L. Keith Lofland

L. Keith Lofland (retired) is the former director of education for IAEI.  Keith represented IAEI as Chairman of NFPA’s Code Making Panel (CMP) 7 for the National Electrical Code (NEC) for the 2020 and the 2023 NEC. Previously, he served 3 Code cycles as a member of CMP-9. In his career, Keith served on NFPA’s Electrical Section Executive Committee and as a member of UL’s Electrical Council. He was the principal author for six Code cycles of several IAEI publications including IAEI’s NEC Analysis of Changes. Prior to his position with the International Office of IAEI, Keith spent 16 years with the City of Garland (Texas) serving as its chief electrical inspector.  Keith holds a Master Electrician license from the State of Texas.  He also has obtained Electrical Inspector certifications from IAEI and ICC.  Keith received the “Building Official/Building Inspector of the Year” award in 1999 from the Construction Research Center-University of Texas at Arlington. Keith received the Gold Roadrunner award in 2014 for development and promotion of the NEC as a presenter and educator.