INWIC Board

After more than 10 years of experience working in the engineering industry and research, Dr. Ina Colombo is now the IIR deputy director general, AFBE-UK head of research, and secretary of the IIR Working Group on Careers in Refrigeration (CaRe) and lives in Paris.

Colleen Keyworth is the Director of Sales and Marketing for Online-Access, an HVACR web marketing company located in Michigan. Keyworth regularly trains contractors around the US and has served on the board of Women in HVACR for the last nine years. She was 2022 President of Women in HVACR.

Ura Sarfejoo has been working in the technical services industry with clients in the commercial and industrial sectors since 2000. Sarfejoo has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and in 2013 completed a master’s degree in management from Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM).

Ming-Jia serves as the associate editor of the Journal of Applied Thermal Engineering. She is also on several editorial boards of international journals and is a committee member of various international academic societies. Ming-Jia has received international awards and national awards such as Asian Young Scientist Award, and the National Young Top-notch Talents Program.

Dr Liu Xiaohua is a Professor in the School of Architecture, at Tsinghua University, PR China. She engages in research on building energy conservation and air-conditioning system and studies in-depth the independent humidity control system. She is responsible for Project of Substitution Technologies’ 13th five-year plan, the Excellent Youth Scientists Fund supported by NSFC and so on.

Claudia Sanchez, Colombian HVAC Association Executive Director. M. Arch, Minor Interdisciplinary Studies from School of Design, NC State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. U. Nacional, Colombia, B.A. Architecture. Claudia has been Executive Secretary for Federacion Iberoamericana de Asociaciones de Aire Acondicionado y refrigeracion-FAIAR since 2015.

Miriam Rodway is CEO of the Institute of Refrigeration (UK) and project co-ordinator for the REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE programme. Rodway has been involved in managing Refrigeration Emissions and Leakage (REAL) reduction programmes for the IOR, and working with international teams since the programme of activities began.

Keiko ANAMI is Professor of Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka Electro-Communication University in Japan. She has over 20 years of experience in the field of mechanical engineering. Her research interests include the optimal design of compressors, flow-induced vibration, and other related topics.  

Naoko Nakamura is Associate Professor of the National Institute for Fusion Science in Japan. Naoko is currently Hydrogen Promotion Manager. She is a cryogenics mechanical engineer with over 20 years of experience.

Hala Attieh is a Programme Management Assistant with UNEP OzonAction’s Compliance Assistance Programme for West Asia, supporting programme planning, project development, and implementation under the Montreal Protocol. She previously worked with ESCWA’s Centre for Women, conducting research and drafting reports on gender equality in the Arab region, and with UNDP on knowledge-sharing initiatives related to environment, governance, and gender.

Vice President 2024 WHVACR

Jane Sidebottom is the President/Founder of AMK, LLC a strategy and management consulting company that works with HVACR manufacturers, distributors, and service companies to grow their businesses. Jane began her career in the consulting engineering industry and held positions of leadership in Trane and Carrier before starting AMK. She has served on multiple corporate boards of directors and is the Vice President of WHVACR.