Boards & Committees

What is board of directors

The Board of Directors, is the governing board of IEEE Canada, and is also known as the “IEEE Region 7 Committee». The Board is required to act in conformance with the IEEE Canada Bylaws and the constitution and bylaws of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).

The Board normally meets twice each year face-to-face. One meeting is in the Spring; often immediately before the annual Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering. The other is in the Fall at a central Canada location – every third year a board meeting may be at IEEE Sections Congress. The Board usually meets twice virtually, once at the beginning of the year to introduce new Board members to the Board meeting format and approve major IEEE Canada awards and once in the late spring to handle Chair appointments for the following year and interim business.

Officers

President Tom Murad
President-Elect Wahab Almuhtadi
Past-President Robert Anderson
Secretary Raed Abdullah
Treasurer Murray MacDonald
Parliamentarian Jason Gu
Director Emeriti Ray Findlay

Region Committees

Dan Coode (Audit Committee Chair)

Usman Munawar (Conference Advisory Committee Chair)

Branislav Djokic (Awards & Recognition Committee Chair)

Robert Anderson (Public Policy Committee Chair)

Robert Anderson (Nominations and Appointments Comittee Chair)

Amir Aghdam (Parliamentarian)

Ray Findlay (Director Emeriti)

Area Chairs

Central Area Chair Area Chair (Central Area Chair) Xianbin Wang
East Area Chair Area Chair (East Area Chair) Anader Benyamin-Seeyar
West Area Chair Area Chair (Western Area Chair) Matthew Wilder

Administration

Executive Assistant (Staff) Nada Al-Shakarchi
Conferences Publications Assistant (Staff) Tamara Abramchina
Assistant Treasurer Janet Bradley

Section Chairs

Canadian Atlantic Muhammad Usman Asad
Hamilton Patrick Nkwari
Kingston Sidney Givigi
Kitchener-Waterloo Medhat Moussa
London Dennis Michaelson
Montreal Gunes Karabulut Kurt
New Brunswick Chris Rouse
Newfoundland & Labrador Xianta Jiang
North Saskatchewan Cosme Loi
Northern Canada Stuart Barth
Ottawa Wendy Hopkins
Peterborough Preet Dsouza
Quebec Marc Perron
Saint-Maurice Alben Cardenas
South Saskatchewan Adam Tilson
Southern Alberta Anakarina Alvarez
Thompson-Okanagan Youry Khmelevsky
Toronto Dustin T. Dunwell
Vancouver Mandeep Pannu
Victoria Hong-Chuan Yang
Windsor Ahmed Hamdi Sakr
Winnipeg Peng Hu

Operational Committee Leads

Educational Services

Educational Services Committee Chair Azfar Adib
Educational Services Vice Chair + Esam Abdel-Raheem
Volunteer Training Activities Coordinator Esam Abdel-Raheem
STEM Outreach Coordinator Dennis Cecic
Educational Services Committee Central Area Liason Hina Tabassum
Educational Services Committee East Area Liason Muhammad Asad
Educational Services Committee West Area Liason Mandeep Pannu
Professional Development Coordinator Justin Jacob
IEEE Canada Volunteer Tools Coordinator Cosme Loi
Historian David Michelson
Educational Activities Coordinator Inderpreet Kaur
Educational Services Committee Member at Large Konrad Jasman
Educational Services Committee Member at Large Vahid Maleki Raee

Membership Services

Membership Services Committee Chair Marjan Alavi
Membership Development (MGA) Marjan Alavi
Membership Services Committee Vice Chair Abdallah Chehri
Life Member Coordinator and R7 Representative Wolfram Lunscher
Regional Student Representative Aljoharah Alabdullatif
Vice-Regional Student Representative Sadia Khaf
Student Activities Lead Usman Munawar
Student Branch Chapter Coordinator Usman Munawar
Women in Engineering Coordinator Maryam Davoudpour
Young Professionals Coordinator Raghav Thanigaivel
Vitality Coordinator Nitin Padmanabhan
Membership Services Committee Central Area Liason Ning Zhang
Membership Services Committee East Area Liason Hamadou Saliah-Hassane
Membership Services Committee West Area Liaison Amirmasoud Amirkabiri
WIE Vice Chair Saba Rafieian

External Relations

External Relations Committee Chair John Da Silva
External Relations Vice Chair Moha Abbaszadeh
Humanitarian Initiatives Lead Gerhard Dueck
Industry Relations Lead Hany Soloumah
Outreach and Partnership Lead Anand Shah
External Relations Committee West Area Liason Helen Percival
External Relations Committee East Area Liason HamidReza Sadreazami
External Relations Central Area Liaison Asadollah Norouzi
Standards Liaison Glenn Parsons

Publications & Communications

Pubs & Comms Committee Chair Abdallah Shami
Past Chair Branislav Djokic
Pubs & Comms Vice Chair Vijay Sood
Advertising & Patronage Coordinator Nima Javanbakht
ICJECE co-Editor-in-Chief TBD
ICJECE co-Editor-in-Chief Xiaodong Liang
ICR Editor-in-Chief Jahangir Khan
IEEE Canada e-Newsletter Editor-in-Chief Sulaiman Aburakhia
Translation Coordinator Tarek Djerafi
Publicity & Social Media Coordinator Sana Abou-Shaaban
IEEE Canada Website Administrator Nithin R.S. (Rajasekharan Syamala)
IEEE Canada Press Editor-in-Chief David Michelson
Publications & Communications Committee Central Area Liason Telex Magloire Ngatched Nkouatchah
Publications & Communications Committee West Area Liason Yasaman Amannejad
Publications & Communications Committee East Area Liason Tarek Djerafi

ARC– Standing Committee

Awards & Recognition Committee Chair Branislav Djokic
Awards & Recognition Committee Vice-Chair Om Malik
Awards & Recognition Committee Secretary Raouf Boutaba
Awards & Recognition Committee East Area Representative Scott Melvin
Awards & Recognition Committee West Area Representative Ljiljana Trajkovic
Awards & Recognition Committee Central Area Representative Xavier Fernando
Awards & Recognition Committee Member-at-Large Sreeraman Rajan
Awards & Recognition Committee Member-at-Large Anader Benyamin-Seeyar
Awards & Recognition Committee Member-at-Large Mahsa Pourazad
Awards & Recognition Committee Life Members Representative Wolfram Lunscher
Awards & Recognition Committee Young Professionals Representative Raghav Thanigaivel
Awards & Recognition Committee Women in Engineering Representative Maryam Davoudpour
Awards & Recognition Committee Students – RSR Aljoharah Alabdullatif

AUDIT– Standing Committee

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Audit Committee Chair Rabab Ward
Audit Committee East Area Representative Anader Benyamin-Seeyar
Audit Committee West Area Representative Ljiljana Trajkovic
Audit Committee Central Area Representative Thomas Lavrisa

CONAC – Standing Committee

CONAC Chair Ekram Hossain
CONAC Vice-Chair Nitin Padmanabhan
CONAC Past-Chair Usman Munawar

Public Policy Committee

Public Policy Committee Chair Glenn Parsons
Public Policy Committee Vice Chair Gaelle Martin-Cochon
Public Policy Committee member at large (PAGSE Rep.) Ray Barton
Public Policy Committee East Area Liaison Amir Andaliby
Public Policy Committee Central Area Liaison Md Mizanur Rahman
Public Policy Committee West Area Liaison Fares Alsaafani
Public Policy Committee East Area Liaison Hosein Badran

Nomination Committee

Nomination Committee Chair Rob Anderson
Nomination Centreal Area Representative Claudio Canizares
Nomination Eastern Area Representative Halim Yanikomeroglu
Nomination Western Area Representative Mazana Armstrong

Operational Committee Leads

The Executive Committee is subject to the decisions of the Board of Directors and acts in between the meetings of the Board.

The Executive Committee is comprised of the following voting members:

  • The officers – President, President-elect, Past-president, Secretary, and Treasurer;
  • The Chair of each of the Canada West, Central, and East Areas or, with notice to the President, a designate for a particular meeting;
  • The Chair of the External Relations Group;
  • The Chair of the Member Services Group;
  • The Chair of the Publications and Communications Group;
  • The Directors Emeriti;
  • The Chair of the Educational Services Group;
  • The Chair of the Operational Support Group.

The Parliamentarian, CONAC Chair, and the IEEE Canada Administrator are non-voting members of the Executive Committee.

Please see this page for the names of the IEEE volunteers who serve on this committee and other IEEE Canada entities.

The Steering Committee shall set the annual goals and objectives for IEEE Canada, approve appointment of committee and area chairs, nominate candidates for President-Elect (Director-Elect), and approve the compensation for the IEEE Canada Administrator as recommended by the Past-President. All actions by the Steering Committee shall be reported by the President to the next Executive Committee and Board meetings.

The Steering Committee is comprised of the following voting members:

  • The officers – President, President-elect, Past-president, Secretary, and Treasurer;
  • The Directors Emeriti.

The Parliamentarian is a non-voting member of the Steering Committee.

Please see this page for the names of the IEEE volunteers who serve on this committee and other IEEE Canada entities.

The Nominations Committee shall propose to the Steering Committee an Audit Committee that shall, on an annual basis, review policies and procedures which substantially impact the finances and operations of the Region, monitor conformance thereto, and recommend such changes as it considers desirable, in addition to their review of the Treasurer’s financial records for the previous calendar year. The Audit Committee shall consist of one Treasurer or other qualified member from each of the three Areas and one Past President who shall chair the committee. The Audit Committee shall meet during the Spring Meeting and conduct an overview of the budget, income and expenditure together with such policies and procedures as it deems necessary. The Audit Committee shall make a report to the Board at its Spring Meeting and recommend any changes to the Region policies and Procedures, or any remedial actions arising from its review of the financial records. The Board shall approve any recommendations of the Audit Committee. The ExCom shall report on the implementation of all recommendations made by the Audit Committee and approved by the Board to the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee.

The Nominations and Appointments Committee (N&A) shall be responsible for recommending qualified candidates for the position of President-Elect; assisting the President in identifying qualified candidates for IEEE Canada appointed positions and committees; and assisting the President in identifying qualified candidates for MGA and other IEEE positions.

The Past President shall chair the N&A Committee. The Committee shall consist of a representative from each Area and the President (ex-officio). All Committee members must be of Senior Member or Fellow grade.

  • Three Area Chairs: Canada East Area, Canada Central Area, Canada West Area
  • Directors Emeriti
  • Members of the IEEE Board of Directors residing within Canada
  • IEEE Canada Administrator – providing administrative support to the Board
  • CONAC Chair
  • IEEE Canadian Foundation President
  • Parliamentarian
  • The officers – President, President-elect, Past-president, Secretary, and Treasurer;
  • The Chair of each Section or, with notice to the President, a designate for a particular meeting;
  • The Regional Student Representative;
  • The Chairs of each of the five Standing Committee Groups
  • Educational Services Group
  • External Relations Group
  • Member Services Group
  • Operational Support Group
  • Publications and Communications Group
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