2025 – 2026 Officers and Committees
Region Director
Felicia Reinhart
fharlow@ieee.org
Region Director-Elect
Philip Gonski
pgonski@gmail.com
Region Treasurer
Barbara Frantom
bfrantom@ieee.org
Region Secretory
Neeta Basantkumar
ateenjar@ieee.org
Assistant Secretary
Jenna Price
jprice@ieee.org
Immediate Past Director
Drew Lowery
dlowery@ieee.org
Area Chair
(Buckeye – West)
Helen Winfrey
hwinf00@gmail.com
Area Chair
(Chesapeake – South)
Michael Olex
mikeolex@aol.com
Area Chair
(Greater Delaware Valley – East)
Richard Jessop
richardjessopieee@gmail.com
Area Chair
(Mid Appalachian – Central)
James Beck
jebeck@ieee.org
Chair, Educational Activities Committee
Rijo Joy
dr.rijojoy@gmail.com
Chair, Membership Development Committee
Rhonda Farrell
ceo@gblinnovstratllc.com
Chair, Professional Activities Committee
Kalyan Sen
senkk@ieee.org
Chair, Governance Committee
Marc Apter
m.apter@ieee.org
Chair, Student Activities Committee
Bai Li
lbai@temple.edu
Chair, Industry Engagement Committee
Ashutosh Dutta
ashutosh.dutta@ieee.org
Region Student Representative
Lillian Drasin
lillydrasin@gmail.com
Admission and Advancement Committee Representative
Rhonda Farrell
ceo@gblinnovstratllc.com
Parliamentarian
Martin Schulman
schulman@ieee.org
Humanitarian Activities Coordinator
Chang Liu
liuc@ohio.edu
Chair, Nominations & Appointments Committee
Drew Lowery
dlowery@ieee.org
Chair, Public Visibility Committee
Ethan Lin
ethan23lin@ieee.org
Chair, Ad-hoc Communications Committee
Jenna Price
jprice@ieee.org
Social Media Coordinator
Megan Cruz
megan.haru@gmail.com
Newsletter Editor
Megan Cruz
megan.haru@gmail.com
Region Life Member Coordinator
Chris Hrivnak
chrivnak@ieee.org
Region Conference Coordinator
Ethan Lin
ethan23lin@ieee.org
Vice Chair, Conference Coordinator
Peter Vouras
synthetic_aperture_twg@ieee.org
Webmaster / Virtual Media / Vtools Coordinator
Ricardo Alfaro
ralfaro@ieee.org
Region Vitality Coordinator
Stan Telson
stan@stantelson.com
Chair, Young Professionals Committee
Alexis Gorgacz
agorgacz@ieee.org
Sections Congress Coordinator
Jenna Price
jprice@ieee.org
Strategic Planning Coordinator
Philip Gonski
pgonski@gmail.com
Technical Policy Issues Coordinator
Thomas Schneider
tom.schneider.ph.d@gmail.com
Joint Strategic Planning Committee
Murty Polavarapu
murtyp@ieee.org
Joint Strategic Planning Committee
Marc Apter
m.apter@ieee.org
Chair, Women in Engineering Committee
Maryam Alibeik
maryamalibeik@ieee.org
Webmaster
Ethan Lin
ethan23lin@ieee.org
