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 2025 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 TBA – to be appointed) and send either self or nominations to Z.Taqvi@ieee.org.
Elected 2025 ExCom
Chair: | Dr Iran Khan | ![]() | |
Vice Chair: | Stewart O’Dell | ![]() | |
Treasurer: | Dr. Zafar Taqvi | ![]() | |
Secretary: | Soma Datta |
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
Chair | Clifton Reddy | ||
Vice Chair | VACANT |
Chapters
ComSoc Chapter
Chair | Dr Zafar Taqvi | ![]() | |
Vice Chair | Dr Paul Poitier | ![]() |
EMC Chapter (joint with Houston Section)
Chair | Ron Kollman | ![]() | |
Vice Chair | VACANT |
Computer Chapter
Chair | VACANT | ||
Vice Chair | Dr Zafar Taqvi | ![]() | |
Secretary | Dr Joseph Ponnoly |
Joint AES/EMBS/PES/RAS/VTS chapter
Joint IMS/Sensor/System/Biometric Councils Chapter
Chair | Dr Zafar Taqvi | ![]() | |
Vice Chair | (AES) Dr Zafar Taqvi | ![]() | |
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 | Dr Zafar Taqvi | ![]() | |
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
2020