Phipps, a certified building official and floodplain manager, is a building official for the city of Inman, S.C., and business development manager at Code Consulting and Inspection Services LLC. He sees his election to  as another opportunity and challenge to provide service. Phipps has served on the the International Code Council Board of Directors, the ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) Committee, the Council of American Building Officials, the Board of International Professional Standards, as well as the ICC-ES Board of Managers. He is active in the Building Officials Association of South Carolina and has served on its board as well as president. He served on the South Carolina Building Codes Council as vice-chair and on the board of directors of the Code Council legacy organization the Southern Building Codes Congress International.