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The 2026 IEEE MGA Student Activities Committee (SAC)

SAC is the IEEE committee responsible for student programs and benefits, and making recommendations to the Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) Board. It is filled with IEEE volunteers, and supported by IEEE staff. These volunteer members provide important viewpoints and information, and represent the voice of the over 100,000 IEEE Student and Graduate Student members worldwide.

Mission: To deliver a common, high quality IEEE Student member experience globally, for lifelong, professional success through IEEE membership.

Leadership

  • Subodha Charles Chair, SAC

  • Ruben Barrera-Michel Past Chair, SAC

MGA Student Activities Committee Members

Listed below are the members of the MGA Student Activities Committee. Contact Us for more information on volunteer opportunities within your regional committee or to connect with the committee.

  • SAC Chair, Subodha Charles
  • SAC Past Chair, Ruben Barrera-Michel
  • Vice Chair, Chamika Sudusinghe
  • Vice Chair, Cybele Ghanem

Regional Student Activities Chairs (RSACs)

The Regional Student Activities Chairs (RSACs) represent each of the ten Regions of IEEE. These volunteer members help organize student activities in these areas, including student paper contests, website contests for Student Branches, and other interesting activities so you as IEEE Student members can be more actively involved.

  • Region 1, Kevin Lu
  • Region 2, Li Bai
  • Region 3, Bailey Heyman
  • Region 4, Ali Abedi
  • Region 5, Colleen Bailey
  • Region 6, Alberto Tam Yong
  • Region 7, Dustin Dunwell
  • Region 8, Theodoros Panagiotis Chatzinikolaou
  • Region 9, Pedro Fausto
  • Region 10 (North Asia), Ray Cheung
  • Region 10 (South Asia Pacific), Natt Leelawat

Other SAC Representatives

Students are important to many components of IEEE. Several other organizational units with IEEE are represented within SAC to help provide information to this committee and to share information about student activities with the rest of IEEE.

  • Member-Initiative Lead, Aishwarya Bandla
  • Member-Initiative Lead, Joel John Kandathil
  • Member-Initiative Lead, Ahmed Ayman Abouelnour
  • Industrial Representative, Dhammika Marasinghe
  • IEEE Potentials Magazine Student Editor, Moira Prates
  • TAB Representative to SAC, Jae Hong Lee
  • HKN Representative to SAC, Jim Conrad
  • YP Representative to SAC, Mohamed Saeed Darweesh
  • Branch Chapter Representative, Jason Gu
  • Branch Chapter Student Representative, Andrew Michels
  • Electronic Communications Chair, Vismini Amarasinha
  • Corresponding Member, Yesica Giraldo Tique

Committee Chairs

Student Activities has several primary initiatives to provide opportunities to our student members. These are the chairs of these initiatives.

  • Professional Activities (SPAx) Chair, Daniel Thomson
  • Virtual Speakers (VSB) Chair, Ahsan Qamer Sheikh
  • IEEEXtreme Chair, Cybele Ghanem
  • Awards and Recognition Chair, Aniketh Shenoy
  • IEEE Potentials Magazine Editor-in-Chief, Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi

Regional Student Representatives (RSRs)

The Regional Student representatives (RSRs) represent each of the ten Regions of IEEE. These volunteer members are students. They help organize student activities in these areas, including student paper contests, website contests for Student Branches, and other interesting activities and programs, so you as IEEE Student members get engaged and more actively involved.

  • Region 1, Cristian Noriega Monsalve
  • Region 2, Joshua Shapo
  • Region 3, Melissa Hannemann
  • Region 4,
  • Region 5, Grady Payne
  • Region 6, Mustahsin Zarif
  • Region 7, Aljoharah Alabdullatif
  • Region 8, Abdulrahman Mohammed
  • Region 9, Violeta Acosta Mora
  • Region 10 (North Asia), Chloe Chen
  • Region 10 (South Asia Pacific), Nutteera Tungkasikjj
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