The Region has 35 Sections and 2 sub-Sections, organized in to 5 Areas: Northeast, Northwest, Central, Southern and Southwest.
Quick index:
Areas and Sections
Region Meetings
Past Directors
R6 Sections and Websites (as reported to IEEE)
Region Executive Committee 2024 |
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| Position | Name | Contact |
| Region Director | Kathy Hayashi. | kathyh |
| Past Director | Tim Lee | tt.lee@ieee.org |
| Director-Elect | Joseph Wei | joseph.wei@ieee.org |
| Treasurer | Sarge Benson | sarge.benson@lvvwd.com |
| Secretary | Elizabeth Farkas | efarkas@ieee.org |
| Central (CE) Area Chair | John Borland | johnoborland@aol.com |
| Northeast (NE) Area Chair | Sean Collison | scollison@gmail.com |
| Northwest (NW) Area Chair | Alon Newton | anewton@ieee.org |
| Southern (SO) Area Chair | Aleksandar Babic | aleksandar.babic@ieee.org |
| Southwest (SW) Area Chair | Richard Morse | rmorse@ieee.org |
| Professional Activities (PACE) Chair | Amber Orr | aorr@ieee.org |
| Industry Engagement | Tim Lee | tt.lee@ieee.org |
| Student Activities Chair | Heather D Monigan | hmonigan@gmail.com |
| Region Student Representative | ||
| Women in Engineering Region Coordinator | Peijung Tsai | ptsai@ieee.org |
| Young Professionals (YP) Coordinator | Brianne Tengan | brianne.tengan@ieee.org |
Region Activity Chairs and Coordinators |
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| Position | Name | Contact |
| Student Professional Awareness Coordinator (SPA-X) | Peijung Tsai | ptsai@ieee.org |
| Admissions and Advancement - Senior Membership | Zhensheng Zhang | zhenshengz@gmail.com |
| Awards and Recognition | Tony huA-wong | tonyhw206@ieee.org |
| Conferences | Scott Tamashiro | tamashiro@ieee.org |
| Educational Activities | Mostafa Mortezaie | mostafamortezaie@yahoo.com |
| Finance Treasurer | Sarge Benson | sarge.benson@lvvwd.com |
| Government Activities Chair | Kathy Hayashi | kathyh |
| History Chair | Brian Berg | b.berg@ieee.org |
| Information Management Coordinator | Sanjay Samuel | sanjaysamuel@ieee.org |
| Membership Development | Mansi Tripathi | mansi.tripathi94@gmail.com, |
| Milestones Coordinator | Brian Berg | b.berg@ieee.org |
| Professional Activities (PACE) | Chair: Amber Orr | aorr@ieee.org |
| Pre-College Activities (STEM/K-12) | Mostafa Mortezaie | mostafamortezaie@yahoo.com |
| Region Vitality Coordinator (Section and Chapter Support) | Dan Christenson | chrisdan@xmission.com |
| OU Analytics | Chris Gunning | cgunning@ieee.org |
| SAMIEEE Coordinator | Larry Hamerman | l.hamerman@ieee.org |
| Sections Congress Coordinator | ||
| Strategic Planning | Emre Ayranci | emrea@ieee.org |
| Training | ||
| Webmaster | Ed Perkins | e.perkins@ieee.org |
| Affinity groups | ||
| Region Life Member Coordinator | Mike Andrews | m.andrews@ieee.org |
| Young Professionals (YP) Coordinator | ||
| Conferences | ||
| Conference Chair, 2024 IEEE Rising Stars Conference (RS24) | Scott Tamashiro | tamashiro@ieee.org |
| Conference Chair, 2024 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC2024) | Pritpal Singh | pritpal.singh@villanova.edu |
| Conference Chair, 2024 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech 2024) | Ed Perkins | e.perkins@ieee.org |
Region 6 Committees |
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| Region 6 Awards Committee : R6 Awards Chair, Area Awards Chairs if appointed, others as appointed | ||
| Region 6 Membership Development Committee: R6 Membership Development (MD) Chair, MD Chairs of Sections) | ||
| Region 6 PACE Committee: R6 PACE Chair, R6 Pre-College Activities Chair, R6 SPA-X Coordinator, Section PACE Chairs) | ||
| Region 6 Student Activities Committee : R6 Student Activities Chair, R6 RSR, R6 SPA-X Coordinator, R6 Educational Activities Chair, R6 2016 Regional Student Activities Coordinator, 2017 Chair of Rising Stars Conference, 2018 Chair of Rising Stars Conference, additional appointees) | ||
| Region 6 Women in Engineering Committee: R6 WIE Chair, Section Affinity Group Chairs | ||
| Region 6 Young Professionals Committee: R6 YP Chair, others as appointed | ||
| Region 6 History: R6 History Chair, R6 IEEE Milestone Coordinator | ||
Region 6 Representative Positions on IEEE Related Committees |
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| IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB) Committees | Region 6 Representative | |
| Section Education Outreach Committee | R6 Educational Activities Chair | |
| IEEE Membership & Geographic Activities (MGA) Committees | Region 6 Representative | |
| Admissions & Advancement | R6 Admissions and Advancement Chair | |
| MGA Awards | R6 Awards Chair | |
| MGA Finance Committee | R6 Treasurer | |
| MGA Information Management Oversight Committee | R6 Electronic Communications Coordinator (ECC) | |
| Membership Recruitment & Recovery Committee | R6 Membership Development Chair | |
| Sections Vitality Committee | R6 Region Vitality Coordinator | |
| Student Activities Committee | R6 Student Activities Chair, R6 Regional Student Representative | |
| Life Members Committee | R6 Life Member Coordinator | |
| Women in Engineering | R6 Women in Engineering Coordinator | |
| IEEE Young Professionals | R6 Young Professionals Coordinator (and there is a R1-6 Representative, currently from Region 6) | |
Region 6 Representatives on IEEE-USA Committees |
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| PACE | R6 PACE Chair | |
| SPA-X Student Professional Awareness | R6 SPA-X Coordinator | |
| IEEE-USA R&D | R6 Government Relations Chair | |
| IEEE-USA CCP Committee | ||
| IEEE-USA Awards & Recognition Committee | ||
| IEEE-USA K-12 STEM Literacy Committee | R6 Pre-University Educational Activities Chair | |
| 1-Oct-24 | ||
2024 Region 6 Areas and Section Chairs | ||||
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| Region 6 Areas: there are 5 geographical areas for the Western USA: Central, Northeast, Northwest, Southern, and Southwest. | ||||
| Central (CE) Area | Chair | John Borland | johnoborland@aol.com | |
| Co-Chair | Dhaval Brahmbhatt | dhaval@phychip.net | ||
| Hawaii Section | Chair | Brianne Tengan | brianne.tengan@ieee.org | |
| Northern Nevada Section | Chair | Francesco Carobolante | carobolante@ieee.org | |
| Oakland-East Bay Section | Chair | Roger Doering | r.doering@ieee.org | |
| Sacramento Valley Section | Chair | Praveen Meduri | praveen.meduri@csus.edu | |
| San Francisco Section | Chair | Vishakha Sharma | sh.vishakha@gmail.com | |
| Santa Clara Valley Section | Chair | Winncy Du | winncy.du@ieee.org | |
| Monterey Bay Subsection of Santa Clara Valley | Chair | Marcelo Siero | siero@ideassiero.com | |
| San Francisco Bay Area Council (Oakland East Bay, San Francisco, Santa Clara Valley) | Chair | Bill DeHope | dehope1@llnl.gov | |
| Northeast (NE) Area | Chair | Chad Kidder | ckidder@ieee.org | |
| Vice-Chair | ||||
| Area SAC | Robert Stewart | rstewart@ieee.org | ||
| Boise Section | Chair | Sean Collison | scollison@gmail.com | |
| Central Montana Section (Bozeman) | Chair | Bradley Michael Whitaker | bradley.whitaker1@montana.edu | |
| Eastern Idaho Section | Chair | James A Smith | jsmith.prodev@gmail.com | |
| Eastern Montana Section | Chair | Bryant Myron Beck | bryantbeck24@gmail.com | |
| Utah Section | Chair | Randy Jost | r.jost@IEEE.ORG | |
| Western Montana Section (Butte) | Chair | Daniel J Trudnowski | dtrudnowski@mtech.edu | |
| Western Montana Section (Butte) | V Chair | Kevin J Negus | kevin@tctwest.net | |
| Northwest (NW) Area | Chair | Alon Newton | anewton@ieee.org | |
| Alaska Section | Chair | Nolan Willis | sudonerd@gmail.com | |
| Central Washington Section | Chair | Louis J Szablya | lszablya@gmail.com | |
| Oregon Section | Chair | Daniel Goodrich | danielagoodrich@gmail.com | |
| V Chair | Ed Perkins | e.perkins@ieee.org | ||
| Palouse Section | Chair | Pavan Penkey | pavan_penkey@ieee.org | |
| Richland Section | Chair | Mike Larche | mike.larche.us@ieee.org | |
| Seattle Section | Chair | Sanjay Samuel | sanjaysamuel@ieee.org | |
| Spokane Section | Chair | Caitlin Hernandez-Brito | caitlinchb@ieee.org | |
| Southern (SO) Area | Chair | Aleksandar Babic | aleksandar.babic@ieee.org | |
| Vice Chair | Sevada Isayan | isayan@ieee.org | ||
| Area SAC | ||||
| Buenaventura Section | Chair | Momin Quddus | mominq7@yahoo.com | |
| Central Coast Section | Chair | Ruth E Franklin | rfranklin.ieee@gmail.com | |
| China Lake-Bakersfield Section | Chair | Wesley Winkler | wewinkler@YAHOO.COM | |
| Coastal Los Angeles Section | Chair | Mary Eshaghian | 26technology@gmail.com | |
| Foothill Section | Chair | Max Cherubin | m.c.us@ieee.org | |
| Metropolitan Los Angeles Section | Chair | Tom Walker | tom.walker@ieee.org | |
| Orange County Section | Chair | Alberto Tam Yong | alberto.tamyong.us@ieee.org | |
| San Fernando Valley Section | Chair | Sevada Isayan | isayan@ieee.org | |
| Southern California Council | Chair | Gora Datta | goradatta@ieee.org | |
| Southwest (SW) Area | Chair | Richard Morse | rmorse@computer.org | |
| Vice Chair | ||||
| Area SAC | Xun Luo | xun.luo@ieee.org | ||
| Area Excom | Sarge Benson | |||
| Alamagordo-Holloman | Chair | Cleon H Barker | cleon@tularosa.net | |
| Albuquerque Section | Chair | Lee Rashkin | l.rashkin.2014@ieee.org | |
| Ft. Huachuca Section | Chair | John DeLalla | jd@arizona.edu | |
| LANNM Section | Chair | John Greenhall | jgreenhall@lanl.gov | |
| LANNM Section | Vice-Chair | Kimberley E Nichols | nichols.kimberley@gmail.com | |
| Las Vegas Section | Chair | Mark Damron | mdamron@yahoo.com | |
| Phoenix Section | Chair | Heather D Monigan | hmonigan@GMAIL.COM | |
| San Diego Section | Chair | Michelle Thompson | w5nyv@yahoo.com | |
| Tucson Section | Chair | Joseph Wu | joewu@ieee.org | |
| 1-Oct-24 | ||||
2024 Region 6 Meetings |
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| Event | Date | Location |
| Conferences | ||
| IEEE Rising Stars | Jan. 5-7 | Las Vegas |
| SusTech 2024 | April 14-17, 2024 | Portland, OR (remote option) |
| IEEE Awards Gala | May 5, 2024 | Boston, MA |
| GHTC 2024 | October 23-26, 2024 | Villanova University, PA |
| Region Meetings | ||
| Region Opcom | 15-17 March | Seattle (SEA), WA |
| R6 Excom | May 31-June 1 | TBD |
| Spring Area Meetings | ||
| SW Area | April 13 | San Diego - https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/409468 |
| Joint NE and NW Area | May 18 | Virtual https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/419922 |
| Southern Area | May 11 | https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/409922 18021 Cowan Dr. Irvine, California |
| Central Area | May 25 | https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/418251 University of Nevada Reno at Lake Tahoe 999 Tahoe Blvd Incline Village, Nevada |
| Fall Area Meetings (tentative) | ||
| NW and NE Area | Sept 21-22 | Hilton Bellevue, 300 112th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA 98004 https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/428734 |
| Southern | 10/5 | CSULB - California State University Long Beach https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/430153 |
| Central | 10/12 | San Jose State https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/434282 |
| SW Area | 10/19 | Phoenix |
| ExCom | 11/2 | San Diego |
| OpCom | 1/24-26 2025 | San Francisco |
| IEEE Board Series | Feb. 14-29 | Orlando, FL |
| IEEE Board Series | June 19-24 | Toronto, Canada |
| IEEE Board Series | Nov. 20-25 | Dallas, TX |
| 9-Oct-24 | ||
| 2025 Spring Area Meetings (tentative) | ||
| Northwest Area | February 15th | Bellevue Washington |
| Northeast/Southwest Area | 04/19 | Albequerque, Nuclear Museum tour |
| Southern | 04/12 | long beach or other |
| Central | 04/26 | UC Merced |
| 2025 Region Meetings | ||
| Region Opcom | 01/24-26 | SFO |
| R6 Excom | May 31-June 1 | TBD |
| 2025 Conferences | ||
| IEEE Rising Stars | Jan. 5-73-5 | Las Vegas |
| SusTech 2024 | April 20-23, Los Angeles | Los Angeles |
| IEEE Awards Gala | April 23-24 Tokyo | |
| GHTC 2024 | Oct 22-25 | Golden Colorado, Colorado School of Mines Air Force Academy |
| WIE ILC | May 15-16 | San Jose |
| CVD | Washington DC (e.g. March/April) | |
| Region 6 Directors | |
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| Date | Name |
| 1963 | Daniel E. Noble/1964 Bruce S. Angwin |
| 1965 | Bruce S. Angwin |
| 1967 | Stanley F. Kaisel |
| 1969 | L. C. Hedrick |
| 1971 | John J. Guarrera |
| 1973 | Einar E. Ingebretsen |
| 1975 | Carleton A. Bayless |
| 1977 | John W. Thatcher |
| 1979 | Charles A. Eldon (Bud) |
| 1981 | Frederick G. Suffield |
| 1983 | Ralph A. Lamm |
| 1985 | Jane G. Evans |
| 1987 | Richard L. Doyle |
| 1989 | Allen R. Stubberud |
| 1991 | Jerry C. Aukland |
| 1993 | Chester C. Taylor |
| 1995 | William E. Murray |
| 1997 | John B. Damonte |
| 1999 | W. Cleon Anderson |
| 2001 | Lawrence M. Hamerman |
| 2003 | Evelyn H. Hirt |
| 2005 | Robert L. Baldwin |
| 2007 | Loretta J. Arellano |
| 2009 | Leonard J. Bond |
| 2011 | Edward G. Perkins |
| 2013 | Michael R. Andrews |
| 2015 | Thomas (Tom) Coughlin |
| 2017 | Kathleen Kramer |
| 2019 | Keith Moore |
| 2021 | Tim Lee |
| 2023 | Kathy Herring Hayashi |