AVIXA Leadership is comprised of executive staff and an elected volunteer Board of Directors

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.



2024 Board of Directors 

 


Leadership Search Committee Chair 
Martin Saul
CEO, ICAP Global
Argentina


Chair of the Board of Directors

Cathryn Lai
Chief Commercial Officer
OpenBet
USA

Vice Chair
Jatan Shah
President & Chief Operating Officer
QSC
USA

Secretary-Treasurer
Tobias Lang
CEO
LANG AG
Germany



Directors 

 


Christian Carrero
Managing Director
prody Tel GmbH
Germany


Dorothy Di Stefano
Founder/Director
Molten Immersive Art
Australia


Nyere Hollingsworth
Senior Manager, Collaboration & Productivity
Grainger
USA


Laila Hede Jensen
CEO
Zenova
Denmark


Gale Moutrey
Global Vice President, Brand + Workplace Innovation
Steelcase
Canada


Kaushik Mukhopadhyay, CTS
Managing Director & CEO
AVID
India & UAE


Mradul Sharma
Managing Director
3CDN Workplace Tech Pvt Ltd
India


Bren Walker
Partner & Principal of Integrated Systems Design
Kirkegaard
USA

Ex Officio

 

Chief Executive Officer
David Labuskes, CTS, CAE, RCDD
AVIXA

General Counsel
Venable, LLP
As represented by George E. Constantine, Partner

Executive Business Administrator to the CEO
and Manager of Board Affairs
Yvette Robinson, AVIXA


Executive Staff

 
David Labuskes | AVIXA

David Labuskes
Chief Executive Officer

Greg Feehan | AVIXA

Greg Feehan
Chief Financial Officer

Dan Goldstein | AVIXA

Dan Goldstein
Chief Marketing Officer

Sarah Joyce | AVIXA

Sarah Joyce
Chief Global Officer


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.

2024 Leadership Search Committee



Chair: Martin Saul
CEO, ICAP Global


Cathryn Lai
Chief Commercial Officer
OpenBet

Jatan Shah
President and Chief Operating Officer
QSC


Tobias Lang
CEO
LANG AG

Mike Brandes
Senior Product Marketing Manager of Q-SYS Video Solutions
QSC


Michael Bridwell
Vice President, Commercial Sales
Sonance


Graeme Harrison
VP and General Manager
Bluesound Professional

Frank Pisano
CEO
Bluefin


Monique Rezaei
Director, Americas Channel Sales | Microsoft Teams Rooms
Devices


Pedro Valletta
Principal CEO
interproAV


Juan Josè Vila 
CSO
Equipson


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.

2024 Finance Committee

Chair

Tobias Lang 
CEO
Lang AG
Germany

Committee Members

Martin Saul
CEO
ICAP Global
Argentina

Cathryn Lai,
Chief Commercial Officer
OpenBet
USA

Jatan Shah
President & Chief Operating Officer
QSC
USA

Laila Hede Jensen
CEO
Zenovo
Denmark

Bren Walker,
Partner & Principal of
Integrated Systems Design
Kirkegaard
USA

Althea Ricketts
Vice President, Corporate Initiatives
Shure Incorporated
USA

Daniel Budinich
General Coordinator
Museo Interactivo Las Condes
Chile


AVIXA Foundation

The Foundation is led by a board of directors composed of esteemed thought leaders. It utilizes AVIXA's vast resources and help from industry volunteers to cultivate growth of AV skills training programs around the world.

2024 Board of Directors


PRESIDENT: Cristiano Mazza, CTS

CXO, DUCaaS


Althea Ricketts

Vice President, Corp. Initiatives
Shure Incorporated


Chris Fitzpatrick, PHR,SHRM-P

Sr. Manager, Talent Development
Crestron


Dorothy Di Stefano

Founder/Director,
Molten Immersive Art


Jack Laidlaw

HE Quality, Data, and Policy Manager
Middlesbrough College


Kaushik Mukhopadhyay, CTS

Managing Director & CEO, AVID


Virginia Wu

Sales & Marketing VP,
Aavara Innovation Corp.

Upcoming Events
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Networking Technology for AV professionals, Hemel Hempstead, UK

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October
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Paging System Designs and Best Practices

October
16
D=SIGN Power Hour: Sensors and Triggers to Make Ordinary Screens Intelligent