KARINE LEBLANC - PRESIDENT
Karine LeBlanc is a Sales Engineer at US Air Conditioning Distributors. She is serving her first year as the Regional Vice Chair for Student Activities. She has served as a Chapter Director and Chairman for the past 7 years since she has moved to Southern California. She is maintaining the website for both the Southern California Chapter and the Region X. She is a graduate from University of Montreal in mechanical engineering specializing in HVAC. Karine was the ASHRAE President of her University Student Chapter and was involved at the ASHRAE Montreal Chapter. She is a Member of the Society.

ANDY KHECHOUMIAN - PRESIDENT-ELECT
Andy Khechoumian is the chief mechanical engineer at Donald F. Dickerson Associates. He holds a BSME from Pacific Western University and an MBA from Woodbury University and is a registered Professional Engineer in both mechanical and electrical. Andy is a member of ASHRAE, NSPE, ASME, IEEE and several other professional organizations. Andy performs design work in HVAC for commercial and institutional buildings involving new, existing, and retrofit facilities. His experience includes project management and engineering design development for a broad range of projects. He is a member of society and is associated with the Southern California Chapter.

JEFF LANDRETH - SECRETARY
Jeff is an Energy and Sustainability Consultant for the Strategic Energy Group at Arup's Los Angeles office. Jeff's background is in building mechanical systems with a bachelors and masters degree in architectural engineering from Kansas State University. Jeff is involved in a wide range of energy projects including commissioning, retro-commissioning, energy auditing, renewable energy feasibility, energy masterplanning, and general sustainable energy consulting. Jeff was involved in the Kansas State University Student Chapter of ASHRAE and has been involved with Student Activities for the ASHRAE SoCal Chapter for the past two years. He is a Member of the Society.

AARON DEUTSCH - TREASURER
Aaron Deutsch is the president of Drymaxx Air Solutions, LLC a manufacturer's rep firm covering southern California. He is experienced in HVAC with a specialty in humidity control and energy recovery. He has worked with industrial commercial and institutional clients large and small solving their humidity problems. He served as a Director this past year. He holds a BSChE degree from City University of New York. He has been an ASHRAE member for 12 years and is also associated with many other organizations in aiding and supporting air conditioning in those industries. They include Pharmaceutical and nutraceutical organizations.

MATTHEW CHURCH - BOARD of DIRECTOR
Matthew Church is a manufacturer's representative with DMG Corporation in Los Angeles. He started his career in HVAC five years back as an intern for DMG, while completing his BS in Mechanical Engineering at the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. After completion of his degree he went to work full time with DMG, building his knowledge base in how to aid both engineers and contractors in designing and building custom HVAC systems with a priority in energy efficiency. Matthew has most recently worked as the chair person for the Southern California ASHRAE Spring Seminar.

EDWIN HORNQUIST - BOARD of DIRECTOR
Edwin Hornquist has over 18 years of experience in the energy industry across a diverse spectrum of companies. He began his career working for public and investor-owned utilities focusing on energy efficiency, demand-side-management, supply resource planning, and meter data acquisition systems. During the early years of the deregulated electricity market in California, Mr. Hornquist held jobs with several prominent energy services providers managing the companies' retail commodity operations. Later he went on to lead the operations of a startup energy management company. Currently he is working at Southern California Edison where his focus has included managing projects related to the utility's Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) initiative, Codes & Standards, Demand Response, and Emerging Technology programs. He holds a Mechanical Engineering Degree from California Polytechnic University, Pomona, and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Woodbury University, Los Angeles.

SCOTT J. NEITHERCUT - BOARD of DIRECTOR
Scott J. Neithercut is a graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He has been a field engineer for a geotechnical engineering firm, and an office engineer for a general contractor. His background in geotechnical engineering includes the monitoring of dynamic pile testing operations, the installation and initialization of inclinometers, as well as the transportation, disposal, and sampling of contaminated soils. As an Office Engineer he was responsible for the processing and submittal of owner and subcontractor pay applications, coordination of material deliveries, checking of shop drawings, submittal processing, project schedule updates, and the coordination of subcontractor operations. Currently Mr. Neithercut is working as an outside sales engineer for R.F. MacDonald Co who provides industrial and commercial boiler sales and service for over 33 manufacturers. His main focus is developing and maintaining relationships with the active engineering firms and contractors in West Los Angeles and Ventura County. Mr. Neithercut currently serves the Southern California Chapter of ASHRAE as the Sol*Air newsletter editor and is also a member of ASPE, ASHE, AEE and other professional organizations. Scott is currently working towards becoming LEED accredited and has been a member of the Southern California Chapter for three years.

JIM TODA - BOARD of DIRECTOR
Jim Toda is Vice President and Sales Engineer for Conditioning Components Company, which is a manufacturers' sales representative organization. He has 17 years experience in the HVAC industry, representing and telling commercial equipment such as air handlers, coils, fans, sound traps, and variable frequency drives. Jim is also a part time instructor at Citrus Community College where he teaches Air Conditioning, Heating, and Solar courses. He also is a registered Proctor for the EPA, R-410 Safety, and HVAC Excellence certification exams.

Jim holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from California Polytechnic University at Pomona, and is a full member of ASHRAE. Jim is an active member in the Southern California Chapter of ASHRAE. He is currently serving as the Chapter Membership Promotion Co-chair.

NARENDRA AMARNANI PAST PRESIDENT

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