INWIC Board

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.

Since graduating as a mechanical engineer in 2010, Lorena Hernandez has built up several years of experience working in the RACHP sector. Hernandez is currently the Technical Director at ASOFRIO and participates in Spanish and European technical committees. She also represents AREA, the European Association of RACHP Contractors, at INWIC.

Sarah E. Maston, P.E., BCxP, LEED AP. She serves on ASHRAE’s Board of Directors as a Vice-President. Her day job is Director for the Commissioning and Energy Services Division of Colliers Project Leaders, supporting projects in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. She is a mechanical engineer with over 20 years of experience.

Odete de Almeida is a Mechanical Engineer and a Building Physics Engineer. De Almeida co-founded the Paulo Queirós de Faria-Consulting Engineers and is a professor at the Polytechnic of Porto. From 2020 to 2022, de Almeida was the President of FAIAR, and from 2019 to 2021 president of EFRIARC.

Astrid Prado, Chartered Marketer and Head of Marketing at Star Refrigeration, is a Member of the Institute of Refrigeration (IOR) and Co-Chair of the IOR Women in RACHP Group. She led the WinRACHP group’s gender parity survey and advocates for the advancement of both technical and professional women in the industry.

Sujal Shah is an Information Technology Engineer with a postgraduate degree in Marketing Management. As Director of NEWAGE FIRE FIGHTING CO LTD, she leads international operations across 60+ countries. Actively involved in industry associations, she serves as Advocacy Chair for ISHRAE Pune, contributing to the HVACR sector. A strong advocate for women in business, she has received multiple awards recognizing her leadership and entrepreneurial achievements.

Raoudha Massaoudi, Engineer in Energy Engineering
from Tunisia. She is a trainer in refrigeration and air conditioning within the Tunisian professional training agency (ATFP) since 2010. She is a national expert with UNIDO, a guide and facilitator for new entrepreneurs, the President of ATRC, and Secretary in charge of gender promotion and female mobilization for U-3ARC.

Sonja Wagner is a Programme Management Officer with UNEP OzonAction, based in Paris, France. She has over 17 years of experience in the preparation and implementation of Montreal Protocol-funded phase-out projects, including activities in the RACHP sector. Sonja is also OzonAction’s Gender Focal Point.

Saziye Dickson is a Sales Manager at Friga-Bohn responsible for the UK, Ireland, and Nordics, with 17+years in HVAC-R. Formerly Global Research Manager at BSRIA, she led major studies, including the first IAQ study in North America and research on Africa. She is the first female president of ASHRAE UK.