Following IEEE instructions, our section officers will serve a two-year term except in the case where any of the officers are unable to serve their second-year term. Following is the list of 2026-2027 section officers, committee chairs, chapter and affinity group chairs. Several positions are still open and need to be filled. Members are encouraged to volunteer for appropriate positions (indicated by Vacant) and send either self or nominations to Z.Taqvi@ieee.org.
Elected 2026-2027 ExCom
| Chair: | Stewart O’Dell | ![]() |
| Vice Chair: | Samir Abood | ![]() |
| Treasurer: | Senthil Muthu | ![]() |
| Secretary: | Vacant |
Groups
Lifetime Members (LM) Affinity Group
| Chair | Dr Ken Goodwin | ![]() |
Consulting Affinity Group
| Chair | Dr Joseph Ponnoly |
Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group
| Chair | Dr Sabia Abidi | ![]() |
| Vice Chair | Dr Soma Datta |
Young Professionals (YP) Affinity Group
Chapters
| Chair | Clifton Reddy | ![]() |
| Vice Chair | VACANT |
ComSoc Chapter
| Chair | Vacant | |
| Vice Chair | Dr Paul Poitier | ![]() |
EMC Chapter (joint with Houston Section)
| Chair | Ron Kollman | ![]() |
| Vice Chair | VACANT |
Computer Chapter
| Chair | ![]() | |
| Vice Chair | Dr Joseph Ponnoly | |
| Secretary | Senthil Muthu | ![]() |
Joint AES/EMBS/PES/RAS/VTS chapter
Joint IMS/Sensor/System/Biometric Councils Chapter
| Chair | Vacant | |
| Vice Chair | Vacant | |
| Vice Chair | (EMBS) Dr Sabia Abidi | ![]() |
| Vice Chair | (PES) Dr Irfan Khan | ![]() |
| Vice Chair | (RAS) Dr Luong Nguyen | ![]() |
| Vice Chair | (VTS) Dr Ishaq Unwala |
Joint IMS/Sensor/System/Biometric Councils Chapter
| Chair | Vacant | |
| Vice Chair | (IMS) Vacant | |
| Vice Chair | (Sensor) Dr Ishaq Unwala | |
| Vice Chair | (System) Clifton Reddy | ![]() |
| Vice Chair | (Biometric) Vacant |
History Committee
| Chair | Vacant |
Past Executive Committee
2021
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