Section Officers and Managers

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

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