MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill. — Twenty-five instructors and trainers in the HVACR industry are being honored by HVAC Excellence and TruTech Tools as the most influential for 2025.
HVAC Excellence and TruTech had sought nominations from the industry for the Top 25 Most Influential Instructors/Trainers awards, and received more than 1,000 responses, according a press release from HVAC Excellence.
Each winner’s name will appear on the back of a commemorative T-shirt, provided by TruTech, for attendees at the 2025 National HVACR Education Conference, which is scheduled for March in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Top 25 Most Influential Instructors/Trainers for 2025, in alphabetical order, are:
• Clifton Beck, ESCO Institute
• Ty Branaman, ESCO Institute
• Brynn Cooksey Sr., HVAC U, LLC
• Eric Dhillon, Johnstone Supply/Orion Group
• David Doyle, Lincoln Technical Institute
• Brian Faulds, Rheem Canada
• Don C. Fort Sr., Heatcraft
• Jim Fultz, Copeland
• Kevin R. Hart, Haven IAQ
• Joey Henderson, Midlands Technical College/iConnect Training
• Jim Johnson, Technical Training Associates
• Greg Jourdan, Wenatchee Valley College
• Eric Kaiser, TruTech Tools
• Louise Kellar, UEi Test Instruments
• Todd Kler, HVACREdu.net
• Fran McGrath, United Association Local 420
• Ben Middleton, Daikin
• Chris Mohalley, Regal Rexnord
• Dirk Nauman, HVAC Simulator
• Jason Obrzut, ESCO Institute
• Eugene Silberstein, ESCO Institute
• Greg Smith, Locklin Technical College
• Jesse Stewart, Navac
• Brett Wetzel, Advanced Refrigeration Podcast
• David Whitten, United Association Local 26
Kler, McGrath, Beck, and Branaman have each been given the same honor in the past, the press release said.
