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2022 Section Election Results

1 Grand Prize – Either a complimentary registration for a SMPTE Virtual Course OR a complimentary registration to the SMPTE Media Technology Summit
  • Bryan Samis (Toronto Section)

1 Second Prize – One Complimentary year of membership dues

  • James A. Butler (Washington, DC Section)

1 Third Prize - SMPTE Merchandise Prize Pack

  • Richard A. Dienhart (Florida Section)

10 Runner Up Prizes - $25 gift certificate to the SMPTE Store

  • Peter Weitzel (United Kingdom Section)

  • Allan Schollnick (Hollywood Section)

  • Joseph Sunday (Toronto Section)

  • Thomas McWilliams (Sacramento Section)

  • Allen Green (New York Section)

  • Ionis Marcus (Hollywood Section)

  • Patrice Guay (Montreal/Quebec Section))

  • Peter Adamiak (Hollywood Section)

  • John C. Gates (New England Section)

  • Evans Wetmore (Hollywood Section)

THANK YOU to all members who participated by casting their vote!

Atlanta Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023
  • Jack Linder, Linder Consulting*
Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023
  • Dave Siegler, Television Consulting LLC
Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023
  • Andre Normil Jr., WarnerMedia
  • Shannon Wilson, WAGA Fox 5 Atlanta

*Appointed to fill vacancy

Australia Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Paul Whybrow, Bodyboard Immersive Experiences

Secretary Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Paul Maroni, Magna Systems and Engineering
Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2024
  • Paul Suters, Champas Professional Services Pty Ltd.
  • Trupti Patel, Telstra Broadcast Services
  • Doxia Brownlow, Tabcorp (Sky Racing)
  • Richard Visser, Telstra Broadcast Services

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 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • R. Thomas Bray, University of Michigan

Secretary Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Gina Witzke, ROSS Video

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2024

  • Christopher Goosman, University of Michigan
  • Tim O’Brien, Center for Academic Innovation – Univ. of Mich.
  • Richard Thomas II, Mich. State University – Broadcasting Srvcs.

Florida Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Shawn Maynard, Florical Systems

Secretary Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Rick Wright, HSN

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2024

  • Joe Addalia, Hearst Television
  • Pierre Jaspar, Spanish Broadcasting System

Hollywood Section

Hollywood Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Barry Goch, ColorTime

Secretary Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Richard Wollrich

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2024

  • Juan Reyes, Convergent Risks
  • Marc Zorn, Marvel Studios
  • Nick Mitchell, WildAcre Company

Hong Kong Section

Hong Kong Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Kevin YF Chu, PCCW Media Ltd.

Secretary Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Benjamin Yip, PCCW Media Ltd.

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2024

  • Terence Yiu, Phoenix Satellite Television Co., Ltd.
  • Eugene Chan, HKT

Montreal Quebec Section

Montreal Quebec Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • David Beaulieu, CBC/Radio-Canada

Secretary Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • François Bourdua, VS-TEK, Strategies & Technologies

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2024

  • Marie Eve Bilodeau
  • Jean-Claude Krelic, Ross Video
  • Pierre Hugues Routhier, CBC Radio-Canada

Ottawa Subsection

Subsection Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Jeff Moore, Ross Video

Subsection Secretary Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Eitan Weisz, CPAC, Cable Public Affairs Channel

New England Section

New England Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Martin P. Feldman, Unique Scientific, Inc.

Secretary Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Paul R. Beck, The Museum of Broadcast Technology

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2024

  • Cheryl Lustenberger, WGBH Educational Foundation
  • Dennis Dutra, BNN Media & City of Boston Cable Office
  • Christopher Kelly, WBGH Boston

New York Section

New York Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Ed DeLauter, Lee Systems, LLC

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Barry Grossman, BarryG Technologies

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2024

  • John Acosta, CUNY, Kingsborough Community College
  • Yarie Vazquez, Ark Media / Freelance
  • Joe LoGrasso, 2110 Solutions LLC

Connecticut Subsection 

Subsection Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Brian F. Kobylarz, Tele-Cine Productions

Subsection Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Wes Simpson, Telecom Product Consulting

Ohio Section

Ohio Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • John R. Owen, QCOMMUNICATIONS, LLC

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Gene L. Batey, Batey Consulting

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2024

  • Jeffry Johnson, The Great Lakes Science Center

Philadelphia Section

Philadelphia Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Mark Mullen, Millersville University

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Rick Gamble, Stepdog Media

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2024

  • Derek R. Flickinger, Liquid Lasers & Lights
  • Chuck Diehl, Evertz Microsystems
  • Jim Lien

Pittsburgh Section

Pittsburgh Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Bill Bennett, ENCO Systems, Inc.

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • John Humphrey, Hitachi Kokusai Electric America

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2024

  • Robert G (Bob) Pennington, Mitsubishi Electric Power Products – Diamond Vision
  • Otto Shellin, WPXI-TV, Channel 11, Pittsburgh 
  • Timothy Jones, Robert Morris University

Rocky Mountain Section

Rocky Mountain Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Jason Dvorkin, AWS

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Chris Lennon, Ross Video

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2024

  • Daniel Gonzales, Signiant
  • Christy Vojvodich, Imagine Communications
  • Sean Richardson, Mediaproxy Pty Ltd

Sacramento Section

Sacramento Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Paul Turner, AJA Video

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Mona Smothers, Ewing-Foley, Inc.

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2024

  • Tim Walker, AJA Video Systems

San Francisco Section

San Francisco Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Kent Terry, Dolby Laboratories 

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Matt Lavine, Bug ID, Inc.

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2024

  • Jeff Way, Quantum
  • Thomas True, NVIDIA
  • Jake Zuena, Dolby Laboratories

Toronto Section

Toronto Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Tony Meerakker, Meer Tech Systems

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Sylvia Fantin

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2024

  • Jamie Caeiro, Corus Entertainment
  • Jason Ross, Telestream
  • Randy Conrod, Imagine Communications Canada - Retired

Western Canada Subsection

Subsection Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Brian Gatensby, Corus Entertainment

Subsection Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Rick Cederlund, Practical Post Consulting Inc.

United Kingdom Section

United Kingdom Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • John Ellerton, BT Media & Broadcast

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2024

  • Ian Trow, Ian Trow Tech Ltd.
  • Tim De Marco, Amazon Prime Video
  • Christina Nowak, 80six Ltd / New Chapter Production

Washington DC Section

Washington DC Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Maciej Ochman, Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • John Footen, Deloitte Consulting

Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2024

  • Molli Chang, Towson University
  • Jonathan Solomon, Amazon Web Services 
  • Dennis Felton, Contractor
  • Jonathan Renuart, Discovery

 These are the winners of the Society Election raffle.

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1 Grand Prize – Either a complimentary registration for a SMPTE Virtual Course OR a complimentary registration to the SMPTE Media Technology Summit
  • Bryan Samis (Toronto Section)

1 Second Prize – One Complimentary year of membership dues

  • James A. Butler (Washington, DC Section)

1 Third Prize - SMPTE Merchandise Prize Pack

  • Richard A. Dienhart (Florida Section)

10 Runner Up Prizes - $25 gift certificate to the SMPTE Store

  • Peter Weitzel (United Kingdom Section)

  • Allan Schollnick (Hollywood Section)

  • Joseph Sunday (Toronto Section)

  • Thomas McWilliams (Sacramento Section)

  • Allen Green (New York Section)

  • Ionis Marcus (Hollywood Section)

  • Patrice Guay (Montreal/Quebec Section))

  • Peter Adamiak (Hollywood Section)

  • John C. Gates (New England Section)

  • Evans Wetmore (Hollywood Section)

Congratulations to all and thanks for your participation!

THANK YOU to all members who participated by casting their vote! The Election Integrity Committee met on 2 May 2022 to verify the results of the 2022 SMPTE Section Elections. The results appear below:

Atlanta Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023
  • Jack Linder, Linder Consulting*
Secretary/Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023
  • Dave Siegler, Television Consulting LLC
Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023
  • Andre Normil Jr., WarnerMedia
  • Shannon Wilson, WAGA Fox 5 Atlanta

*Appointed to fill vacancy


Australia Section

Chair for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Paul Whybrow, Bodyboard Immersive Experiences

Secretary Treasurer for a one-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

  • Paul Maroni, Magna Systems and Engineering
Managers for a two-year term of 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2024
  • Paul Suters, Champas Professional Services Pty Ltd.
  • Trupti Patel, Telstra Broadcast Services
  • Doxia Brownlow, Tabcorp (Sky Racing)
  • Richard Visser, Telstra Broadcast Services

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 GhosePulz 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