AES Board & Staff

The governing body of the AES is the Board of Directors, with responsibility for the overall function and direction of the Society. Each Director is also a member of the larger Board of Governors, along with regional Vice Presidents and Governors at large. Each of these volunteer Board members are elected by the voting membership of the Society to manage AES business, membership, events, publications and online resources with the assistance of the Society’s volunteer-led topical committees. Daily administrative affairs at the Society’s headquarters are managed by a full-time Executive Director appointed by the corporate officers, and the AES Headquarters staff.

Board of Directors

Presidents

President

Brecht De Man

President-Elect
Cesar Lamschtein

Past President
Gary Gottlieb

Secretary

Valerie Tyler

Treasurer

Glenn Lorbecki

Treasurer-elect

Jayant Datta

Director

Agnieszka Roginska 

Director

Marcela Zorro

Board of Governors

Vice- Presidents

Western Region, USA/Canada

David v.R. Bowles

Northern Region, Europe

Jamie Angus-Whiteoak

Latin American Region

Ezequiel Morfi

Central Region, USA/Canada

Kelvin Grimble

Central Region, Europe

Piotr Majdak

Asia-Pacific Region

Masataka Nakahara

Eastern Region, USA/Canada

Angela Piva

Southern Europe/Middle East/
Africa Region

Huseyin Hacihabiboglu

Governors

Jamie Baker

Leslie Gaston-Bird

Brett Leonard

Fariuska Lira

Bruce Olson

Bernarda Ubidia

Merlijn van Veen

Malik Williams

Standing Committee Chairs

Audit

Chair

Glenn Lorbecki

Awards

Chair

Leslie Gaston-Bird

Journal of the Audio Engineering Society 

Editor-in-Chief

Brian F.G. Katz

Board of Tellers

Chair

Gary Louie

Alternate, Board of Tellers

Chris Freitag

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Chairs

Mary Mazurek

Cecilia Wu

Accessibility

Co-Chairs

Shelby Lock
Marty Cooper

Laws & Resolutions

Chair

Bruce Olson

Vice-Chair

Cesar Lamschstein

Events

Chairs, Events Coordination Committee

Agnieszka Roginska

Brett Leonard

Chairs, Conference Committee

Gary Gottlieb

Bill Foster

Chair, Convention Committee

Graham Kirk

Chair, Training & Development Committee

Brad Swanson

Education

Chair

Ian Corbett

Angela Piva

Vice-Chair (Asia)

Kazuhiko Kawahara

Vice-Chair (Latin America)

Marcela Zorro

Vice-Chair (Europe)

Vanessa Garde

Vice-Chair (Student Design Competition)

Christoph Thompson

Vice-Chair (Student Recording Competition)

Miles Fulwider

Vice-Chair (Student Recording Competition)

Kia Eshghi

Regions & Sections

Chair

Bill Schulenburg

Vice-Chair

Kerry J Haps

Membership

Chair

Jessica Livingston

Nominations

Chair

Gary Gottlieb

Historical 

Chair

Brad McCoy

Chair Emeritus

William Wray

Vice-Chair Web/IT

Scott Burgess

Vice-Chair Oral History

Dan Mortensen

Publications Policy

Co-Chairs

Areti Andreopoulou

Braxton Boren

Standards

Chair

Bruce Olson

Vice-Chair

Jeff Berryman

 Technical Council Leadership

Co-Chairs

Rafael Kassier

Lesley Fogle

Vice-Chair

Jayant Datta

Technical Council

Live Performance Technology

Chairs: Miriam Iorwerth & Tom Beyer

Vice Chairs: Shelly Katz & Ben Chadabe


Audio for Motion Picture

Chair: Julian Pinn

 

 

Archiving, Restoration & Digital Libraries

Chairs: Kaylie Ackerman & Nadja Wallaszkovits

 

Coding of Audio Signals

Chair: Juergen Herre

Vice Chair: Jan Skoglund

 

Transducers & Amplifiers

Chair: 

 

 

Measurement & Sound Quality

Chairs: Rafael Kassier & Neo Kaplanis

 

 

Audio Algorithms

Chair: Matthias Kronlachner 

Vice Chair: Karolina Prawda 

Audio Terminology

Chair: Jayant Datta

 

 

Audio Forensics

Chairs: Cole Whitecotton & James Zjalic

Vice Chair: Gretchel Lomboy

 

Acoustics & Sound Reinforcement

Chairs: Kurt M. Graffy & Adam Hill

Vice Chairs: Arica Rust & Tobias Goldman

 

Hearing & Hearing Loss Prevention

Chair: Michael Santucci

Vice Chair: Dorte Hammershoi

 

Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence in Audio

Chairs: Gordon Wichern & M. Nyssim Lefford

Vice Chairs: Christian Uhle & Brecht De Man

Audio Production

Chair: Jim Kaiser

Vice Chairs: Andres A. Mayo, Kimi Hamasaki & George Massenburg

Automotive Audio

Chairs: Roger Shively & Hans Lahti

Vice Chairs: Pat Dennis & Martin Kreissig

 

Audio for Interactive Media & Games

Chairs: Shauny Jang & Brian Katz

Vice Chairs: Aili Niimura & Annika Neidhardt

Broadcast & Online Delivery

Chairs: David Bialik, Kimio Hamasaki, Matthieu Parmentier & Jim Starzynski

 

High-Resolution Audio

Chair: Vicki R. Melchior
Vice Chair: Hyunkook Lee

 

Network Audio Systems

Chair: Kevin Gross
Vice Chair: Andreas Hildebrand

 

 

Spatial Audio

Chairs: Jean-Marc Jot & Nils Peters

Vice Chairs: Michaela Warnecke & Annika Neidhardt

 

Staff

Operations: The Executive Director serves as staff liaison to the President and Board of Directors helping provide strategic guidance for the society as well as Board development. The operations team is responsible for managing the affairs of the society including financial management (along with the Treasurer), maintaining/enforcing the Bylaws, policies, goals, and objectives of the society, and general management and implementation of the daily programs, services, activities, and administration.

Executive Director

Colleen Harper

Associate Executive Director

Graham Kirk

Chief Financial Officer

Olga Loukina

IT & Web Development Consultant

Shane Skwarek

Standards Manager

Richard Cabot

Membership: The membership team is responsible for the overall membership strategy and primary contacts to address and serve the membership needs. Key responsibilities: general member needs and requests, log-in help, membership & registration setup and processing and reporting, database management, regions & sections, etc.

Membership Director

Carolyn Woods

Member Relations Manager

Jennifer Ferrell

Marketing & Communications: The creative team is responsible for the overall strategy and implementation of AES marketing, communications, and public relations for members and the broader community. Key responsibilities: Creative design, member communications, social media, press relations, website maintenance and support, etc.

Senior Manager of Marketing & Events

Kevin Wolfe

Communications

Clyne Media: Corey Walthall

Sponsorship, Exhibit & Advertising Sales: The sales team is responsible for vendor relationships including sustaining membership, exhibits, sponsorship, and advertising.

Associate Executive Director

Graham Kirk

 

Senior Manager of Marketing & Events
Kevin Wolfe

Event Logistics: The events team will work directly with venues to organize the logistical aspects of AES conventions, conferences, and events. Key responsibilities: Convention logistics, venue contracts, exhibit management & fulfillment, site and hotel selection, onsite registration, etc.

Senior Manager of Marketing & Events

Kevin Wolfe

More Information

Information on AES Technical Council and Committees

Information on Standards Committee officers, subcommittees, and working groups

Correspondence to AES officers and committee chairs should be addressed to them via the appropriate email form or via the society’s international headquarters:

Audio Engineering Society, Inc.
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