VES Sections

The policies and procedures of the VES allow for the creation of local Sections for the purpose of fullfilling the Society's mission and serving its global membership. Sections of the Society may be authorized in any locality where the number of Active members exceeds fifty. The geographic boundaries of each Section shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Upon written petition for the authorization of a Section of the Society, signed by fifty or more Active members, the Board of Directors may grant such authorization.

Current VES Sections and Section officers are:

Australia

James Whitlam, Jason Bath - Co-Chairs
Trish Graham - Treasuer/Secretary

Adrian Paul
Anna Hildebrandt
Ben Simons
Carsten Kolve
Ian Cope
Ray Ruawhare
Stefan Gillard

Bay Area

David Tanaka - Chair
Paul Grimshaw - Treasurer/Secretary

Craig Barron
Michael Conte
Willi Geiger
Tom Kennedy
Stewart Lew
C. Andrew Nelson
Brice Parker
Jon Peters
Aaron Rhodes
Ryan Tudhope

London

Drew Jones - Chair
Helen Moody - Secretary
Nicola Instone - Treasurer/Sponsorship & Benefits
Nina Fallon - Treasurer/Sponsorship & Benefits

Hitesh Bharadia - Technical Representative
Ean Carr - Events
Martin Ciastko - Website & Online
Gavin Graham - Technical Representative
Jason Halverson - Events
Brooke Lyndon-Stanford - Events
Ronald Siy - Website & Online

Montreal

Sébastien Dostie - Chair
Nathalie Girard - Secretary / Treasurer

Marc Bourbonnais
Marc Hall
Ara Khanikian
Jacques Levesque
Marc Morissette

New York

Ted Burge - Chair
Andrew Bly - Secretary / Treasurer

Joyce G. Boll
Vivian Connolly
Leslie Chung
Jake Braver
Dan Schrecker
Anthony Jacques
Aleksandar Djordjevic

New Zealand

Matt Aitken - Chair
Sandy Taylor - Secretary / Treasurer

Board of Managers:

Richard Addison-Wood
Marten Coombe
Rebecca Downes
Ray Ruawhare
Frank Rueter
Caterina Schiffers
Thrain Shadbolt
Sebastian Sylwan

Vancouver

Warren Franklin - Chair
Marta Mintenko - Secretary
Jon Cowley - Treasurer

Mark Benard - Education and Technology Committee
Ria Benard
Alan Chuck - Member Benefits Committee
Mat Krentz
Wendy Lanning
Dawn MacLeod - Screening Committee
James Tichenor - Membership Committee
Chris van Dyck