NASRC Announces New Leadership

NASRC appointed Keilly Witman as the new chief governance officer and welcomed two new directors to its Board – Amber Hardy of ALDI and Clay Rohrer of Hussmann.

Keilly Witman is an independent advisor for refrigerant end-users, policymakers and other stakeholders on everything related to refrigerant use. She has returned to self-employment after working as the director of refrigerant management and sustainability for H-E-B. Witman launched the EPA’s GreenChill Partnership in 2007 and ran it for its first seven years. She created the NASRC in 2015 and served as the organization’s chairman of the board of directors for the first two years. She is also the NASRC’s Policy Advisor.

Amber Hardy is the director of systems & sustainability at ALDI USA. She has nearly a decade of experience working with supermarket refrigeration and HVAC mechanical systems. Hardy has a collective 15 years of experience with ALDI. Prior to her current role, she was a district manager working in retail operations before transitioning to energy management. She oversees the facilities management department with an emphasis on refrigeration, energy efficiency and sustainability. Dedicating more focus now to refrigeration, HVAC and building management systems, she and her team continue to drive optimization of resources in the store footprint.

Clay Rohrer has over 23 years of experience in refrigeration with roles ranging from engineering, service, controls, marketing and business development. Rohrer has been with Hussmann 15 combined years and is focused on transforming the service industry from emergency break fix to a performance-based approach using data to drive higher performance. This effort is focused on reducing refrigerant leak rates, lowering service and energy costs, while focusing on making technicians’ lives better by helping them stay ahead of critical problems. Rohrer is responsible for connected technology sales, strategy, development and deployment across the food retail industry.