2021 Section Election Results

Atlanta Section

• Bob Baker, Clark

• Dave Siegler, Television Consulting, LLC

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023

• Philip Grossman, Solution Architechture Group Consultant
• Lisa Hobbs, MediaKind
• Nick Anderson, DigitalGlue

Australia Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022 

• Paul Whybrow, Body Immersive Experiences

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• Michael Day

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023

• Tony Moran
• David Elder, DE.Compl3x
• Laura Sivis, Courage Films Pty Ltd.
• Glenn Humphries, Deluxe Australia Stage One Soung

Chicago Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022 

•  Mark Luciano, EW Scripps

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• James Skupien, Bitcentral

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023

• Travis Skupien, Stadium Sports Network
• Christopher Gazdic, Liberty AV Solutions
• Pete Debenny, AVI Systems

Detroit Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022 

• R. Thomas Bray, University of Michigan

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

•  Gina Thompson, Ross Video

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023

• W. Wallace Murray
• Vince Capizzo, Midnight Designs, Inc.
• Mike Embry Jr., Ross Video

Florida Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022 

• Frank Torbert, Graham Media Group Orlando

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

•  Shawn Maynard, Florical Systems

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023

• Cassandra Lassman, The E.W. Scripps Company
• Edward Kothera, Conference Technology, Inc.
• Rick Trock, Trock Media Solutions

Hollywood Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022 

•  Linda Rosner, Artisans PR

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

•  Richard Wollrich

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023

• Iris Wu, Ambidio
• Lon Neumann, Immersive Audio Alliance
• Belinda Merritt, Belinda Reps

Hong Kong Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022 

•  Kevin YF Chu, PCCW Media, Ltd.

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

•  Benjamin Yip, PCCW Media Ltd.

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023

•  Sin Kin Hung
• Andy Hui, Imagine Communications
• Peter Wong, Sony Corporation of Hong Kong Limited

India Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022 

• Ujwal N. Nirgudkar

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• Shailesh Parab

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023

•  Rahul Purav, Futureworks Media Ltd.
• Anirvan Ghose, Pulz Electronics Ltd.
• Vijay Venkataramanan, Netflix (India)

Montreal/ Quebec Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022 

•  David Beaulieu, CBC/Radio-Canada

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

•  François Bourdua, VS-TEK, Strategies & Technololgies

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023

•  Denis Bonneau, Images et Technologies
• Jonathan Jobin, CBC/Radio-Canada
• Dominic Bourget, DMX Technologies Inc.

Ottawa Subsection

Subsection Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• Jeff Moore, Ross Video

Subsection Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• Troy English, Ross Video

New England Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

•  Martin P. Feldman, Unique Scientific, Inc.

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

•  Paul R. Beck,  The Museum of Broadcast Technology

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023

•  David Acker, Datra Engineering
• Jason Clifford, Video Express
• Bob Lamm, Belmont Media Center

New York Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• Ed DeLauter, Independent Consultant

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

•  Barry Grossman, BarryG Technologies

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023

•  Stuart Brewton, ViacomCBS
• Farisa Ahmed, Audio, Video & Controls Inc.
• Berenice Herskovitz, SiriusXM

Connecticut Subsection

Subsection Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• Brian F. Kobylarz, Tele-Cine Productions

Subsection Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• Wes Simpson, Telecom Product Consulting

Ohio Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• John R. Owen, Qcomm Engineering

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• Gene L. Batey, Batey Consulting

Manager  for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023

• Terry L. Douds, WOUB Public Media

Philadelphia Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• Mark Mullen, Millersville University

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• Rick Gamble, Stepdog Media

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023

• Tom Aquilone, The Lerro Corporation
• Tom Michales, Diversified
• Sean McDonald, Neumann University

Pittsburgh Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• John Humphrey, Hitachi Kokusai Electric America

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• Gregory Abel, Sony Electronics

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023

• Mike Gianutsos, Texolve Digital, Inc.
• Bill Bennett, ENCO Systems, Inc.
• George Hoover, NEP Group

Poland Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• Kamil Rutkowski, Black Photon SP z o. o.

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• Hanna Rudkiewicz, Black Photon SP z o. o.

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023

• Jurand Piotrowski, Canal + Polska S.A.
• Marcin Maciejewski, Platige Image
• Michał Magoń, Platige Image

Rocky Mountain Section

Chair for a one-year term of  1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• Chris Lennon, MediAnswers

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• Jack Wenzinger, AWS

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023

• Tom D. Craig, Rocky Mountain Public Media
• Kerry Booth, Levels Beyond
• Heather Mellish, Amazon Web Services

Russian Federation Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• Oleg Berezin, Nevafilm Studios

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• Sergey Puskov, Kinocomfort-Lazer, LLC

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023

• Dmitry Chekalin, Cinema & Photo Research Institute (NIKFI)
• Oleg Raev, Leonov Moscow Region University of Technology
• Viacheslav Sychev,Cinema & Photo Research Institute (NIKFI)

Sacramento Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

•  Remington Maxwell, Grass Valley

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

•  Mona Smothers, Ewing-Foley, Inc. / Luscombre Engineering

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023

• Patti Leonard, Grass Valley, LLC
• Robert Erickson, Grass Valley, LLC

San Francisco Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

•  Kent Terry, Dolby Laboratories

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

•  Matt Lavine, Bug ID, Inc.

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023

•  Sujay Kumar, Accion Labs
• Ray Pashley, Advanced Television Technologies Management
• Shane Mario Ruggieri, Dolby Laboratories 

Toronto Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

•  Tony Meerakker, Meer Tech Systems

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• Sylvia Fantin

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023

• Craig Jasman, CBC/Radio-Canada
• Stosh Durbacz, Fujifilm, Optical Devices Division
• Roy Folkman, TAG Video Systems

Western Canada Subsection

Subsection Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• Brian Gatensby, Corus Entertainment

Subsection Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• Rick Cederlund, Practical Post Consulting Inc.

United Kingdom Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• John Ellerton, BT Media & Broadcast

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023

• Prinyar Boon, PHABRIX Ltd.
• Carys Hughes, SKY UK
• Polly Hickling, Solent University

Washington DC Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• Maciej Ochman, Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022

• John Footen, Deloitte Consulting

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023

• Joanne Carl, Montgomery College
• Gregory J. Smalfelt
• Phil Whitebloom, VideoFlow
• Brad Hughes, National Geographic Partners - A Disney Company