Life Member Affinity Groups
Find your people. The Life Member Affinity Groups (LMAG) are coordinated by a Committee that works with more than 162 LMAGs located in 10 Regions worldwide.
Your current Life Member Activity Coordinator is Peter Magyar.
Our 10 Regional Coordinators work with the officers of the local LMAGs:
- Provide training and manage the expense reporting system
- Coordinate regional activities and area committees
- Encourage local activities
- Work with region student activities coordinators to support regional student contests and conferences
- Maintain regional Life Members websites and newsletters
- Coordinate regional awards programs (LMAG achievement, distinguished service)
- Liaison to IEEE regional executive committees on behalf of Life Members
- Work with sections to create new LMAGs
Use the map’s zoom feature to locate a nearby IEEE Life Members Affinity Group and find the chair’s email contact.
Local Affinity Groups
Your Region 1 LMAG Coordinator is Sean Bentley.
Region 1 has a total of active 14 LMAG and 8 Sections without a current LMAG.
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Upcoming Region 1 Events
Your Region 2 LMAG Coordinator is Luis Kun.
Region 2 has a total of active 6 LMAG and 14 Sections without a current LMAG.
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Upcoming Region 2 Events
Your Region 3 LMAG Coordinator is Jacob Kulangara.
Region 3 has a total of active 23 LMAGs and 18 Sections without a current LMAG.
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Upcoming Region 3 Events
- June 2026 IEEE Huntsville Section Excom Meeting - Huntsville Section Affinity Group, LM on 17-June-2026
- Life Members Meeting - Lexington Section Affinity Group,LM on 21-July-2026
- Life Members Meeting - Lexington Section Affinity Group,LM on 16-June-2026
- June 2026 Central GA IEEE Virtual Meeting: Datacenters! - Atlanta Section Chapter, PE31 on 18-June-2026
- Jun ExCom - Coastal South Carolina Section Affinity Group,YP on 29-June-2026
- IEEE WNC section Social Gathering, Tuesday June 16 Trail Side Brewing, Hendersonville. - Western North Carolina Section Affinity Group,LM on 16-June-2026
Your Region 4 LMAG Coordinator is Christine Schober.
Region 4 has a total of active 8 LMAG and 15 Sections without a current LMAG.
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Upcoming Region 4 Events
Your Region 5 LMAG Coordinator is John Purvis.
Region 5 has a total of active 15 LMAGs and 13 Sections without a current LMAG.
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Upcoming Region 5 Events
- Electrical Engineering Design Errors That Caused Construction Problems and Deaths - Tulsa Section Jt. Chapter, PE31/IA34 on 10-July-2026
- Project Sapphire - The Untold Store - Pikes Peak Section Affinity Group,LM on 22-June-2026
- IEEE CTS CTCN/LMAG Zoom Meeting, 6-18-2026, "AUTOMATED TESTING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AND MACHINE LEARNING (ML)" - Central Texas Section Affinity Group, LM (Austin) on 18-June-2026
- North Lake Life Member Monthly Meeting June 25, 2026, starting at 12 noon - New Orleans Section Affinity Group,LM on 25-June-2026
- IEEE New Orleans Section - South Lake Life Member Affinity Group Luncheon Meeting - New Orleans Section Affinity Group,LM-South Lake on 18-June-2026
- Learnings from career of an accomplished IEEE senior member - Nathan Edwards - Pikes Peak Section Affinity Group,LM on 15-June-2026
Your Region 6 LMAG Coordinator is Mike Andrews.
Region 6 has a total of active 13 LMAGs and 21 Sections without a current LMAG.
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Upcoming Region 6 Events
- Watts at Stake: Silicon Valley’s Energy Crossroads - Santa Clara Valley Section Affinity Group, LM on 16-June-2026
- Novva DataCenter Tour - Utah Section Affinity Group,LM on 16-June-2026
- Artificial Intelligence, Using Safely - Oakland-East Bay Section Affinity Group, LM on 15-July-2026
- SusTech Talk June 2026 - Sand-Like Particles for High-Temperature Thermal Energy Storage - Foothill Section on 16-June-2026
Your Region 7 LMAG Coordinator is Jim Ellis.
Region 7 has a total of active 13 LMAGs and 7 Sections without a current LMAG.
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Upcoming Region 7 Events
Your Region 8 LMAG Coordinator is Peter Magyar.
Region 8 has a total of active 29 LMAGs and 12 Sections without a current LMAG.
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Upcoming Region 8 Events
- 2nd Extended ExCom Meeting 2026 - Portugal Section Affinity Group, LM on 18-July-2026
- LMAG visit to Flanders Make @ KU Leuven - Benelux Section Affinity Group, LM on 18-June-2026
- LMAG Germany Face-to-face Meeting at Uni Siegen - Germany Section Affinity Group,LM on 08-October-2026
- LMAG Germany Technical Meeting - Germany Section Affinity Group,LM on 07-July-2026
- Germany Life Members Affinity Group Organizational Meeting - Germany Section Affinity Group,LM on 07-July-2026
- Visit to ASTRON - Dwingeloo - Benelux Section Affinity Group, LM on 27-August-2026
Your Region 9 LMAG Coordinator is Gustavo Giannattasio.
Region 9 has a total of active 8 LMAGs and 9 Sections without a current LMAG.
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Upcoming Region 9 Events
Your Region 10 LMAG Coordinator is Toshitaka Tsuda.
Region 10 has a total of active 33 LMAGs and 11 Sections without a current LMAG.






