NIBS Nominates ICC CEO Dominic Sims for WSD Leadership Award

Posted By Christine Cube

Monday, July 1, 2024

Among the first orders of business as administrating organization of this year's U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day (WSD), NIBS was proud to nominate International Code Council CEO Dominic Sims for the prestigious Ronald H. Brown Standards Leadership Award.

Members of the U.S. standards and conformity assessment community will honor Sims during the U.S. celebration on November 14, 2024, in Washington.

NIBS Interim CEO Stephen Ayers submitted a nomination letter to the U.S. Celebration of WSD Committee of the American National Standards Institute and National Institute of Standards and Technology.

"Dominic has long served the nation's built environment, promoting building safety through his steadfast devotion to the implementation and application of building codes and standards," Ayers said, in the nomination letter. "His oversight of ICC has raised the organization into global leadership in the standards arena."

About the U.S. Celebration

The 2024 theme of the U.S. celebration is "Shared Vision for a Better World: Standards for the Changing Climate." The U.S. standardization system has the greatest impact when all stakeholders work together.

The U.S. celebration takes place annually, and it recognizes and honors the contributions of the standards and conformity assessment community.

The Ronald H. Brown Standards Leadership Award is named for the late U.S. Secretary of Commerce. It honors demonstrated leadership in promoting the important role of standardization in eliminating global barriers to trade.

View the press release about Sims' award selection by the American National Standards Institute.

(Pictured: Dominic Sims, second from the left, helped open the Building Innovation conference on May 22, with the NIBS 50th Anniversary General Session. In addition to Sims, the panel included Solomon Greene, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Mike Sebold, VP/GM Tremco CPG/Schul International; Sherri McMillion, Engineering Criteria and Programs Director, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command; Tim Judge, Senior Vice President, Head of Modeling & Chief Climate Officer, Fannie Mae; Charles Hardy, Chief Architect, Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration; and Thom Kurmel, President, TDK Consulting. It was moderated by NIBS Interim CEO Stephen Ayers.)