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Vancouver Section

Position	Name	Email Address
Chair	Venkataramakrishnan (Rama) Vinnakota	rama.vinnakota at bchydro.com
Vice-Chair	Guillaume Boisset	guillaume_b9 at yahoo.com
Secretary	Nimesh Shah
Treasurer	Steven McClain	stevenmcclain at ieee.org
Past Chair	Lee Vishloff	lee at vishloff.ca
Northern BC Chair	Matthew E. Reid	mreid at unbc.ca
Northern BC Vice-Chair	Liang Chen	chen.liang.97 at gmail.com
Okanagan Chair	Youry Khmelevsky	youry at ieee.org
Okanagan Vice Chair	Julian Cheng	julian.cheng at ubc.ca

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Technical Chapters

Technical Societies	Position	Name	Email Address
Electron Devices	Chair	Bonnie Gray	bgray at sfu.ca
	Vice-Chair	Michael Adachi	mmadachi at sfu.ca
Engineering in Medicine & Biology	Acting Chair	Robert Rohling	rohling at ece.ubc.ca
Joint Aerospace & Electromagnetics	Chair	Dave Michelson	davem at ece.ubc.ca
Joint Applied Physics	Chair	Ahmed Hussein	ahmed.hussein at unbc.org
	Vice-Chair	Pierre-Andre Amaudruz	amaudruz at triumf.ca
Joint Circuits & Systems	Chair	Ljiljana Trajkovic	ljilja at sfu.ca
	Vice-Chair	Deepali Arora	darora at engr.uvic.ca
Joint Communications	Chair	Vincent Wong	vincentw at ece.ubc.ca
	Vice-Chair	Lee Vishloff	lee.vishloff at ieee.org
	Vice-Chair	Alon Newton	anewton at ieee.org
Joint Computing	Chair	Bob Gill	bgill at ieee.org
	Vice-Chair	Mandeep Pannu	mandeep.pannu at kpu.ca
Joint Control, Robotics & Cybernetics	Chair	Ryozo Nagamune	nagamune at mech.ubc.ca
	Vice-Chair - CS	Pan Zhao	panzhao0558 at gmail.com
	Vice-Chair - RA	Carlo Menon	cmenon at sfu.ca
	Vice Chair - SMC	Ljiljana Trajkovic	ljilja at sfu.ca
Joint Industry Applications & Electronics	Chair	Jeff Bloemink	j.m.bloemink at ieee.org
	Vice-Chair	Pooya Taheri	pooya_thr at yahoo.com
Joint Management	Chair	Darrell Koskinen	darrell.koskinen at telus.com
Joint Oceans, Geoscience & Remote Sensing	Chair	Serdar Soylu	ssoylu at cellula.com
Joint Power & Energy	Chair	Dipendra Rai	dipendra.rai at bchydro.com
	Vice-Chair	Kenny Poon	kenny.poon at bchydro.com
Joint Solid State Circuits & Technology	Chair	Shahriar Mirabbasi	shahriar at ece.ubc.ca
	Vice-Chair	Sudip Shekhar	sudip at ece.ubc.ca
Power Electronics	Chair	Martin Ordonez	mordonez at ieee.org
	Vice-Chair	Francisco Paz	franciscopaz at ieee.org
	Vice-Chair	Andres Bianchi	m.a.bianchi at ieee.org
Signal Processing	Chair	Ivan Bajic	ivan_bajic at ieee.org
	Vice-Chair	Stephen Makonin	smakonin at ieee.org

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Affinity Groups

Affinity Group	Position	Name	Email Address
Consultant Networks	Chair	Scott Tully	s.t.tully at ieee.org
Life Members	Acting Chair	Venkataramakrishnan (Rama) Vinnakota	rama.vinnakota at bchydro.com
Women in Engineering	Chair	Ana Laura Gonzalez	ana.gr1019 at ieee.org
Young Professionals	Chair	Sean Garrity	sean.garrity at ieee.org
	Vice-Chair	Jacqueline Nichols	jnichols at cellula.com

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Student Branches

School	Position	Name	Email Address
British Columbia Institute of Technology	Chair	Chris Heatley	chris.heatley at ieee.org
	Vice-Chair	Sajjad Askarzadeh	Sajjad.Askarzadeh at ieee.org
	Treasurer	Gurjinder Singh Sidhu	gurjindersidhufort at gmail.com
	Secretary	Osama Arafa	oarafa at my.bcit.ca
	Counselor	Jeff Bloemink	jbloemink at bcit.ca
Simon Fraser University	Chair	Ryan Serkouh	sfu-ieee-chair at sfu.ca
	Vice-Chair	Fatemeh Darbehani	sfu-ieee-vicechair at sfu.ca
	Treasurer	Ivana Jovacevic	sfu-ieee-treasurer at sfu.ca
	Secretary	Alia Mokhtar	sfu-ieee-secretary at sfu.ca
	Counselor	Craig Scratchley	wcs at sfu.ca
University of British Columbia	Chair	Nicole Cheang	ubcieeechair at gmail.com
	Vice-Chair	Candice Loo	andylin1996 at gmail.com
	Treasurer	Christopher Chin	angyychung at gmail.com
	Secretary	Raghul Sai Subramanian	lindajosiah at gmail.com
	Counselor	Lukas Chrostowski	lukasc at ece.ubc.ca
University of British Columbia Okanagan	Chair	Lucas Boutin	chair at ubcoieee.org
	Vice-Chair	Mike Bowes	vice-chair at ubcoieee.org
	Treasurer	Mitch Lange	treasurer at ubcoieee.org
	Secretary	Amanda Albers	secretary at ubcoieee.org
	Counselor	Jonathan Holzman	jonathan.holzman at ubc.ca
Kwantlen Polytechnic University	Chair	Geoff Preston	geoffrey.preston at email.kpu.ca
	Vice-Chair	Liam Corcoran	william.corcoran1 at email.kpu.ca
	Treasurer	James Kao	james.kao at kwantlen.net
	Secretary	Nawid Hamidi	nawid.hamidi at email.kpu.ca
	Counselor	Mandeep Pannu	Mandeep.Pannu at kpu.ca
Okanagan College	Chair	Robbie Bro	robbiebro at shaw.ca
	Vice-Chair	Tim Sayler	tsayler at gmail.com
	Treasurer	Paige Tyler	paige.tyler0 at gmail.com
	Secretary	Paige Tyler	paige.tyler0 at gmail.com
	Counselor	Scott Fazackerley	scott.fazackerley at ieee.org

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Committees

Position	Name	Email Address
Advertising & Publicity	Vacant	Vacant
Archivist	Mike Paraskake
Awards	Ernie Kenward	ekenward at telus.net
Communications Officer	Pieter Botman	p.botman at ieee.org
Conferences	Eugen Trandafir	eugen.trandafir at ieee.org
Conferences	Youry Khmelevsky	youry at ieee.org
Contact Newsletter	Nick Keenan	n.keenan at IEEE.ORG
Contact Newsletter	Kenny Poon	kenny.poon at bchydro.com
Continuing Education	Bob Gill	bgill at ieee.org
History	Chris Scholefield	chris.scholefield at ieee.org
Humanitarian Initiatives	Vacant	Vacant
IEEE Industry & ICF Liason	Dave Michelson	davem at ece.ubc.ca
Membership	Kenny Poon	kenny.poon at bchydro.com
Multimedia Team	Bill Lowe	bill.lowe at csagroup.org
Multimedia Team	Ron Heaps	rheapsf1 at gmail.com
Student Activities	Nico Dreyer	nico.dreyer at ieee.org
Teacher In-Service Program (TISP)	Derek Ho	derek.j.w.ho at gmail.com
Teacher In-Service Program (TISP)	Aareet Shermon	aareet at shermon.com
Webmaster	Sanjeet Sanghera	sanjeetpeng at gmail.com

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