The Section Chair is the Chief Operating Officer of the Section and is responsible for ensuring that the Section (including the Section’s Technical Chapters and Affinity Groups) are fulfilling the Section’s mission. The Section Chair ensures that are all local units are in compliance with IEEE Policies and local regulations.

The Section Chair manages the operations of the Section to ensure the best interests of the local members are being met. The Section Chair provides leadership, guidance to other Section volunteers and ensures that the Section activities are focused on increasing member engagement and satisfaction.

The Section Chair represents the needs of Section members by providing feedback to Region Committee and/or IEEE organizational units.