2026 IEEE Women in Engineering Leadership

Find below a list of the voting members, regional and society coordinators and subcommittees and ad-hoc committees.

Voting Members

Winnie Ye - Chair, Women in Engineering 2025-2026

Chair- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2026

Winnie Ye (R7)

Simay Akar Koehler

 Chair Elect– 1 January 2026 – 31 December 2026

Simay Akar Koehler (R4) 

Celia Shahnaz - IEEE WIE Chair

Past Chair – 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2026

Celia Shahnaz (R10) 

Vanessa Batista Schramm

Treasurer – 1 January 2026 – 31 December 2026
Vanessa Batista Schramm (R9)

Jeevika Ranaweera

Member-at-Large –  1 January 2025 – 31 December 2026
Jeewika Ranaweera (R6)

Prerna Gaur

Member-at-Large –  1 January 2025 – 31 December 2027
Prerna Gaur (R10)

Danielle Delgado

Member-at-Large –  1 January 2026 – 31 December 2026
Danielle Delgado (R9)

Jing Dong

Technical Activities Representative – 1 January 2026 – 31 December 2026
 Jing Dong (R10)

Wafa Ben Hmida - IEEE WIE Committee 2025

Young Professional Representative – 1 January 2026 – 31 December 2026
Wafa Ben Hmida (R8)

Prabhani Liyanage

WIE  Affinity Group Representative – 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
Prabhani Liyanage (R10)

Duleesha Samarakoon

WIE  Student Branch Affinity Group Representative – 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2026
Duleesha Samarakoon (R10)

  • Region 1: Deyasini Majumdar
  • Region 2: Maryam Alibeik
  • Region 3: Ebonee Walker
  • Region 4: Farnaz Abdollahi
  • Region 5: Kate Landow
  • Region 6: Naznin Akter
  • Region 7: Maryam Davoudpour
  • Region 8: Emna Amri
  • Region 9: Silvana Tabata Espinoza Gomez
  • Region 10: Pauline Kawamoto (North Asia)
  • Region 10:  Warunika Hippola (South Asia and Pacific)
  • IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society – Sevgi Gurbuz
  • IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society – Claire Migliaccio
  • IEEE Biometrics Council – Jing Dong
  • IEEE Broadcast Technology Society – Marisabel Rodriguez
  • IEEE Circuits and Systems Society – Helen Li
  • IEEE Communications Society – Soumaya Cherkaoui
  • IEEE Computational Intelligence Society – Jialin Liu
  • IEEE Computer Society – Ramalatha Marimuthu
  • IEEE Consumer Technology Society – Marzieh Amini
  • IEEE Control Systems Society – Patrícia Pena
  • IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation – Laleh Behjat
  • IEEE Council on RFID – Akram Taghavi-Burris
  • IEEE Council on Superconductivity – Kathleen Melanie Amm
  • IEEE Council on Superconductivity – Sasha Ishmael
  • IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society – Sneha Hegde
  • IEEE Electron Devices Society – Pei Wen Li
  • IEEE Electronics Packaging Society – Yan Liu
  • IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society – Anahita Kyani
  • IEEE Industrial Electronics Society – Jing Zhou
  • IEEE Industry Applications Society – Yanni Zhong
  • IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society – Ferdinanda Ponci
  • IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society – Maria Laura Delle Monache
  • IEEE Magnetics Society – Sonal Shreya
  • IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society – Amelie Hagelauer
  • IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society – Audrey Corbeil Therrien
  • IEEE Photonics Society – Qin Wang
  • IEEE Power & Energy Society – Dana Al-Qadi
  • IEEE Power Electronics Society – Arshiah Mirza
  • IEEE Professional Communication Society – Sean Moseley
  • IEEE Reliability Society – Ruolin Zhou
  • IEEE Sensors Council – Shawana Tabassum
  • IEEE Signal Processing Society – Roxana Saint-Nom
  • IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology – Bozenna Pasik-Duncan
  • IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society – Aishwarya Natarajan
  • IEEE Systems Council – Windhya Rankothge
  • IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society – Li Zhang
  • IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society – Mousiki Kar
  • IEEE Transportation Electrification Council – Daniela Touma
  • IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society – Hana Ursic Nemevsek
  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Society – Carmela Cozzo

Subcommittees:

Ambassador Program:  Abir Tabarki, Naznin Aker

Awards & Recognition: Geetika Tandon, Jing Dong

Education/ Outreach: Warunika Hippola, Harivardhagini Subhadra

    • Manga: Lin Cai, Takako Hashimoto
    • Podcast: Kelly Onu, Rawan Alghamdi
    • STAR: Baya Bouchaala
    • Reskill and Upskill: Samantha Lubaba Noor, Nujhat Tasneem
    • Career Focused Webinars: Sneha Hegde

Humanitarian Technologies: Morgan Kiani

International Leadership Conference: Vickie Ozburn

Industry & Entrepreneurship: Jeewika Ranaweera, Neeli Prasad

    • Industry and Entrepreneurship Webinar Series:
    • Pitch Competition: Shawana Tabassum

Magazine: Karen Panetta (Chair/Editor-in-Chief)

Membership Development & Retention: Neeli Prasad, Wafa Ben Hmida

    • WIE Day/Special Days: Windhya Rankothge, Mr. Aryan
    • WIE Returnship Program: Ramalatha Marimuthu

Nominations & Appointments: Celia Shahnaz (Chair)

Regional Activities: Danielle Delgado

    • International Leadership Summits:
    • Special Funding: Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, Harivardhagini Subhadra
    • Affinity Group Synergy Fireside Chats: Harivardhagini Subhadra, Liang Downey

Technical Activities:  Morgan Kiani, Jing Dong

    • Distinguished Lecturers Program:
    • Travel Grants: Vanessa Batista Schramm

Family Cares Grant Program: Jyothi Ramaswamy

History:  Himani Saini

  • IEEE Standards Association – Lei Wang
  • IEEE USA – Nirupama Prakash Kumar