ACCA Staff

Barton James
President & CEO

• Association Management 
• Federal Legislation & Regulation 
• Lobbyist 

703-824-8858 

Hilary Atkins
General Counsel & Senior Vice President for Administration

• Legal Tools 
• HR Tools 
• Contracts 
• Trademarks 
• Consumer Complaints 

703-824-8855 

703-824-8858 

Samuel Awotwi
Director of Finance 

• Controller 
• Budget 
• Reports 
• Payment Processing 
• Annual Audit

703-824-8857

Deborah Sutherland
Manager of Accounting

• Accounts Receivable 
• Payment Processing 
• Payroll Processing 
• Annual Audit 

703-824-8848

Todd Washam
Vice President, Public Policy & Industry Relations 

• Federal & State Government Relations 
• Corporate Partners  
• State Energy Officials 
• Public Utility Commissioners 
• Spokesperson 
• MIX Groups 

703-824-8864

Melissa Broadus
Director of Member Communications & Committee Liaison 

• Blog Editor  
• ACCA Now Magazine 
• Newsletters 
• ACCA Award Programs 
• Member Communications 

703-824-8842

Deb Weiner 
Manager of Communications & Strategic Partnerships

• Strategic and Corporate Partnerships
• Media Relations and Press Releases
• Social Media Messaging and Analytics
• Blog Direction and Editing
• Videos and Graphics

703-824-8862

Government Relations Representative and ACCA-PAC Manager  

• Federal Legislation & Regulation 
• Energy Efficiency
• Tax Credits 
• Women in STEM
• ACCA-PAC 

703-824-8863

Government Relations Representative and Coalitions Manager  

• Federal Legislation & Regulation 
• Workforce Development and Career Technical Education
• Small Business Issues
• Allied Contracting Organizations relations
• State Energy Officials 

703-824-8869

Sean Robertson
Vice President of Membership & Business Operations 

• Membership
• Member Services 
• Product Development
• Events 
• Contractor Accreditation

703-824-8846

Matt Grizzard
Director Membership and Advocacy

• Membership
• Member Services  

703-824-88454

Events & Benchmarking

Kimya Bailey Cajchun  
Director of Events and Benchmarking 

• Events & Conferences 
• Industry Insights 
• Regional Membership Manager

703-824-8845

Technical Services 

Director of Technical Services 

• Technical Product Development
• Technical Spokesperson
• Technical Education Oversight
• QA Contractor Accreditation
• ANSI Standards Support 

703-824-8847

Manager of HVACR Education

• Technical Education Development
• HVACR Training Delivery
• Responses to Technical Questions
• Standards and Manuals Review

703-824-8867

• Monitor Codes Development
• Interact with Code Development Organizations
• Responses to Code Questions
• Codes Committee Secretary
• Supports Development of ACCA Standards

703-575-4477

Danny Halel
Manager of Standards 

• Standards Task Team Secretariat
• ANSI Standards Management
• Commercial Refrigeration Expert
• Supports Development of ACCA Standards

Program Support Specialist 

• Quality Assured Accreditation Processing
• QA Directory Maintenance
• Addresses all Contractor Accreditation Questions
• EPA Section 608 Testing Project Manager

Technology

• Online Training Registration 
• IT Systems 
• IT Security 
• YouTube & Flickr 
• Q-tech Support 

Marketing & Products

Christine Gibson
Director of Marketing 

• Product & Event Marketing 
• Marketing & Logistics Contract Support 
• Business & Technical Training
• Website 
• Online Training
• Section 608 Testing Program Oversight

• ACCA Products 
• Membership 
• Events 
• Online Training 

703-575-4477 

 

• ACCA Products 
• Membership 
• Events 
• Online Training 

703-575-4477 

• ACCA Products 
• Membership 
• Events 
• Online Training 

703-575-4477 

 

• ACCA Products 
• Membership 
• Events 
• Online Training