AVIXA has announced the election results for the 2025 AVIXA Board of Directors and Leadership Search Committee (LSC).

Mradul Sharma, founder and managing director of 3CDN Workplace Tech, has been elected as secretary-treasurer of the Board by AVIXA membership. AVIXA members also elected to the Board Kristin Bidwell, CEO, Audiovisual Consulting Team (AVCT), and Nicholas E. Cox, Sr., director, IT-AV, support team lead, Mizuho Americas.

The LSC appointed John Bailey, senior vice president, technology and innovation, AVI-SPL, and Tom Shen, president and CEO, Shen Milsom & Wilke (SM&W), to AVIXA’s Board of Directors.

Mike Stead, director of global partnerships, GPA, has been elected by AVIXA members to the LSC. In addition, Cathryn Lai, chair of the AVIXA Board of Directors, has appointed Virginia Daugherity, Poly SLED collaborations specialist, HP Poly, and Lainie Mataras, senior director of the consultant architecture and design group, Planar, to the LSC.

A complete listing of the 2025 AVIXA Board of Directors appears below:

• LSC Chair: Cathryn Lai, Las Vegas Sands
• Chair of the Board of Directors: Jatan Shah, QSC
• Vice Chair: Tobias Lang, LANG AG
• Secretary-Treasurer: Mradul Sharma, 3CDN Workplace Tech
• Directors: John Bailey, AVI-SPL; Kristin Bidwell, Audiovisual Consulting Team; Christian Carrero, Kern & Stelly Medientechnik GmbH; Nicholas E. Cox, Sr., Mizuho Americas; Laila Hede Jensen, Zenova; Gale Moutrey, Steelcase; Kaushik Mukhopadhyay, AVID India and AVID UAE; and Tom Shen, Shen Milsom & Wilke.

“AVIXA is proud to welcome such talented leaders to its Board of Directors and Leadership Search Committee. These individuals bring their unique perspectives from different areas of the industry and the world to enrich our association,” said David Labuskes, CTS, chief executive officer of AVIXA. “Their time and dedication to the industry is integral as AVIXA continuously evolves as a valuable resource for ProAV professionals.”

AVIXA thanks outgoing Leadership Search Committee chair and former chair of the AVIXA Board Martin Saul, ICAP Global, and outgoing Board members Dorothy Di Stefano, Molten Immersive Art; Nyere Hollingsworth, Grainger; and Bren Walker, Kirkegaard.

AVIXA also acknowledges and appreciates the contributions of outgoing LSC members Graeme Harrison, Bluesound Professional; Frank Pisano, Bluefin International; and Monique Rezaei, Microsoft