AVIXA announces the results of the elections for the AVIXA Board of Directors and the Leadership Search Committee for 2026.
John Bailey, Senior Vice President of Technology and Innovation at AVI-SPL, has been elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Board by AVIXA members. AVIXA members also elected Loubna Imenchal, General Manager for the Middle East, Turkey, Central Asia, and Africa (MEA) at Axis Communications; and Brazilian Cristiano Mazza, CTS, Partner at Grupo Discabos, to the Board.
The Leadership Search Committee (LSC) has appointed Ilya Bukshteyn, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Teams Calling, Devices and Premium Experiences; John Joseph, Co-founder and CEO of Blue Rhine Industries; and Christine Schyvinck, President and CEO of Shure Incorporated, to join the AVIXA Board of Directors.
Colombian Carolina Sosa, CFO of Integración AV, has been elected by AVIXA members to serve on the Leadership Search Committee. In addition, Jatan Shah, Chair of the AVIXA Board of Directors, has appointed Faye Bennett, Founder and CEO of Faye Bennett Consultancy Services, and Christine Rogers, Vice President of XTG, AVI-SPL, to the Leadership Search Committee (LSC).
This is the full list of the AVIXA Board of Directors for 2026:
- Chair of the Leadership Search Committee: Jatan Shah, QSC
- Chair of the Board of Directors: Tobias Lang, LANG AG
- Vice Chair: Mradul Sharma, 3CDN Workplace Tech
- Secretary-Treasurer: John Bailey, AVI-SPL
- Directors: Kristin Bidwell, Audiovisual Consulting Team; Ilya
Bukshteyn, Microsoft; Nicholas E. Cox, Sr., Mizuho Americas; Loubna Imenchal, Axis Communications; John Joseph, Blue Rhine Industries; Cristiano Mazza, Grupo Discabos; Christine Schyvinck, Shure Incorporated; and Tom Shen, Shen Milsom & Wilke.
AVIXA welcomes these exceptional leaders to its Board of Directors and Leadership Search Committee. Their diverse perspectives and commitment are essential to continue strengthening our support for AV professionals around the world, said David Labuskes, CTS, CAE, RCDD, CEO of AVIXA.
AVIXA extended its thanks to the outgoing Chair of the Leadership Search Committee and former Chair of the AVIXA Board, Cathryn Lai of Las Vegas Sands Corp., and to the outgoing Board members: Christian Carrero of Kern & Stelly Medientechnik GmbH; Laila Hede Jensen of Zenova; Gale Moutrey of Gale Moutrey Communications Consulting; and Kaushik Mukhopadhyay of AVID India and AVID United Arab Emirates.
AVIXA also acknowledges and appreciates the contributions of the outgoing members of the Leadership Search Committee: Mike Brandes of QSC; Pedro Valletta of interproAV; and Juan José Vila of Equipson.
