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SMPTE Section Officers and Managers

Atlanta

Chair

T.J. Scott, Grass Valley, Inc.

Secretary/Treasurer

Zandra Clarke, Turner Entertainment Networks

Past Chair

Ronald Caird, Pathfire

Managers

Term ending 6/30/09:

Jack Linder, Turner Entertainment Networks
George Wicker, ADC
Darryl Berman, Electrorack Enclosure Products

Term ending 6/30/10:

Donald "Quincy" Johnson, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc
Kenneth N. Miller, Comprehensive Technical Group

Australia

Chair

Ward C. Hansford, Tandberg

Secretary/Treasurer

Michael Day, Premier Media Group

Past Chair

John P Maizels, FOXTEL

Managers

Term ending 6/30/09:

Sean Glasson, John Barry Group
Marc Van Agten, Fujifilm
John Walsh, Maser Technology Group Pty Ltd

Term ending 6/30/10:

Peter Stavrianos, SBS Television and Radio
John Nachef, Cisco Systems
Mark Woodley, ABC

Membership Chairs:

John Beckhaus
John Walsh, Maser Technology Group Pty Ltd

Chicago

Acting Chair

Peter G. DeBenny, Midwest Media Group

Dallas/Ft. Worth

Chair

Don Dobbs, KXAS NBC/5

Secretary/Treasurer

Scott Howard, Tektronix, Inc.

Past Chair

Christopher B. Noland, Tektronix

Managers

Detroit

Chair

Charles W. Reti, Chuck Reti Video Services

Secretary/Treasurer

Robert A. Zeichner, Roscor

Managers

Term ending 6/30/09:

Vince Capizzo, Midnight Designs, Inc.
James M. Totten, WKBD-TV / WWJ-TV
Dave Westermann, Ross Video

Term ending 6/30/10:

David S. Wertheimer, Farmington Schools
Frank J. Maynard, WKBD-TV / WWJ-TV
W. Wallace Murray, AT&T

Germany

Chair

Dr. Ingo Höntsch, Institut Fur Rundfunktechnik (IRT)

Secretary/Treasurer

Stefan Hofmann, Panasonic B'cast Europe GmbH

Hollywood

Chair

Paul R. Chapman, Fotokem

Secretary/Treasurer

Allan J. Schollnick, THX Ltd.

Managers

Term ending 6/30/09:

Mark Chiolis, Grass Valley, Inc.
Robert Dennis, Ascent Media Group
Siegfried Heep, Modern Videofilm

Term ending 6/30/10:

Eric Gsell, Dolby Laboratories
Henry Gu, Silk Software
Bruce Berke, Eastman Kodak Co.

Hong Kong

Chair

Tony Ngai, Salon Films (HK) Ltd.

Secretary/Treasurer

Oonagh Ching Man Chan, Hong Kong Jockey Club

Managers

Term ending 6/30/09:

Peter Chu Yat-chiu, Television Broadcasts Ltd.
Philip Wu Chun-Kuen, Shun Hing Technology Co. Ltd.
Raymond Lai, Nai-hing, PCCW

Term ending 6/30/10:

Fung, Tze-Cheong, Digital Magic Limited
Leung Wai Boon, Television Broadcasts Ltd.
Wong Wing Fu, Tony, Sony Corp., H.K.

Houston

Chair

TBD

Secretary/Treasurer

TBD

Italy

Chair

Franco Visintin, Retired

Secretary/Treasurer

Federico Savina, Film Sound Consultant

Managers

Term ending 6/30/09:

Alfredo Bartelletti, BLT Italia, srl
Sergio Brighel, Trans Audio Video srl
Francesco De Luca, FDL System Enterprise, srl

Term ending 6/30/10:

Manlio Cruciatti, R. T. I. Spa
Alberto Simonetti, Iamiro
Giampaolo Giusti, Technicolor S.p.A.

Montreal/Quebec

Chair

Daniel Guévin, Radio-Canada

Secretary/Treasurer

Richard Bourbonniere, Sony of Canada

Managers

Term ending 6/30/09:

Denis Beauchamp, Societe Radio-Canada
Jean-Claude Krelic, Miranda Technologies
Ann-Marie Kuziomko, Sono Video Inc

Term ending 6/30/10:

René Villeneuve, Villeneuve Media Technologies
Daniel Despa, Communications DIDCOM Inc.
Gilles Morency, Harris Corp - Bcast. Comm. Div

Nashville

Chair

W. Michael Quinn, AZCAR USA

Secretary/Treasurer

Michael S. Arnold, NorthStar Studios Inc.

Membership Chair

Tom Clark, Fuji Film USA, Inc.

Managers

Term ending 6/30/09:

Larry Nelson, United Methodist Communications
William C. Spencer, North Star Studios

Term ending 6/30/10:

Jon Edward Waltz, Nvision, Inc.
John M. Nichols
Sean Miller, Watkins College - Film School

New England

Chair

Kevin Lessard, Video Express, a division of Lessard Taylor Communications, Inc.

Secretary/Treasurer

Paul R. Beck

Managers

Term ending 6/30/09:

Jeff Sauer, Digital Video Group
Robin Shahid, Panasonic
Bob Lamm, Boston Neighborhood Network

Term ending 6/30/10:

Bruce Ballantyne, BRIT VIDEO SYSTEMS
Martin P. Feldman, The Camera Company Inc.
Philip A. Ozek

New York

Chair,

Douglas I. Sheer, DIS Consulting Corp

Secretary/Treasurer

Herb Ohlandt

Managers

Term ending 6/30/09:

Charles R. Diehl, Nvision
Robert J. Gilmartin, Nost and Found Electronics, LLC.
William C. Miller, ABC, Inc.

Term ending 6/30/10:

Eileen M. Pedersen, CBS Inc.
Tim Dwight, Creative Bubble
Bruce Follmer, ABC Television Network

Membership Chair:

David A. Dever

Nordic

Chair

Mats Erixon, Royal Institute of Technology

Secretary/Treasurer

Peter A. Weiss, Weiss Invest & Consulting AB

Ohio

Chair

John R. Owen, NEXTEL

Secretary/Treasurer

Gene L. Batey, The Ohio State University, Office of Information Technology

Managers

Term ending 6/30/09:

TBD

Pacific/Northwest

Chair

Stephen Burnside, Grass Valley Inc.

Secretary/Treasurer

Robert B. Musburger

Managers

Term ending 6/30/09:

Kenneth M. Scott, Advanced Broadcast Solutions
Clifford Anderson, KCTS - TV
Michael Paul Scott, Bates Technical College

Philadelphia

Chair

Kenneth A. Herr, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Secretary/Treasurer

Dave Muckel, Comcast Spotlight

Managers

Term ending 6/30/09:

Steven Tadzynski, NJN Public TV and Radio

Term ending 6/30/10:

William J. Weber, WHYY, Inc.
Richard E. Kaelberer, PA Public Television Network

Jim Lien, Pixel Power

Rochester

Chair

Patrick Loughney, George Eastman House

Secretary/Treasurer

Barry Chow, Genesee Community College

Managers

Term ending 6/30/09:

Darryl Gordon Jones, Eastman Kodak Company

Term ending 6/30/10:

David Lynn Long, Rochester Institute of Technology
Edward E. Stratmann, George Eastman House
Ricardo R. Figueroa, Eastman Kodak Co.

Rocky Mountain

Chair

James Schoedler, Rocky Mountain PBS

Secretary/Treasurer

John Switzer, Sony Electronics Inc.

Managers

Term ending 6/30/09:

Jeff Grazi, Grazi Communications

Term ending 6/30/10:

Brad Torr, Harris Corp.

Brian Chavez, Omneon
David Diels, Pro-Bel

Russia

Chair

Valeny S. Ershov, Cinema & Photo Res. Institute

Secretary/Treasurer

TBD

Sacramento

Chair

Bob Hudelson, Nvision

Secretary/Treasurer

Mark A. Narveson, Grass Valley/A Thomson Brand

Managers

Term ending 6/30/09:

Lewis M. Dobbins, Grass Valley Inc.
Stuart Casteel, Grass Valley Inc.
Paul Berliner, Berliner Productions

Term ending 6/30/10:

Robert Sherman, Nvision Inc
Mona Smothers, Ewing-Foley, Inc.
Tim Stoffel, KNPB-TV

San Francisco

Chair

Peter Hammar, Hammar Communications

Secretary/Treasurer

C. Jason Mancebo

Managers

Term ending 6/30/09:

Michael Poimboeuf, Avid Digidesign
Kellie McKeown, McKeown Consulting
John Hartwell, John Hartwell Consultants

Term ending 6/30/10:

John Goodell, Goodell & Associates

Stephen H. Lampen, Belden
Bill Reckwerdt, Video Clarity

Toronto

Chair

Reid G. Robertson, Panasonic Canada Inc.

Secretary/Treasurer

Mike Prest, PEG Corp.

Managers

Term ending 6/30/09:

Paul Roeser, Applied Electronics, Ltd.

Term ending 6/30/10:

Leigh Whitcomb, Harris Corp - Leitch Bus. Unit
Andrew Thomas, Rogers Sportsnet
Andrew Rode, MTS Allstream

Washington, D.C.

Chair

Karl Joseph Kuhn, Textronix, Inc.

Secretary/Treasurer

James Snyder, Communications Engineering Inc. (CEI)

Managers

Term ending 6/30/09:

Thomas Hackett, CEI
David J. Weinberg, Tobias Audio
Eric Wenocur, Lab Tech Systems

Term ending 6/30/08:

Bob Natwick, Bob Natwick Associates
Rudolph J. Niznansky, Grass Valley Inc.
James Edward O'Neal, IMAS Publishing

Membership Chair

Tom Hackett, CEI