The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) announced the addition of five new members to the Industry Advisory Committee (IAC), a 15-member group of lighting professionals who provide advice and support for DLC’s mission and strategic direction.

“DLC is excited to welcome these new IAC members as we begin implementing important updates to our Solid-State Lighting (SSL) and LUNA technical requirements and continue to promote the implementation of lighting controls,” said DLC Executive Director and CEO Tina Halfpenny. “Along with our existing partners, they bring a breadth and depth of experience in lighting technology, and we look forward to working closely with them in the coming months and years.”

As specified in the IAC’s letter, its members may include nominees from the four lighting manufacturers with the largest number of listings on the DLC’s SSL Qualified Products List (QPL), as well as representatives from two small (less than 250 employees) lighting manufacturers with SSL or Horticultural QPL products; Two medium-sized manufacturers (250 to 1,000 employees) listed on SSL or Horticulture QPL; three lighting control manufacturers with products in the online lighting control QPL; two light distributors; and two specifiers.

The following self-appointed and DLC-appointed industry representatives will replace the outgoing IAC members: Tyson Taussig, lighting specialist at Broken Arrow Electric Supply; Greg Hermanowycz, director of project development at Wesco Energy Solutions; Francois R.-Moisan, co-founder and CTO of Sollum Technologies; Evan Smith, vice president of product and supply at Keystone Technologies; and Jennifer Shockley-Loose, Chief Operating Officer, SiteLogIQ. Together, these new members represent lighting distributors, small lighting manufacturers and specialists, and have added a wide range of market and technical insights to the council.

In addition to the new appointments, IAC continues to include Michael Davidson, solution architect engineer at Synapse Wireless; Stephen Irving, standards development leader at Lutron Electronics; Eric Miller, Co-Founder, CEO and CTO of Avi-on Labs; Dan Wang-Munson, head of optics, testing and compliance at RAB Lighting; Jonathan Vollers, LC, Chief Engineering Officer of Cree Lighting; and Bernie Erickson, CMO Emeritus and Key Account Representative. The council also includes representatives from lighting manufacturers with the most SSL QPL listings: Michael O’Boyle, LC, technical policy manager at Signify; Mark Hand, vice president of engineering at Acuity Brands; Devin Jernigan, vice president of strategy, marketing and innovation at Illumus; and Jeremy Yon, director of compliance and industry relations at Current Lighting.