SMPTE Announces 2025 Leadership

SMPTE® has introduced the board officers and regional governors who will serve terms beginning in January 2025.

Three new SMPTE officers have been elected for a two-year term from Jan. 1, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2026. The new SMPTE officers include SMPTE President Richard Welsh, Executive Vice President Eric Gsell, and SMPTE Education Vice President Polly Hickling. One SMPTE officer, Lisa Hobbs, will be continuing her service as SMPTE secretary and treasurer for another two-year term. Additionally, Raymond Yeung will be stepping into the role of standards vice president on Jan. 1, 2025.

"SMPTE's membership has spoken," said SMPTE Interim Executive Director Sally-Ann D'Amato. "These officers have been tasked with an important responsibility, one each of them is prepared to tackle head-on. These next two years are looking bright for SMPTE!"

In addition to the officers, 10 regional governors were elected by the Society to serve two-year 2025-2026 terms. These include the following regional governors, re-elected to continue their service:
• Asia-Pacific Region Governor
Tony Ngai, Society of Motion Imaging Ltd.

• EMEA - Central & South America Region Governor
Fernando Bittencourt, FB Consultant

• United Kingdom Region Governor
Chris Johns, Sky UK.

• USA - Central Region Governor
William T. Hayes, Consultant

• USA - Eastern Region Governor
Dover Jeanne Mundt, Riedel Communications

• USA - Western Region Governor
Jeffrey F. Way, Open Drives

Also elected were four newcomers to the SMPTE Board:
• Canada Region Governor
Jonathan Jobin, Grass Valley

• USA - Hollywood Region Governor
Allan Schollnick, Voxx Studios

• USA - Hollywood Region Governor
Brian Gaffney, MTI FILM LLC

• USA - New York Region Governor
Jeff D. Cohen, Meta Martis

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