2025 is in full swing, which brings us new volunteer teams for our four Advisory Committees:

• Grants Advisory Committee (GAC) – reviews grant applications
• Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) – works on 44Net-related projects and policies
• Grants Evaluation Team (GET) – evaluates and analyzes grant reports
• Conduct Review Committee (CRC) – helps to evaluate Code of Conduct incident reports

Our volunteers play a vital role in driving the foundation’s mission forward. Members of each committee serve at least one term from January to December, with the opportunity to serve up to four consecutive terms.

With the close of the 2024 term, we bid farewell to some of our dedicated volunteers while welcoming new members to the team. Please join us in expressing gratitude to those departing and extending a warm welcome to our newest volunteers on the ARDC team!

Grants Advisory Committee (GAC)

Volunteers that left the GAC in 2024 are:

• Leandro Soares Indrusiak G5LSI
• Don Prosnitz N6PRZ
• Katie Allen WY7YL
• Judi Clark KK6ZCU
• Randy Wilkinson W4LKS
• Sam Duwe WN5C
• John Hays K7VE SK (Staff Lead)

Don isn’t going very far, as he has joined the GET and CRC for 2025.

New members of the 2025 GAC are:

• Kevin Reeve N7RXE
• Jim White WD0E
• Steve Bunting M0BPQ
• Gene Schroeder AE8GS
• Dave Ginsberg N3BKV

Bios of our new GAC members are below:

Kevin Reeve N7RXE
 
By Day: Executive Director of Teaching and Learning Technology
 
Favorite Ham Activities: Building things, meeting new hams on HF and local repeaters

Jim White WD0E
 
By Day: Aerospace Consulting, Fire Dept. and EmComms Manager
 
Favorite Ham Activity: Chasing 6m DX

Gene Schroeder AE8GS
 
By Day: Retired Electrical Engineer, YouTube Course Creator
 
Favorite Ham Activities: Building stealth antennas, SSB, RTTY, contesting

Dave Ginsberg N3BKV
 
By Day: CTO, Media and Entertainment AI Company
 
Favorite Ham Activities: POTA, DX, and building Node-Red workflows for a remote HF station

Kevin, Jim, Steve, Gene, and Dave are joining:

• Chelsea Párraga KF0FVJ (Staff Lead)
• Bill Thomas WT0DX, our newly appointed committee chair
• Hillary Ramsey AB1CD, or newly appointed deputy chair
• Brian Mileshosky N5ZGT
• Dennis Derickson AC0P
• Jim Idelson K1IR
• Kristin Paget NC0DD
• David Burgess KE2DSM
• Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD/KN7Q

Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)

Volunteers that left the TAC in 2024 are:

• Chip Eckardt W9OQI
• Álvaro Prieto KC2VVE
• Jeff Hochberg W4JEW
• Saquib Ahmed VU3HZW

New members of the 2025 TAC are:

Kevin Titmarsh 2E0LSR
 
By Day: Senior Network Consultant
 

 
Favorite Ham Activities: Running/Managing LoRa APRS, Packet Radio, AXIP

Dan Srebnick K2IE
 
By Day: Retired, Currently Adjunct Instructor, Cybersecurity
 
Favorite Ham Activity: DXing

Ronnie Montgomery W0RDM
 
By Day: Engineering People Leader, IT Service Management
 
Favorite Ham Activities: Packet Radio, Networking, Infrastructure, Missouri RC

Mason Turner AF4MT
 
By Day: IT Network Consultant
 
Favorite Ham Activity: Building an LTE cellular network using amateur wireless spectrum

Diego Casati VE6DPC
 
By Day: Principal Cloud Native Computing Technical Specialist
 
Favorite Ham Activities: Winlink, arcOS

Donni Katzovicz W2BRU
 
By Day: Head of Support
 
Favorite Ham Activities: Experimenting with Meshtastic, helping rebuild local Red Cross radio program

Kevin, Dan, Ronnie, Mason, Diego, and Donni will be joining:

• Zach Seguin VA3ZTS
• Dave Gingrich K9DC
• Rich Gopstein KD2CQ
• Ian Redden VA3IAN
• Dan Theisen KK7OZY
• Dennis Mojado AD6DM

The Staff Lead for the TAC is our new 44Net Project Manager John Burwell KI5QKX.

Grants Evaluation Team (GET)

Volunteers that left the GET in 2024 are:

• Dewayne Hendricks WA8DZP SK
• Bob Witte K0NR
• Ben Greve KO4KVH
• Jai Chanda VU2YYE

Though no longer on the GET, Bob remains on ARDC’s Board of Directors.

New members of the 2025 GET are:

• Don Prosnitz N6PRZ
• Dan Romanchik KB6NU
• Wayne Heinen N0POH
• Falcon Momot AF7MH

Bios of our new GET members are below:

Dan Romanchik KB6NU
 
By Day: Retired, Currently Blogger, Presenter, Author
 
Favorite Ham Activities: Teaching ham radio classes, CW

Wayne Heinen N0POH
 
By Day: Retired, Currently Plays Radio and Computer
 
Favorite Ham Activity: Chasing the Fred Fish Memorial Award on 6m

Falcon Momot AF7MH
 
By Day: Software Security Engineer
 
Favorite Ham Activities: LaurelVEC, operating from hackerspaces/setting up temporary stations, and hitting repeaters while flying small aircraft

Don, Dan, Wayne, and Falcon will be joining:

• Chelsea Párraga KF0FVJ (Staff Lead)
• Willi Kraml OE1WKL
• Scott Czeck KC1GHT
• Darryl Smith VK2TDS
• Lad Nagurney WA3EEC

Conduct Review Committee (CRC)

Our only volunteer that left the CRC last year is Pat Nelson KE0QXD, who became a SK in January 2024.

Our new member of the 2025 CRC is:

• Don Prosnitz N6PRZ

Don will be joining:

• Keith Packard K7WQ (Board Representative)
• Merideth Stroh KK7BKI (HR Lead / Staff Representative)
• Donni Katzovicz W2BRU

As we say goodbye to our departing advisory committee members from 2024, we extend our heartfelt thanks for your dedication and contributions to ARDC. We hope you’ll stay connected as part of our extended community. To our newest committee members, welcome! We’re excited to have you on board and look forward to working with you.

For a full list of our 2025 Advisory Committees, please visit the Who We Are page. Want to learn more about these amazing volunteers? Subscribe to our newsletter, where we feature our committee members in the ARDC Team Spotlight.