SFPE Europe Elects Robert McNamee and Wojciech Węgrzyński to Board of Directors

SFPE Europe Elects Robert McNamee and Wojciech Węgrzyński to Board of Directors

McNamee and Węgrzyński join David Grossmann, Kees Both, and Beth Tubbs on regional board of directors


26 May 2022: BRUSSELS, Belgium –
The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), the world’s leading professional society for fire protection and fire safety engineering, has announced that Robert McNamee, PhD, and Wojciech Węgrzyński, PhD, have joined the SFPE Europe Board of Directors.

SFPE EUROPE BOARD 2022

McNamee and Węgrzyński were unanimously elected at the SFPE Europe General Assembly Meeting in London, U.K., on 16 May 2022. They join David Grossmann, Chair; Kees Both, Immediate Past Chair; and Beth Tubbs, SFPE 2022 President, on the SFPE Europe Board of Directors. Under the expanded leadership, SFPE Europe seeks to increase its collaboration with SFPE chapters, to represent the voice of the fire safety engineer on European technical committees, to explore additional programs and partnerships, and to better meet the needs of engineers throughout Europe.

Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, members of SFPE Europe include the Society’s 20 European chapters in Albania, Austria, Benelux, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom, plus five student chapters at the Main School of Fire Service, Coimbra University, International Master of Science in Fire Safety Engineering, Imperial College/Greater London, and the University of Edinburgh.

Learn more about SFPE Europe and its chapters at sfpe.org/Europe. Learn more about SFPE’s global community and becoming a member at sfpe.org.

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DGDavid Grossman, Chair

KBKees Both, PMSFPE, Past Chair

WWWojciech Węgrzyński, PhD, Director

RMRobert McNamee, PhD, Director

BTBeth Tubbs, SFPE 2022 President

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About SFPE:

Engineering a fire-safe world since 1950. Headquartered near Washington, DC, the Society of Fire Protection Engineers is the world’s leading professional society for fire protection and fire safety engineering. Learn more at sfpe.org.

About SFPE EUROPE:

Newly formed in 2020 with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. SFPE Europe is focused on engineering a fire-safe world and is comprised of the Society’s chapters and student chapters throughout Europe. Learn more at sfpe.org/Europe.


SFPE media contact:

Kevin Mlutkowski
Director, Community Engagement, Marketing, and Communications
Society of Fire Protection Engineers
https://www.sfpe.org/newsroom
kmlutkowski@sfpe.org