NASRC recently appointed Keilly Witman as the new Chief Governance Officer and welcomed two new Directors to our Board - Amber Hardy of ALDI and Clay Rohrer of Hussmann.
Keilly Witman is an independent advisor for refrigerant end-users, policymakers, and other stakeholders on everything related to refrigerant use. She has returned to self-employment after working as the Director of Refrigerant Management and Sustainability for H-E-B, which is anywhere from the 6th to 8th largest supermarket company in the nation depending on which statistics you look at. Keilly launched the EPA’s GreenChill Partnership in 2007 and ran it singlehandedly for its first 7 years. She created the NASRC in 2015 and served as the organization’s Chairman of the Board of Directors for the first 2 years. She is also the NASRC’s Policy Advisor.
Amber Hardy is the Director of Systems & Sustainability at ALDI USA. She has nearly a decade of experience working with supermarket refrigeration and HVAC mechanical systems. Amber has a collective 15 years of experience with ALDI. Prior to her current role, Amber was a District Manager working in retail operations before transitioning to energy management. She oversees the facilities management department with an emphasis on refrigeration, energy efficiency and sustainability. Dedicating more focus now to refrigeration, HVAC and building management systems, she and her team continue to drive optimization of resources in the store footprint.
Clay Rohrer has over 23 years of experience in refrigeration with roles ranging from engineering, service, controls, marketing, and business development. Clay has been with Hussmann 15 combined years and currently is focused on transforming the service industry from emergency break fix to a performance-based approach using data to drive higher performance. This effort is focused on reducing refrigerant leak rates, lowering service and energy costs, while focusing on making technicians lives better by helping them stay ahead of critical problems. Clay is responsible for connected technology sales, strategy, development, and deployment across the food retail industry.
Together, the expertise and experiences that Keilly, Amber, and Clay bring to the Board will be instrumental in driving us closer to accomplishing our mission. Read more about the NASRC Board of Directors here.