The AVIXA Foundation, the charitable arm of the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association, has announced the creation of the Brad Sousa Impact Fund to support the foundation’s work with a key focus on developing audiovisual and digital transformation professionals and their understanding of each other’s overlapping needs.
Sousa, the chief technology officer of AVI Systems who also served on the AVIXA board of directors, passed away on November 8, 2023, in Austin, Texas, at the age of 62. Brad was He had recently been elected by AVIXA’s global membership to serve as secretary-treasurer with intended ascendancy toward the chairman of the board. In addition, he served on the board of the AVIXA Foundation.
Jeff Stoebner, CEO of AVI Systems, says, “Brad joined AVI Systems more than 15 years ago and was instrumental in elevating our industry and the work our employees do across industries and around the world. Establishing this fund in his name is a fitting continuation of that work.”
Chairman of the AVIXA Foundation Board Cristiano Mazza, CTS, adds, “We wish to help keep Brad’s legacy alive through the establishment of this fund to help support the educational and charitable work of the Foundation with an unending focus on having a true impact and making a real difference in not only the lives and careers of individuals who enter into the audiovisual industry, but through them, on the future of the industry itself.”
Janele Sousa, Brad’s wife, says, “While the hole that Brad has left in this world will never be filled, it is with great pride and joy that I see this opportunity for Brad’s passion to help others and passion to advance the audiovisual industry be combined in the form of a lasting legacy to his career and life.”
The AVIXA Foundation will announce more details on the Brad Sousa Impact Fund and how to contribute later this year.
