2026 ERA Conference Volunteers

ERA thanks these members for generously volunteering their time to assist with planning the 2026 Conference.

2026 CONFERENCE CORE COMMITTEE

Perry Thornton, President, Pinnacle Marketing — Conference Chair
Julie Carr, Vice President, Macinnis Group — Conference Vice Chair
Adam Anderson, Vice President, Norris & Associates — Breakout Sessions Co-Chair
Holly Good, Supplier Business Development Director, Master Electronics — Breakout Sessions Co-Chair
Zach Anderson, President and CEO, Harper and Two — Keynote/General Sessions Co-Chair
Heather D’Amico, Vice President, Brainard Nielsen Marketing — Keynote/General Sessions Co-Chair
Adam Grigor, President, Tech-Trek Ltd. — Sponsorships Co-Chair
Scott Lindberg, President, Quell Corporation — Sponsorships Co-Chair
Todd McAtee, SVP Business Development-Mouser, SVP Demand Development & Global Operations-XTG Group — Conference Advisor
Ellen Coan, CPMR, Vice President, Operations, C C Electro Sales Inc. — Executive Committee Liaison

2026 CONFERENCE SUBCOMMITTEES

Breakout Sessions Subcommittee

Adam Anderson, CPMR, Norris & Associates, Inc. – Co-chair
Holly Good, Master Electronics – Co-chair
Ryan Baldinelli, Anderson Power Products
Emily Bannister, C C Electro Sales, Inc.
Mary Benetti-Condon, Bel Fuse Inc.
Joe Braun, EK Micro
Graeme Dorkings, TTI, Inc.
Cesare Giammarco, Sales Management Consulting LLC
Timothy Griffin, Sensata Technologies
Arthur Guerra, Brainard Nielsen Marketing Inc.
Blake Johnson, Genie Group
Tim Kilfoil, JF Kilfoil Co.
Jason Lipps, Knowles Electronics, LLC
Holly Myers, Sager Electronics
Jennifer Riehle, Arrow Electronics
Mike Walsh, Coakley Boyd & Abbett, Inc.
Tom Wichert, TDK Lambda Americas Inc.

Keynote/General Sessions Subcommittee

Zach Anderson, Harper and Two – Co-chair
Heather D’Amico, CPMR, Brainard Nielsen Marketing Inc. – Co-chair
Ellen Albright, E-T-A Engineering Technology
Carleigh Baughman, Quell Corp.
Ryker Brown, Arrow Electronics, Inc.
Brad Burroughs, Dupont Laird
Felix Cabañas, Kruvand de Mexico
Damien Croft, NorComp
Erin Fox, TAARCOM
Mike Hensley, Mouser Electronics, Inc.
Mallerie Merchant, R. C. Merchant & Co., Inc.
Jake Metzger, Hughes-Peters
Shane Recicar, CBC Electronics Inc.
Aparna Sproelich, CPMR, Aurora Technical Group – RTP
Ed Thurmes, Mel Foster Co.
Val Volmar, Waldom Electronics
Jerry Watson, CPMR, Mel Foster Co.

Sponsorship Sub-Committee

Adam Grigor, Tech-Trek Ltd. – Co-chair
Scott Lindberg, Quell Corp. – Co-chair
Madison Armstrong, Genie Group, Inc.
Lori Bruno, CPMR, LuscomBridge
Lou Copley, Avnet, Inc.
Rob DeRose, CST-Arwin
Lisa Dietrich, Conley & Associates, Inc.
Dave Foster, Ohmite Manufacturing Co.
John Guetens, E-T-A Engineering Technology
Chris Hodge, ANRO Associates
Byron Holloway, Fralia Co. & Assoc., Inc.
John Hutson, CPMR, MacInnis Co.
Bruce Kellar, Sager Electronics
Toby Lasley, Ion Associates, Inc.
Brooks Mattice, CPMR, TMC-A Mel Foster Co.
Frank Mazzone, NorComp
John O’Brien, CPMR, Coakley Boyd & Abbett, Inc.
Tom Rau, Mouser Electronics
Amy Rooney, RFMW, Ltd.
Gary Smith, CPMR, G.L. Smith Associates, Inc.
Hunter Starr, CPMR, Performance Technical Sales, LLC
Tony Tomasso, Panasonic Industrial Devices Sales Co. of America
Carlos Unda, ATL Electronics Ltd.
Greg Warren, Brandel-Stephens & Co., Inc.
Bryan White, CPMR, Catalyst Unity Solutions

ERA XCOM Liaison

Ellen Coan, CPMR, CC Electro Sales Inc.

Conference Committee Advisor

Todd McAtee, Mouser Electronics