Winter Break Week Co- Host & Facilitator

Industry Adviser, RIA Honorary Member & Historian, IAQA Hall of Fame Inductee

A Moisture Mob Consigliere; Guest of Honor RIA’s Roast of Pete Consigli!

Pete Consigli is a Restoration Industry Association (RIA) Certified Restorer (CR) and Water

Loss Specialist (WLS) and has been a member of the Restoration Industry Association since

1977. Over the years he has been an active volunteer and filled various association leadership

roles. Pete is RIA’s “Resident” Historian and an archival resource to the industry. In 2008, Pete

received RIA’s most prestigious honor for excellence in restoration, the Martin L. King award. In

2012 RIA made Pete the second honorary member to its association, only the third such honor

in RIA’s 75 years. In 2015 in Dallas Texas the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) inducted

Pete into the IAQA Hall of Fame. Pete has been an adviser and bridge between the restoration

industry and IAQ and Building Science communities since the 1990’s. Pete Consigli has been

in the cleaning, restoration, and IAQ industry for five decades. He contributes to trade

publications and standards development and participates in industry events. Pete has been an

Adviser for RIA’s Water Loss Specialist (WLS) advanced certification designation and enjoys

Emeritus status as one of the WLS program’s founding fathers to the program since its inception

in 1999.

The RIA recognized Pete in 2021 at their 75 th Diamond Anniversary Convention in Orlando,

Florida by naming its new scholarship program, “The RIA Pete Consigli Educational Scholarship

Award” in his honor. RIA presents the award at its Annual Convention and Exposition. Pete has

been an advocate of Purdue University’s Disaster Restoration and Reconstruction Management

(DRRM) program. He has provided guest lectures to the DRRM students assisting with

internships & employment in the industry. Pete advises the RIA education committee and staff

on matters impacting the restoration industry and its members. In his 5 th decade in the industry

Pete enjoys his reoccurring role on IAQradio+ as the “Restoration Global Watchdog. Pete is

well-known as the Building Science Summer Camp’s “Executive Chef Emeritus.”