The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) is making a big change atop its leadership, recently announcing Kinsey Fabrizio as president of CTA.

Gary Shapiro, long-time president and CEO, will relinquish the president title but will continue to serve as CEO, the association states.

Previously, Fabrizio served as senior vice president CES and Membership. In her new role, she will sit on the Executive Board and will be responsible for the following departments: CES, CTA Membership, CTA Conferences and Marketing and Communications.

Fabrizio will also speak for the association on all matters, CTA adds.

As CEO, Shapiro will be responsible for all association activities including CES, public policy, research and standards. Fabrizio will continue to report to Shapiro.

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One of the longest serving association leaders, Shapiro has been with CTA for over 40 years and recently agreed to another multiyear contract.

“This well-deserved promotion reflects not only Kinsey’s many successes, excellent judgment and industry knowledge, but her executive leadership,” he says.

“I am thrilled for Kinsey as she is the obvious choice for president.”

Fabrizio Continues Valuable Long-Standing Tenure Within  CTA

Fabrizio joined the association in 2008 in the membership department. She grew in the position and led successful efforts to expand CTA into several new areas including disruptive innovation, content and digital health, the association notes.

She was promoted to vice president membership in 2019 and led a major membership model and dues restructure in 2021. In 2022, Fabrizio became senior vice president and soon added responsibility overseeing CES sales, which expanded dramatically under her leadership.

In 2023, she added responsibility for all of CES, including international media events, conferences and show operations.

CES 2024 was a big success with over 4,300 exhibitors in more than 2.5 million net square feet of exhibit space, and 135,000+ attendees, with more than 40% from outside the United States.

“This decision, supported unanimously by our board, resulted from years of careful succession planning and mentoring. Kinsey’s hard work, successes, get-it-done and positive attitude propelled her to president. I am thrilled with the deep talent bench of CTA staff allowing us to confidently make this decision,” states Voxx CEO, Chairman of the CTA Compensation Committee and CTA Industry Executive Advisor Pat Lavelle.

Fabrizio graduated from George Mason University in 2003 with a double major in Government and International Politics and Spanish and completed her MBA from the University of Maryland Global Campus in 2022. Before joining CTA, she worked at Smith Bucklin, an association management company.

“Kinsey represents the best of CTA,” adds Deena Ghazarian, chairwoman of the CTA Executive Board and founder and CEO of Austere. “Her thoughtful style of leadership is respected across the organization and produces results. CTA is well-positioned for the future!”

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