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SMPTE Presidents

2023-2024 Renard T. Jenkins President
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024

Renard Jenkins is the President and CEO of I2A2 Technologies, Studios and Labs, a technology R&D and content creation firm focused on building ethically responsible solutions across Media and Entertainment, Marketing and Research, Education, and Healthcare. He is an experienced content creator and creative technology executive in the Film, Television and Radio industry. Jenkins is a SMPTE Fellow and also currently serves as President of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. He sits on the board of the Hollywood Professionals Association, the Advisory Board of Exceptional Minds. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Television Academy, Siggraph and a former board member of MovieLabs. He is a recipient of numerous awards, including two national Emmys, a Peabody, 2 Headliners, a 2020 Broadcasting and Cable Technology Leadership award. Jenkins was also awarded the Innovator of the Year award in 2017 for his cutting-edge work and accomplishments in UHD, HDR, NGA and supply chain technology through the PBS Advanced Format Center and other industry activities. Read more

Past Presidents

2021-2022
Hans Hoffmann

2019-2020
Patrick Giffis

2017-2018
Matthew Goldman

2015-2016
Robert P. Seidel

2013-2014
Wendy Aylsworth

2011-2012
Peter Ludé

2009-2010 
Kenneth C. Fuller

2007-2008
Robert B. Kisor

2005-2006
Edward P. Hobson

2003-2004
Gavin Schutz

2001-2002
John Mason

1999-2000
Charles H. Jablonski

1997-1998
David L. George

1995-1996
Stanley N. Baron

1993-1994
Irwin W. Young

1991-1992
Blaine Baker

1989-1990
Maurice L. French

1987-1988
M. Carlos Kennedy

1985-1986
Harold J. Eady

1983-1984 
Leonard F. Coleman

1981-1982
Charles E. Anderson

1979-1980
Robert M. Smith

1977-1978
William D. Hedden

1975-1976
Kenneth M. Mason

1973-1974
Byron S. Roudabush

1971-1972
Wilton R. Holm

1969-1970
Deane R. White

1967-1968
G. Carleton Hunt

1965-1966
Ethan M. Stifle

1963-1964
Reid H. Ray

1961-1962 
John W. Servies

1959-1960
Norwood L. Simmons

1957-1958 
Barton Kreuzer

1955-1956
John G. Frayne

1953-1954
Herbert Barnett

1951-1952 
Peter Mole

1949-1950
Earl I. Sponable

1947-1948
Loren L. Ryder

1945-1946 
Donald E. Hyndman

1943-1944
Herbert Griffin

1941-1942  
Emery Huse

1939-1940
E. A. Williford

1937-1938
Sidney K. Wolf

 1935-1936
Homer G. Tasker

1932-1934 
Alfred N. Goldsmith

1930-1931
John I. Crabtree

1929
Lawrence C. Porter

1926-1928
Willard B. Cook

1924-1925 
Lloyd A. Jones

1922-1923
Lawrence C. Porter

1919-1921
H. A. Camp

1916-1918
C. Francis Jenkins (Founder)