The IICRC is managed by its Board of Directors, which is comprised of 15 industry leaders elected by the IICRC’s Shareholders. The Boards’ function is representing various interests of the registrants while leading the direction of the organization.
The Board of Directors meets four times per year and is tasked with the responsibility of helping shape future policies of the organization and uphold the standards that help shape the industry.
Carey has been a volunteer with the IICRC since 1991 and has served 17 of those years as a Board member, five years as Vice President, and three years as President. Carey has been involved in the development of IICRC/ANSI S500 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Water Damage Restoration, IICRC/ANSI S520 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Mould Remediation, IICRC/ANSI S100 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Carpet Cleaning and was the Chair of the IICRC S300 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Upholstery Cleaning.
Today Carey is among the busiest IICRC instructors averaging over 70 classes a year primarily for the restoration and insurance industries and maintains among the highest student pass rate. Carey continues to volunteer as a public speaker at industry-related events, writes technical articles, and provides consulting services to the restoration, cleaning, and insurance industries.
Kevin is on the Board of Directors and a member of the registrant standards committee. Kevin is President of Pearson Carpet Care in Humble, Texas. He is also a Professional Cleaning & Restoration Alliance board member and served on the S100 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Carpet Cleaning and S800 Carpet Inspector Standard and Reference Guide revision committees.
Robert Pettyjohn was raised in Camden, S.C. and graduated from Gardner Webb College in Boiling Springs, N.C. in 1974. It was there he met his wife of 38 years, Karen Chapman. Robert and Karen live in Wake Forest, N.C., and have two daughters, Katie and Wendy, and three grandchildren. He began Pettyjohn’s Cleaning & Restoration out of their family’s minivan in 1989.
Robert has served as President of Mid-South Professional Cleaners Association where he received the prestigious Dick Bernson Award. He has earned IICRC Master Cleaner, Master Water Restorer and Master Fire and Smoke Restorer certifications. He is also RIA Certified Water Loss Specialist and is a Certified Master Rug Cleaner.
Pettyjohn considers his election to the IICRC Board as “one of the highest honors” of his 27 years in this industry.
Recently, Scott Mitseff was elected onto the Executive Committee as Treasurer of the Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC). He has served on the Board of Directors for the past three years.
For the last twenty-eight years, Scott has qualified as an IICRC certified master restorer, master smoke and fire restorer and master textile cleaner.
He has been a member of the Carpet Cleaners Institute of the Northwest (CCINW) for the past twenty + years and served as a former treasurer and currently serves as their president and shareholder representative.
In 1991, Scott became the owner of MasterSteam Cleaning & Restoration business, which specializes in cleaning carpets, area rugs, fine fabric upholstery, hardwood flooring, natural stone and tile floors, and Soft window drapery and blind cleaning.
From 1986-1991, Scott was a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force and led a two-man team as an Aircraft Armament Systems Specialist Load team leader.
While attending Kent State University, located in Akron/Kent, Ohio, Scott received a diploma in small business management and has studied criminal justice at a local community college.
Scott has served as a reserve police officer for the City of Yakima and currently, is a team member for the Yakima County Search & Rescue sheriff’s department. He is a Yakima County Emergency Management and is a FCC Licensed Operator-Technician class with Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES).
Scott has combined his love for travel and motorcycles and is an accomplished long distance endurance motorcycle rider and averages 1,000 miles in eighteen and a half hours. He recently earned the title “Cognoscente” while riding his Yamaha Super Tenere motorcycle in a grueling 1,631 mile ride within thirty-one and a half hours. He is a premier member of the International Iron Butt Association.
Celebrating twenty-one years of marriage, Scott and his wife, Bobbi reside in Yakima, Washington.
Craig has been involved in the cleaning and restoration industry his whole career. He is a second generation leader of K-tech Kleening Systems that began as a one-truck, one-man unit and became a leader in the industry with 30+ service vehicles and over 100 employees. K-tech has three office locations and services half of Wisconsin. His company also travels across the U. S. for complete emergency services.
Craig has held many leadership positions in the industry from IICRC, ICRA, MCRA and Connection Events - North America's largest carpet cleaning and restoration convention and trade show. Craig has assisted ISSA in the development of their Certified Training Program, CITS and has worked with manufacturers to help develop and test various restoration equipment. He's even been relied on for expert witness services with insurance companies.
Craig has served on the IICRC Board of Directors Executive Committee and is the current president of SCRT.
James has been in the cleaning and restoration industry for 30 years and has trained hundreds of companies in the USA and Canada. He has extensive field and management experience in the handling of contents after insured losses and specializes in packout procedures, individual job management, contents estimating, and inventory software. James is also a chemical engineering graduate with a great understanding of the chemistries and processes for use in hands-on cleaning. James is an IICRC Instructor as well as an affiliated instructor with Hydramaster Corporation, Clean Aid, and Fireline training centers. James brings to his courses a unique compilation of practical exposure and practices based on ‘the science of cleaning’ targeted towards increasing technician, manager, and supervisory skills and efficiency.