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
Tom Murad (President)
Wahab Almuhtadi (President elect)
Robert Anderson (Past President)
Raed Abdullah (Secretary)
Murray MacDonald (Treasurer)
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
Xianbin Wang (Central Area)
Anader Benyamin-Seeyar (East Area)
Matthew Wilder (West Area)
Operational Committee Chairs
Abdallah Shami (Educational Services)
Glenn Parsons (External Relations)
Melissa Vosough Tehrani (Membership Services)
Branislav Djokic (Pubs & Comms)
Section Chairs
Caleb MacDonald (Canadian Atlantic)
Tarek Djerafi (Montreal)
Gerhard W Dueck (New Brunswick)
Bentotage Osca De Silva (Newfoundland & Labrador)
Amir Andaliby (Ottawa)
Marc Perron (Quebec)
Alben Cardenas (Saint Maurice)
Patrick Nkwari (Hamilton)
Sidney Givigi (Kingston)
Nitin Padmanabhan (Kitchener-Waterloo)
Dennis Michaelson (London)
Preet Dsouza (Peterborough)
Dustin Dunwell (Toronto)
Milad Moradi Heydarloo (Windsro)
Stuart Barth (Northern Canada)
Cosme Loi (North Saskatchewan)
Eduard Tourani (Southern Alberta)
Adam Tilson (Southern Saskatchewan)
Jacqueline A. Nichols (Vancouver)
Ilamparithi Thirumarai Chelvan (Victoria)
Sara Mantach (Winnipeg)
Operational Committee Leads
Educational Services
Maryam Davoudpour (Vice Chair)
Asadollah Norouzi (Activities Coordinator)
Elroy Switlishoff (STEM Outreach Coordinator)
Rossitza Marinova (Volunteer Training Activities Coordinator)
Maryam Davoudpour (Professional Development Coordinator)
Cosme Loi (Volunteer Tools Coordinator)
Dave Michelson (Historian)
Membership Services
Marjan Alavi (Vice Chair)
Azfar Adib (Regional Student Representative)
Terence Branch (Life Member Coordinator and R7 Representative)
Dirk Werle (Life Member Vice-Coordinator)
Saida Maaroufi (Student Activities Coordinator)
Nasim Abdollahi (Women in Engineering Coordinator)
Raghav Thanigaivel (Young Professionals Coordinator)
Yasaman Ahmadiadli (Student Branch Chapter Coordinator)
Ana Laura Gonzalez Rios (Membership Development Coordinator)
External Relations
John Da Silva (Vice Chair)
Saida Maaroufi (Humanitarian Initiatives Coordinator)
John Da Silva (Industry Relations Coordinator)
Anand Shah (Outreach and Partnership Coordinator)
Ray Barton (PAGSE representative)
Publications & Communications
Vijay Sood (Vice Chair)
Sana Abou-Shaaban (Advertising & Patronage Coordinator)
Mohamed Shehata (ICJECE Editor-in-Chief)
Shazia Nawaz (ICJECE Admin)
Jahangir Khan (ICR Editor-in-Chief)
Yasaman Amannejad (IEEE Canada e-Newsletter Editor-in-Chief)
Tarek Djerafi (Translation Coordinator)
Mark Pollock (Publicity & Social Media Coordinator)
Leo Jweda (EEE Canada Website Administrator)
Dave Michelson (IEEE Canada Press Editor-in-Chief)
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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