Three new board members joined the Fenestration and Glazing Business Alliance (FGIA) board of administrators in the course of the 2024 Fall Convention in Minneapolis. FGIA welcomes Scott Corley, of ODL, Chris Giovannielli, of Kawneer Co., and Stacha Reed, of Andersen Corp. to its board.
“We’re thrilled to welcome [Corley, Giovannielli, and Reed] to the board,” says Janice Yglesias, FGIA govt director. “They’ve years of expertise amongst them, and our Affiliation will profit from their experience.”
Scott Corley, Glass Merchandise Council (GPC) director
Corley has been in product growth for over 30 years and has been launching new merchandise at ODL for 15 of these years. He joined the affiliation in 2019 and has served on varied committees and chaired or cochaired many work teams. He’s at the moment a member of a number of GPC committees in addition to an alternate on the FGIA code motion steering committee. He additionally serves on the board of administrators of the Insulating Glass Certification Council (IGCC).
Chris Giovannielli, Architectural Merchandise Council (APC) director
Giovannielli is the director of worldwide product administration at Kawneer, the place he has been a number one contributor for greater than 25 years. He directs product growth, positioning, and launch methods throughout world markets with an emphasis on schooling and sustainability practices. Along with the board, he serves because the APC consultant for the American Architectural Producers Affiliation (AAMA) certification coverage committee and has been actively engaged within the affiliation for a number of years.
Stacha Reed, Residential Merchandise Council (RPC) Director
Reed has been an engineer for twenty-four years and has labored in a number of technical and operations management roles. She joined the affiliation in 2014 and has since been energetic throughout all materials councils. She has served because the wooden and cellulosic composites materials council (WCCMC) finishes committee vice chair for practically 10 years and has served as a voting member of the AAMA finishes committee, ultimately advancing to the RPC co-chair place a number of years in the past.
Modifications to FGIA bylaws
The FGIA bylaws associated to the board composition necessities had been just lately modified to permit for extra flexibility in populating the board with energetic and certified candidates. Whereas the unique language was prescriptive, the revised language continues to help having broad expertise on the board with illustration from throughout FGIA’s full scope of product and market segments. It additionally continues to help a robust fenestration producer illustration.
FGIA added an at massive director place to create extra flexibility in permitting board participation by member varieties, akin to check labs and repair suppliers, whereas holding the APC, GPC, and RPC director positions extra centered on illustration by these producing completed merchandise or parts particular to these councils.
