Members:

Michael Berkery – CO CHAIR
Ken Deans
Jon Downey
DeeAnn Hirsch
Paul Leatherman
Sharon Lee
Hayley Nath
Ted Ohl
Jennifer Olvera, MBA
Wendy Riggs, CVE
Jamel Rottier
Howard Sandler – CO CHAIR
Sara Shevlin, MA
Andrew Shreve
Darcie Tempel
Michael Tipton, CVP
Harrison Williams
Nick Zazal, CVP

Mission:

The committee represents the interest of amphitheaters and fairgrounds members and constituents and provides educational programming on amphitheaters/fairgrounds venue-related topics at meetings and conferences. The committee assists the staff by representing the global interests of the amphitheaters and fairgrounds’ industry.

Roles and Responsibilities of Committee Members:

1. Work with IAVM staff to provide amphitheater and fairground 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 amphitheater and fairground topics and write one or more blog post(s).
4. Each individual committee member will begin or continue one thread on VenueNet each month.