Rants & rAVes — Episode 1061: Watch CEDIA’s VP of Education Samantha Ventura’s Last Video Interview
Samantha Ventura, CEDIA’s longtime head of education, is leaving after creating the industry’s first high-end residential educational certification program. In fact, she created two of them!
Why is she leaving, what is she going to do and what is the future of CEDIA in education? Watch!
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