BOARD OF DIRECTORS BIOGRAPHIES
Listed in alphabetical order

Robert Drewes
Technical Manager of Media Services
Stanford University

Media Services includes both CATV and steaming media technologies. By combining the administration of CATV and streaming media in one department, client requests are handled in a logical and efficient manner.

Robert has an extensive background in CATV, including overhead and underground construction, system and headend design as well as installation, maintenance and project management. Since 1986, he has been involved with the installation of cable in the residence halls, academic buildings and the Stanford Hospital. Robert oversees the Stanford University Cable System and streaming media. The Stanford cable system is a stand alone 200+ channel system distributing a combination of campus-originated channels, vhf/uhf channels and satellite channels.

The Streaming Media department provides encoding, achieving, authoring and webcasting of university events focusing on academic needs.

Robert has been a member of AHECTA since 2000.

Mayumi Hirtzel
IT Project Leader, Penn Video Network
University of Pennsylvania

Mayumi oversees the technical and programmatic facets of the University of Pennsylvania's closed-circuit SMATV system. Over 60 channels, including a Video Bulletin Board and two Movie Channels, serve the entertainment and educational needs of Penn's 8000 students in residence. She has been in her current position since 2001, producing program themes, marketing materials, and anything else to make use of her BA in Victorian Literature and Classics from Fordham University.

Mayumi has been an enthusiastic attendant and presenter at several AHECTA conferences since she joined in 2001. She was the Content Committee Chair for CCC2007 in Portland, OR, is the current President Elect, and will serve as Conference Chair for CCC2008 in Providence, RI.

Tim Lorang
ResearchChannel
University of Washington

Tim Lorang is the Director for Membership and Production for ResearchChannel. From 1994 to 2004, he was the Production Manager for UWTV Productions at the University of Washington. Before that, Tim was a producer/director for the University of Washington. In addition, he has worked as a freelance writer, producer, editor and director and his credits include writer and editor for the PBS series "Travels in Europe with Rick Seteves," and as a producer/director for the PBS series “Smart Travels with Rudy Maxa.”

After graduating from California State University, Sacramento in 1976 with a BA in Communications Studies, Tim worked as a Producer/Director for KOBI-TV then as the Media Coordinator for Providence Hospital in Medford, Oregon.

Tim is an accredited member of the Communication Media Managers Association and their past Western Regional Director. He has served on the board of the Seattle ITVA and on the Board for the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Northwest Chapter.

Jennifer Moreau
Communications Manager
Auxiliary Services
University of Maine

At The University of Maine, Jennifer is responsible for the marketing and communications for Auxiliary Services. Auxiliary Services at UMaine includes: Housing Services, Black Bear Dining, University Bookstore, Cutler Health Center, Printing and Mailing Services, Property Management and Technology Management (within Auxiliary Services). Her responsibilities also include administration of programming for the campus cable television system and production of the campus information channel.

Jennifer has served AHECTA as a board member since August 2001, filling a vacancy on the board left by Kim Manning-Lewis. She is in the final year of her second 3-year term.

In addition to serving as the current Past President, Jennifer is also Chair of the Marketing/Sponsorship Committee and Chair of the Corporate Council Task Force and has served as the liaison to the Council of Higher Education Management Associations (CHEMA).

Bill Naivar
Video Manager, Academic and Research Technology
Office of Information Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology

Bill is the Video Manager for the Academic and Research Technology division of the Office of Information Technology at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.

Bill began his cable television career in 1980 as an Auditor for Calcasieu Cablevision in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He progressed to Installer, Bench Technician, Trunk Technician, and System Designer. Bill moved to Port Arthur, Texas in 1983 and became Chief Technician. He then moved to Mineral Wells, Texas as Chief Technician, and then to Douglasville, Georgia in 1988 as Plant Manager. Bill came to Georgia Tech in 1996 just prior to the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games. Bill operates a 750 MHZ hybrid fiber/coax SMATV system on the Georgia Tech campus. In addition, Bill designs and oversees construction of extensions to the system.

Bill has been a member of AHECTA since 1999 and has presented technical sessions at the last six Campus Cable Conferences.

Brenda Rockswold
Team Leader, Video Services
Academic and Administrative Information Technology
Emory University

Brenda serves as team lead for Video Services within the Academic and Administrative Information Technology division at Emory University. She is enjoying her 12th year at Emory and continues her role in IT focusing on video broadcasting technologies for Emory's campus and its affiliates. She works closely with the Network Communications division providing these services. Brenda's Video Services team provides consulting and operational management of central services for current and future technologies in campus TV programming and delivery, streaming, live event broadcasting, videoconferencing and any new video initiatives for the campus. She is also the student media (electronic) Technical Advisor and helped initiate EV53 - Emory Vision, the student video channel in 1998.

Brenda has a B.A. in Communications from West Georgia College (now the University of West Georgia). She worked in the Engineering department at Convergent Media Systems, a satellite business television company, for eight years prior to coming to Emory.

Brenda became a part of AHECTA in 1997 when the conference was held at Emory University and has enjoyed all but two of the yearly conferences. She hopes to bring fresh ideas and continued great leadership to the organization.

Brian Thompson
Associate Director, Residence and Auxiliary Services
Ohio University

Brian has been an active AHECTA member over the years. As part of the AHECTA Board of Directors since 2003, he has served as Chair of the Content Committee, in addition to assisting with the Student Production Awards program for the annual conference. In past years, he has overseen the annual Board Elections for the organization.

In September 2007, Brian returned to his alma mater, Ohio University, where he now serves as the Associate Director of Residence and Auxiliary Services. Prior to that, he was the Manager of Boiler Television, BTV, at Purdue University. There his responsibilities included all administrative functions and system management involving the closed circuit cable system, including operation of locally originated channels and programming. He additionally worked as a coordinator of video production initiatives begun within Purdue's University Residences.

Before joining Purdue University, Brian was accountable for the management of numerous living amenities offered to campus residents at Ohio University. His responsibilities included management of programming and infrastructure for the university's cable network, CATVision, as well as overseeing parts of the university's student computing environment within the halls.

Brian has a communications background holding a BS with a focus on Telecommunications Management. He additionally holds a M.Ed., with a Higher Education specialization. In past AHECTA Campus Cable Conferences, Brian has presented at numerous sessions involving audience research, student participation, electronic bulletin boards, ad insertion, cable websites and closed-circuit movie programming.

In past AHECTA Campus Cable Conferences, Brian has presented at numerous sessions involving audience research, student participation, electronic bulletin boards, ad insertion, cable websites and closed-circuit movie programming.

George Veeder
University of Georgia

Bio coming soon.