The chapter’s Board of Directors, together with committee leaders and members, run the day-to-day activities of each chapter.
| President | Melissa Barrows-Lieb, RRC, RRO, CCCA, CDT |
| Vice President | Jake Arnold, P.E. |
| Secretary | Allysia Youngquist, AIA, NCARB |
| Treasurer | Ryan Schultz |
| Director | Andy Barriento, RRO |
| Director | Gloria Moy, AIA |
| Director | Steve Flores |
| Director | Ray Makiejus, RRC, RRO |
| Director | Jay Henning, RRC, RRO |
| Director | Mike McMillin |
| Director | Jason Conley |
| Immediate Past President | Pat Giblin, RRC, RRO |
Standing Committees
Advocacy
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Chair: Melissa Barrows-Lieb, RRC, RRO, CCCA, CDT
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The Advocacy Committee raises awareness of state and local legislative proposals that impact the CAC membership, support legislation that benefits the building consulting profession, and to fight legislation that negatively impacts the building consulting profession. |
Archives
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The Archives Committee upgrades and organizes the archival collection for the chapter. It collects data, including templates, forms, spreadsheets, etc. concerning the organization from all officers, committee chair, and other relevant sources. |
Audit & Finance
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The Audit and Finance Committee task is to review the Chapter’s bookkeeping and accounting practices for the previous fiscal year and formally report their findings and recommendations to the Board during the second quarter of the year. |
Chapter Service Award
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The role of the Chapter Service Award Committee is to solicit member suggestions and recommend to the Board individual Chapter members for recognition of their contributions to the Chapter. Award nominees are selected from members who have served elected office or who contribute through committee work and individuals who donate administrative assistance or who provide technical expertise for the professional advancement of the membership. |
Education & Program
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Chair: Melissa Lieb, RRC, RRO, CCCA, CDT
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The Education and Program Committee is divided into two sub-committees. The Education Group plans, organizes, and presents IIBEC developed Education courses and seminars. The Program Group plans, organizes, and coordinates the educational components and activities for each quarterly Membership Meeting. |
Golf
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Co-Chairs: Ryan Schultz Raymond A. Makiejus, |
The purpose of the newly formed Golf Committee is to coordinate the successful implementation of the chapter’s annual golf event. Duties include selecting the date, time and location of the golf event in coordination with the chapter. The Committee shall identify and recruit volunteers to assist in the implementation of the golf event and actively recruit sponsors and participants. |
Industry Outreach
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The Industry Outreach Committee’s purpose is to establish and maintain communications links with other local professional and industry groups such as CSI, AIA, NSPE, ALA, CRCA, and MRCA. Where mutually beneficial, a committee member who is also a member of an affiliate organization may be appointed as the Chapter’s liaison or official representative to that organization. |
Long Range Planning
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Co-Chairs: Mike McMillin |
A Long Range Plan is a long-term flexible plan that does not determine the Chapter’s activities but rather outlines ways by which the Chapter could achieve its goals. The Plan also provides the way to change the course of action should the desired goals change. Specifically, this Committee’s role is to develop a Five-Year Plan for the Chapter and to advise the Board on very practical ways as to how to achieve the Plan’s goals. After the Plan acceptance, the Committee will meet periodically to evaluate the Board’s progress and suggest any perceived mid-course corrections. |
Marketing
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Co-Chairs: Gloria Moy, AIA Melissa Barrows-Lieb, RRC, RRO, CCCA, CDT |
The role of the Marketing Committee is to communicate Chapter news and business to the members, to develop marketing strategies to enhance the value of the Chapter in the consulting profession, and to supervise and update the Chapter’s website. |
Nominating
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Co-Chairs: Jake Arnold, P.E. |
The Nominating Committee prepares nominations for the Chapter’s Board, oversees Chapter elections, and recommends election policy and procedures to the Board. |
Philanthropic
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The Philanthropic Committee is responsible for researching and recommending to the Board ways that the Chapter can charitably use its financial resources to benefit its members and the building envelope professions. The Committee also monitors the Chapter’s annual giving activities including support of RCI-IIBEC Foundation and the Chicago Area Chapter of the Building Envelope Foundation (CAC-BEF). The Mission of CAC-BEF is to create opportunities for the advancement of the building envelope professions. CAC-BEF is a Not-For-Profit 501 (c) (3) Illinois Corporation established to assist in meeting the needs of the building envelope professions. For more information, visit CAC-BEF’s website: www.cac-bef.org or to make a donation, please visit: https://www.paypal.com/ |
Product Show
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Chair: Mike McMillin |
Industry participation in the Chapter’s programs is key to building strong relationships within roofing related fields and necessary to provide support for the mission of the Chapter. This Committee solicits and arranges a forum for manufacturers, suppliers, product representatives, and other associations to present their products or services to the Chapter’s membership at quarterly meetings. |
Registration / Membership / Credentials
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Chair: Melissa Barrows-Lieb, RRC, RRO, CCCA, CDT |
The Registration Committee promotes professional and industry participation in Chapter membership, welcomes and initiates new members, proposes and applies strategies for membership retention, and proposes to the Board activities to enhance member satisfaction with the organization. |
Technical Services
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Co-Chairs: Jake Arnold, P.E.
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The Technical Services Committee’s primary objective is to keep members abreast of the latest manufactured product news, the latest technological developments affecting the practice of roof consulting, and the latest shortcomings reported concerning materials, their application, and their performance. |