The Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association has announced the election results for the 2024 AVIXA Board of Directors and Leadership Search Committee, electing Kaushik Mukhopadhyay, CTS, managing director & CEO, Avid and Christian Carrero, managing director, prodyTel GmbH to the board.
Brad Sousa, CTO of AVI Systems, had been elected as secretary-treasurer of the board by AVIXA membership prior to suddenly passing away on November 8, 2023. The Leadership Search Committee will be announcing a special election for the secretary-treasurer position prior to the end of the year, and in the meantime, has appointed Laila Hede Jensen, global group chief business expansion officer, ZetaDisplay and Gale Moutrey, global vice president, Brand + Workplace Innovation, Steelcase as well as the reappointment of Mradul Sharma, founder and managing director, 3CDN Workplace Tech, to AVIXA’s board of directors.
Michael Bridwell, vice president, commercial sales, Sonance, has been elected by AVIXA members to the Leadership Search Committee. In addition, Martin Saul, chair of the board of birectors, has appointed Pedro Valletta, CEO, interproAV, and Juan José Vila, CSO, Equipson, to the Leadership Search Committee.
A complete listing of the 2024 AVIXA Board of Directors:
LSC Chair: Martin Saul, ICAP Global
Chair of the Board of Directors: Cathryn Lai, OpenBet
Vice Chair: Jatan Shah, QSC
Secretary-Treasurer: To be determined
Directors: Christian Carrero, prodyTel GmbH; Dorothy Di Stefano, Molten Immersive Art; Nyere Hollingsworth, Grainger; Laila Hede Jensen, ZetaDisplay; Gale Moutrey, Steelcase; Kaushik Mukhopadhyay, AVID; Mradul Sharma, 3CDN Workplace Tech; and Bren Walker, Kirkegaard.
“AVIXA’s Board of Directors and Leadership Search Committee continue to be honored with such knowledgeable and experienced leaders from different areas of our industry and regions around the world,” says David Labuskes, CTS, CAE, RCDD, chief executive officer of AVIXA. “Their unique perspectives will help drive the association’s mission to act as a catalyst for market growth and a hub for the AV industry. We’re looking forward to an exciting 2024 of unbounded potential.”
AVIXA also stated its thanks outgoing Leadership Search Committee Chair and former chair of the AVIXA board Sam Phenix, Phenix Consulting, and outgoing board members Michelle Grabel-Komar, Full Compass Systems, Tze Tze Lam, Electro-Acoustics Systems Pte Ltd., and Dena Lowery, Opus Agency.
It also acknowledges and appreciates the contributions of outgoing LSC members Sharath Abraham, CTS, Jabra, Christian Orcin, d&b audiotechnik Iberia, and Althea Ricketts, Shure Incorporated.
