The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) has added international diversity to its executive committee and board of directors for the 2014-15 fiscal year, the association has announced.

An association for facility management professionals, IFMA’s executive committee and board of directors includes industry leaders from around the world including Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Nigeria, Singapore, Switzerland and the United States.

“Through more than three decades of visionary leadership, IFMA has built an unprecedented global FM community,” said IFMA chair James P. Whittaker. “The scope and diversity of that community, reflected in the board and executive committee, is the source of IFMA’s value to each of our 24,000 members. No longer are individual practitioners left to fend for themselves in the face of increasing expectations and challenges. With IFMA’s help, we can identify the best solutions from around the world and put them to work for us. I am tremendously excited about our shared potential and honored to be given the opportunity to build on IFMA’s past success.”

In particular, IFMA welcomes six new board members: Lynn Baez, CFM, SFP, FMP; Stephen P. Ballesty, CFM; Jeffrey J. Budimulia, CFM, MBA; Larry Allen Morgan, CFM, SFP, FMP; Pat Turnbull, IFMA Fellow, MA, LEED AP; and Ian H. van der Pool, MFM. IFMA board members serve a two-year term beginning July 1.

IFMA also announced changes with the executive committee marked by the beginning of the term as chair for James P. Whittaker, P.E., CFM, CEFP, FRICS with Michael D. Feldman, FMP, CM as first vice chair and 2013-14 board member Maureen Ehrenberg, FRICS, CRE as second vice chair.

Jon Seller is past chair. Executive committee members are elected to one-year terms by the IFMA membership.

2014-15 IFMA Board of Directors

Chair: James P. Whittaker, P.E., CFM, CEFP, FRICS

President & CEO: Tony Keane, CAE

First Vice Chair: Michael D. Feldman, FMP, CM

Second Vice Chair: Maureen Ehrenberg, FRICS, CRE

Past Chair: Jon Seller

Board of Directors:

  • Lynn Baez, CFM, SFP, FMP

  • Stephen P. Ballesty, MBA, CFM, FRICS, FAIQS, ICECA

  • Jeffrey J. Budimulia, CFM, MBA

  • Larry Allen Morgan, CFM, SFP, FMP

  • Collins Osayamwen, FMP, CFM

  • Cathrine Pauli, Dipl. Arch. ETH, MBA HEC Paris

  • Pat Turnbull, IFMA Fellow, MA, LEED AP

  • Ian H. van der Pool, MFM

  • Geoff Williams