Computer Society Membership and Geographic Activities Board

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Professional Chapters | Chapter Resources | Distinguished Visitors Program

Providing leadership to the Society for member development and member-related activities. This includes member services, programs to support chapters, and other promotional and member engagements related activities. Operational areas within MGA include: Awards and Recognition, Geographic Activities, Students and Young Professionals, and the Distinguished Visitor Program.

Vice President, Andrew Seely

Vice-Chair, Geographic Activities: Mohamed Rawidean

Vice-Chair, Student and Young Professional Activities: Biswarup Ray

Vice-Chair, Awards and Recognition: Josip Balen

Vice-Chair, Distinguished Visitor Program : Pending assignment

Vice-Chair, Special Projects: Shivam

Vice-Chair, Industry Engagement Ad-Hoc Committee: David Bondurant

CS-MGAB Representative to the Board of Governors: Shivam

Governance Documents: Policy & Procedures Manual, Handbook

Committees

Geographic Activities

Vice-Chair: Mohamed Rawidean
Adjunct Member:
- Peter Mager, p.mager@computer.org
- David Bondurant, dbondurant@mac.com
R1 & 2 Coordinator: Kit August
- Area 1 Coordinator: Hong Zhao
  - Berkshire, Boston, Green Mountain, New Hampshire, North New Jersey, Princeton/Central NJ, Providence, Worcester County, Connecticut, Maine
- Area 2: Ping-Tsai Chung
  - Binghamton, Buffalo, Long Island, Mid-Hudson, Mohawk Valley, New York, Schenectady, Syracuse, New Jersey Coast, Rochester
- Area 3: Lifang He
  - Washington D.C. - North Virginia Jt. Section, Delaware Bay, Southern New Jersey, Leigh Valley, Baltimore, Dayton, Lehigh, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Columbus, Susquehanna
R3 & 4 Coordinator: Brian Page
- Area 1 Coordinator: Michael Viron
  - Daytona, Jacksonville, Florida West Coast, Miami, Orlando, Melbourne, Broward
- Area 2 Coordinator: Pending Assignment
  - Alabama, Atlanta, Louisville, Richmond, Siouxland, Charlotte
- Area 3 Coordinator: John Walz
  - Central Indiana, Cedar Rapids, Chicago, Milwaukee, Nebraska, Southeastern Michigan, Toledo, West Michigan, Twin Cities
R5 & 6 Coordinator: Vishnu S. Pendyala
- Area 1 & 2 Coordinator: Pending assignment
  - Dallas, Fort Worth, Galveston Bay, Lafayette, Lone Star, New Orleans, Central Texas (area 2) Kansas City, Pikes Peak, Denver, Wichita, Ozark
- Area 3 Coordinator: Pranav Kumar Chaudhary
  - Los Alamos/Northern New Mexico, Oregon, Palouse, Phoenix, Seattle, Utah, Spokane, Albuquerque, Richland, and Boise.
- Area 4 Coordinator: Upal Mahbub
  - Buenaventura, Coastal LA, Foothill, Hawaii, Orange County, Sacramento Valley, San Diego, Santa Clara Valley, San Fernando, San Francisco/Oakland East Bay, Las Vegas.
- Regional Portfolio Officer (Speaker Event Coordination): Sanjay Poddar
- Regional Portfolio Officer (Social Media Management): Pending assignment
R7 Coordinator: Fares Al-Saafani
- Canadian Atlantic, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ottawa, Quebec, Toronto, Kingston, London, Montreal, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Windsor
- North Saskatchewan, South Saskatchewan, South Alberta, Vancouver, Winnipeg
R8: Islam Tharwat Abdel Halim
- Area 1 Coordinator: Katarina Trojacanec
  - Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Malta, North Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia
  - Vice-Chair: Zorica Bogdanović
- Area 2 Coordinator: Caroline Ling Li
  - Benelux, Denmark, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, UK & Ireland, Switzerland
  - Vice Chair: Ayesha Afzal
- Area 3 Coordinator: Seifedine Kadry
  - Azerbaijan, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden
  - Vice-Chair: Anand Jagadeesh
- Area 4 Coordinator: Kostas Karpouzis
  - Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Turkey
  - Vice-Chair: Reyhan Aydogan
- Area 5 Coordinator: Resala AlAdraj
  - Bahrain, Isreal, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi, UAE, W. Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait
  - Vice-Chair: Mousa AL-Akhras
- Area 6 Coordinator: Alex Watila
  - Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, S. Africa, Tunisia, Uganda
  - Vice-Chair: Reginald Ogu
R9 Coordinator: Waldir Filho
- Area 1 Coordinator: Gerardo Padilla
- Area 2 Coordinator: Fernando Bouche
- Area 3 Coordinator: Milton Marche
- Area 4 Coordinator: Pending assignment
- Student R9 Representative: Carmen Cornejo
- YP R9 Representative: Jimmy Tullume Salazar
R10 Coordinator(s): Dr. Mini Ulanat & Dr. Tariq Soomro
- India Area Coordinator: Pending assignment
- Australia/New Zealand Area Coordinator: Dr. David Tien (Australia)
- Southern Area Coordinator: Dr. Sadiq Ali Khan
- Northern Area Coordinator: Nobuo Aoki (Japan)
- Portfolio 1: Dr. K. Subramanian - (Membership Development & Regional Collaboration)
- Portfolio 2: Dr. Prasant Misra - (Industry Engagement & CS Standards)
- Portfolio 3: Dr. Munir Ahmad - (Student Chapters & Technical Events)
- Portfolio 4: Dr. Bijoy Jose - (Student Chapters, Website & Social Media)

For a full list of Geographic Activities Committee members, click here.

Awards and Recognition

Vice Chair: Josip Balen
Richard E. Merwin Student Scholarship: Murat Uzman, Yuhong Liu
Upsilon Pi Epsilon Award: Md. Tauhidur Rahman
Larson Award: Davide Conficconi
Outstanding Chapter Award (Student): Prasanth Mohan
Outstanding Chapter Award (Professional): Dr. Fakhrul Hazman Bin Yusoff
- For a full list of Outstanding Chapter Award Committee members, click here.
Mentoring Co-Coordinator: Shivam
Distinguished Contributor Recognition Program: Pending assignment

Distinguished Visitor Program (DVP)

Vice-Chair: Pending assignment
Immediate Past Chair: George J. Proeller
Member: Elvira Popescu
Member: Anirban Sengupta
Member: Pablo H. Ibargüengoytia

Student & Young Professional Activities

Vice Chair : Biswarup Ray
Geographic Strategy: Shivam
Volunteer Engagement: Cybele Ghanem
Membership Experience: Anand Jagadeesh
Secretary : Biswarup Ray
Communications: Victor Marques
Initiatives and Programs: Srishti Sharma and Ariana Garcia
CS Rep to IEEE MGA/TA Young Professionals: Waldir Ventura Filho

For a full list of Student and Young Professional Committee members and to see a list of volunteering roles, click here.

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