Higher Ed AV Awards Finalists: The People
The 2025 Higher Ed AV Awards are coming to #InfoComm25 at the Funny Bone Comedy Club at Pointe Orlando, on Monday June 9, 2025! The finalists for the “People Awards” in twelve different categories are out. Help us congratulate our esteemed finalists who helped define the higher ed vertical over the previous year! Winners will be announced live on Monday, June 9, 2025. Ticket and sponsorship information can be found on the Higher Ed AV Awards site at: https://www.higheredavawards.com. (Nominees are listed in alphabetical order below.)
AV Professional of the Year
Dan Noullet, Carnegie Mellon University
Stephen Ashby, Riverside Community College
Troy Powers, Northwestern University
Rising Star of the Year
Eric Coronel, Northwestern University
Matthieu Kaminski, University of California, Berkeley
Patrick Angielczyk, Mohawk College
Manager of the Year
Cass Hall, University of Idaho
John Douglas Jr., Prairie View A&M University
Teddy Murphy, University of Pikeville
AV Team of the Year
AV Services Team, Northwestern University
Classroom Technology Services, University of Wyoming
Event & Production Services, University of California, Los Angeles
Support Person of the Year
Ann Kelly, University of California, Los Angeles
Brittany Mullins, University of Pikeville
Jake Bevan, University of Oxford
Programmer of the Year
Doug Whetzel, George Mason University
Dustin Myers, John A Logan College
Jim Scott, Northwestern University
AV Technician of the Year
Jonathan Gunzel, John A Logan College
Michael Gunderson, Highland Community College
Teddy Murphy, University of Pikeville
Live Events Professional of the Year
Brittney Grant, Aims Community College
Dustin Myers, John A Logan College
Kameesha Jones, Florida International University
Student Worker of the Year
Ace Hazziez, Year Up, Northwestern University
Brooke Paige, George Mason University
Larry Iagulli, University of Pikeville
Best Event or Trade Show
HETMA Lunch and Learns
HETMA Toronto Roadshow
NextLVL Learning 2nd Talent Summit
Best Vendor Account Rep
Cindy Glover, Logitech
Nate Shuff, Crestron
Renee Benson, Sony Professional
Best Higher Ed Ally*
Jordan Scales, Crestron
Joshua Joseph, TEKVOX
Kevin Schornhorst, AVI-SPL
Ron Epstein, Epiphan Video
(*Four finalists due to a tie)
Congratulations to all our finalists and nominees!
Ticket information can be found on the Higher Ed Awards site at https://www.higheredavawards.com.
Judging notes: All award categories are judged by a panel of volunteer higher ed peers by forced ranking based upon the totality of the nomination package. Nominations were accepted during the open, free, nomination period during April and May 2025. Judges are required to recuse themselves from any institutional conflicts of interest.
