Practice Committee
Hosam Ali, Ph.D., P.E. Director, Structural Hazards and Response Research FM Global 1151 Boston-Providence Turnpike Norwood, MA 02062 Tel.: (781) 255-4982 Fax: (781) 255-4024 Hosam.ali [at] fmglobal.com	Don Smith Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry Director of Technical Services 513 West Broad St., Suite: 210 Falls Church, VA 22046 Tel.: (703) 538-1611 Fax: (703) 534-8307 smith [at] awci.org
Dennis Alvarez, P.E. 21574 Ivan Avenue Euclid, OH 44123 Tel.: (216) 731-4360 HortaFan [at] aol.com	Victoria B. Valentine, P.E. Director of Product Standards National Fire Sprinkler Assoc. 40 Jon Barret Road Patterson, NY 12563 Tel.: (845) 878-4200, ext: 124 Fax: (845) 878-4215 Valentine [at] nfsa.org
John Gillengerten OSHPD, Facilities Development Division 1600 9th Street, Room 420 Sacramento, CA 95814 Tel.: (916) 654-3391 John.Gillengerten [at] dgs.ca.gov	Robert Wessel Assistant Executive Director Gypsum Association 6525 Belcrest Road, Suite 480 Hyattsville, MD 20782 Tel.: (301) 227-8686 Fax: (202) 318-1085 RWessel [at] gypsum.org
William T. Holmes Rutherford & Chekene Consulting Engineers 55 Second Street, Suite: 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 Tel.: (415) 568-4400 Fax: (415) 618-0684 wholmes [at] ruthchek.com

Other Participants
Jean-Angelo Beraldin NRC Institute for Information Technology Visual Information Technology 1200 Montreal Road Building M-50, Room 352 Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6 Tel.: +1 613-990-6871 Fax: +1 613-952-0215 Jean-Angelo.Beraldin [at] n rc.cnrc.gc.ca	Shojiro Motoyui, Professor Tokyo Institute of Technology Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering G3 Building 11th Floor Tokyo, Japan 152-8550 Tel.: +81 3 5734 2975 e: 5610 motoyui [at] enveng.titech.ac.jp
Jim Hatch, President Jarret Structures P.O. Box 804 Lenox, MA 01240 Tel.: (413) 637-9795 jim [at] jarretstructures.com	Dave Schaefer, Assistant Dean AGEP Director North Carolina State University 212C Peele Hall, Box 7102 1414 Flex Lab. Raleigh, NC 27695-7102 Tel.: (919) 515-7052 Fax: (919) 515-2873 david_shafer [at] ncsu.edu
Paul Hough, Technical Manager Armstrong World Industries, Inc. 2500 Columbia Avenue Lancaster, PA 17604-3511 Tel.: (717) 396-4195 Fax: (717) 396-5486 pahough [at] armstrong.com	Wayne Smith Senior Exhibits Developer The Tech Museum of Innovation 201 South Market Street San Jose, CA 95113 Tel.: (408) 795-6186 Fax: (408) 279-7197 wsmith [at] thetech.org
Kazuhiko Kasai Tokyo Institute of Technology Materials and Structures Laboratory 4259 Nagatsuta-cho Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan Tel.: +81-45-924-5512 kasai [at] serc.titech.ac.jp	Doug Taylor, President Taylor Devices, Inc. 90 Taylor Drive North Tonawanda, NY 14120-0748 Tel.: (716) 694-0800 Fax: (716) 695-6015 Taylordevi [at] Taylordevices.com
Kurt McMullin, Professor San Jose State University Civil and Environmental Engineering One Washington Square San Jose, CA 95192-0083 Tel.: (408) 924-3855 Fax: (408) 924-4004 mcmullin [at] email.sjsu.edu