Government Affairs

David Lionga, EIT

Government Affairs Chair

David is serving as Government Affairs Chair for a second year following his success of achieving government affairs goals his first year as chair.

David is currently in the Engineering and Contracting Sales role at O’Dell Associated

Company: O’Dell Associates
Education: Western University, Mechanical Engineering (2016 – 2020)
Interests: Soccer, History

Phone: 905-681-3901; ext: 302

Committee Responsibilities

Government Affairs (GA) organizes members to educate all levels of government and officials in areas of interest to our members, and to promote effective cooperation between ASHRAE members and government. This includes the following activities:

Maintaining tools to train and enable chapter members to effect positive interactions with government entities in their communities.
Keeping local, provincial and state governments updated on technical issues.
Serving as a clearinghouse of government adoptions of ASHRAE-developed and endorsed standards, guidelines and positions.
Coordinating dissemination of governmental activities-related information to members and obtaining feedback from chapter and individual member government activities.