Member & Geographic Activities Board

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Providing leadership to the Society for member development and member-related activities. This includes member services, programs to support chapters, and other promotional and member engagements related activities. Operational areas within MGA include: Awards and Recognition, Geographic Activities, Students and Young Professionals, and the Distinguished Visitor Program.


Vice President, Andrew Seely

Vice-Chair, Geographic Activities: Yuhong Liu
Vice-Chair, Student and Young Professional Activities: Sap Ghosh
Vice-Chair,  Awards and Recognition: Josip Balen
Vice-Chair, Distinguished Visitor Program : George J. Proeller
Mission Enablement: Islam Tharwat Abdel Halim
New Initiatives: Shivam Shivam
Representative to CS BOG:  Josip Balen

 

Governance Documents: Policy & Procedures Manual, Handbook


Committees

Geographic Activities

  • Vice-Chair: Yuhong Liu
  • Adjunct Member:
  • R1 & 2 Coordinator: Kit August
    • Area 1 Coordinator: Hong Zhao
      • Berkshire, Boston, Green Mountain, New Hampshire, North New Jersey, Princeton/Central NJ, Providence, Worcester County, Connecticut, Maine
    • Area 2: Ping-Tsai Chung
      • Binghamton, Buffalo, Long Island, Mid-Hudson, Mohawk Valley, New York, Schenectady, Syracuse, New Jersey Coast, Rochester
    • Area 3: Lifang He
      • Washington D.C. – North Virginia Jt. Section, Delaware Bay, Southern New Jersey, Leigh Valley, Baltimore, Dayton, Lehigh, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Columbus, Susquehanna
  • R3 & 4 Coordinator: Al Shpuntoff
    • Area 1 Coordinator: Michael Viron
      • Daytona, Jacksonville, Florida West Coast, Miami, Orlando, Melbourne, Broward
    • Area 2 Coordinator: vacant
      • Alabama, Atlanta, Louisville, Richmond, Siouxland, Charlotte
    • Area 3 Coordinator: John Walz
      • Central Indiana, Cedar Rapids, Chicago, Milwaukee, Nebraska, Southeastern Michigan, Toledo, West Michigan, Twin Cities
  • R5 & 6 Coordinator: Chris Gunning
    • Area 1 & 2 Coordinator: Akhil Mittal
      • Dallas, Fort Worth, Galveston Bay, Lafayette, Lone Star, New Orleans, Central Texas (area 2) Kansas City, Pikes Peak, Denver, Wichita, Ozark
    • Area 3 Coordinator: Pranav Kumar Chaudhary
      • Los Alamos/Northern New Mexico, Oregon, Palouse, Phoenix, Seattle, Utah, Spokane, Albuquerque, Richland, and Boise.
    • Area 4 Coordinator: Vishnu S. Pendyala
      • Buenaventura, Coastal LA, Foothill, Hawaii, Orange County, Sacramento Valley, San Diego, Santa Clara Valley, San Fernando, San Francisco/Oakland East Bay, Las Vegas.
    • Regional Portfolio Officer (Speaker Event Coordination): Sanjay Poddar
    • Regional Portfolio Officer (Social Media Management): Akhil Mittal
  • R7 Coordinator: Fares Al-Saafani
    • Canadian Atlantic, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ottawa, Quebec, Toronto, Kingston, London, Montreal, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Windsor
    • North Saskatchewan, South Saskatchewan, South Alberta, Vancouver, Winnipeg
  • R8: Islam Tharwat Abdel Halim
  • R9 Coordinator: Roberto Moreno
  • R10 Coordinator: Mohamed Rawidean Mohd Kassim
    • Area 1 Coordinators: Dr. Mini Ulanat (India)
    • Area 2 Coordinators: Dr. David Tien (Australia)
    • Area 3 Coordinators: Dr. Tariq Soomro (Pakistan)
    • Area 4 Coordinators: Nobuo Aoki (Japan)
    • Portfolio 1: Dr. K. Subramanian – (Membership Development & Regional Collaboration)
    • Portfolio 2: Dr. Sadiq Ali Khan – (Technical Events & Industrial Relations)
    • Portfolio 3: HR Mohan – (Educational Activities & Newsletter)
    • Portfolio 4: Dr. Bijoy Jose – (Student Chapters, Website & Social Media)

For a full list of Geographic Activities Committee members, click here.

Awards and Recognition

Distinguished Visitor Program (DVP)

  • Vice-Chair:  George J. Proeller
  • Immediate Past Chair: Hossam M. A. Fahmy
  • Member: Elvira Popescu
  • Member: Anirban Sengupta
  • Member: Pablo H. Ibargüengoytia

Student & Young Professional Activities

  • Vice Chair : Sap Ghosh
  • Geographic Strategy: Shivam
  • Volunteer Engagement: Cybele Ghanem
  • Membership Experience: Anand Jagadeesh
  • Secretary : Biswarup Ray
  • Communications: Victor Marques
  • Initiatives and Programs:  Srishti Sharma and Ariana Garcia
  • CS Rep to IEEE MGA/TA Young Professionals: Waldir Ventura Filho

For a full list of Student and Young Professional Committee members and to see a list of volunteering roles,  click here.

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