Blaevoet Consulting Engineers, a mechanical and electrical consulting engineering firm of 45 staff with offices in San Francisco, Sacramento and Santa Rosa. Jeff spent three years as a Lieutenant in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers between his Bachelors engineering degree from Newcastle University and subsequent Masters in Energy Conservation and the Environment from Cranfield University in the UK. In 1984 Jeff received training at Max Fordham & Partners in London and then worked for six months for Matthew Hall, a mechanical contractor in the UK, as part of his training with Arup in London. In 1986 Jeff moved to San Francisco helping to establish Arup's San Francisco and Los Angeles offices, where he was an Associate. Jeff was subsequently a Principal at Flack & Kurtz in San Francisco before joining Guttmann & Blaevoet in 1996.

Scott Wayland President Elect	Scott Wayland, P.E. [sewayland@comcast.net] Scott has been an active Golden Gate Chapter member and mechanical engineer in the Bay Area for more than 13 years. He started his own mechanical engineering consulting firm, Wayland Engineering, in 2003 and in 2006 became a licensed California Solar Contractor. Prior to his positions on the board, Scott has served as the chairperson for the Golden Gate Code Committee, the Technology, Energy and Government Affairs (TEGA) and the Chapter Technology Transfer (CTT) Committees. He helped many of our fellow chapter members successfully participate in the ASHRAE Technology Award Competitions.

Gary Harbison Secretary	Gary Harbison [gharbison@calhydro.com] Gary received a BSME from University of Missouri in 1973, and began his career designing process-heat-transfer equipment for The Marley Company in Kansas City. He became a member of ASHRAE in 1977 and moved to San Francisco in 1981. He joined the Golden Gate Chapter at that time, and served as Education Committee Chair from 1984 to 1989, Vice-Chair for CRC in 1986-1987, and Student Activities Chair from 2003 to 2006. Gary worked as a Facility Department Manager for the US Army-Presidio of San Francisco during its transition to the US Park Service, was the Western Region Manager for Marley Cooling Technologies and currently works in Business Development for California Hydronics Corp. He teaches Basic Hydronics and Condenser Water System Seminars for CHC School House and to the building trades. He is also a member of the San Francisco Choral Society and has been a US Sailing certified sailing instructor since 1986.

Kristin DeMartini Treasurer	Kristin DeMartini [Kristin.S.DeMartini@jci.com] Kristin’s involvement with ASHRAE began in 2004 when she served as the Raffle Chair for the San Francisco Chapter. In 2006 Kristin became the Golden Gate chapter Membership Promotion Chair. She has enjoyed getting new members involved, especially the young engineers that are the future of our industry and ASHRAE. Kristin graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2003 with a BSME. She now works with consultants, contractors, and building owners as a Sales Engineer for Johnson Controls, York Equipment Branch. She lives in San Francisco with her husband.

Thomas Weaver 2nd Year Board Member	Tom Weaver [tom@conservationmechsys.com] Tom Weaver began his profession career in 1984 after graduating from Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo. Tom’s early involvement was as a field engineer on a 130 MW geothermal power plant located in northern Sonoma County. After completing that assignment, he was a project manager for multiple large construction projects most notably the 9th District Court of Appeals in San Francisco. More recently he enjoy working as a manufacturer representative and have joined Conservation Mechanical Systems as partner. Tom began his involvement with ASHRAE in 2000 and was past president of the Redwood Empire Section of our Golden Gate Chapter and corresponding member of ASHRAE TC-5.7 Evaporative Cooling Committee. One of the great benefits from serving is the association with other engineers and industry professional who share a common passion and interest.

Isabelle Lavedrine 1st Year Board Member	Isabelle Lavedrine [Isabelle.Lavedrine@arup.com] Isabelle Lavedrine obtained a “Diplôme d’Ingénieur en Génie Mathématique” in 1994 as well as a Masters degree in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Since joining Arup in London in 1998, Isabelle has been involved mainly with CFD studies in the built environment. Isabelle came to San Francisco in October 2002, where she is now leading the CFD business for Arup North America. She has worked on a wide variety of projects internationally and in the US, including museums, large atria, airports, parking garages and hospitals. Isabelle is keen on getting involved with her local professional community in order to promote the sustainability and green aspects of design she believes in, and also to learn more from her fellow professionals. Isabelle’s most proud personal achievement is her participation in the 2006 SF Avon Walk, which consisted of walking 39 miles over 2 days, and raised $2,500.

Robert A. Marcial Past President	Robert A. Marcial [rmarcial@pacbell.net] Robert has been an active member of the Bay Area building science community since 1991. As a researcher at UC Berkeley, he has worked on curriculum materials development and post-occupancy evaluations of commercial office environments. As an instructor, he has taught in Valparaiso, Chile, at the Pacific Energy Center, U.C. Berkeley, the University of Oregon, and the California College of the Arts where he is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Architecture Building Technologies Department. Robert has been part of the technical staff at the Pacific Energy Center since 1991. In 2007, he became director of the Pacific Energy Center. He has been the Web developer for and an active member of the Golden Gate Chapter of ASHRAE and SBSE--the Society of Building Science Educators.