Meet your Instructors — ASHI School

Hank Sander

Illinois

Since 2012, as the owner-operator of Heartland Home Inspections. Prior to Heartland, he had 20+ years of sales and management experience in medical staffing, sales, recruiting, and hospitality industries. All in fast-paced environments with the ability to lead and motivate myself, employees, and staff. Hank is familiar with all areas of daily business operations, including Personal and HR issues, HIPPA and OSHA compliances, Contract Negations, Marketing and Advertising, Payroll and Labor Cost Management, Payroll and Tax preparations, purchasing, and cost controls. Hank earned his ACI credential in 2017 and has been an ASHI School instructor since 2021.

John Wessling

Missouri

John has inspected and evaluated over 8,000 buildings since founding Wessling Home Inspection Services, LLC. In addition to residential and commercial building inspections, he performs home safety and maintenance inspections for seniors and disabled individuals. John served as the President of ASHI’s St. Louis chapter in 2014. He is active with ASHI Education at the local and national level and has presented at multiple ASHI Chapters on various topics including Stairway-Rails-and Guard Issues, The Mechanics of Garage Door and Operator Systems, and Safety Practices for a Home Inspector.

John Cranor

Virginia

John is the owner and founder of Cranor Inspection Services, LLC. He has been a part of ASHI for over 20 years and has served as his chapter’s president and as a chapter educational committee member. He is credentialed as an Exterior Design Institute Certified Building Envelope Inspector and Moisture Warranty Corp. EIFS Inspector. He currently serves on the Commonwealth of VA Asbestos, Lead and Home Inspectors licensing board. He also has assisted and contributed to the Examination Board of Professional Home Inspectors in the development of the National Home Inspector’s exam. He is currently a lead instructor with The ASHI School.

Ray Baird

Tennessee

Ray spent more than three decades in commercial, residential, and international construction work before becoming a home inspector in 1997. He has performed over 12,000 inspections since then. He has also acted in several important leadership positions such as Chairman of Tennessee’s Home Inspector Advisory Board, President of ASHI’s Mid-Tennessee Chapter, and leader of ASHI’s South Atlantic COR.

Ray was the lead instructor for Inspection Training Associates/Kaplan Professional School’s home inspection courses at their Nashville facility from 2003 to 2008. He enjoys working in education and currently teaches at the ASHI School.

Scott Johnson

Georgia

Scott’s fascination with architecture and construction began when his father gifted him a hammer on his fifth birthday. He has since dedicated 25 years of his life to inspecting homes and more than two decades to educating others as a lead instructor with The ASHI School. When he is not working with BPG Inspections as a senior consultant and technical manager, he enjoys giving back to the home inspection community.

Scott has been the Education Chairman for ASHI’s Georgia chapter for the past half-decade. For most of the last ten years, he has also served on the ASHI Certification Committee, representing ASHI ACI credentialing.

Ken Harrington

Ohio

Ken first entered the world of home inspection in 1981, after which he earned numerous specialized inspection certifications like dimensional lumber, wood-destroying insects, irrigation systems, hot tubs and swimming pools, and mold. Over the course of his career, he has performed over 7,000 residential and commercial inspections throughout central Ohio. He has taught as a professor in the Workforce Development Department of Cincinnati State Community College. Ken retired from home inspection in 2017, but he continues to act as a certified Lead instructor for The ASHI School — a role he has filled since 2009.

Michael Conley

Florida

Michael has taken on many roles over the course of his 32-year career as a home inspector and his time as a laborer, carpenter, foreman, superintendent, project manager, construction consultant, and estimator. He has inspected a wide range of residential, business, and municipal properties. He currently writes on various inspection topics for respected publications. He is a certified state education provider and acts as a Lead instructor with The ASHI School. Michael is a nationally recognized speaker and presenter. His presentations are meant to educate and guide home inspectors on relevant topics.

Kevin J. Bradley

Maryland

Kevin is an ASHI-certified inspector with over 40 years of experience. He has completed thousands of inspections on residential and commercial properties ranging in age from still-under-construction to over 300 hundred years old. Kevin received the honor of being selected by the NJ State Board of Engineers and Surveyors to institute the initial educational requirements for all of Southern New Jersey. His teachings focus on fostering collaboration within the home inspection industry. Kevin has been training future inspectors for over 20 years and currently acts as the Lead Instructor of The ASHI School in Baltimore.