Committees

Geographic Activities

Vice-Chair: Yuhong Liu

Adjunct Member:

Peter Mager, p.mager@computer.org
David Bondurant, dbondurant@mac.com

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

Area 1 Coordinator: Katarina Trojacanec
- Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Malta, North Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia
- Vice-Chair: Zorica Bogdanović
Area 2 Coordinator: Caroline Ling Li
- Benelux, Denmark, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, UK & Ireland, Switzerland
- Vice Chair: Ayesha Afzal
Area 3 Coordinator: Seifedine Kadry
- Azerbaijan, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden
- Vice-Chair: Anand Jagadeesh
Area 4 Coordinator: Kostas Karpouzis
- Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Turkey
- Vice-Chair: Reyhan Aydogan
Area 5 Coordinator: Resala AlAdraj
- Bahrain, Isreal, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi, UAE, W. Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait
- Vice-Chair: Mousa AL-Akhras
Area 6 Coordinator: Alex Watila
- Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, S. Africa, Tunisia, Uganda
- Vice-Chair: Reginald Ogu

R9 Coordinator: Roberto Moreno

Area 1 Coordinator: Gerardo Padilla
Area 2 Coordinator: Fernando Bouche
Area 3 Coordinator: Milton Marche
Area 4 Coordinator: Waldir Filho
Student R9 Representative: Carmen Cornejo
YP R9 Representative: Jimmy Tullume Salazar

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

Vice Chair: Josip Balen

Richard E. Merwin Student Scholarship: Murat Uzman, Yuhong Liu

Upsilon Pi Epsilon Award: Md. Tauhidur Rahman

Larson Award: Davide Conficconi

Outstanding Chapter Award (Student): Prasanth Mohan

Outstanding Chapter Award (Professional): Dr. Fakhrul Hazman Bin Yusoff

For a full list of Outstanding Chapter Award Committee members, click here.

Mentoring Co-Coordinator: Shivam Shivam

Distinguished Contributor Recognition Program: George J. Proeller.

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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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.

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