Sandy Bowles

CEO,
Horizon Consultants, Inc. and Horizon Educational Seminars

Sandy Bowles has been in the Cleaning and Restoration Industry for over 40 years, being one of the first to be certified by the IICRC. She has held a General Contractor’s license (Residential Builder’s License) which allowed her to handle all facets of restoration from the cradle to the grave. During her years with boots on the ground, she has created from scratch, operated, and sold three independent restoration companies. In 1991 Sandy, with her husband Doug Bowles, opened Horizon Consultants, Inc., serving as a consultant and expert witness to cleaning and restoration contractors, as well as for the insurance industry.

In 1996, Sandy received the privilege of being the first woman approved by the IICRC as an instructor. She is now approved to teach IICRC Certification courses in Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration (FSRT), Water Damage Restoration Technician (WRT), Odor Control Technician (OCT), and Applied Structural Drying (ASD), offering certification training through Horizon Educational Seminars, a division of Horizon Consultants, Inc. She also is approved in multiple states to teach CEC (Continuing Education Credit) courses to insurance agents and adjusters as a marketing tool by many restoration companies, creating and teaching those courses for one of the major restoration franchises for many years.

Sandy has served as the TAC (Technical Advisory Committee) Chairperson for FSRT for over 16 years, helping IICRC registrants solve problems they encountered.