Dr. John McKeon
Principal, iAIR Institute, and CEO, Allergy Standards Ltd.

Dr. John McKeon is CEO of Allergy Standards Ltd, an international standards and certification body and company he founded while working as an emergency room doctor. He also is the Principal with the Indoor Air Innovation and Research (iAIR) Institute.

McKeon’s initial curiosity was sparked by the interplay between the built environment and asthma and allergy trigger factors in indoor spaces. His attention was drawn to the significant amount of time individuals spend indoors, amounting to approximately 80% of their time, juxtaposed with EPA findings indicating indoor air pollution levels may be up to five times higher than outdoor air.

Recognizing his role as a clinician primarily addressing the downstream effects of poor indoor air quality through pharmaceutical interventions, McKeon realized the necessity of shifting toward a proactive ‘upstream’ approach centered on patient education and environmental control.

His mission is to facilitate collaboration and promote holistic solutions aimed at optimizing indoor environments for enhanced health and well-being. McKeon is a medical entrepreneur who qualified as a doctor from Trinity College Dublin in 1996, is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and holds his United States Medical Licensing exams.

Seema Bhangar
Principal, Healthy Buildings and Communities, Innovation and Research, U.S. Green Building Council

Seema Bhangar is Principal, Healthy Buildings and Communities for Innovation and Research at the U.S. Green Building Council. She is a visiting scholar at U.C. Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design Research and serves on the board of an independent nonprofit, the Indoor Air Institute.

Bhangar previously served as a sustainability program manager with the commercial real estate firm WeWork and product manager with environmental sensing technology startup, Aclima. Bhangar was a postdoctoral research fellow at U.C. Berkeley, where she also completed a Ph.D. in environmental engineering and an M.S. in public health. She holds a B.A.S. from Stanford University.

William “Bill” Bahnfleth, PhD, PE
Professor, Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University

Bill Bahnfleth is a professor of architectural engineering at the Pennsylvania State University in University Park, PA. Previously, he was a Senior Consultant with ZBA, Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio and a Principal Investigator with the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, Illinois.

Dr. Bahnfleth holds a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois and is a registered professional engineer. At Penn State, he teaches undergraduate courses in HVAC fundamentals and design and graduate courses in chilled water systems and indoor air quality. He is the author or co-author of more than 180 technical papers and articles and 15 books/book chapters.

Dr. Bahnfleth is a fellow of ASHRAE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and International Society for Indoor Air Quality and Climate. He served ASHRAE as Society President in 2013-14 and chaired the ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force. He formed and chairs the committee that developed ASHRAE Standard 241 Control of Infectious Aerosols.

He is the recipient of many ASHRAE awards, including the Donald Bahnfleth Environmental Health Award, Standards Achievement Award, Louise and Bill Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award, and F. Paul Anderson Award, ASHRAE’s highest honor.

Nathan Stodola
Chief Engineer, Standard Development, International WELL Building Institute

Nathan Stodola leads the standard development team and serves as Chief Engineer at the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). In this capacity, he works with strategies to improve health and well-being through the built environment through the WELL Building Standard, WELL Portfolio program, and WELL AP credential. Prior to working at IWBI, Stodola worked at the University Transportation Research Council at City College, where he helped the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council create federally required Regional Transportation Plans. Stodola holds Master of Science degrees in mechanical engineering (Columbia University) and transportation engineering (City College). He received his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Union College, with a minor in music.