Steve Preins
Director of Education and Lead Instructor
April 2, 2010
Education
●Bachelor of Science Construction Management: Florida International University
●Architecture, four years: Washington University, St. Louis
Current Experience
●Director of Education and Training, Quality Education Group, Inc., providing seminars,
state licensed continuing education, consulting and training for the home inspection industry
●Program Director and Presenter, Rockin' Science, providing elementary school science assemblies
●Director of Education, ProStar Academy, an Illinois licensed home inspector pre-license education provider
●State of Illinois Home Inspector License #450.0000235
●Frequent presenter at ASHI, NAHI, InterNACHI, The BrickKicker, WAHI and other national & local inspection conferences & events
Previous Experience
●Managing Partner and Instructor, Inspection Training Associates (ITA), Chicago Campus
●Founder and President, Morningside Inspections, Inc., a multi-inspector firm which performed
thousands of home inspections and radon measurements
●State of Illinois Radon Testing Professional License #RNI98008
●Structural Engineering Field Representative and Inspector for stadiums, high rises, airports,
parking garages and university laboratory facilities
●Construction Administrator for several major hospital and elementary school projects
●Superintendent and Project Engineer for General Contractors on several hospital, airport and light
industrial projects
Professional Development and Leadership
●American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) member #104926 (retired)
●ASHI Presidents Award, 2002
●National Association of Home Inspectors (NAHI) Affiliate member, since 2007
●ASHI National Legislative Committee, 2003
●ASHI Council of Representatives, 2003
●ASHI Board of Directors Nominating Committee, 2003
●Chairman, ASHI National Public Relations Committee 2000, 2001, 2002
●ASHI National Public Relations Committee, 1998, 1999
●Vice President, Northern Illinois Chapter of ASHI, 2003
●Founding Member, Northern Illinois Chapter of ASHI (NIC/ASHI member #1)
●President, Northern Illinois Chapter, 1999, 2000
●Board of Directors, Northern Illinois Chapter, 1999 – 2003
●Membership Chairman, Northern Illinois Chapter, 2001, 2002
●ASHI National Technical Review Committee: 1998 2000
●Technical Reviewer for Chronicle Guidance Publications Occupational Brief 385 Home Inspectors,
a high school career planning guide.
●Represented ASHI at National Association of Realtors Conference, 2001
●Represented ASHI at National Conference of State Legislatures, 2003
Public Service
●Lombard School District 44 Science Fair Steering Committee 2003/2004
●Madison Elementary School Science Fair Chairman 2003 to 2005
●Village of Lombard Public Works Committee, 12 years
●Campaign Manager for Joan DeStephano for Village Trustee, Lombard, Illinois
(defeated incumbent and another well-backed candidate) 2001
●Instrumental in crafting State of Illinois Home Inspection License Act (IL HB 1805)
●Nominating Committee for Advisory Board for State of Illinois Home Inspection License Act
Media Exposure
●Featured on Chicago WLS TV Channel 7 Eyewitness News (ABC) several times annually on real estate
and home inspections
●Appears on Chicago WMAQ TV Channel 5 (NBC) in similar reports which have also aired in over 80
markets nationally
●Frequently quoted in Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Daily Southtown, Daily Herald and numerous
other print and electronic publications locally and nationally.
Personal Data
●Lives in a 1901 cross-gable Victorian with his beautiful wife and son
●Collects antique technical books
●Has lived in Lombard, Illinois for over 30 years
