Leadership

2025-2026

Officers and Directors

President –  Kenton Aikens, P.E., CFPS, Interface Engineering

Vice President – Constantino Mendoza, City of Austin Fire Department

Secretary/Treasurer – Scott Ranft, Waxler Fire Protection Engineering

Past President – Ray Freudenthal, Vanguard Fire Systems

Director – Jeremy McDonald, P.E., HDR

Director – Robert Kranz, P.E., Meta Platforms

Director – Cat Childers, P.E., Senez Co. 

Director - David Emler, Protection Development Inc.

Executive Director – Jeffrey Shapiro, P.E., FSFPE, International Code Consultants


Past Presidents

2000-2002            Jeffrey Shapiro, P.E., FSFPE

2002-2003            Robert Schultz, P.E.

2003-2004            Carl Wren, P.E.

2004-2005            Pete Vallone, P.E.

2005-2006            James Moore, P.E.

2006-2007            Gib Watt

2007-2009            Andre Garabedian, P.E.

2009-2010            Ralph Castillo, P.E.

2010-2011            Whitney Crahen, SET

2011-2012            Michael Shannon, P.E.

2012-2013            Scott Stookey

2013-2014           Amin Tohmaz, P.E.

2014-2015           Gilead Ziemba, P.E.

2015-2016           Jeremy McDonald, P.E.

2016-2017           Robert Waxler, P.E.

2017-2018           Jeremy McDonald, P.E.

2018-2019           YungWei Tang, P.E.

2019-2020           Joshua Lambert, P.E.

2020-2021           Benjamin Flick, P.E.

2021-2022           Robert Kranz, P.E.

2022-2023           Natasha Albracht

2023-2024           Gib Watt

2024-2025           Ray Freudenthal