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<div><strong>2024 Committee Chair- Howard Wolfman </strong></div> <p>The IEEE Admission and Advancement Committee implements IEEE policies, rules, and procedures related to admission, grade assignment, and grade advancement, and for reinstatement of membership in accordance with <a href="https://www.ieee.org/content/dam/ieee-org/ieee-web/pdf/ieee_constitution_and_bylaws.pdf#page=11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IEEE Bylaws I-100</a>.</p> <div><a href="https://www.ieee.org/membership/senior/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="callout">Learn more about the IEEE Senior member application process</a></div> <div><a href="/images/files/board-committees/AA-Report-to-MGA---June-2018.pdf" target="_blank" class="callout">View past committee report to the MGA Board</a> (PDF, 1 MB)</div> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: #7d7d7d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.563em;">MGA Awards and Recognition Committee (ARC) </span></p> <div><strong>2024 Committee Chair- Preeti Bajaj</strong></div> <p>The MGA Awards and Recognition Committee promotes, recognizes, and rewards excellence in the MGA operations and IEEE geographic unit activities (Regions, Geographic Councils and Areas, Sections, Chapters, Student Branches, and Student Branch Chapters).</p> <div><a href="/awards/mga-awards-and-recognition-program" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="callout">Learn more about the MGA Awards and Recognition Program</a></div> <div><a href="/images/files/board-committees/ARC_Report_-_2022_Feb_Board_Mtg_v1final.pdf" target="_blank">View past committee report to the MGA Board</a> (PDF, 140 KB)</div> <p><a href="/awards/mga-awards-and-recognition-program/awards-committee-members" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="callout" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #551a8b; text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px;">View current MGA Awards and Recognition Committee (Members and Region Awards Chairs)</a></p> <h2>MGA Finance Committee (FinCom) </h2> <div><strong>2024 Committee Chair - Greg Gdowski </strong></div> <p>The MGA Finance Committee serves as an oversight and advisory body. The committee establishes financial goals and procedures for MGA operations, develops and implements the MGA budget development process, and projects and monitors the financial performance of member and geographic activities.</p> <div><a href="/images/files/board-committees/MGA_Finance_Update_February_2022.pdf" target="_blank">View past committee reports to the MGA Board</a> (PDF, 1 MB)</div> <p> </p> <p><a href="#top" class="callout" style="background-color: #ffffff;">top of page</a></p> <h2>MGA Geographic Unit Operations Support Committee (GUOS) </h2> <div><strong>2024 Committee Chair- Murty Polavarapu</strong></div> <p>The MGA Geographic Unit Operations Support Committee is responsible for design, development, and implementation of the support model for the geographic units. The committee also recommends policy for effective operation of the geographic units.  The Chair of this committee is also the MGA Vice Chair, Geographic Unit Operations Support and is a member of the MGA Board.</p> <div><a href="/resources-operations" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="callout">Learn more about resources for geographic unit operations</a></div> <div><a href="/images/files/board-committees/GUOS_Feb2022mga_report_1.pdf" target="_blank" class="info info-alert">View past committee report to the MGA Board</a> (PDF, 66 KB)</div> <h2>MGA IEEE.tv Advisory Committee  </h2> <div><strong>2024 Committee Chair- Prashant Nair </strong></div> <p>The MGA IEEE.tv Advisory Committee provides on-going strategic planning as it relates to IEEE.tv and its related activities. The primary mission of the committee is to provide IEEE.tv staff with insight from industry and from membership/volunteer perspectives regarding various aspects of Internet television production, presentation, and marketing. The committee is a crucial source of insights about business issues and concerns, production development needs, and member service requirements.</p> <div><a href="https://ieeetv.ieee.org/" class="callout">Visit IEEE.tv</a></div> <div><a href="/images/files/board-committees/IEEE-TV-REPORT-FEB-2022.pdf" target="_blank" class="callout">View past committee report to the MGA Board</a> (PDF, 80 KB)</div> <h2>MGA IT Coordination and Oversight Committee (ITCO) </h2> <div><strong>2024 Committee Chair- Adriaan van Wijngaarden </strong></div> <p>The MGA IT Coordination and Oversight Committee is responsible for collecting IT requirements for MGA and coordinating/advocating their design, development, deployment, training, and usage. The Chair of this committee is also the MGA Vice Chair, Information Management and is a member of the MGA Board.</p> <div><a href="/images/files/board-committees/ITCO_Report_February_2022.pdf" target="_blank" class="callout">View past committee report to the MGA Board </a>  (PDF, 101 KB)</div> <p> </p> <p><a href="#top" class="callout" style="background-color: #ffffff;">top of page</a></p> <h2>IEEE Life Members Committee (LMC)  </h2> <div><strong>2024 Committee Chair- Rajendra Asthana</strong></div> <p>The IEEE Life Members Committee (LMC) is responsible to the IEEE Foundation for stimulating and monitoring contributions to the Life Members Fund. Projects that receive Life members funds are to be consistent with the interests of IEEE Life members. The committee is responsible to the MGA Board for promoting the interests of Life members and other retired members.</p> <div><a href="https://life.ieee.org/about/leadership/">Learn more about IEEE Life Members Committee</a></div> <p><a href="/images/files/board-committees/Life_Members_Committee_Report_February_2022.pdf" target="_blank">View the LMC committee position description</a> (PDF, 107 KB)<br /><a href="/images/files/board-committees/Life_Members_Committee_Report_February_2022.pdf" target="_blank">View past committee report to the MGA Board</a> (PDF, 507 KB)</p> <h2>MGA Member Benefits Portfolio Advisory Committee (MBPAC) </h2> <div>2<strong>024 Committee Chair- Adeel Sultan </strong></div> <p>The MGA Member Benefits Portfolio Advisory Committee (MBPAC) provides advice and recommendations for the composition of IEEE's member benefits portfolio, excluding technical society benefits. MBPAC coordinates with organizational units to review and assess member benefits and recommend to the MGA Board the adoption or removal of such benefits, based upon a formal benefits development and assessment process. MBPAC acts as advisers to the Member Benefits and Services Assessment Team, a cross-functional team of IEEE professional staff, on the development and implementation of the member benefits development and life-cycle process.</p> <div><a href="/images/files/board-committees/MBPAC_Report_V_2.pdf" target="_blank" class="callout">View past committee report to the MGA Board</a> (PDF, 54 KB)</div> <p> </p> <p><a href="#top" class="callout" style="background-color: #ffffff;">top of page</a></p> <h2>MGA Member Engagement and Life Cycle Committee (MELCC)  </h2> <div><strong>2024 Committee Chair- Jason Hui </strong></div> <p>The MGA Member Engagement and Life Cycle Committee (MELCC) is responsible for establishing programs that facilitate growth and development of members and IEEE.</p> <p>The Committee Chair is also the MGA Vice Chair, Member Development and is a member of the MGA Board.<br /><br /></p> <p>The following committees report to the MGA Board through the MELCC:</p> <ul> <li>    IEEE Admission and Advancement Committee</li> <li>    MGA Awards and Recognition Committee</li> <li>    IEEE Life Members Committee</li> <li>    MGA Student Activities Committee</li> <li>    IEEE Women in Engineering Committee</li> <li>    IEEE Young Professionals Committee</li> </ul> <div><a href="/images/files/board-committees/MELCC_Report_Feb_2021.pdf" target="_blank" class="callout">View past committee report to the MGA Board</a> (PDF, 46 KB)</div> <h2>MGA Membership Recruitment and Recovery Committee (MRR)  </h2> <div><strong>2024 Committee Chair- Ramalatha Marimuthu </strong></div> <p>The MGA Membership Recruitment and Recovery Committee creates, promotes, and monitors appropriate and effective membership development programs to increase IEEE membership.</p> <p><a href="/membership-development/membership-recruitment-and-recovery-committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="callout" style="background-color: #ffffff;">Learn more about the committee</a><br /><a href="/images/files/board-committees/MRRC_Report_-_February_2021.pdf" target="_blank" class="callout" style="background-color: #ffffff;">View past committee reports to the MGA Board</a> (PDF, 2 MB)</p> <p><a href="#top" class="callout" style="background-color: #ffffff;">top of page</a></p> <h2>MGA Nominations and Appointments Committee (N&A)  </h2> <div><strong>2024 Committee Chair- Antonio Luque </strong></div> <p>The MGA Nominations and Appointments Committee is responsible for managing the nominations and appointments process and identifying qualified candidates based on the common characteristics and skills defined for elected and appointed positions of the MGA Board and its committees.</p> <p><a href="/board-committees/mga-n-a-process" class="callout"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Learn more about the MGA Nominations and Appointments process</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: #7d7d7d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.563em;">MGA Operations Committee (OpCom) </span></p> <div><strong>2024 Committee Chair- Antonio Luque </strong></div> <p>The MGA Operations Committee oversees the financial and business management team supporting the efforts of the MGA</p> <p><a href="/images/files/board-committees/OpCom_Report_Feb_2022.pdf" target="_blank" class="callout" style="background-color: #ffffff;">View past committee reports to the MGA Board</a><a href="/images/files/MGA_Operations_Manual_02.2018.pdf#page=59" target="_self" class="callout"><span style="color: #333333;"> (PDF, 85 KB)</span><br /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: #7d7d7d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.563em;">MGA Operations Manual Compliance Committee  </span></p> <p><strong>2024 Committee Chair- Karen Pedersen</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The principal mission of the Committee is as a member and volunteer-driven forum to provide advice and assistance in matters of non-compliance with the MGA Operations Manual.  </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: #7d7d7d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.563em;">MGA Potentials Editorial Board </span></p> <div><strong>2024 Committee Chair- Athanasios Kakarountas</strong></div> <p>The MGA Potentials Editorial Board provides undergraduate and graduate students, who are members of IEEE, with an IEEE publication to address global issues, career-development topics, and other topics, emphasizing the value of continuing IEEE membership after graduation.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/students/potentials.html" class="callout">Learn more about IEEE Potentials magazine</a></span><br /><a href="/images/files/board-committees/IEEE_Potentials_Editorial_Board_Report-_February_2022_2.pdf" target="_blank" class="callout">View past committee reports to the MGA Board</a> (PDF, 55 KB)</p> <p><a href="#top" class="callout" style="background-color: #ffffff;">top of page</a></p> <h2>MGA Sections Congress Committee </h2> <div><strong>2024-2026 Committee Chair - Costas Stasopoulos</strong></div> <p>The MGA Sections Congress Committee is responsible for organizing IEEE Sections Congress, the triennial gathering of Section leadership, sponsored by the MGA Board.</p> <p><a href="/volunteer-hub/geographic-unit-conferences-and-events/sections-congress" target="_blank" class="callout">Learn more about IEEE Sections Congress</a></p> <h2>MGA Strategic Planning Committee (SPC)  </h2> <div><strong>2024 Committee Chair- Jill Gostin </strong></div> <p>The MGA Strategic Planning Committee is responsible for the development and continuous assessment of the strategic direction of MGA (members and the IEEE geographic units). Additionally, the committee is responsible for the development of the tactical objectives (12–24 month window) and monitoring the impact to the MGA direction.</p> <h2>MGA Student Activities Committee (SAC)  </h2> <div><strong>2024 Committee Chair - Ruben Barrera-Michel </strong></div> <p>The MGA Student Activities Committee provides undergraduate and graduate students, who have an interest in the IEEE designated fields or related professions, with opportunities for educational, technical, and professional development, emphasizing the value of continuing IEEE membership.</p> <p><a href="/images/files/board-committees/SAC_2022_MGA_Board_Report_-_February.pdf" target="_blank" class="callout">View past committee report to the MGA Board</a> (PDF, 94 MB)</p> <p><a href="#top" class="callout" style="background-color: #ffffff;">top of page</a></p> <h2>MGA Training Committee </h2> <div><strong>2024 Committee Chair- Sarang Shaikh </strong></div> <p>In February 2016, the MGA Board approved the dissolution of the IEEE Center for Leadership Excellence (CLE) Committee and the creation of the MGA Training Committee. The MGA Training Committee develops and maintains the overarching training framework to support the MGA strategic roadmap. The committee ensures the appropriate content is identified to implement this strategy in support of both members and volunteers. The committee delivers training solutions in the following areas: essential, orientation, leadership, role specific, governance, and professional development. The committee oversees the IEEE Center for Leadership Excellence and Volunteer Leadership Training (VOLT) program, and works with IEEE Regions in support of their training objectives.</p> <p><a href="https://ieee-elearning.org/CLE/" class="callout">Visit the IEEE Center for Leadership Excellence Committee training portal</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ieee.volt/" class="callout" style="background-color: #ffffff;">Visit the Volunteer Leadership Training (VOLT) program Facebook page</a></p> <h2>MGA vTools Committee  </h2> <p><strong>2024 Committee Chair- Chris Gunning </strong></p> <p>The MGA vTools Committee works with the MGA IT Coordination and Oversight Committee and MGA Geographic Unit Operations Support Committee to develop solutions to assist geographic unit volunteers, develop and deliver training modules for developed solutions, and migrate solutions to normal IEEE IT operations. The vTools toolbox simplifies geographic unit administration by offering web-based software, reduces time spent managing activities, and assists in member development.</p> <p><a href="http://sites.ieee.org/vtools/" class="callout">Learn more about IEEE volunteer tools (vTools)</a><br /><a href="/images/files/board-committees/vTools_Committee_Report_February_2022.pdf" target="_blank" class="callout" style="background-color: #ffffff;">View past committee report to the MGA Board</a> (PDF, 71 KB)</p> <p><a href="#top" class="callout" style="background-color: #ffffff;">top of page</a></p> <h2>IEEE Women in Engineering Committee (WIEC) </h2> <div><strong>2024 Committee Chair- Celia Shahnaz</strong></div> <p>The scope of the IEEE Women in Engineering Committee (WIEC) is to Inspire, Engage, Encourage, and Empower IEEE women worldwide, and to serve the interests of the members of IEEE characterized as WIE.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://wie.ieee.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="callout">Learn more about IEEE Women in Engineering activities</a></span><br /><a href="/images/files/board-committees/330_WIE_Report_MGA_Board-June2023_6-1-23.pdf" target="_blank" class="callout">View past committee report to the MGA Board</a> (PDF, 1.4 MB)<br /><a href="https://wie.ieee.org/nominations-appointments/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="callout">Learn more about the IEEE WIE Nominations and Appointments process</a></p> <p><span style="color: #7d7d7d; 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