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
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.
Resources
Upcoming Region 1 Events
- Practical AI Applications - New Hampshire Section Affinity Group,LM on 07-April-2026
- IEEE Buffalo Section Recognition Night - Buffalo Section Chapter,CAS04 on 24-April-2026
- IEEE Rochester Section ExCom Meeting - April 2026 - Rochester Sustainability and Climate Change group on 07-April-2026
- Kraus Seminar on Smart City - Buffalo Section Chapter,CAS04 on 27-April-2026
Your Region 2 LMAG Coordinator is Luis Kun.
Region 2 has a total of active 6 LMAG and 14 Sections without a current LMAG.
Resources
Upcoming Region 2 Events
- IEEE Columbus Life Member Affinity Social - Columbus Section Affinity Group,LM on 07-April-2026
- 3D Printing Lunch & Learn - APR 14 - Cincinnati Section Affinity Group,LM on 14-April-2026
- Foodie Outing - April 16, 2026 - Cincinnati Section Affinity Group,LM on 16-April-2026
- Baltimore City Engineering Alliance - Evaluators Needed - Baltimore Section Affinity Group,LM on 29-April-2026
- IEEE Baltimore Robot Challenge - in person component - Baltimore Section Affinity Group,LM on 26-April-2026
Your Region 3 LMAG Coordinator is Jacob Kulangara.
Region 3 has a total of active 23 LMAGs and 18 Sections without a current LMAG.
Resources
Upcoming Region 3 Events
- Zero Trust Cybersecurity for Health Technology: Securing the Future of Healthcare - Atlanta Section Chapter, EMB18 on 04-May-2026
- Amateur Radio Licensing Course - Canaveral Section Affinity Group,LM on 02-April-2026
- AI Fairness in Practice: Paradigm, Challenges, and Prospects for Societal Alignment - Central N. Carolina/Winston-Salem Jt Aff Group,YP on 02-April-2026
- Invited talk on "Hardware Emulation based Security Verification" - Richmond Section Affinity Group, YP on 03-April-2026
- You are Invited: IEEE Richmond Section 2026 Family Picnic and Social Gathering – June 14th 2026 - Richmond Section Affinity Group,LM on 14-June-2026
- GE Clearwater Instrument Transformer Facility Tour - Florida West Coast Section Affinity Group,CN on 17-April-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.
Resources
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.
Resources
Upcoming Region 5 Events
- The Lightning Man - Lone Star Section Affinity Group, LM San Antonio on 10-April-2026
- IEEE CTS CTCN/LMAG Zoom Meeting, 04-02-2026, "6G technologies and trends" - Central Texas Section Affinity Group, LM (Austin) on 02-April-2026
- IEEE CTS CTCN/LMAG Zoom Meeting, 4-23-2026, "A Distributed Rename Protocol for Strongly Consistent Object Metadata Across Independent Storage Cells" - Central Texas Section Affinity Group, LM (Austin) on 23-April-2026
- HP Focus 32-bit NMOS Microprocessor - The First Single Chip 1 Micron 32-bit Microprocessor - Pikes Peak Section Affinity Group,LM on 07-April-2026
- FAA Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center Tour - Oklahoma City Section Affinity Group,LM on 15-September-2026
- Cosmic Adventures - National Geographic Live - Oklahoma City Section Affinity Group,LM on 23-April-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.
Resources
Upcoming Region 6 Events
- SusTech Talk June 2026 - Sand-Like Particles for High-Temperature Thermal Energy Storage - Foothill Section on 16-June-2026
- California Historical Radio Society - Oakland-East Bay Section Affinity Group, LM on 22-April-2026
- 2026 IEEE GameSIG Intercollegiate Computer Game Competition Showcase - Pikes Peak Section Chapter,C16 on 25-April-2026
- Idaho Science Olympiad State Competition -- volunteers needed! - Boise Section Affinity Group,LM on 02-May-2026
- Advancing Clean Energy: Ontario's Darlington New Nuclear Project - Santa Clara Valley Section Affinity Group, LM on 15-April-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.
Resources
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.
Resources
Upcoming Region 8 Events
- NANO IL 2026 - University of Haifa on 08-June-2026
- LMAG Germany Technical Meeting - Germany Section Affinity Group,LM on 05-May-2026
- Germany Life Members Affinity Group Organizational Meeting - Germany Section Affinity Group,LM on 05-May-2026
- Officer Meeting 2026 #2 - IEEE Austria Blockchain Group on 17-September-2026
- Officer Meeting 2026 #1 - IEEE Austria Blockchain Group on 09-April-2026
- 2026 IEEE 27th International Workshop on Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence for Wireless Communications (SPAWC) - Israel Section Jt. Chapter, AP03/MTT17 on 06-September-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.
Resources
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.






