Our Leadership
AVIXA Leadership is comprised of executive staff and an elected volunteer Board of Directors.
Executive Staff
David Labuskes
Chief Executive Officer
Greg Feehan
Chief Financial Officer
Dan Goldstein
Chief Marketing Officer
Sarah Joyce
Chief Global Officer
Board of Directors
The officers of the Board include the Chairman of the Board of Directors; Vice Chair and Secretary Treasurer of AVIXA as well as the Leadership Search Committee Chair. There are four elected at-large Directors and four appointed Directors. Voting for the AVIXA Board of Directors takes place in the fall and is open to current AVIXA members.
2022 Board of Directors
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Leadership Search Committee Chair |
Jon Sidwick President Collabtech Group |
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Chair of the Board of Directors |
Samantha Phenix CEO, Magwire Founder, Phenix Consulting |
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Vice Chair |
Martin Saul CEO ICAP Global |
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Secretary-Treasurer |
Cathryn Lai Chief Commercial Officer OpenBet |
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Directors |
Michelle Grabel-Komar Vice President of Sales Full Compass Systems Tze Tze Lam
Jatan Shah |
Mradul Sharma Tobias Lang |
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Ex Officio |
Chief Executive Officer |
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General Counsel |
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Executive Business Administrator to the CEO and Manager of Board Affairs
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Leadership Search Committee
The Leadership Search Committee (LSC) was established by AVIXA in 2008 to find and mentor volunteers to serve on committees and to appear on the next AVIXA election ballot.
The LSC consists of the Leadership Search Committee Chair; the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chair and Secretary-Treasurer of AVIXA; three members elected by AVIXA membership; and four members appointed by the Leadership Search Committee Chair. The LSC will make appointments and nominations and will make suggestions to committee chairs, the Board, and the Chairman of the Board of Directors for their use in recruiting committee members.
2022 Leadership Search Committee
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Chair |
Jon Sidwick President Collabtech Group |
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Committee Members |
Samantha Phenix Bill Fons Althea Ricketts |
Sharath Abraham, CTS |
Finance Committee
The Finance Committee was established by AVIXA as a standing committee of the Board of Directors to monitor the finances of AVIXA.
The Finance Committee consists of the Leadership Search Committee Chair; the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chair and Secretary-Treasurer of AVIXA; up to three non-officer Board members appointed by the Board of Directors; and two AVIXA members who do not serve on the Board of Directors appointed by the Board of Directors. The Finance Committee is charged to present budgets for approval by the Board and monitor AVIXA’s finances and work with AVIXA staff and the auditors to plan, monitor, and report on any annual or special audits. The Finance Committee is chaired by AVIXA’s Secretary-Treasurer.
2022 Finance Committee
Chair
Cathryn Lai,
Chief Commercial Officer
OpenBet
Committee Members
Jon Sidwick,
President,
Collabtech Group
Martin Saul,
CEO,
ICAP Global
Samantha Phenix,
CEO,
Phenix Consulting
Brad Sousa,
Chief Technology Officer,
AVI Systems
Tobias Lang,
CEO,
Lang AG
Ben Martin,
Sr. Vice President, Sales and Strategy,
Legrand AV
Laura Watson,
Chief Financial Officer,
CCS Presentation Systems
AVIXA Foundation
The foundation is led by a board of directors composed of esteemed though leaders. It utilizes AVIXA's vast resources and help from industry volunteers to cultivate growth of AV skills training programs around the world.
2022 Board of Directors
President
Cristiano Mazza, CTS,
Product Director,
DISCABOS Group
Directors
Associate Vice President, Corp. Initiatives
Shure Incorporated
Chris Fitzpatrick, PHR, SHRM-P,
Campus Relations Manager,
Crestron
Managing Director,
3CDN Workplace Tech Pvt Ltd.
Jatan Shah
President & COO,
QSC, LLC
Jack Laidlaw
Program Leader,
Middlesbrough College
Virginia Wu
Sales & Marketing VP,
Aavara Innovation Corp.