Section Officers and Managers

ATLANTA

CHAIR: Zandra Clarke, Warner Bros. Discovery
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Forrest Quinn, Quantum Corporation
PAST CHAIR:  Jack Linder

Term ending 6/30/26:
James Boemker, Warner Bros Discover
Andre Normil Jr.
Shannon Wilson, Fox 5 Atlanta

CHICAGO

CHAIR: Chris Gazdic, Wesco
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Travis C. Skupien, WFLD-TV
PAST CHAIR: James Skupien, Riedel Communications

Term ending 6/30/26:
John Connolly
Mark Luciano

Term ending 6/30/27:
James Skupien, Riedel Communications

DETROIT

CHAIR: Timothy O’Brien, Center for Academic Innovation - University of Michigan
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Christopher Goosman, University of Michigan
PAST CHAIR : Frank Maynard, WWJ-TV/WKBD-TV

Term ending 6/30/26:
Richard Thomas II, MSU Broadcasting Services
Christopher Goosman, University of Michigan

Term ending 6/20/27:

R. Thomas Bray

Peter J. Koenig, WDIV-TV

W. Wallace Murray

FLORIDA

CHAIR: Anne-Laure Treny, NBC Universal
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Pierre Jaspar, Spanish Broadcasting System
PAST CHAIR: Shawn Maynard

Term ending 6/30/26:
Joe Addalia, Hearst Television
Anne-Laure Treny, NBCU Telemundo
Edward Kothera, Conference Technologies Inc.
Rick Trock, Trock Media Solutions

Term ending 6/30/27:

Amanda Neuber, University of Florida

Donatto Punyed, NBC Universal

GERMANY

TBD

HOLLYWOOD

CHAIR:  Juan Reyes, Tech Align Group
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Richard Wollrich
PAST CHAIR: Marc Zorn, Marvel Studios

Term Ending 6/30/26:
Belinda Merritt, Belinda Reps
Katrina King, AWS
Maureen O’Rourke, Post Production Specialist

Term Ending 6/30/27:
Rosanna Marino, International Digital Centre
Anna Steele, Light Iron
Carolyn Giardina, Variety

HONG KONG

CHAIR:  Kevin YF Chu, Now TV Hong Kong Ltd
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Peter Wong, A&S Broadcast Limited
PAST CHAIR: 
Terence Yiu, Phoenix Satellite Television Co. Ltd.

Term ending 6/30/26: 
Eugene Fung, Hong Kong Cable Television Limited
Benjamin Yip, CTC Productions

Term ending 6/30/27:
Andy Zoon On Lung, Jolly ProAudio Broadcast EngineeringLtd.
James Ka Cheong Leung, Telestream

INDIA

CHAIR: Ujwal N. Nirgudkar, Film & Digital Imaging Consultant
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Shailesh Parab, Cineom Broadcast India Pvt Ltd

Term Ending 6/30/27:
Baylon Fonseca, Netflix
Paritosh Saha, JioStar
Suresh Deshmane

ITALIAN

CHAIR: Alfredo Bartelletti, BLT Italia srl
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Davide Moro
PAST CHAIR: Franco Visintin
MANAGERS:

Term ending 6/30/20:
Cristiano Benzi
Manlio Cruciatti
Luca Mariani

Term Ending 6/30/21:
Marco Pellegrinato
Massimo Bertolotti
Federico Savina

MONTREAL / QUEBEC

CHAIR: Denis Bonneau, Technologie Optic.ca
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Renaud Fanoni, Groupe Tactila inc.
PAST CHAIR:  David Beaulieu

Term Ending 6/30/26:
Marie Eve Bilodeau, Freelancer
Guillaume Nyami, LATAMS - PolyGrames
Renaud Paradis

Term Ending 6/30/27:
Joan Letarte, Bell Média
Johanne Truesdell
Simon Girard, Cégep du Vieux Montréal

OTTAWA SUBSECTION

CHAIR: Jeff Moore, Ross Video
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Eitan Weisz, CPAC, Cable Public Affairs Channel

NEW ENGLAND

CHAIR: Martin P. Feldman, Unique Scientific, Inc.
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Paul R. Beck, The Museum of Broadcast Technology

Term Ending 6/30/26:
Michael Webber, Foxboro Cable Access
Cheryl Lustenberger, Game Creek Video
Christopher Kelly, WGBH Boston

Term Ending 6/30/27:
Joseph Tymecki, Vermont Public Co.
David Beauvais
Dennis Dutra, City of Boston and BNN

NEW YORK

CHAIR: John Gallagher, BMCC/CUNY
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Berenice Herskovits, New York Public Radio
PAST CHAIR:  Ed DeLauter, Paramount Global

Term Ending 6/30/26:
Jeff Cohen
Josh Gordon
John Acosta

Term Ending 6/30/27:
Rick Ackermans, CBS Television
Jeff Polikoff, QVEST
Bill Miller, Miltag Media Technology, LLC

   CONNECTICUT SUBSECTION

   CHAIR: Wes Simpson, LearnIPvideo.com

   SECRETARY/TREASURER: 

   LONG ISLAND SUBSECTION

   CHAIR: Glenn Govier, AMC Networks
   SECRETARY/TREASURER: Frank Jachetta, Multidyne Video & Fiber Optics

UPSTATE NEW YORK SUBSECTION

    CHAIR: Ricardo Figueroa, RIT
   SECRETARY/TREASURER: David Long, RIT

OCEANIA

CHAIR: Evdoxia Brownlow, Tabcorp
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Paul Maroni, EVS Broadcast Equipment
PAST CHAIR: Paul Whybrow 

Term ending 6/30/26:
Paul Suters, Champas Professional Services Pty Ltd
Richard Visser, Telstra Broadcast Services
Trupti Patel, Telstra Broadcast Services

Term ending 6/30/27:
Smita Guatam, Nine Network
Andrew Martin, Television New Zealand
Caroline Ramsay, NEP
Jamie Drew, ABC

OHIO

CHAIR: Jeffry Johnson
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Gene L. Batey, Batey Consulting

Term Ending 6/30/26
Ed Shrider
Jeffry Johnson, Great Lakes Science Center
Steve Carr

Term Ending 6/30/27
Terry L. Douds

PACIFIC / NORTHWEST

TBD

PHILADELPHIA

CHAIR: Mark Mullen
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Rick Gamble, Stepdog Media
PAST CHAIR: James lien, Ac Video Solutions
MANAGERS:

Term Ending 6/30/27:
Andrea Beth Cummis, WLVT-PBS39
Thomas Michales, Diversified 

Term Ending 6/30/26:
James Lien, Retired
Martin Otremsky, Philadelphia Phillies

POLAND

CHAIR: Kamil Rutkowski, Black Photon Sp. zo.o.
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Jurand Piotrowski, Canal+ Polska S.A.
MANAGERS:

Term Ending 6/30/26:
Łukasz Janik, TVP S.A

Term Ending 6/30/27:
Jarosław Gretkiewicz, Dolby Poland Sp. z o.o
Tomasz Musialski, Dolby Poland Sp. z o.o
Tomasz Drwal, TVP S.A.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN

CHAIR: Sean Richardson, Dolby Laboratories
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Michael Picchetti
PAST CHAIR: Kerry Booth, Signiant

Term Ending 6/30/26:
Daniel Gonzales, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jeff Grazi, Grazi Communications, LLC.

Term Ending 6/30/27:
Chris Lennon, Ross Video
Mark Rushton, Mediaproxy Pty Ltd
Philip Courtney, Electrosonic

RUSSIAN

CHAIR: Oleg Berezin, Nevafilm Company
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Sergey Puskov, Kinocomfort
PAST CHAIR: Alexander Peregudov

MANAGERS:

Term Ending 6/30/22:
Alexander Peregudov
Alexander Volkov
Konstantin Glasman

Term Ending 6/30/23:
Dmitry Chekalin
Oleg Raev
Viacheslav Sychev

SACRAMENTO

CHAIR: John Henkel, NETGEAR
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Cindy Zuelsdorf, Kokoro Marketing
PAST CHAIR: Paul Turner, AJA Video

Term Ending 6/30/26:
Jed Deame
John Henkel, Netgear
Viktor Rzensanke

Term Ending 6/30/27:

Ian Godfrey, TSL Products

Ian Foster, NewBlue Inc 

John Liron

SAN FRANCISCO

CHAIR: Shane Mario Ruggieri, Dolby Laboratories
SECRETARY/TREASURER:  Matt Lavine, Bug ID, Inc.
PAST CHAIR: Kent Terry, Dolby Laboratories

Term Ending 6/30/26:
Garrick Huey, Advanced Systems Group, LLC
Jeffrey F. Way, OpenDrives
Thomas J. True, NVIDIA Corporation

Term Ending 6/30/27:
John Shike, Advanced Systems Group
Gary Mandle, Outtahand Displays
Sujay Kumar, NStarx Inc

TEXAS

CHAIR:  Daniel Rodriguez, Live Media Group

SECRETARY/TREASURER: Trevor Van Dahm, MELISSA ISD

PAST CHAIR: Curtis Kirk

MANAGERS:

Term ending 6/30/27:
Chris Ostertag, Austin PBS
John Johns, University of North Texas
David Horn, GameOn Sports Network

TORONTO

CHAIR:  Roy Folkman, CineSys
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Craig Jasman, CBC/Radio-Canada
PAST CHAIR: Lawrence St-Onge

Term ending 6/30/26:
Silvino Almeida, Skyline Inc.
Jaime Caeiro, Corus Entertainment Inc.
Nathan Bentley, Rogers Media

Term Ending 6/30/27:
Noor Hassan, Amazon Web Services
Christian Scarlato, Toronto Metropolitan University
Bryan Samis, Amazon Web Services

     WESTERN CANADA SUBSECTION

CHAIR: Brian Gatensby, Corus Entertainment
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Rick Cederlund, Practical Post Consulting Inc

UNITED KINGDOM

CHAIR: John Ellerton, BT Media & Broadcast
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Polly Hickling, Eviden
PAST CHAIR: Simon Gauntlett

Term Ending 6/30/26:
Ian Trow, Sky
Tim De Marco, Amazon Prime Video
Christina Nowak, New Chapter Production Ltd

Term ending 6/30/2027:
Phil Tudor, BBC
Carys Hughes, Sky UK

Natasha Jones, Techex

WASHINGTON, D.C.

CHAIR: Jonothan Solomon, Self employed / Technicall
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Greg Smalfelt, Comm. Prod. Div., Fairfax Co.
PAST CHAIR: Maciej Ochman
MANAGERS:

Term Ending 6/30/26:
Patrick Thorpe, Montgomery College - Rockville

Dennis A. Felton, DIME

Jonathan Solomon, Amazon Web Services

Brad Hughes, National Geographic - Disney Entertainment

Term Ending 6/30/27:
Michelle Escumbise, National Geographic
Molli Chang, Towson University
Brent Hufnagel, National Geographic
Fred Willard, Televisa Univision