Las Vegas—IAPMO®, a global team of experts engaging industry and government for a safer built environment, last week conducted its 95th annual Education and Business Conference at the Planet Hollywood Las Vegas Resort and Casino. The event was co-located with ARCSA International’s Annual Conference.
Steve Panelli, chief plumbing inspector, city and county of San Francisco, and Jeremy Stettler, coordinator/inspector, Davis School District, Clearfield, Utah, were elected to second terms as president and vice president, respectively. Brian Hamner, senior plumbing inspector, city of Des Moines, Iowa, will return as secretary/treasurer. Eric Gilbreath, senior plumbing inspector for Public Health Seattle and King County, and Brad Elliott, combination plans examiner, city of Las Vegas, were elected as district directors, and Jeremy Diaz, UA Local 78 business manager, Rick Garcia, senior mechanical inspector, city of San Diego, and David Ledda, senior plumbing inspector, city and county of San Francisco, will return to the Board of Directors.
Tom Gugino, former IAPMO board member and IWSH chair, served as conference host and Bill Laub, IAPMO Southern Nevada chapter, served as conference chair.
“This conference was a celebration of this association’s nearly 100 years of leadership, advocacy and stewardship of the best codes and standards in the world,” Panelli said. “This week we recognized that access to clean water, effective sanitation and safe buildings is a fundamental right, and we all deserve a safe environment in which to live, learn, work and play.”
The conference was sponsored by California State Pipe Trades Council; Rainwater Management Solutions, Inc.; Plastic Pipe Institute; Watts Water Technologies; District Council 16; NITC; UA Plumbers Local Union 78; Plumbers Local 68; Southern Nevada IAPMO Chapter; South Jersey Mechanical Contractors Association; UA Local 398; Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 9; TLD Timelockdocs; California Central Chapter of IAPMO; 1st Tee; Western States Pipe Trades Council; American Water Works Association; American Society of Plumbing Engineers; and PHCC.
During the conference’s opening session, IAPMO honored numerous individuals with awards recognizing unique contributions and long-standing support from members and industry allies. The awards and their recipients include:
Winners of the 14th IWSH Scholarship Essay Competition were announced. First prize was awarded to Ava Hartman, North Carolina State University, and three runners-up were Samantha Eberl, University of British Columbia; Hannah Gilmore, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; and Stella Wang, Markville Secondary School.
IAPMO’s 96th annual Education and Business Conference will be held in Palm Springs, California, Sept. 14-18, 2025.
IAPMO® is pleased to announce the publication of IAPMO/ANSI/CAN Z1403-2026, Water Demand Calculator®, a new American National Standard and National Standard of Canada that provides a modern, statistically based method for estimating peak water demand in single-family and multifamily residential buildings.
IAPMO’s Systems Certification Body (SCB) has issued the first certificates under the Aluminum Anodizers Council (AAC) Certification Program, providing independent third-party verification of conformity with established performance requirements for anodized aluminum finishes and products.
IAPMO® is pleased to announce that Shirley Dewi has been promoted to executive vice president of IAPMO R&T, where she will provide strategic leadership and oversight for the organization’s certification and compliance operations, including Product Certification, the Systems Certification Body (SCB) and Continuous Compliance.