Randy Plumlee is the Energy Code Program Manager at the South-central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource (SPEER). In this role Randy…. Randy geeks out over anything Building Science related, just look at his YouTube history.  He enjoys grilling and chilling weekends and cooking Mexican food with his wife Karina. Has one son, Dylan, and a nephew, Brandon, (super proud of both)  who is also in this industry on the energy inspection side of things. Classifies College Football as the 5th season of the year (CLEMSON – All In!). He’s a native Texan but loves to travel and see new places. Give him a Paloma, a pool, and family and he’ll want for nothing more.

Jim Meyers is Buildings Program Director at the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP) and directs the building efficiency and electrification program. He leads programs to advance energy efficiency in buildings through building energy codes, benchmarking programs, decarbonizing building codes, and the importance of electrification in the built environment. Working with national, state, and local building coalitions to improve building performance to ultimately reach zero energy buildings. Jim serves on International Code Council committees and leads stakeholder collaboratives in southwest states to support the building industry to adopt these policies and construct buildings to these new standards.

Maggie Kelley Riggins is SEEA’s Senior Program Manager where she manages the energy efficient buildings portfolio, which includes building codes, building performance standards, and building-oriented pilot project models for enhancing energy efficiency in the Southeast. Maggie is laying the landscape for equity in energy efficiency, believing that we need to understand the “why” behind building efficiency in order to see better outcomes for all building occupants and the building energy efficiency workforce. Maggie has extensive experience in stakeholder engagement and coalition facilitation, and she strives to put people at the center of all her work.

John Gossman is Building Associate at the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA). In this role, John assists in implementing policies and compliance programs to improve the energy efficiency of buildings at a local, state and regional level. Prior to joining MEEA John worked in many different facets of construction including project managing full home renovations and being a member of the local carpenter union. John also worked in the environmental consulting industry collecting and analyzing air pollution data from various industries around the country. John is passionate about industrialized and mass timber construction, best building practices, and smart home technologies. 

John Balfe serves as Senior Manager, State & Community Solutions at the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP). In this role John helps drive energy efficiency in new and retrofitted schools and public buildings throughout the region. John works with various industry stakeholders to advance public policy with high performance building standards in the region, including facilitation of information exchange and knowledge transfer between states and programs. John is interested in advancing NEEP’s mission to improve our built environment and ultimately all of our surroundings.