Section Officers and Managers

ATLANTA

CHAIR: Zandra Clarke, Warner Bros. Discovery
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Forrest Quinn, Quantum Corporation
PAST CHAIR:  Jack Linder

Term Ending 6/30/27:
Dr. Brian Bentley, Clark Atlanta University
Jack Linder, Linder Consulting LLC
Darryl Berman, DLBERMAN & ASSOCIATES LLC

Term ending 6/30/28:
 Derrick DeCarlo, Tata Communications Media 

Term Ending 6/30/27:
Dr. Brian Bentley, Clark Atlanta University
Jack Linder, Linder Consulting LLC
Darryl Berman, DLBERMAN & ASSOCIATES LLC

CHICAGO

CHAIR: Chris Gazdic, Wesco
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Travis C. Skupien, WFLD-TV
PAST CHAIR: Travis C. Skupien, WFLD-TV

Term ending 6/30/27:
James Skupien, Riedel Communications

Term ending 6/30/28:
John Salt, Audinate 
Nathan Russell, Bally’s Media 
John Connolly, Key Code Media 

DETROIT

CHAIR: Timothy O’Brien, Center for Academic Innovation - University of Michigan
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Charles Reti, CBS Detroit 
PAST CHAIR : Frank Maynard, WWJ-TV/WKBD-TV

Term ending 6/20/27:

R. Thomas Bray

Peter J. Koenig, WDIV-TV

W. Wallace Murray

Term ending 6/30/28:
Chris Goosman, University of Michigan 
Eric Oblander, Center for Academic Innovation - University of Michigan 

FLORIDA

CHAIR: Anne-Laure Treny, NBC Universal
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Pierre Jaspar, Spanish Broadcasting System
PAST CHAIR: Shawn Maynard

Term ending 6/30/27:

Amanda Neuber, University of Florida

Donatto Punyed, NBC Universal

Term ending 6/30/28:
Frank Torbert 
Rick Trock, Trock Media Solutions 
Joe Addalia, Hearst Television 

GERMANY

TBD

HOLLYWOOD

CHAIR:  Juan Reyes, Tech Align Group
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Richard Wollrich
PAST CHAIR: Marc Zorn, Marvel Studios

Term Ending 6/30/27:
Rosanna Marino, International Digital Centre
Anna Steele, Light Iron
Carolyn Giardina, Variety

Term Ending 6/30/28:
Veronica Pineda, Deluxe 
Bruce Dobrin, Sony Pictures Imageworks 
Matthew Klein, Light Iron 

HONG KONG

CHAIR:  Peter Wong, A&S Broadcast Limited 
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Tony Ngai, Society of Motion Imaging Ltd. 
PAST CHAIR: 
Kevin YF Chu, Now TV Hong Kong Ltd

Term ending 6/30/27:
Andy Zoon On Lung, Jolly ProAudio Broadcast EngineeringLtd.
James Ka Cheong Leung, Telestream

Term ending 6/30/28: 
Benjamin Yip, CTC Productions

INDIA

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

Term Ending 6/30/27:
Baylon Fonseca, Netflix
Paritosh Saha, JioStar
Suresh Deshmane

Term Ending 6/30/28:

Anirvan Ghosh, Pulz Electronics Ltd.

Rahul Purav, FUTUREWORKS MEDIA LTD.

Ketan Meta, Qube Cinema

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: Joan Letarte, Bell Média 
PAST CHAIR:  David Beaulieu

Term Ending 6/30/27:
Joan Letarte, Bell Média
Johanne Truesdell
Simon Girard, Cégep du Vieux Montréal

Term Ending 6/30/28:
Charles Hosson, Polytechnique Montréal 
Guillaume Ndjamba Nyami, LATAMS - PolyGrames 
Renaud Paradis, Groupe Tactila inc. 

OTTAWA SUBSECTION

CHAIR: Eitan Weisz, CPAC, Cable Public Affairs Channel 
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Melissa Georghiou, Ross Video 

NEW ENGLAND

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

Term Ending 6/30/27:
Joseph Tymecki, Vermont Public Co.
David Beauvais
Dennis Dutra, City of Boston and BNN

Term Ending 6/30/28:
Christopher Kelly, WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION. 
Cheryl Lustenberger, GAME CREEK VIDEO 
Michael Webber, Foxboro Cable Access 

NEW YORK

CHAIR: John Gallagher, BMCC/CUNY
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Barry Grossman, BarryG Technologies LLC 
PAST CHAIR:  Ed DeLauter, Paramount Global

Term Ending 6/30/27:
Rick Ackermans, CBS Television
Jeff Polikoff, QVEST
Bill Miller, Miltag Media Technology, LLC

Term Ending 6/30/28:
Nick Laborne, ABC News / DEMED 
Berenice Herskovits, New York Public Radio 
Josh Gordon, TV Industry Strategist, Josh Gordon Group 

   CONNECTICUT SUBSECTION

   CHAIR: Wes Simpson, LearnIPvideo.com

   SECRETARY/TREASURER: Jeff Cohen, Meta Martis  

   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

OCEANIA

CHAIR: Evdoxia Brownlow, Tabcorp
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Jim Newbould, Devoli 
PAST CHAIR: Paul Whybrow 
Term ending 6/30/27:
Smita Guatam, Nine Network
Andrew Martin, Television New Zealand
Caroline Ramsay, NEP
Jamie Drew, ABC

Term ending 6/30/28:
Pip Warren, Avid Technology 
Reza Rahimi, Appear 
Trupti Patel, Telstra Broadcast Services 

OHIO

CHAIR: Jeffry Johnson
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Gene L. Batey, Batey Consulting 

Term Ending 6/30/27
Terry L. Douds

Term Ending 6/30/28
Ed Shrider 
Steve Carr

PACIFIC / NORTHWEST

TBD

PHILADELPHIA

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

Term Ending 6/30/27:
Andrea Beth Cummis, WLVT-PBS39
Thomas Michales, Diversified 

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

POLAND

CHAIR: Jarosław Gretkiewicz, Dolby Poland Sp. z o.o 
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Jurand Piotrowski, Canal+ Polska S.A.
MANAGERS:

 Term Ending 6/30/27:
Tomasz Musialski, Dolby Poland Sp. z o.o
Tomasz Drwal, TVP S.A. 

Term Ending 6/30/28:
Łukasz Janik, TVP S.A

ROCKY MOUNTAIN

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

Term Ending 6/30/27:
Chris Lennon, Ross Video
Mark Rushton, Mediaproxy Pty Ltd
Philip Courtney, Electrosonic

Term Ending 6/30/28:
Tony Roccanova, NBCUniversal 
Jeff Grazi, Grazi Communications, LLC 
John Ferder, Qvest 

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: Ian Godfrey, TSL Products 
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Viktor Rzesanke, TAGVS 
PAST CHAIR: John Henkel, NETGEAR

Term Ending 6/30/27:

Ian Godfrey, TSL Products

Ian Foster, NewBlue Inc 

John Liron

Term Ending 6/30/28:
Dean Bullock, TSL Products 
Jed Deame, Nextera Video 
Mike Boucke, AJA Video Systems 

SAN FRANCISCO

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

Term Ending 6/30/27:
John Shike, Advanced Systems Group
Gary Mandle, Outtahand Displays
Sujay Kumar, NStarx Inc

Term Ending 6/30/28:
Thomas True, Advanced Systems Group 
Garrick Huey, Outtahand Displays 
Jeff Way, NStarx Inc 

TEXAS

CHAIR:  Trevor Van Dahm, MELISSA ISD

SECRETARY/TREASURER: Daniel Rodriguez, Live Media Group

PAST CHAIR:  Daniel Rodriguez, Live Media Group

MANAGERS:

Term ending 6/30/27:
Chris Ostertag, Austin PBS
John Johns, University of North Texas
David Horn, GameOn Sports Network

Term ending 6/30/28:

Ari Negovschi Regalado

Jason Beard
Steven Rangel

TORONTO

CHAIR:  Roy Folkman, CineSys
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Craig Jasman, CBC/Radio-Canada
PAST CHAIR: Lawrence St-Onge

Term Ending 6/30/27:
Noor Hassan, Amazon Web Services
Christian Scarlato, Toronto Metropolitan University
Bryan Samis, Amazon Web Services

Term ending 6/30/28:
Gary Gornik 
Jaime Caeiro, Corus Entertainment Inc  
Jeff Vella, Total Technology Design 

     WESTERN CANADA SUBSECTION

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

UNITED KINGDOM

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

Term ending 6/30/2027:
Phil Tudor, BBC
Carys Hughes, Sky UK

Natasha Jones, Techex

Term Ending 6/30/28:
Susan Pratt, CEng IET University of Surrey 
Dom Foulkes, Globecast 
Ian Wagdin, Appear 

WASHINGTON, D.C.

CHAIR: Jonothan Solomon, Self employed / Technicall
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Greg Smalfelt, Comm. Prod. Div., Fairfax Co.
PAST CHAIR: Maciej Ochman
MANAGERS:

Term Ending 6/30/27:
Michelle Escumbise, National Geographic
Molli Chang, Towson University
Brent Hufnagel, National Geographic
Fred Willard, Televisa Univision

Term Ending 6/30/28:
Brad Hughes, National Geographic – Disney Entertainment 
Jason Paquin, CHESA 
Tom Pflaum, TPFL Consulting