Mark W. Earley, P.E. serves as chief electrical engineer at NFPA. He serves as secretary of the National Electrical Code^® Committee, and is the chief editor of the National Electrical Code Handbook. He was also a coeditor for the Handbook on Electrical
Safety in the Workplace. He is co-author of Electrical Installations in Hazardous Locations, and has published numerous technical articles on the fire protection of electrical equipment. Mr. Earley joined NFPA in 1986. His professional organization affiliations include the International Association of Electrical Inspectors, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the Society of Fire Protection Engineers, the Standards Engineering Society, the Canadian Electrical Code Committee, the U.S. National Committee’s Executive
Committee of the International Electrotechnical Commission, the Electrical and Electronics Standards Board of the American National Standards Institute, the Electrical Council of Underwriters Laboratories, among others.