IEEE Annual Election

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.

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.

MARY ELLEN RANDALL
(Nominated by IEEE Board of Directors)

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


Mary Ellen Randall is an IEEE Fellow and member of the Eta Kappa Nu honor society.

Ms. Randall is founder/CEO of Ascot Technologies, Inc., an award-winning company which develops enterprise applications using mobile data delivery technologies.

She held technical and management positions in IBM, including an international assignment, hardware and software development, digital video chips, client/server services, network management, operating systems, and test design automation. She routinely managed projects on an international scale.

She served on the IEEE Board of Directors as IEEE Treasurer, IEEE Vice President of MGA, R3 Director and served as worldwide WIE Chair and other leadership positions.

She created/developed the IEEE MOVE International Community Outreach Program for Disaster Relief and STEM education. She received awards for this work, including the IEEE Haraden Pratt Award.

She was named a top “Woman In Business” in the Research Triangle NC area and made Business Leader Magazine’s “Impact 100” List.

JOHN P. VERBONCOEUR
(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

John Verboncoeur received a Ph.D. (1992) in nuclear engineering (NE) from the University of California-Berkeley (UCB). He founded and chaired Computational Engineering Science at UCB (2001-2010), Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Michigan State University (2011+), co-founder and Professor of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering (2015+), currently serves as Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the College of Engineering. His research interests are in theoretical and computational plasma physics, with >500 journal articles and conference papers and ~6,500 citations. He is on the board of Physics of Plasmas, the American Center for Mobility national proving ground, and the US-DOE Fusion Energy Science Advisory Committee. He has led a number of successful startups, including computerized fitness equipment, a digital health system, and distributed publication software, the consumer credit report for a big-three credit bureau, and a role in the US Postal Service mail forwarding system.

S. K. RAMESH
(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

S. K. Ramesh is an IEEE Fellow with over 41 years of IEEE service, including the IEEE Board of Directors, Educational Activities, Publication Services and Products, IEEE-HKN, and the Fellows Committee. Key leadership roles include IEEE Vice President Educational Activities, President IEEE-HKN, and IEEE Hearing Board Chair. As VP Educational Activities, he worked closely with volunteers and staff to champion collaborative programs such as the IEEE Learning Network (ILN), and the Try Engineering Summer Institute. Ramesh served as 2022-23 President of ABET, the global accreditation organization, leading 2,200 volunteers from 35 member societies including IEEE, broadening engagement globally, while strengthening diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.

Ramesh is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at California State University, Northridge, serving as dean from 2006-17. He received his BS degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the University of Madras, and his M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

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:

• 31 December 2023 (12:00 noon ET/17:00 UTC) for IEEE President-Elect candidates
• 15 April 2024 for all other positions on the IEEE Annual Election ballot

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:

• 31 December 2023 (12:00 noon ET/17:00 UTC) for IEEE President-Elect candidates
• 15 April 2024 for all other positions on the IEEE Annual Election ballot

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

• Learn about the petition process.