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Section Officers and Managers

Section Election Results Section Resources

The new term for all newly elected and continuing Section Officers and Managers began on 1 July, 2023. 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: Forrest Quinn, Quantum Corporation
PAST CHAIR:  Bob Baker, Clark

Term ending 6/30/26:
James Boemker, Warner Bros Discover
Andre Normil Jr.
Shannon Wilson, Fox 5 Atlanta

Term Ending 6/30/25:
Bob Baker
Lisa Hobbs
Philip Grossman

AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND and SOUTHERN PACIFIC ISLANDS

CHAIR: Paul Whybrow, Bodyboard Immersive Experiences
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Paul Maroni, EVS Broadcast Equipment
PAST CHAIR: Paul Broderick, Telstra Corporation

Term ending 6/30/26:
Doxia Brownlow, Tabcorp (Sky Racing)
Paul Suters, Champas Professional Services Pty Ltd
Richard Visser, Telstra Broadcast Services
Trupti Patel, Telstra Broadcast Services

Term ending 6/30/25:
Sarah Merrick
Glenn Humphries
Tony Moran
Jamie Drew 

 

CENTRAL TEXAS

TBD

 

CHICAGO

CHAIR: Jim Skupien, Riedel Communications
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Travis C. Skupien, WFLD-TV
PAST CHAIR: Mark Luciano, E.W. 

Term ending 6/30/26:
John Connolly
Mark Luciano

Term ending 6/30/25:
James Skupien, Riedel Communications
Pete DeBenny, AVI Systems
Travis C. Skupien, WFLD-TV

 

DETROIT

CHAIR: R. Thomas Bray, University of Michigan
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Timothy O’Brien, Center for Academic Innovation - University of Michigan
PAST CHAIR : Frank Maynard, WWJ-TV/WKBD-TV

Term ending 6/30/26:
Richard Thomas II, MSU Broadcasting Services
Christopher Goosman, University of Michigan

Term ending 6/20/25:
Gina Witzke, Ross Video
Frank J. Maynard, Maynard Associates
W. Wallace Murray

 

FLORIDA

CHAIR Shawn Maynard, Florical Systems
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Pierre Jaspar, Spanish Broadcasting System
PAST CHAIR: Frank Torbert, WKMG TV

Term ending 6/30/26:
Joe Addalia, Hearst Television
Anne-Laure Treny, NBCU Telemundo
Edward Kothera, Conference Technologies Inc.
Rick Trock, Trock Media Solutions

 

GERMANY

TBD

HOLLYWOOD

CHAIR:  Marc Zorn, Marvel Studios
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Richard Wollrich
PAST CHAIR: Linda Rosner

Term Ending 6/30/26:
Belinda Merritt, Belinda Reps
Katrina King, AWS
Maureen O’Rourke, Post Production Specialist

Term Ending 6/30/25:
Iris Wu, Ambidio
Laura Thommen, LLC Thommen
Rafic Ghoogassian, Consultant

HONG KONG

CHAIR:  Kevin YF Chu, Now TV Hong Kong Ltd
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Peter Wong, A&S Broadcast Limited
PAST CHAIR: 
Terence Yiu, Phoenix Satellite Television Co. Ltd.

Term ending 6/30/26: 
Eugene Fung, Hong Kong Cable Television Limited
Benjamin Yip, CTC Productions

Term ending 6/30/25:
Ivan Lee Siu Tin
Eric Mok
Vincent Chan

 

INDIA

CHAIR: Ujwal N. Nirgudkar, Film & Digital Imaging Consultant
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Shailesh Parab, Cineom Broadcast India Pvt Ltd

Term Ending 6/30/26:
Ketan Mehta, Qube Cinema
Rahul Purav, Futureworks Media Ltd.
Anirvan Ghose, Pulz Electronics Ltd.

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: Denis Bonneau, Technologie Optic.ca
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Jonathan Jobin, CBC/Radio-Canada
PAST CHAIR:  Daniel Guévin, Radio-Canada

Term Ending 6/30/26:
Marie Eve Bilodeau, Freelancer
Guillaume Nyami, LATAMS - PolyGrames
Pierre Hugues Routhier, CBC/Radio-Canada

Term Ending 6/30/25:
Denis Bonneau, DXM Technologie Inc.
Dominic Bourget, Images et Technologie
Karim Blondy, Musitechnic

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

Term Ending 6/30/26:
Michael Webber, Foxboro Cable Access
Cheryl Lustenberger, Game Creek Video
Christopher Kelly, WGBH Boston

Term Ending 6/30/25:
Jason Clifford
Joseph Tymecki
David Acker 

NEW YORK

CHAIR: John Gallagher, BMCC/CUNY
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Berenice Herskovits, New York Public Radio
PAST CHAIR:  Ed DeLauter, Paramount Global

Term Ending 6/30/26:
Jeff Cohen
Josh Gordon
John Acosta

Term Ending 6/30/25:
Bill Miller
Mark Forman
Nick Laborne 

   CONNECTICUT SUBSECTION

   CHAIR: Brian F. Kobylarz, Tele-Cine Productions
   SECRETARY/TREASURER: Wes Simpson, LearnIPvideo.com

   LONG ISLAND SUBSECTION

   CHAIR: Glenn Govier, AMC Networks
   SECRETARY/TREASURER:
Frank Jachetta, Multidyne Video & Fiber Optics

UPSTATE NEW YORK SUBSECTION

    CHAIR: Ricardo Figueroa, RIT
   SECRETARY/TREASURER:
David Long, RIT

NORDIC

TBD

 

OHIO

CHAIR: John R. Owen, Q Communications, LLC
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Gene L. Batey, Batey Consulting

Term Ending 6/30/26
Ed Shrider
Jeffry Johnson, Great Lakes Science Center
Steve Carr

Term Ending 6/30/25
Terry L. Douds

PACIFIC / NORTHWEST

TBD

 

PHILADELPHIA

CHAIR: Mark Mullen
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Rick Gamble, Stepdog Media
PAST CHAIR: James lien, Ac Video Solutions
MANAGERS:

Term Ending 6/30/25:
Andrea Beth Cummis
Thomas Michales

Term Ending 6/30/26:
James Lien, Retired
Martin Otremsky, Philadelphia Phillies

 

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 Sp. zo.o.
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Jurand Piotrowski, Canal+ Polska S.A.
MANAGERS:

Term Ending 6/30/26:
Łukasz Janik, TVP S.A

Term Ending 6/30/25:
Jarosław Gretkierewicz
Daniel Pietrzyk
Tomasz Drwal

 

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: Sean Richardson, Dolby Laboratories
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Michael Picchetti
PAST CHAIR: Kerry Booth, Signiant

Term Ending 6/30/26:
Daniel Gonzales, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jeff Grazi, Grazi Communications, LLC.

Term Ending 6/30/25:
Chris Lennon
John Wood
Mark Rushton

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: Bob Hudelson
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Mona Smothers, Ewing-Foley, Inc.
PAST CHAIR: Paul Turner, AJA Video

Term Ending 6/30/26:
Jed Deame
John Henkel, Netgear
Viktor Rzensanke

Term Ending 6/30/25:
John Liron
Robert Erickson

 

SAN FRANCISCO

CHAIR: Shane Mario Ruggieri, Dolby Laboratories
SECRETARY/TREASURER:  Matt Lavine, Bug ID, Inc.
PAST CHAIR: Kent Terry, Dolby Laboratories

Term Ending 6/30/26:
Garrick Huey, Advanced Systems Group, LLC
Jeffrey F. Way, OpenDrives
Thomas J. True, NVIDIA Corporation

Term Ending 6/30/25:
Christopher Cain
Shane Mario Ruggieri
Sujay Kumar

TEXAS

CHAIR Curtis Kirk

SECRETARY/TREASURER: Chad Rounsavall

PAST CHAIR: N/A

MANAGERS:

Term ending 6/30/25:
Fred Cunha
Subha Dhesikan
John Johns

 

TORONTO

CHAIR Lawrence St-Onge, LSO Consulting
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Craig Jasman, CBC/Radio-Canada
PAST CHAIR: Tony Meerakker, MeerTech Systems

Term ending 6/30/26:
Silvino Almeida, Skyline Inc.
Jaime Caeiro, Corus Entertainment Inc.
Nathan Bentley, Rogerts Media

Term Ending 6/30/25:
Noor Hassan
Roy Folkman
Angele Rocheleau-Bourgeois

     WESTERN CANADA SUBSECTION

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

 

UNITED KINGDOM

CHAIR: John Ellerton, BT Media & Broadcast
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Polly Hickling, Eviden
PAST CHAIR: Simon Gauntlett

Term Ending 6/30/26:
Ian Trow, Sky
Tim De Marco, Amazon Prime Video
Christina Nowak, New Chapter Production Ltd

Term ending 6/30/2025:
Sarah Adams
Carys Hughes
Philip Tudor 

 

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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

Term Ending 6/30/25:
Elise Glynn
Gregory J. Smalfelt
Carlos Rojas
Mike Palmer

Term Ending 6/30/26:
Patrick Thorpe, Montgomery College – Rockville
Dennis A. Felton, DIME
Jonathan Solomon, Amazon Web Services
Brad Hughes, National Geographic – Disney Entertainment