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Section Officers and Managers

The new term for all newly elected and continuing Section Officers and Managers began on 1 July, 2022. We know that you will continue to build on all the wonderful Section programs and events in the previous term. Many thanks to all those who have been willing to volunteer their time to help lead and grow our Society.

 

ATLANTA

CHAIR: Jack Linder, Linder Consulting
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Dave Siegler, Television Consulting, LLC
PAST CHAIR:  Bob Baker, Clark
MANAGERS:

Term Ending 6/30/23:
Philip Grossman
Nick Anderson
Lisa Hobbs

Term ending 6/30/24:
Andre Normil Jr.
Shannon Wilson

AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND and SOUTHERN PACIFIC ISLANDS

CHAIR: Paul Whybrow, Bodyboard Immersive Experiences
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Paul Maroni, Magna Systems and Engineering
PAST CHAIR: Paul Broderick, Telstra Corporation
MANAGERS:

Term ending 6/30/23:
Tony Moran
David Elder
Laura Sivis
Glenn Humphries

Term ending 6/30/24:
Paul Suters
Trupti Patel
Richard Visser
Doxia Brownlow
 

CENTRAL TEXAS

TBD

 

CHICAGO

CHAIR: Jim Skupien, Riedel
SECRETARY/TREASURER: John Connolly Jr, Key Code Media
PAST CHAIR: Mark Luciano, E.W. Scripps

MANAGERS:

Term ending 6/30/23
Christopher Gazdic
Travis Skupien
Pete Debenny

Term ending 6/30/24
James MacNichol
Mark Luciano

DETROIT

CHAIR: R. Thomas Bray, University of Michigan
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Gina Witzke, Ross Video
PAST CHAIR : Frank Maynard, WWJ-TV/WKBD-TV
MANAGERS:

Term ending 6/30/24:
Christopher Goosman
Tim O'Brien
Richard Thomas II

Term ending 6/20/23:
W. Wallace Murray
Mike Embry Jr.
Vincent Capizzo

FLORIDA

CHAIR  Shawn Maynard, Florical Systems
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Rick Wright, HSN
PAST CHAIR: Frank Torbert, WKMG TV
MANAGERS:

Term Ending 6/30/23
Rick Trock  
Edward Kothera       
Cassandra Lassman

Term Ending 6/30/24
Joe Addalia
Pierre Jaspar
 

GERMANY

TBD

HOLLYWOOD

CHAIR: Barry Goch, ColorTime
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Richard Wollrich
PAST CHAIR: Linda Rosner, Artisans PR
MANAGERS:

Term Ending 6/30/23:
Iris Wu
Lon Neumann
Belinda Merritt

Term Ending 6/30/24:
Juan Reyes
Marc Zorn
Nick Mitchell

HONG KONG

CHAIR: Kevin YF Chu, PCCW Media, Ltd.
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Benjamin Yip, PCCW Media Ltd.
PAST CHAIR: Tony Ngai, Society of Motion Imaging Ltd. 
MANAGERS:

Term ending 6/30/23:
Kin Hung Sin
Peter Wong
Andy Hui

Term ending 6/30/24: 
Terence Yiu
Eugene Chan Leung Yu

INDIA

CHAIR: Mr.Ujwal Nirgudkar, FILMLAB,Mumbai
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Shailesh Parab, Cineom Broadcast India Pvt Ltd.
MANAGERS:

Term Ending 6/30/23:
Rahul Purav
Anirvan Ghose
Vijay Venkataramanan

 

 

 

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: David Beaulieu, CBC/Radio-Canada
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Francois Bourdua, VS-TEK
PAST CHAIR:  Daniel Guévin, Radio-Canada

MANAGERS:

Term Ending 6/30/23:
Jonathan Jobin
Dominic Bourget
Denis Bonneau

Term Ending 6/30/24:
Jean-Claude Krelic
Pierre Hugues Routhier
Marie-Ève Bilodeau

OTTAWA SUBSECTION

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

NASHVILLE

TBD

NEW ENGLAND

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

Term Ending 6/30/23:
Jason Clifford
Robert Earl Lamm
David E. Acker

Term Ending 6/30/24:
Christopher Kelly
Dennis Dutra
Cheryl Lustenberger
 

NEW YORK

CHAIR: Ed DeLauter, Lee Systems, LLC.
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Barry Grossman, BarryG Technologies
PAST CHAIR:  Jeff Cohen
MANAGERS:

Term Ending 6/30/23:
John J. Gallagher
Farisa Ahmed
Berenice Herskovits

Term Ending 6/30/24:
John Acosta
Yarie Vazquez
Joe LoGrasso
 

   CONNECTICUT SUBSECTION

   CHAIR: Brian F. Kobylarz, Telecine Productions
   SECRETARY/TREASURER: Wes Simpson, Telecom Product Consulting

NORDIC

TBD

OHIO

CHAIR: John R. Owen, Q Communications, LLC
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Gene Batey, Consultant
MANAGERS:

Term Ending 6/30/24
Jeffry L. Johnson, Great Lakes Science Center

Term Ending 6/30/23
Terry L. Douds

PACIFIC / NORTHWEST

TBD

PHILADELPHIA

CHAIR: Mark Mullen, Millersville University
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Rick Gamble, VCA Fusion 
PAST CHAIR: James lien, Ac Video Solutions
MANAGERS:

Term Ending 6/30/23:
Tom Aquilone
Tom Michales
Sean McDonald

Term Ending 6/30/24:
Derek R. Flickinger
James Lien
Chuck Diehl

PITTSBURGH

CHAIR: Bill Bennett, ENCO Systems, Inc.
SECRETARY/TREASURER: John Humphrey, HITACHI KOKUSAI
PAST CHAIR: John Humphrey, HITACHI KOKUSAI
MANAGERS:

Term Ending 6/30/24
Robert G (Bob) Pennington
Otto Shellin
Timothy Jones

Term Ending 6/30/23
Bill Bennett
George Hoover
Mike Gianutsos

 

 

POLAND

CHAIR: Kamil Rutkowski, Black Photon
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Hanna Rudkiewicz
MANAGERS:

Term Ending 6/30/22
Tomasz Witkowski
Maciej Mika
Irena Gruca-Rozbicka

Term Ending 6/30/23
Marcin Maciejewski
Jurand Piotrowski
Michal Magon

 

ROCHESTER

CHAIR: Ricardo R. Figueroa, Eastman Kodak Co.
SECRETARY/TREASURER: David Long, Rochester Institute of Technology
PAST CHAIR: David Long
MANAGERS: TBD

 

ROCKY MOUNTAIN

CHAIR: Jason Dvorkin, AWS
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Chris Lennon, Ross Video
MANAGERS:

Term Ending 6/30/24:
Daniel Gonzales
Christy Vojvodich
Sean Richardson

Term Ending 6/30/23:
Tom D. Craig
Kerry Booth
Heather Mellish

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: Paul Turner, AJA Video
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Mona Smothers, Ewing-Foley
PAST CHAIR: Remington Maxwell, Grass Valley
MANAGERS:

Term Ending 6/30/24
Tim Walker

Term Ending 6/30/23
Patti Leonard
Robert Erickson
Bob Hudelson 

 

SAN FRANCISCO

CHAIR: Kent Terry, Dolby Laboratories
SECRETARY/TREASURER:  Matt Lavine, Bug ID, Inc.
PAST CHAIR: Keith Ian Graham, Consultant - Broadcast & Rich Media
MANAGERS:

Term Ending 6/30/23:
Sujay Kumar
Ray Pashley
Shane Ruggieri

Term Ending 6/30/24:
Jake Zuena
Thomas True,
Jeff Way

TEXAS

CHAIR Curtis Kirk

SECRETARY/TREASURER: Chad Rounsavall

PAST CHAIR: N/A

MANAGERS:

Fred Cunha
Subha Dhesikan
John Johns

TORONTO

CHAIR Tony Meerakker, MeerTech Systems
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Sylvia Fantin
PAST CHAIR: Leigh Whitcomb, Imagine Communications
MANAGERS:

Term ending 6/30/24:
Jamie Caeiro
Jason Ross
Randy Conrod

Term Ending 6/30/23:
Craig Jasman
Stosh Durbacz
Roy Folkman

     WESTERN CANADA SUBSECTION

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

 

UNITED KINGDOM

CHAIR: John Ellerton, British Telecommunications PLC
SECRETARY/TREASURER: N/A
PAST CHAIR: Simon Gauntlett
MANAGERS:

Term ending 6/30/2023:
Carys Hughes
Prinyar Boon
Polly Hickling

Term Ending 6/30/24:
Ian Trow
Tim De Marco
Christina Nowak
 

 

WASHINGTON, D.C.

CHAIR: Maciej Ochman, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
SECRETARY/TREASURER: John Footen, Deloitte Consulting LLP
PAST CHAIR: Tom Hackett, Diversified
MANAGERS:

Term Ending 6/30/23:
Joanne Carl
Gregory J Smalfelt
Phil Whitebloom
Brad Hughes

Term Ending 6/30/24:
Molli Chang
Jonathan Solomon
Dennis Felton
Jonathan Renuart