Meet Your Volunteer Chapter Board!

President

Ken Neeman, CM

Mobile: 562-869-7877

klneeman@live.com

Ken has served at the Long Beach chapters president for many years. Prior to his retirement in 2007, Ken worked as a refrigeration technician for Mountain Water Ice Co., Kraft Foods, and Albertsons. Ken has many years of ammonia refrigeration experience which he shares with the chapter from time to time.

Even though he may be retired, Ken never stops. He is constantly on the go either working on the homes of his friends, family, or others, or on the ocean fishing and soaking up some California sun!

1st Vice President

Treasurer

George Garcia, CM

mobile: 562-529-6165

E-mail: geomach1957@yahoo.com

George Garcia has been an RSES member since 1993. He works for Raytheon Corporation in El Segundo as an HVAC technican and has been there for many years. 

Membership Chairman

Educational Chairman

Newsletter Editor

Webmaster

Ken Robinson, CMS, RCT

mobile: 310-600-8800

E-mail: ken@4climatepro.com

Ken has been with the chapter since 1986 and has held many officer positions within the chapter, including president. Ken now serves the role of membership and educational chair and is the editor of the chapter's monthly newsletter that is emailed to more than 1000 people! Ken also served as recording secretary for the regional association of chapters, CARSES and has played a pivotal roll in the chapter being awarded the opportunity to host the 2014 RSES International Conference in October, 2014.

Ken is co-owner of Climate Pro Mechanical, a commercial HVAC contractor serving the Los Angeles basin area. Ken has worked in the past as a service technician for Southland Air Conditioning, Signal Mechanical, and Control Air, before becoming operations manager for Linc Mechanical. He has also been an HVAC instructor at Long Beach City College and is currently an instructor for the Institute of Heating and Air Conditioning (IHACI). Ken also serves on the education committees for both the National Comfort Institute (NCI) and the Institue of Heating and Air Conditioning Industries (IHACI) where he also served as an instructor in the evenings.

Region 14&15 Director

Fred Townsend, CM

mobile: 562-233-5271

Email: jftcarses@gmail.com

Fred Townsend is a long-term member of the Los Angeles chapter and has served for many years as the Regional Director for some time as well. Fred is retired from the county of Los Angeles where he worked as an HVACR technician stationed at a county hospital in Downey, Ca. 

Being a regional director requires a fair amount of Freds time as he coordinates what each chapter in his two regions are doing and what is happening with our regional association, CARSES. We thank Fred for all his efforts and certainly for the time he donates to our organization.