November 20252025 Progress Report

2025PROGRESS REPORTThe IES Progress Committee’s mission is to keep in touch with developments in the art and science of lighting throughout the world and prepare a yearly report of achievements for the Society. Acceptance is based on an impartial judging process used by the committee to evaluate each submission on its uniqueness, innovation, and significance to the lighting industry. There were 129 submittals in 2025, and 88 were accepted into the report.

IES Progress Committee

Gregory Adams, LC, Assoc. IALD

Chair

Jacobs

Michelle Prew

Vice-Chair

Cooper Lighting Solutions

Aaron Smith

Secretary

Finelite, Inc.

Mark Benguerel

Independent

Kristin Bernick

Diversified Lighting

Rob Cilic, LC

LEDVANCE

Jay Eissner, P.E., LC

Manning Lighting

Basar Erdener, LC

Visual Comfort & Co.

Shaun Fillion

RAB Lighting

John Green, P.E., LC, Fellow IES

Lambda 530 Consulting

Rick Leeds

Louis Poulsen

Howard Lewis

Spectro Lume, LLC

Mark Lien, LC

IES/Augmented Illumination, LLC

Michael Lunn, LC

Cooper Lighting Solutions

Edwin Rambusch

Rambusch Decorating Co.

Dyke Riffle

Riffle & Associates

Kenneth Schutz

Focus Lighting

Shelli Sedlak, LC, LEED AP

Cooper Lighting Solutions

Anthony Serres, LC

Independent

Tejal Thakur, LC

LightSpek

Jered Widmer, IALD

The Lighting Practice

Ardra Zinkon, CLD, IALD

Zinkon Creative Studio

Paula Ziegenbein, LC, LEED AP, Design IALD

Hartranft Lighting Design

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