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June 03
2025

ISSUE

Summer 2025

Society Celebrates New Section Leaders

By NAOMI GOLDMAN

Our VES Section Board of Managers is the backbone of our global community, providing the regional leadership that keeps our industry connected and thriving. Congratulations to the newly elected leaders of 15 of our Sections around the world – with one more election ahead for VES India. We appreciate your passion, commitment and volunteer excellence!

VES Australia
Aditya Talwar, Chair
Lukas Sarralde, Vice Chair
Dylen Velasquez Salazar, Treasurer
Aalisha Kumar, Secretary

VES Bay Area
Jeffrey Johnson, Chair
Michael Conte, Treasurer
Daniel Cavey, Vice Treasurer
Katharine Baird, Secretary

VES France
Quentin Martin, Chair
Alexandra Batina, Vice Chair
Clément Germain, Treasurer
Romain Joly, Vice Treasurer
Bastien Chauvet, Secretary
Sebastien Fauchere, Vice Secretary

VES Georgia
David “DJ” Johnson, Chair
Tasha Carlson, Vice Chair
Hari Prasath Sundaresan, Treasurer

VES Germany
Agon Ushaku, Chair
Jonas Kluger, Vice Chair
Christine Resch Vice Chair
Matthias Buehler, Treasurer
Rico Dober, Secretary

VES India
Election pending at time of publication

VES London
Gianluca Dentici, Chair
Charles Chorein, Vice Chair
Jimmy Zhu, Treasurer Alternate
Charles Chorien, Vice Treasurer
Devrishi Chatterjee, Secretary

VES Los Angeles
Therese Patten-Koeckert, Chair
Brian Gaffney, Vice Chair
Sarah McGrail, Treasurer
Chris Schnitzer, Vice Treasurer
Ihimu Ukpo, Secretary

VES Montreal
Eric Bourque, Chair
Anthony Tan, Treasurer
Gavin Graham, Secretary

VES New York
Aryeh Reisner, Chair
George Jimenez, Vice Chair
Sam O’Hare, Treasurer
Bjorn Ahlstedt, Vice Treasurer
Natalie Palumbo, Secretary

VES New Zealand
Rachel Copp, Chair
Brian Starr, Treasurer
Neil Dodgson, Secretary

VES Oregon
Holly Webster, Chair
Anthony Barcelo, Vice Chair
Rob Blau, Treasurer
Michael Cordova, Secretary

VES Texas
Colin Campbell, Chair
Joseph Hall, Vice Chair
Nelson Lim, Treasurer
Mark Nazal, Secretary
Michael Cosner, Vice Secretary

VES Toronto
Laurence Cymet, Chair
Amanda Heppner, Vice Chair
Ray McMillan, Treasurer
Jo Hughes, Secretary

VES Vancouver
Kelsy Wittmann, Chair
Fred Chapman, Vice Chair
Anna Snizkova, Treasurer
Jo Ann Belen, Secretary

VES Washington
Eric Greenlief, Chair
Ted (Edward) Helmers, Vice Chair
Justin Woodard, Treasurer
Matt Brunner, Secretary

VES members around the world connect at local events organized by Section Board of Managers.



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