INWIC Board

Colleen Keyworth is the Director of Sales and Marketing for Online-Access, an HVACR web marketing company located in Michigan. Keyworth regularly trains contractors around the US and has served on the board of Women in HVACR for the last nine years. She was 2022 President of Women in HVACR.

Mikaila is a director and owner of GWA Consultants Australia. She is a mechanical engineer involved who specialises in whole-building mechanical services and energy upgrades and is passionate about improving the energy performance of existing buildings. Mikaila is a director of AIRAH and President of Women of AIRAH.

Ura Sarfejoo has been working in the technical services industry with clients in the commercial and industrial sectors since 2000. Sarfejoo has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and in 2013 completed a master’s degree in management from Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM).

Ming-Jia serves as the associate editor of the Journal of Applied Thermal Engineering. She is also on several editorial boards of international journals and is a committee member of various international academic societies. Ming-Jia has received international awards and national awards such as Asian Young Scientist Award, and the National Young Top-notch Talents Program.

Dr Liu Xiaohua is a Professor in the School of Architecture, at Tsinghua University, PR China. She engages in research on building energy conservation and air-conditioning system and studies in-depth the independent humidity control system. She is responsible for Project of Substitution Technologies’ 13th five-year plan, the Excellent Youth Scientists Fund supported by NSFC and so on.

Claudia Sanchez, Colombian HVAC Association Executive Director. M. Arch, Minor Interdisciplinary Studies from School of Design, NC State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. U. Nacional, Colombia, B.A. Architecture. Claudia has been Executive Secretary for Federacion Iberoamericana de Asociaciones de Aire Acondicionado y refrigeracion-FAIAR since 2015.

Catarina is a Senior Research Fellow at London South Bank University with 15 years of experience in District Heating and Cooling, and Refrigeration. Catarina is the President of the Careers in Refrigeration (CaRe) working group from the IIR, a fellow of the IOR, and a member of the IOR Board of Trustees and steering group on Women in RACHP.

Miriam Rodway is CEO of the Institute of Refrigeration (UK) and project co-ordinator for the REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE programme. Rodway has been involved in managing Refrigeration Emissions and Leakage (REAL) reduction programmes for the IOR, and working with international teams since the programme of activities began.

Keiko ANAMI is Professor of Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka Electro-Communication University in Japan. She has over 20 years of experience in the field of mechanical engineering. Her research interests include the optimal design of compressors, flow-induced vibration, and other related topics.  

Naoko Nakamura is Associate Professor of the National Institute for Fusion Science in Japan. Naoko is currently Hydrogen Promotion Manager. She is a cryogenics mechanical engineer with over 20 years of experience.

Ms. Yamah Angeline Sumoku is a master trainer of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning in Africa. She is a consultant to the Liberia Refrigeration and Air conditioning union (Libreatu), the Lead coordinator of Liberia Ladies RAC union and the deputy chair for the female sector of U-3ARC. She has been teaching Refrigeration for the past nine years, helping and balancing the gap for Liberian and other African ladies involvement in RAC.

Since Samira Korban-de Gobert joined UNEP OzonAction in 1998, she has actively contributed to raising awareness of the need for ozone layer and climate protection. She has earned the 2009 US Environmental Protection Agency Ozone Layer Protection Award, the 2007 “UN 21” Award, and the 2007 UNEP Ozone Secretariat “20th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol Award”.

Vice President 2024 WHVACR

Jacinta, an RAC engineer with nearly 20 years in the industry. Currently Technical Sales Manager at USystems, specialist manufacturer in data centre cooling solutions. Jacinta is WRD Secretariat, won several industry awards, was the third female IOR Board of Trustee in 119 years in the UK, resulting in committee/initiative efforts revolving around skills, education, training, STEM, WiRACHP.

Owner of Eagle Pipe Heating & Air, is a leading HVAC contractor specializing in commercial gas pipe and HVAC systems. Lori serves as President for WHVACR and Jefferson County Home Builders Association, is a member of Kitsap Home Builders Association and Jefferson County Habitat for Humanity board member. She’s also a founding advisor of WIPP