William Koffel, PE , FSFPE, President, Koffel Associates, Inc.
Bill Koffel is President of Koffel Associates, a fire protection and life safety engineering design and consulting firm, recognized as an expert in the fire protection and life safety aspects of codes and standards. Headquartered in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area, the firm provides consulting; engineering design & construction administration; codes & standards development; seminar development & training; product testing & evaluation / representation; and litigation support to public and private clients worldwide. Bill remains active in the development process of the industry’s governing codes, standards and design guidelines including International Code Council (ICC), NFPA, Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) and Underwriters Laboratory (UL). As former code official with the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office, he was conducted licensure, certification, and accreditation surveys of various health care facilities. Bill serves on numerous NFPA Technical Committees including the Life Safety Technical Committee on Health Care Occupancies and serving as the Chair of the Life Safety Technical Correlating Committee.
Susan McLaughlin, MBA, FASHE, CHFM, CHSP, Managing Director, MSL Healthcare Consulting, Inc.
Susan McLaughlin is a Managing Director of MSL Healthcare Consulting, a full service consulting firm in the environment of care and capital lifecycle planning. She has 8 years of prior consulting experience as President of SBM Consulting, Ltd. She is a Fellow of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) of the American Hospital Association. Previous positions include Director of Safety and Compliance for ASHE, and Associate Director, Standards Interpretation, Environment of Care Standards, for The Joint Commission.
David Stymiest, P.E., CHFM, FASHE, CEM, GBE, Senior Consultant-Compliance & Facilities Management, Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.
David Stymiest has 35 years facilities engineering experience and is Chairman of NFPA 110 Committee. He has written 37 papers and articles for ASHE, HFM Magazine and others; including a handbook. David's four ASHE Tech Docs and Management Monographs distinguish him as an authority in hospital emergency power systems.
Dave Dagenais, BS, CHSP, CHFM, FASHE, Director of Plant Operations/Security, Wentworth Douglass Hospital
Dave Dagenais is currently the Director of Plant Operations and Security at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, NH. He is a Certified Healthcare Facility Manger, a Certified Healthcare Safety Professional and a SASHE with the American Society of Healthcare Engineers. Dave has been in the Healthcare industry and code development process for over 18 years. He currently sits on the following committees: NFPA Healthcare section Executive Board, NFPA 730 Technical Committee Guide for Premises Security, NFPA 731 Technical Committee Standard for the Installation of Electronic Premises Security Systems, NFPA Healthcare section Codes and Standards Review Committee, NFPA 99 Technical Collating Committee, NFPA 99 Technical Committee on Electrical Systems, NFPA 99 Technical Committee on Emergency Management and Security and he has been appointed to the NFPA Healthcare Interpretation Task Force. Dave is the past President of the NH Society of Healthcare Engineers, past President of the New England Healthcare Engineers Society, the Region 1 Director for the American Society of Healthcare Engineers and the Chair of the American Society of Healthcare Engineers Advocacy Committee.
Frank Van Overmeiren has a BS in Fire Protection & Safety Engineering. He is the President of FP&C Consulting, a fire protection engineering consulting firm. He served for 25 years on the NFPA 72 Technical Committee and is a member of the new NFPA 99 fundamentals Technical Committee.
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Chad Beebe, AIA, CHFM, CFPS, CBO, SASHE, Director, Codes and Standards, American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE)
Chad Beebe is a registered architect, a Certified Fire Protection Specialist, a Certified Healthcare Facility Manager, and a Certified Building Official. He is currently Director of Advocacy for the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) of the American Hospital Association.
He serves on many national panels and committees that develop regulations
Description
Our expert panel will discuss emerging issues and provide information and answers to your specific questions on the codes and standards applied to health care facilities. Attendees are invited to ask questions on any of the codes and standards related to health care facilities, including NFPA 99: Health Care Facilities Code and NFPA 101: Life Safety Code®.