IAPMO’s Viola Elected World Plumbing Council Chair

Dave Viola, CEO of The IAPMO Group of the United States, was elected to a three-year term as chair of the World Plumbing Council at the 2023 World Plumbing Conference.

Viola, who previously served on the WPC executive board as deputy chair, carries nearly 30 years of senior management experience within the plumbing and mechanical industry. He joined IAPMO in 2007 and was promoted to CEO in 2020.

Viola holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Northern Illinois University and has served in such industry capacities as chair of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers A112 Committee on Plumbing, Board of Directors of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Standardization and Testing, founding director of the Alliance for Water Efficiency, the World Health Organization Advisory Committee on Water Quality and the American National Standards Institute Accredited Certification Committee.

Joining Viola on the WPC executive board are Deputy Chair Kevin Wellman of England, Secretary/Treasurer Shayne La Combre of Australia, and Directors Tom Bigley (United States), Alberto Fossa (Brazil), Paddy Kavanagh (Ireland), BSA Narayan (India), Yongxin Qin (China) and Jean Claude Twagirimana (Rwanda).

The 2023 WPC Conference in Shanghai, China was attended by just under 2,000 people representing a dozen nations when combining in-person and virtual attendees.

The next WPC will be held in Birmingham, England, in June 2026.