L. Keith Lofland is the Director of Education, Codes, and Standards for IAEI. Keith represents IAEI as a member of NFPA’s NEC CMP-9. Keith serves on NFPA’s Electrical Section Executive Committee and UL’s Electrical Council. He is the principal author of several IAEI publications including IAEI’s Analysis of Changes. Keith spent 16 years with the City of Garland (Texas) serving as their Chief Electrical Inspector. Keith worked for some 13 years for various electrical contractors in the Dallas, Texas area as a journeyman electrician before he accepted a position with the City of Rockwall, Texas to begin his 21-year career as an electrical inspector. Keith holds a Master Electrician license from the State of Texas and electrical inspector certifications from IAEI and ICC. Keith served as chairman of the IAEI Texas Chapter in 1989 and as secretary/treasurer from 1995– 2004. Keith received the Gold Roadrunner award at the Southern Section meeting in October 2014.