EMA Board of Directors
President
As the National Cx Director, Tim oversees Cx services for building types ranging from data centers to hospitals, hotels, government buildings, higher education, and many more. With 42+ years in the mechanical engineering field and 18+ directly in Cx, he performs mechanical Retro-Cx projects drive to lower energy costs with 3 years or less payback.
Tim knows how to help make buildings energy efficient as a matter of pride and professionalism.
President - Elect
Emmillee brings specialized experience managing IDIQ relationships with the Intelligence Community, Executive Branch, and facility management programs. The nature of these sensitive, ongoing, and often classified missions requires both expertise and attention to detail.
Emmillee has been able to administer contracts and manage multifaceted project requirements including mechanical, electrical, structural, architectural, fire protection, controls, energy management, raised floor, ATFP, security and communications expertise for surveys, studies, analysis, planning charettes, cost development, demolition, design, design-assist, and design-build/bid requirements.
Treasurer
Kevin Brown is President at KBSquared. I still actively develop opportunities into self-funding solutions for our MUSH and Government clients but I also lead an excellent team of energy engineers and project developers scattered about the USA. I am a Licensed Professional Engineer concentrating on energy savings driven performance contracting.
Our focus is finding that “right” solution that balances a customer’s needs and wants with what can be funded through guaranteed energy savings. We are constantly looking for new energy conservation measures and better ways to bring value to our customers to help them fund their infrastructure needs.
Bob Knoedler is a Vice President at Hanson Professional Services Inc. in Springfield, IL, and serves as the principal-in-charge for building commissioning and energy services both nationally and internationally.
He holds degrees in both mechanical and electrical engineering. His expertise is in the analysis, design and commissioning of mechanical (HVAC, plumbing, fire protection) and electrical (lighting and power distribution) building systems. He is active in EMA training and is currently an EMP Seminar instructor.
With 42 years of professional experience, Al has worked on a broad range of building types, including educational, healthcare, and commercial facilities. He is well versed in the design and analysis of HVAC systems and providing engineering services, including planning, analysis and construction observation from project inception through construction administration.
His engineering expertise focuses on systems commissioning, energy analysis and energy auditing. He is currently an instructor for EMA’s EMP Seminar and O&M Training course for facility managers and engineers.
Eric has deep technical expertise in the design and commissioning of HVAC, electrical, plumbing and building automation systems for high performance buildings. He has completed commissioning on various projects that have achieved LEED certification. He specializes in energy-efficient systems, design, and control strategy optimization. Eric also has extensive experience in writing commissioning specifications, test procedures, commissioning plans and is skilled in test and balance oversight, HVAC operations, DDC systems, and electrical system operations. He is a strategic thinker with a track record of delivering high quality projects.
Lee Huffines has over 15 years of experience in commissioning and energy management. He is a state-licensed engineer who maintains Energy Management Professional (EMP) and Certified Commissioning Authority (CxA) credentials. Lee has been instrumental in fostering enduring relationships with clients and project team members. He successfully bridges the information gap between the owner’s intent, designer’s ideas, and the construction’s implementation. Lee has strong skills in fostering collaboration within project teams to swiftly resolve challenges and keep projects on track, providing oversight/mentoring of commissioning technicians and field engineers, and specializes in implementing, integrating, and optimizing of building automation systems and well as writing detailed and proficient Functional Performance Tests.
As the ASHRAE YEA Region IV chair, his time was spent promoting educational and job opportunities to bring talented young engineers into the industry. His commitment to improving building science practices has earned recognition, including the National Building Commissioning Association’s 40 under 40 award.
Billy serves as a Principal at SSR, where he leads the New Building Commissioning business unit—a multidisciplinary team focused on sustainability, energy efficiency, and quality assurance for both new construction and existing facilities. The group delivers total building commissioning across a range of systems, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, life safety, and other core infrastructure. This team plays a vital role within SSR, a 100% employee-owned design, consulting, and planning firm, established in 1968.
As director of this specialized group, Billy brings over 38 years of experience delivering successful outcomes in highly complex environments, including biotechnology, pharmaceutical, laboratory and research facilities, healthcare institutions, and university campuses. His background includes work in biotech and biopharmaceutical development, delivery, and supply. Billy’s expertise spans programming, design, construction, and commissioning of clean utilities, as well as mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and architectural systems. He is a former ACG committee member for the EMP program and has completed the EMP certification and exam.
Immediate Past President
Executive Director
