2025 IEEE President-Elect Candidates

At its November meeting, the IEEE Board of Directors nominated Mary Ellen Randall, John P. Verboncoeur, and S.K. Ramesh for 2025 IEEE President-Elect candidates. The candidate position listing order was pre-determined by lottery and indicates no preference.

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MARY ELLEN RANDALL, FIEEE
(Nominated by IEEE Board of Directors)

President and CEO
Ascot Technologies, Inc.
Cary, North Carolina, USA

 

Randall founded Ascot Technologies in 2000 in Cary, N.C. Ascot develops enterprise applications using mobile data delivery technologies. She serves as the award-winning company’s CEO.

Before launching Ascot, she worked for IBM, where she held several technical and managerial positions in hardware and software development, digital video chips, and test design automation. She routinely managed international projects.

Randall has served as IEEE treasurer, director of IEEE Region 3, chair of IEEE Women in Engineering, and vice president of IEEE Member and Geographic Activities.

In 2016 she created the IEEE MOVE (Mobile Outreach VEhicle) program to assist with disaster relief efforts and for science, technology, engineering, and math educational purposes.

The IEEE Eta Kappa Nu honor society member has received several honors including the 2020 IEEE Haraden Pratt Award, which recognizes outstanding volunteer service to IEEE.

She was named a top businesswoman in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park area, and she made the 2003 Business Leader Impact 100 list.

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JOHN P. VERBONCOEUR, FIEEE
(Nominated by IEEE Board of Directors)

Associate Dean of Research; and
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering
Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
Michigan State University 
                              East Lansing, Michigan, USA


Verboncoeur is senior associate dean for research and graduate studies in Michigan State University’s (MSU) engineering college, in East Lansing.

In 2001 he founded the computational engineering science program at the University of California, Berkeley, chairing it until 2010.

In 2015 he cofounded the MSU computational mathematics, science, and engineering department.

His area of interest is plasma physics, with over 500 publications and over 6,500 citations.

He is on the boards of Physics of Plasmas and the American Center for Mobility, and the U.S. Department of Energy Fusion Energy Science Advisory Committee.

Verboncoeur has led startups developing digital exercise and health systems and the consumer credit report. He also had a role in developing the U.S. Postal Service’s mail-forwarding system.

His IEEE experience includes 2023 vice-president of Technical Activities, 2020 acting vice-president of Publication Services and Products Board, 2019-2020 Division IV director, and 2015-2016 president of the Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society.

He received a Ph.D. in 1992 in nuclear engineering from UC Berkeley.

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S. K. RAMESH, FIEEE
(Nominated by IEEE Board of Directors)

Director SfS2 (SECURE for Student Success) Program
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
California State University (CSU), Northridge
Northridge, California, USA


Ramesh is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at California State University Northridge’s college of engineering and computer science, where he served as dean from 2006 to 2017.

An IEEE volunteer for 42 years, he has served on the IEEE Board of Directors, the Publication Services and Products Board, Awards Board, and the Fellows Committee. Leadership positions he has held include vice president of IEEE Educational Activities, president of the IEEE Eta Kappa Nu honor society, and chair of the IEEE Hearing Board.

As the 2016–2017 vice president of IEEE Educational Activities, he championed several successful programs including the IEEE Learning Network and the IEEE TryEngineering Summer Institute.

Ramesh served as the 2022–2023 president of ABET, the global accrediting organization for academic programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology.

He received his bachelor’s degree in electronics and communication engineering from the University of Madras in India. He earned his master’s degree in EE and Ph.D. in molecular science from Southern Illinois University, in Carbondale.

2024 IEEE Annual Election

On 1 May, the IEEE Board of Directors will announce the candidates to be placed on this year’s ballot for the annual election of officers, which begins on 15 August 2024. Those candidates elected take office in 2025.

The ballot includes the candidates nominated for:

  • IEEE President-Elect 
  • IEEE Division Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect for Divisions I, III, V, VII, and IX
  • IEEE Region Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect for Regions 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10
  • IEEE Technical Activities Vice President-Elect
  • IEEE-USA President-Elect
  • IEEE Standards Association Board of Governors Members-at-Large

IEEE members who would like to run for an office on the annual election ballot and have not been nominated should submit their petition intention to the IEEE Board of Directors. The deadline for individuals to submit their intention to petition statements for the 2024 IEEE Annual Election are:

  • IEEE President-Elect candidates intention to petition ended on 31 December 2023 at 12:00 noon ET/17:00 UTC
  • All other positions on the IEEE Annual Election ballot intention to petition will end on 15 April 2024 

Petition Process

IEEE members who would like to run for an office on the annual election ballot and have not been nominated should submit their petition intention to the IEEE Board of Directors. The deadline for individuals to submit their intention to petition statements for the 2024 IEEE Annual Election are:

  • IEEE President-Elect candidates intention to petition ended on 31 December 2023 at 12:00 noon ET/17:00 UTC
  • All other positions on the IEEE Annual Election ballot intention to petition will end on 15 April 2024 

Submit candidate petition intention and questions to elections@ieee.org.

2023 IEEE Annual Election Results

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Kathleen A. Kramer has been elected as the 2024 IEEE President-Elect. Kramer will begin serving as IEEE President-Elect on 1 January 2024. Kramer will succeed 2024 IEEE President Thomas M. Coughlin. 

View the complete list of 2023 IEEE Annual Election results.

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Election Deadlines at a Glance

31 December 2023
Last day for individuals to submit their intention to petition for IEEE President-Elect position by 12:00 noon ET/17:00 UTC-05.

15 March 2024
Deadline for OUs to submit their slate of candidates.

12 April 2024
Last day for receipt of petition signatures for IEEE President-Elect position by 12:00 noon ET/16:00 UTC-04.

15 April 2024
Last day for individuals to submit their intention to petition for all other office positions.

1 May 2024
IEEE Board of Directors announces the slate of candidates for the offices up for election.

10 May 2024
Last day for receipt of petition signatures for all other office positions by 12:00 noon ET/16:00 UTC-04.

30 June 2024
Ballots will be created for eligible voting members on record.

15 August 2024
Balloting for the 2024 IEEE Annual Election begins. Eligible voting members on record as of 30 June may access their ballot electronically. Print ballot packages will be provided to voters in accordance with their election communication preferences as of 30 June.

1 October 2024
Balloting ends for the 2024 IEEE Annual Election at 12:00 noon EDT USA/16:00 UTC-04.