ICC-ES Board of Managers

Jack Applegate has been a Building Official serving the northwestern U.S. since 1998, serving multiple jurisdictions in Oregon and Washington over the last 22-plus years. Over the years he has worked as an inspector, plans examiner, building official and for eight years worked as a city fire marshal and code enforcement officer. With two previous generations of family serving as code officials and a son serving as a new code official, it is fair to say it has been a family tradition to help others by building safety.

Scott is the Vice President of Global Structural System Technology for MiTek where he has served in escalating engineering roles for 24 years in both design and research and development.  Scott’s primary focus today is in new solution development to improve the way buildings are built from design to fabrication to assembly with a goal of improving affordability and sustainability.

Scott currently serves on the ICC-ES board of managers and Industry Advisory Committee.  He is also active with a number of other industry organizations including: the School of Engineering advisory board for Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL; he represents MiTek as a founding partner of the Wood Utilization and Design Institute at Clemson University; he is the current secretary of the board for the Truss Plate Institute; he is a member of both the ASCE and the NCSEA.

Scott has also served for a number of years as a member of the Industrial Professional Advisory committee for the School of Civil Engineering for SIUE.

Hussain Bhatia, Ph.D., S.E, is the Supervisor for the Coastal Region for the Department of Health Care Access and Information, State of California (formerly Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, OSHPD) and serves as the Incident Commander for the Emergency Operation Center for the department.  Dr. Bhatia has 24 years of experience in structural engineering and design. He has been involved in design, analysis and review of new and existing hospital, school and commercial buildings. He has taught courses related to structural engineering in University of California, Irvine, University of California, Los Angeles and California State University in Sacramento.  He actively participates in many code committees for ASCE 7 and ASCE 41, and professional organizations such as SEAOC, ASCE and EERI.

Ronald E. Holmes is semi-retired with 55 years industry experience.  He previously served as Field Sales Advisory Council for Kohler Company, V.P. Technical for American Society of Plumbing Engineers Alabama Chapter, Educational Committee for Alabama Association of Plumbing, Gas, & Mechanical Inspectors, Code Development Board with ICC representing ASPE.  Honorary Lifetime member of the Alabama Association of Plumbing, Gas, & Mechanical Inspectors.

During his time at the City of Phoenix, Mr. Abegg has served as a Team Lead, Fire Marshal, Building Official, IBC Technical Lead and Senior Structural Plans Engineer. His responsibilities have included: Project Management; Fire Marshal Appeals; Code Modifications; Technical Interpretations; Alternate Materials, Design and Methods of Construction; plan review and inspection efforts and internal policies and procedures. In addition to maintaining the Certified Building Official certificate, he has ICC certifications in Residential and Commercial plans review and inspection as well as Accessibility and Energy plan review. Prior to his time at the City of Phoenix, Mr. Abegg worked as a Structural Design Engineer including residential and commercial projects.

Mr. Abegg holds a B.S. and M.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Brigham Young University. He is a Licensed Professional Civil Engineer in the State of Arizona. In his free time, Mr. Abegg enjoys spending time with his wife and three young boys.

Sharon Goei is the Community Development Director for the City of Gilroy, California. She previously served as the Chief Building Official for several jurisdictions as well as served on the ICC Evaluation Service Board of Managers, Evaluation Committee, and Environmental Committee. She is active in various capacities with the local ICC Chapters and the California Building Officials organization.