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.
2025 Board of Directors
Leadership Search Committee Chair
Cathryn Lai
Chief Operating Officer - Sands Digital, Las Vegas Sands Corp.
USA
Chair of the Board of Directors
Jatan Shah
President
QSC
USA
Vice Chair
Tobias Lang
Chief Executive Officer
LANG AG
Germany
Secretary-Treasurer
Mradul Sharma
Founder and Managing Director
3CDN Workplace Tech Pvt Ltd
India
Directors
John Bailey
Senior Vice President, Technology & Innovation
AVI-SPL
USA
Kristin Bidwell
CEO
Audiovisual Consulting Team (AVCT)
USA
Christian Carrero
Managing Director
prody Tel GmbH
Germany
Nicholas E. Cox, Sr
Director, IT-AV, Support Team Lead
Mizuho Americas
USA
Laila Hede Jensen
Global Group Chief Business Expansion Officer
Zenova
Denmark
Gale Moutrey
Global Vice President, Brand + Workplace Innovation
Steelcase
Canada
Kaushik Mukhopadhyay, CTS
Managing Director & CEO
AVID
India & UAE
Tom Shen
President & CEO
Shen Milsom & Wilke (SM&W)
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.
2025 Leadership Search Committee
Chair: Cathryn Lai
Chief Operating Officer - Sands Digital
Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Jatan Shah
President
QSC
Tobias Lang
CEO
LANG AG
Mradul Sharma
Founder and Managing Director
3CDN Workplace Tech Pvt Ltd
India
Mike Brandes
Senior Product Marketing Manager of Q-SYS Video Solutions
QSC
Michael Bridwell
Vice President, Commercial Sales
Sonance
Virginia Daugherity
Poly SLED Collaborations Specialist
HP Poly
Lainie M. Mataras
Senior Director, Consultant Architecture & Design Group
Planar
Mike Stead
Director, Global Partnerships
GPA
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.