Our People

George Benda is Chairman and CEO of Chelsea Group, Ltd., a leading firm in building science consulting. Mr. Benda oversees a team of engineers, architects, industrial hygienists, and building scientists in their consulting work. He has worked in advancing environmental sustainability and energy management in buildings, recovery of buildings and campuses from a wide range of disasters, and in delivering building science services that help optimize the physical asset value of client properties. The firm’s projects include flood and storm recovery in Hawai‘i and the Gulf States, property condition assessments nationwide, energy conservation programs for commercial and institutional properties, indoor environmental assessments and remediation management, and LEED Certification support. Mr. Benda started Chelsea Group in 1990.

Mr. Benda currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Hawai’i. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) and served as Chair of the IAQA Research Committee. Mr. Benda has served as Chairman of the Board for the Certification of Indoor Air Quality Professionals (CIAQP) at the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE). He was named a regional Energy Professional of the Year by AEE in 2005. He is an active member in the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

Prior to starting Chelsea Group, Mr. Benda was President and CEO of HEC Energy Corporation, an energy services performance contracting company which he sold to Northeast Utilities. He previously served as the Director of Energy Programs for the State of Illinois. He has authored books, papers, and presentations for BOMA International, ASHRAE, AEE, and the American Hospital Association, among others. Mr. Benda received his Bachelor of Science degree from Rockford College and his Master's from the University of Chicago.

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Dave Munn, Chief Technical Officer at Chelsea Group, Ltd., has over 30 years of design and engineering background with extensive experience in reviewing and overseeing capital improvement programs in existing buildings. He has knowledge of national standards and regulations, and experience with building mechanical system design and operation. At Chelsea Group, Mr. Munn has designed several high profile projects demonstrating advanced ventilation techniques and technology innovations. Most recently, Mr. Munn served on the project team for developing the indoor environmental elements of the LEED certification process for the World Trade Center 7 project. Mr. Munn has taken the lead in a wide range of property condition assessment and problem solving projects for Morgan Stanley and their national portfolio of buildings. He also led operations in the verification of clean-up and recommissioning of buildings following a major flood at the University of Hawaii. Mr. Munn’s work experience has focused on project management in the construction, consulting, and energy services, and indoor air quality industries.

Mr. Munn is registered as a professional engineer (PE) in the states of Arizona, Hawaii, and Illinois, and was a licensed general contractor in Arizona. He is the president of the Arizona Chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE). Mr. Munn is the Co-chair of the Green Buildings Committee of the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Phoenix. He is a member of the Technical Committee of the Central Arizona Chapter of U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). He is a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED A.P.). Mr. Munn served on a committee with the US Department of Health and Human Services to write heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) design standards for hospitals. Mr. Munn holds a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Illinois – Chicago.

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Terry Gorski is a Regional Technical Manager with Chelsea Group, Ltd. She provides indoor air quality consulting services to clients and manages Chelsea’s technical resources in the Chicagoland area. She applies her knowledge of the indoor environment to helping customers not only resolve IAQ problems and issues, but also prevent them. Ms. Gorski is a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP).
She participated in field work, as well as the analysis and reporting of test results for obtaining the indoor environmental quality credit for LEED certification of Exelon’s new Chicago headquarters. Her involvement in building forensics has included the coordination of a large forensic team of scientists, engineers, and contractors to do complex materials science, and chemical and genetic analysis of Katrina-exposed materials on the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center campus. A wide variety of both indoor and outdoor building materials in several buildings were examined and sampled for floodwater contamination and damage.

In addition to providing consulting services, Ms. Gorski has worked on ground-breaking research and writing projects such as an analysis of moisture management opportunities in buildings for the National Center for Energy Management and Building Technologies. She also worked on developing and writing IAQ Certification Course study guides for both HVAC technicians and their supervisors for the National Energy Management Institute.
 

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