2026-2027 GALVESTON BAY SECTION OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS

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

ChairDr  Ken Goodwin


Consulting Affinity Group

ChairDr  Joseph Ponnoly


Women in Engineering (WIE)  Affinity Group

ChairDr Sabia Abidi
Vice ChairDr Soma Datta


Young Professionals (YP) Affinity Group

Chapters

ChairClifton Reddy
Vice ChairVACANT

ComSoc Chapter

ChairVacant
Vice ChairDr Paul Poitier


EMC Chapter (joint with Houston Section)

ChairRon Kollman
Vice ChairVACANT


Computer Chapter

Chair
Vice ChairDr Joseph Ponnoly
SecretarySenthil Muthu


Joint AES/EMBS/PES/RAS/VTS  chapter   


Joint IMS/Sensor/System/Biometric Councils Chapter

ChairVacant
Vice ChairVacant
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

ChairVacant
Vice Chair(IMS) Vacant
Vice Chair(Sensor)  Dr Ishaq Unwala
Vice Chair(System)  Clifton Reddy
Vice Chair(Biometric) Vacant


History Committee

ChairVacant

Past Executive Committee

2021

2020