Our International Association of Venue Managers community continues to grow, and we are excited to welcome the newest members who joined us in August 2026. Thank you for being part of the association and helping shape the future of venue management.
- Laura Alicia Abaunza Goicochea, World Trade Center Veracruz, Boca Del Rio, Mexico
- Marinka Abud Freyre, World Trade Center Veracruz, Boca Del Rio, Mexico
- Francisco Javier Andres Pacheco, Centro Cultural y de Convenciones de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Dana Bannach, Marcus Performing Arts Center, Milwaukee, WI
- Michael Barnes, IATSE, New York, NY
- Jeff Becker, Amano McGann, Inc., Roseville, MN
- Sonja Carling, Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, Denver, CO
- Chris Chadwick, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA
- Steven Cheh, First Financial Center, Cincinnati, OH
- Jeff Cochran, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
- Amanda Cypert, Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, Lubbock, TX
- Michael Debrecht, Esports Stadium Arlington & Expo Center, Arlington, TX
- Gnim Dith, City of Stockton, Stockton, CA
- Laura Eischen, Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary, NC
- Gemma Evangelista, Golden State Warriors, San Francisco, CA
- Owen Farrell, Arts and Venues Denver, Denver, CO
- Nina Flores, CFISD Venues, Houston, TX
- Alicia Fricke, Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, Appleton, WI
- Jeffrey Friedlander, Arup, Portland, OR
- Mike Garner, America’s Center, Saint Louis, MO
- Linda Glosser, Rochester Broadway Theatre League, Rochester, NY
- Armando Gonzalez, BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
- Peter Gonzalez, HVS Convention, Sports & Entertainment Facilities Consulting, Oak Park, IL
- Thomas Guidugli, IATSE, New York, NY
- Darrell Harbin, StageRight, Clare, MI
- Haley Harris, Trilith Live, Fayetteville, GA
- Shawn Hliwski, Stephen C. O’Connell Center, Gainesville, FL
- Wesley Hunt, Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, Cerritos, CA
- Marissa Ihrke, Mayo Civic Center, Rochester, MN
- Michael Jackson, CFISD Venues, Cypress, TX
- Rosemary Jones, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
- Kelly Kozlowski, H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center, Shippensburg, PA
- Reiner Kravis, Steer, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Krista Layfield, Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel, IN
- Ana Enelda Luttmann Diaz, Centro Internacional de Convenciones de Tapachula, Tapachula, Mexico
- Paul Macias, BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
- Kimberly Maldonado, Great Park Live, Irvine, CA
- Michelle Minyard, New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA
- Emelia Mislan, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
- Tyler Mjelde, AECOM Hunt, Seattle, WA
- Blake Moore, First Financial Center, Cincinnati, OH
- Adela Mora, Expo Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
- Megan Murray, American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, CA
- Rich O’Brien, Xpodigital, Orlando, FL
- Jake Oakman, Indianapolis Zoo, Indianapolis, IN
- Nick Osburn, StageRight, Clare, MI
- Scout Paulus, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
- Carter Payne, Payne-Sparkman Inc., Jeffersonville, IN
- Bethany Plants, America’s Center, Saint Louis, MO
- Bryant Preston, IATSE, New York, NY
- Eymy Samantha Ramirez Ramirez, Centro Cultural y de Convenciones de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Sean Ramsey, CFISD Venues, Houston, TX
- Eduardo Rodriguez, Expo Santa Fe Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
- Mariana Rodriguez, Airo Events, San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL, Mexico
- Diana Laura Sanchez Maza, Centro Internacional de Convenciones de Tapachula, Tapachula, Mexico
- Noelle Scheper, First Financial Center, Cincinnati, OH
- Emily Sebourn, America’s Center, Saint Louis, MO
- Joseph Short, IATSE, New York, NY
- Isabell Smiech, VisioLab, Boston, MA
- AJ Snyder, BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
- Vincent Sotto, BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
- Rakeem Taylor, San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center, San Francisco, CA
- Andrew Thompson, Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center – OVG, Charleston, WV
- Deborah Vandergrift, Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington, VT
- Roberto Misael Vega Salinas, Centro de Convenciones Estado de Mexico, Toluca, Mexico
- Rafael Villegas Talancon, Centro de Convenciones Estado de Mexico, Toluca, Mexico
- Sarah Waite, StageRight, Clare, MI
- Katie Waitman, First Financial Center, Cincinnati, OH
- David White, Resch Center, Green Bay, WI
- Amy Whitney, StageRight, Clare, MI
