CEDIA Announces 2018 Elected Directors

CEDIA has announced the result from the recent election for the three open positions for the CEDIA Board of Directors. The membership has two new elected directors: Matt Scott and Heather Sidorowicz and one re-elected director: Ken Erdmann.

“We are so pleased to welcome our new directors and welcome back Ken,” said Tabatha O’Connor, CEDIA acting president and CEO. “Each of these individuals brings unique perspectives to the table that will be incredibly valuable to the organization.”

Ken Erdman Erdmann is co-founder and part owner of Erdmann Electric Inc., based out of Springville, UT. He joined CEDIA in 1993 and has been actively involved as a volunteer since 1994. He has served as an instructor, committee chair, subject matter expert, and volunteer leader. Erdmann was also an adjunct faculty member at Utah Valley State College instructing Electrical Automation and Robotic Technology. In 2003, he was honored as the CEDIA Volunteer of the Year. In 2005, Erdmann was first elected to the CEDIA Board of Directors and served two years as Chair from 2008 to 2010. In 2012, he was made a CEDIA Fellow and was honored with the CEDIA Lifetime Achievement Award. Erdmann is currently active on the Professional Development Committee serving as the Certification team leader and served on the CEDIA Board for the 2016-2017 term.

Scott started in the pro AV industry at a very early age, running his first live front of house event at the age of 12. He started Ontario, Canada-based OMEGA Audio Video in 2001, specializing in house of worship and professional audio video design and installation. He expanded OMEGA’s services to include residential AV in 2004, and continues to work heavily in both markets. Scott specializes in house of worship, live sound, lighting control, home theater design, control systems, and connected home technologies. He became involved with CEDIA as a member of the volunteer #CEDIATweeps social media team. In addition to running OMEGA Audio Video, Scott also hosts a weekly podcast on AVNation.TV that focuses on the residential market.

Matt D. Scott

Sidorowicz is president and owner of Southtown Audio Video, a custom installation and integration firm in Hamburg, NY. Her roots are on the front lines, working directly with the client, selling and designing both personalized audio video solutions and corporate/higher education conference and training spaces. Her CEDIA experience began as a CEDIATweep, before joining the CEDIA Awards judging panel. She became Chair of this group, moved to the Membership committee, and is currently active on the Industry Relations Advisory Council. Southtown Audio Video has been one of Commercial Integrator’s Top Higher Ed Integration Firms for the past two years, and in 2015, Sidorowicz was selected at as one of their 40 Influencers Under 40 and is a regular contributor to Residential Systems. Locally, she has mentored for the University at Buffalo’s Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership program and the Allstate’s Minority and Women’s Emerging Entrepreneurs Program.

The three elected Directors’ terms will begin January 1, 2018.

The CEDIA Governance Committee is reviewing applications and conducting interviews with the 28 potential appointed candidates. Appointed directors are chosen from among all member types (manufacturers, service providers, home technology professionals, etc.) There are two open appointed positions for the 2018-2019 term — one to be filled from the EMEA region, and the other from the entire global membership. These two positions will be voted on by the newly seated board at the first board meeting in January 2018.