Our Leadership
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.
2023 Board of Directors
Leadership Search Committee Chair
Samantha Phenix
Founder, Phenix Consulting
Ireland
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Martin Saul
CEO
ICAP Global
Argentina
Vice Chair
Cathryn Lai
Chief Commercial Officer
OpenBet
USA
Secretary-Treasurer
Jatan Shah
President and Chief Operating Officer
QSC
USA
Directors
Michelle Grabel-Komar
Vice President of Sales
Full Compass Systems
USA
Mradul Sharma
Managing Director
3CDN Workplace Tech Pvt Ltd
India
Tze Tze Lam
Executive Director
Electro-Acoustics Systems Pte Ltd
Singapore
Nyere Hollingsworth
Senior Manager, Collaboration and Productivity
Grainger
USA
Dorothy Di Stefano
Founder/Director
Molten Immersive Art
Australia
Dena Lowery
President
Opus Agency
USA
Bren Walker
Partner & Founding Principal of Integrated Systems Design
Kirkegaard
USA
Brad Sousa
Chief Technology Officer
AVI Systems
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.
2023 Leadership Search Committee
Chair: Samantha Phenix
Founder, Phenix Consulting
Sharath Abraham, CTS
Digital Workplace Consultant
Accenture
Mike Brandes
Senior Product Marketing Manager of Q-SYS Video Solutions
QSC
Graeme Harrison
VP and General Manager
Bluesound Professional
Cathryn Lai
Chief Commercial Officer
OpenBet
Christian Orcin
Managing Director
d&b audiotechnik, Spain, Portugal, & Italy
Frank Pisano
VP of Sales, Americas
BrightSign
Monique Rezaei
Director, Americas Channel Sales | Microsoft, Teams Room Devices
Microsoft
Althea Ricketts
Associate Vice President, Corporate Initiatives
Shure Incorporated
Martin Saul
CEO
ICAP Global
Jatan Shah
President and Chief Operating Officer
QSC
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.
2023 Finance Committee
Chair
Jatan Shah,
President and Chief Operating Officer
QSC
Committee Members
Michelle Grabel-Komar,
Vice President of Sales,
Full Compass Systems
Ben Martin,
Senior Vice President, Sales and Strategy
Legrand AV
Martin Saul,
CEO,
ICAP Global
Cathryn Lai,
Chief Commercial Officer,
OpenBet
Mradul Sharma,
Managing Director,
3CDN Workplace Tech Pvt Ltd
Laura Watson,
Chief Financial Officer,
CCS Presentation Systems
Samantha Phenix,
Founder,
Phenix Consulting
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.
2023 Board of Directors
President
Cristiano Mazza, CTS,
Product Director,
DISCABOS Group
Directors
Vice President, Corp. Initiatives
Shure Incorporated
Chris Fitzpatrick, PHR, SHRM-P,
Campus Relations Manager,
Crestron
Partner & Founding Principal of Integrated Systems Design,
Kirkegaard
Brad Sousa
Chief Technology Officer,
AVI Systems
Jack Laidlaw
Program Leader,
Middlesbrough College
Virginia Wu
Sales & Marketing VP,
Aavara Innovation Corp.