HAC Committee Members Our committees build capacity for IEEE Humanitarian Activities to make an impact, and we do this by harnessing the skills and interests of our members to do things that no one person, no single committee or team, can do alone. 2020 IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee Members Kartik Kulkarni CHAIR > Bio Paul Cunningham IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR > Bio Supavadee Aramvith CHAIR, COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE > Bio Shaikh Fattah CHAIR, EDUCATION COMMITTEE > Bio Mei Lin Fung CHAIR, ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE > Bio John Oyewole Funso-Adebayo CHAIR, PARTNERSHIPS COMMITTEE > Bio Paul Kostek CHAIR, EVENTS COMMITTEE > Bio Nirupama Prakash Kumar CHAIR, PROJECTS COMMITTEE > Bio Sampath Veeraraghavan CHAIR, IEEE SIGHT > Bio Pia Torres CHAIR, AD HOC TBA > Bio David Alan Koehler IEEE BOARD COORDINATOR > Bio 2020 Liaisons to HAC Robert Dent IEEE SOCIETY ON SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY (SSIT) LIAISON TO HAC > Bio Alan Kaplan IEEE STANDARDS LIAISON TO HAC > Bio Fred Mintzer IEEE FOUNDATION LIAISON TO HAC > Bio Ken Stauffer IEEE ENTREPRENEURSHIP LIAISON TO HAC > Bio Staff Support Holly Schneider Brown HAC STAFF LEAD > Bio Julianna Pichardo IEEE SIGHT STAFF LEAD > Bio Betsy Toland ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT > Bio IEEE HAC COMMITTEE INFORMATION The HAC Assessment Committee is responsible for evaluating and recommending techniques, processes, and platforms that could be used by HAC and the wider IEEE community to assess the impact of humanitarian technology and sustainable development activities at IEEE. The Committee oversees project reporting with the Projects Committee. Chair: Mei Lin Fung The HAC Partnerships Committee is responsible for developing relationships both within IEEE and with external organizations that have humanitarian interests and missions in common with HAC. It also evaluates and recommends potential formal partnership opportunities. Chair: John Funso The HAC Projects Committee is responsible for issuing an annual Call for Proposals for humanitarian technology and sustainable development projects led by IEEE volunteers. The Committee evaluates proposals, makes funding decisions, and oversees reporting with the Assessment Committee. Chair: Nirupama Prakash Kumar The SIGHT committee manages all aspects of the IEEE SIGHT program, including approving new groups, providing ongoing training, evaluating requests for project funding, tracking project performance, communicating internally and externally, working effectively across IEEE OUs, and maintaining a quality improvement process for all SIGHT activities. Chair: Sampath Veeraraghavan The HAC Events Committee is responsible for soliciting proposals, evaluating, and making funding decisions regarding IEEE events that include humanitarian technology and sustainable development elements. The Committee also oversees the Conference Participation Program, which provides limited partial travel support. Chair: Paul Kostek The HAC Education Committee is responsible for developing and delivering educational and training materials on topics in humanitarian technology and sustainable development activities for a variety of IEEE and occasionally external audiences. Chair: Shaikh Fattah The HAC Communications Committee is responsible for developing and maintaining communications materials and channels for HAC to communicate both within IEEE and externally about funding and training opportunities, news, case studies, and so on. Chair: Supavadee Aramvith HAC Operational Committees HAC Committees CONTACT Email us at hac-office@ieee.org.
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