Kelly Johnson is the current Past President for the Kansas City ASHRAE Chapter. Kelly has been involved with the Kansas City ASHRAE chapter for several years with his involvement with the Product Directory, one of the main fundraisers for the chapter every year. Kelly showed his fundraising abilities again when he was the Chapter’s Research Promotion Chair during the 2009-2010 year raising $31,780 for ASHRAE Research a 29% increase in a down economy. Kelly’s presidential year focused on maintaining the attendance at the chapter meetings and increasing the chapter’s support and involvement with the local student chapters. This was most evident with the 30 new student members, a 34% increase over the previous year.