Please join us for dinner with Mr. Tim Ashby, Project Manager for Wake County Government Facilities Design & Construction Department.  He serves as the Regional Vice Chair for the Government Advocacy Committee, ASHRAE Region IV.  He will be providing an update on what GAC is doing in the region and detailing the importance of ASHRAE’s government outreach.  Come find out more about the issues we’re facing in building design/construction and find out more about how we can affect change!

Timothy Ashby serves as an ASHRAE Region IV Governmental Advocacy Committee Vice Chair (GAC- RVC) and is a Facilities Project Manager with Wake County Government where he oversees design and Construction for the rapidly expanding Raleigh area. He has been instrumental in the development of a newly published Design and Construction Guideline, and recently a Wake County Board of Commissioner’s approved Energy Design & Management Guideline for Wake County Government.

He studied Mechanical Engineering while attending North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.  He is a former Associate of O’Brien Atkins, an Architectural and Engineering Firm in the Research Triangle area where he was involved in the design of numerous commercial and industrial projects.  He has over 26 years in the engineering and design industry.    

Tim has served 19 years in the ASHRAE organization as a member of the Triangle Chapter, holding positions such as CTTC Chair, GGAC Chair, Secretary/Treasurer, Vice President and President of the Triangle Chapter.   For the fiscal year, 2015-16 Tim received the Rudy Ferguson Memorial Award (Presidential Award of Excellence). He has been a LEED AP BD+C accredited professional since 2008, currently is a USGBC of North Carolina member, a North Carolina Real Estate Broker, and serves on the Emergency Management Team of North Carolina. 

In addition, Tim enjoys traveling, skiing, hiking, and spending time with his family.