David Ax, CVP – Vice Chair
Justin Brady, CVP
Kelvin Collier
Jenn Cotterill
Sam Dores, CVE,CVP
Lauren Dugan
Abby Hunt
Kent Meredith, CVE
Steve Miller
Caitlin Nowland
Rod Saavedra, CVP
Clement Steigmeyer, CVE
Michael Sullivan, CVP
Darcie Tempel
Danielle Thompson, CVP
Agmar Varela – Chair

Mission:

The committee represents and advocates for the global interests of the arena community, with a focus of working with staff to encourage and equip professionals in the discipline of arena operation and management.

Roles and Responsibilities of Committee Members:

1. Work with IAVM staff to provide arena venue specific programming as requested.
2. Provide assistance with IAVM’s advocacy work that may include petitioning/contacting their respective elected municipal/state/provincial/federal representative. IAVM staff understands due to restrictions placed on them by either their management company or board, they may not be able to contact elected officials.
3. Provide content for VP Magazine around arena topics and write one or more blog post(s).
4. Each individual committee member will begin or continue one thread on VenueNet each month.