International. AVIXA announced the election results for the 2020 AVIXA Board of Directors and Leadership Search Committee.
Samantha (Sam) Phenix, executive of AV Tech, has been elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Board by avixa members. AVIXA members also elected to the Board Alexis Bryant La Broi, CTS®, Director of Sales, Mid-Atlantic and New England for VER, and Ian Harris, CTS-D, President and Principal Consultant, ihD.
In addition, the Leadership Search Committee (LSC) appointed Kay Sargent, Senior Director and Director of WorkPlace for HOK, to avixa's Board of Directors. The committee also reappointed Martin Saul, CEO of ICAP Global, to the Board.
Cassie Berger, Shure's Regional Sales Manager, was also appointed to serve on the LSC. Current AVIXA Chairman of the Board, Joe Pham, Ph.D., President and CEO of QSC, made two additional appointments to the LSC: Theresa Hahn, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Verrex, and Mehryn Corrigan, Associate Director of Strategic Alliance Marketing for Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America.
"We are proud to have a diverse and truly global representation of the audiovisual industry on AVIXA's Board of Directors and Leadership Search Committee," said David Labuskes, CTS, CAE, RCDD, Executive Director of AVIXA. "Our Board has been a key part of AVIXA's success over the years, selflessly contributing to its time and expertise. I hope this continues in 2020 in anticipation of great things ahead!"
This is the full list of the AVIXA 2020 Board of Directors:
- LSC President: Joe Pham, Ph.D., QSC
- President: Jeff Day, North of 10 Advisors
- Vice President: Jon Sidwick, Maverick AV Solutions
- Secretary-Treasurer: Samantha (Sam) Phenix, AV Tech Executive
- Directors: Victoria Dade, Sonic Foundry; Ian Harris, CTS-D, ihD; Bharath Kumar, Kramer Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.; Alexis Bryant La Broi, CTS, VER; Catherine Lai, Scientific Games; Rodrigo Ordóñez, CTS-D, K2; Kay Sargent, HOK; and Martin Saul, ICAP Global.
AVIXA thanks outgoing Chairman of the Leadership Search Committee and former Chairman of the Board of AVIXA, Julian Phillips, Whitlock, and outgoing Board Members, Wallace Johnson, CTS, WLJ Consulting; and Shaolei Liu, Prime Connections, for their years of service to avixa's Board of Directors.
