The Unified Group, a network of independent HVAC mechanical contractors, has formed a board of advisors to oversee its five business areas. The co-chairs of each area are:
— Purchasing: Marty Indursky, owner of Encon Mechanical (Ocean, N.J.) and David Nichols, operations manager of Climate Systems (Williston, Vt.).
— National accounts: John Blaylock, general manager of Wiegmann Associates (St. Charles, Mo.) and Tom Foldes, vice president of business development at Baker Group (Des Moines, Iowa).
— Membership: Blaz Lucas, vice president of Air Comfort Corp. (Broadview, Ill.) and Chris Hightower, president of Air Management Systems (Miami).
— Training: John Philbin, president of Guardian Environmental Services (Livonia, Mich.) and Brett Holscher, operations manager of Bubeck Service Inc. (Lenexa, Kan.)
— Marketing: Jeffrey Chambers, vice president of service at Desert Refrigeration & Heating (Phoenix) and Tom Payne, general service manager of Miller Bonded (Albuquerque, N.M.)

MacGregor
Shannon MacGregor has been named as director of finance for the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI).

Livengood
The NovaFlex Group (Richmond Hill, Ontario) has appointed Pete Livengood as a regional manager at NovaFlex Hose (Burlington, N.C.).
Publication date: 06/09/2003