Former International Code Council CEO James Lee Witt to lead Wine Country wildfire rebuilding efforts

Former ICC CEO James Lee Witt was appointed executive director of Rebuild North Bay, a nonprofit launched to coordinate wildfire recovery efforts in Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, Lake and Solano counties in California. Under the leadership of Witt, a former Clinton administration FEMA director, ICC began to emphasize the important role the association plays in building safety across the U.S. and the relationship between building codes and natural disaster mitigation. Read more