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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
John Bailey
Senior Vice President, Technology & Innovation
AVI-SPL
USA

Kristin Bidwell
CEO
Audiovisual Consulting Team (AVCT)
USA

Nicholas E. Cox, Sr
Director, IT-AV, Support Team Lead
Mizuho Americas
USA
Laila Hede Jensen
Global Group Chief Business Expansion Officer
Zenova
Denmark

Tom Shen
President & CEO
Shen Milsom & Wilke (SM&W)
USA
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
Mradul Sharma
Founder and Managing Director
3CDN Workplace Tech Pvt Ltd
India
Virginia Daugherity
Poly SLED Collaborations Specialist
HP Poly

Lainie M. Mataras
Senior Director, Consultant Architecture & Design Group
Planar
Mike Stead
Director, Global Partnerships
GPA
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.
2025 Finance Committee
Chair
Mradul Sharma
Founder and Managing Director
3CDN Workplace Tech Pvd Ltd
India
Committee Members
Tobias Lang
CEO
Land AG
Germany
Cathryn Lai
Chief Operating Officer
Sands Digital, Las Vegas Sands Corp.
USA
Jatan Shah
President & Chief Operating Officer
QSC
USA
John Bailey
Senior Vice President, Technology & Innovation
AVI-SPL
USA
Kaushik Mukhopadhyay
Managing Director & CEO
AVID
India & UAE
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.
2025 Board of Directors

CHAIR: Mahua Mukhopadhyay
Executive Director, AVID

Craig Durr
Chief Analyst and Founder, The Collab Collective
Sergio Gaitan, CTS
Independent Consultant

Graeme Massey
Managing Director,
Jacobs Massey Ltd.

Gale Moutrey
Global Vice President, Innovation Brand + Workplace Innovation,
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Tom Shen
President & CEO, Shen Milsom & Wilke (SM&W)

Aaron Udler, CEM, CTS
CEO,
Officepro, Inc.