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
Chief Executive Officer
Greg Feehan
Chief Financial Officer
Dan Goldstein
Chief Marketing Officer
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 though 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.