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2020-2021 BICSI Board of Directors
President—Todd W. Taylor, RCDD, NTS, OSP; ttaylor@bicsi.org
President-Elect—Carol Everett Oliver, RCDD, DCDC, ESS; coliver@bicsi.org
Secretary—Honorico "Rick" Ciordia, RCDD, DCDC, RTPM, PE, CT; rciordia@bicsi.org
Treasurer—David M. Richards, RCDD, NTS, OSP, TECH, CT; drichards@bicsi.org
Canadian Regional Director—Fernando Neto, RCDD; fneto@bicsi.org
Global Regional Director—Ninad Desai, RCDD, NTS, OSP, TECH, CT; ndesai@bicsi.org
EMEA Regional Director—Barry Shambrook, RCDD, MIET, MBCS; bshambrook@bicsi.org
U.S. North-Central Regional Director—Randal Reusser, RCDD, TECH, CT; rreusser@bicsi.org
U.S. Northeast Regional Director—William Foy, RCDD, ESS, NTS, OSP, WD; wfoy@bicsi.org
U.S. South-Central Regional Director—Jim Walters, RCDD, DCDC, RTPM; jwalters@bicsi.org
U.S. Southeast Regional Director—Lee Renfroe, RCDD, ESS, TECH; lrenfroe@bicsi.org
U.S. Western Regional Director—Luke Clawson, RCDD, GROL, MBA; lclawson@bicsi.org
Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer (ex-officio)—John H. Daniels, CNM, FACHE, FHIMSS; jdaniels@bicsi.org
Immediate Past President (ex-officio)—Jeffrey Beavers, RCDD, OSP, CFHP; jbeavers@bicsi.org
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