Active Participants in the Regulator Process to Develop Code
The CA Building Standards Commission sponsors six Code Advocacy Committees. Members of the committees are selected for their expertise and for a balance of interests; the following AIA CA members serve on each of these:

Accessibility Committee – Access 

• Architect Rep/Chair – Jay Whisenant, AIA, CCS
• Disability Access Advocate – Cognitive Impairment – Bill Zellmer, AIA, CASp

Building, Fire, and Other Committee – BFO

• Architect Rep/CHair – Steve Winkel, FAIA, PE
• Disability Access Advocate – Dawn Anderson, AIA, CASp

Green Building Committee – Green

• Architect Rep – Sharon Refvem, FAIA
• Ex-Officio – UC OP – Ellen Owen, AIA

Health Facilities Committee – HF

• Chair/Acute Care Hospital Representative – Bill Zellmer, AIA, CASp
• Architect Rep – David Field, AIA, CASp

Plumbing, Electrical, Mechanical and Energy Committee – PEME

• Architect Rep – Jay Hyde, AIA, CSI

Structural Design/Lateral Forces Committee – SD/LF

Architect Rep – Gary McGavin, AIA