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June Abernathy

Spotlight Supervisor

Spot Op Books

Teresa Aguilera

Owner & CEO

Standby and Go Productions

Andrés Albornoz

Entertainment Drafting Specialist

Grid CAD and Rendering Corp

Liz Albright

Associate Lighting Director

Fox News

Jeff Alder

Lighting Designer

Author

April Allain

Technical Product Specialist

Advatek Lighting

Butch Allen

Vice President of Global Business Development

TAIT

Jon Allen

Director/Show Caller

SkySeaStone Productions

Aron Altmark

Founder

Visual Endeavors (Hovercraft Ventures)

Ann Archbold

Lighting Designer

University of Nevada, Reno

Manuel Avila Garcia

Production Director

Loren Barton

Screens/Technical Producer

Lumentech

Jillian Beggs

Program Director

Behind the Scenes

Roy Bickel

Rigging Expert

Origin Productions Inc

Marshall Bissett

Freelance Writer & Photographer

Retired Co Founder TMB

Keith Bohn

Technical Development Director & PROLYTE Brand Manager

Area Four Industries America

David Bond

Head of Sales

Moveket North America

Bob Bonniol

Director Innovation, Video & Interactive

ACT Entertainment

Colleen Bonniol

Founder & Creative Instigator

Zak Borovay

Projection, Media, and Aerial Drone Designer

Image Engineering

Joe Branam

The Rigger's Rigger

Retired

Allen Branton

Lighting Designer

Bennett Brian

Principal

Reed Rigging

Javid Butler

Certified Measurement & Verification Professional

hc/lambda

Hilary Cabezas

Stage Manager

Encore Global

Richard Cadena

Trainer to the Stars

Academy of Production Technology

Katia Carmichael

Design Associate

J&M Special Effects

Sam Caughron

RuPaul Drag Race Live

Stage Manager

Joe Champelli

Director of Automation

PRG

Robert Cheek

COO

Uvify

Jessica Chranowski

Founder

Pure Life Therapy

Justin Clough

Music Video Director

Feld Films

Andrew Cochrane

Immersive Creator and Consultant

Natalie Day

Stage Manager

Freelance

Tyler DeLong

Managing Partner

DeLong Rigging Solutions

Scott De Vos

Founding Partner

De Lux Productions

Alex Kyle DiPietropaolo

Lighting Designer

Lighting Design Group

Colleen Doherty

Lighting Designer

Derek Epstein

Senior Production Rigging Manager

Encore

Simon Evans

Senior Director of Creative AV

TAO Hospitality

Victor Fable

Lighting Designer

Ocular Velocity

Marcel Fairbairn

Founder

GearSource.com

John Featherstone

Principal Lighting Designer

Lightswitch

Mark Fetto

Vice President, Lighting

OSA International

Stuart Fingerhut

Senior Creative Director

Hartmann Studios

Deanna Fitzgerald

Lighting Designer

The Heart Of Light

Jon Fox

Director Of Sales & Marketing

Nicopress

Sherry Fox

Freelance Event Producer

Luther Frank

Light Artist/Production Designer

House Lumina

Brackley Frayer

Lighting Designer

Emeritus Professor UNLV

Rohan Garricks

Director

DGB Live LLC/thesmartermanager

Brandon Gauthier

Lighting Designer, Programmer, Creative Technologist

ETC

Ethan Gilson

Owner

Entertainment Rigging Services

Herrick Goldman

Principal Designer

HG Lighting/Evoke Collaborative

Maia Gomez

Lighting Designer

Lightswitch

Bob Goodwin

Director of Standards and Training

Rigging International Group

Lois Gordon

Lighting Director & Programmer

Brad Gray

Account Representative

Christie Lites

Ben Green

Lighting Designer

22 Degrees

Kody Green

Senior Automation Engineer

Wender Corporation

Ralph Guenther

Engineering Team

Nicopress

Paul "Arlo" Guthrie

Lighting & Production Designer

Nine Inch Nails, Foo Fighters

Michelle Habeck

UT Live Design and Production

Area Head Live Design and Production

Marcus Hammond

Southwest Territory Manager - Lighting

AC Americas

Bob Harmon

Owner

Eggshell Lighting

Sean “Sharky” Harper

Project Manager

PRG

Erica D. Hayes

Lighting Designer | Video Director | Professor at California Baptist University

IATSE 728

Alison Heiser

Owner

Open Heart Counseling

Mark Heiser

Career Coach

Hobnail Consulting

Bud Horowitz

Lighting Designer

Kerstin Hovland

Creative Director

Electronic Countermeasures

Sharon Huizinga

Associate Professor of Lighting

University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music

Ajinkya Hukerikar

Virtual Production Technologist

Zero Density

Ben Ikwuagwu

CEO & Co-Founder

Soundcheck Live

Seth Jackson

Lighting & Production Designer

Seth Jackson Creative

David Jacques

Lighting Designer

Freelance

Elynmarie Kazle

President

Foundation For Stage Managers

Ned Keitt

Outreach Training Specialist

ETC

Scott Kinnebrew

Consultant

Freelance

Matthew Klaismeier

Technical Support Senior Specialist

Acuity/Pathway Connectivity

Warren Kong

Principal & Managing Director

Lightswitch

Jennifer Kramer

Props

MoreGood Productions

Michael La Chance

Director of Technical Production

Wilson Dow

Thomas Ladd

Business Development Consulting Director

Pathway Connectivity

Ralph Larmann

Photographer

Light Fantastic (editor)

Hans Lau

Director of Change Management at DADCO

DADCO

Cort Lawrence

Show Designer & Director

Raw Cereal

Ed Leahy

Chicago Flyhouse

Head Trainer/Cruise Ship Division Manager

Leo Lei

Assistant Professor of Lighting Design and Production

University of Florida

Lyra Letourneau

Creative Director

Pangolin

Justin Levene

CTO

Hirehop Equipment Rental Software

Joyce Liao

Lighting Designer

David Lincecum

Vice President/International Operations

High End Systems

Chris Lose

Lighting Director

Q3 Las Vegas INC.

Kevin Lowther

Journeyman Stagehand

IATSE #15

Bob Luther

Founder

Lex Products

Amy D Lux

Multidisciplinary Designer

LoboLux Design

Ebony Madry

Wasted Potential

Project Manager, Lighting Designer

Scott Mann

Principal, Creative Technologist

NoiseChop

Matthew Martin

Product Manager

Pathway Connectivity Solutions

Nancy May

Event & Production Executive

Anne E. McMills

Head of Lighting Design and Technology

San Diego State University

Chris Medvitz

Principal & Managing Director

Lightswitch

Rodrigo Meirelles

Spatial Audio Designer

Director, Sonora Immersive Audio Lab at ASU’s Media and Immersive eXperience (MIX) Center

Anne Militello

Lighting Designer

Vortex Lighting

Sherrice Mojgani

Associate Professor

Department of Theater & Dance, Tulane University

Tara Molson

VJ

Visual Artform

Peter Morse

Lighting/Production Designer

Peter Morse Productions

Patrick Murphy

Executive Director

ILDA

Chris Musgrave

Founder

Musgrave Advanced Dynamics

Susan Nicholson

Lighting Designer

Susan Nicholson Design

Tracy Nunnally

Owner/President

Vertigo

Patrick O'Keefe

Market Manager, Entertainment

Lex Products

Tania Ordoñez Prieto

Senior Manager Entertainment Technical Operations

Celebrity Cruises

Sven Ortel

Arizona State University

Immersive & Entertainment Design

Scott C. Parker

Spotlight Product Planner

Vectorworks

Nik Peacock

Trainer

Vectorworks

Alex Pendleton

Manager, Pro AV Design Engineering team

Netgear

David S. Perkins

Founder and Architect

Imaginary Labs Inc

Troy Peters

SEAS Productions

Chief Experience Officer

Tori Piper

Lighting Programmer

Anders Rahm

Co-Founder, Partner

Raw Cereal

Jeff Reder

Owner

Clark-Reder Engineering

John Reynolds

Cinematographer/Lighting Designer/Gaffer

Lighting Design Group

Kevin Ring

National Director of Technology

Evolve Technology

Marti Romances

Creative Director and Co-Founder

Territory Studio, San Francisco

Dylan Roscover

The Experiential Co. (TEC)

Designer-Founder

Finn Ross

Co-Creative Director and Co-Founder

Fray Studio

Kristi Ross-Clausen

Director of Education

DeLong Academy

Robert Roth

Vice President of Live Events,

4Wall Entertainment

Eric Rouse

General Manager

Sapsis Rigging

Alan Rowe

Safety & Training Director

IATSE Local 728

Jessica Ryan

Director/Producer

Broadway Unlocked

Nikki Sanz

Founder/CEO

Giggs

Phyllis Schray

Stage & Project Management

Source ventures, LLC,

Jen Schriever

Lighting Designer

Jen Schriever Lighting Design

Olivia Sebesky

Creative Director & Motion Graphics Designer

Olivia Sebesky Design

Jakyung C. Seo

Professor of Lighting Deisgn

Kent State University

Michael Sharon

Trainer

Vectorworks

Chad Shearer

Rigging International Group

General Manager

Dennis Size

Executive VP of Design

Lighting Design Group

Marci Skolnick

Western Representative

Stage Managers’ Association

Greg Smith

CEO

Pro Subrental Marketplace

Mike Smith

Director of Operations

ROE Visual US

Edward Smith

Global Technical Specialist

Obsidian Control Systems

Michelle Sparkman

Lighting Programmer & Designer

Sparky.Lights

Nancy Spooner

Founder and CEO

Tempo Live Events

Mary Ellen Stebbins

Lighting Designer

Mary Ellen Stebbins Design

Ethan Steimel

Lighting Designer

Host, Artistic Finance Podcast

Chris Stein

CEO

Flex Rental Solutions

Mandalyn Stevens

Stage Manager

Professor, Case Western University

Patrick Stewart

Senior Outreach and Training Specialist

ETC

Anthony Stofflet

Luminex Brand Manager

A.C. Americas

Meg Sump

Master Electrician

Bart Swinnen

CEO

Luminex

Aaron Tacy

Associate Lighting Designer

The Lost Boys

Debbie Taylor

Tour Manager

George Tellos

Lighitng Designer

LIGHTING ART - ARTIC DESIGN LP

Robert Thomson

Associate Professor of Lighting Design

Carnegie Mellon University

Matthew Tirschwell

President / CEO

Tirschwell Lighting Design

Red Walter

ADJ Group

Senior Project Specialist

Christina Watanabe

Lighting Designer

University of Nevada Las Vegas

Ryan Whitmer

VJ & Studio Animator

Visual Artform

Cosmo Wilson

Lighting Designer

Cosmo Enterprises

Chris Wood

Lighting Designer and Fabricator

Steve Woods

Professor of Theatre & Chair of the Stage Design Program

Southern Methodist University

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