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 Sudhanshu Tamuar.
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 Life Member Affinity Groups
Your Region 1 LMAG Coordinator is Daniel Sniezek.
Region 1 has a total of active 14 LMAG and 8 Sections without a current LMAG.
Resources
Upcoming Region 1 Events
- IEEE Buffalo Section December 2025 ExCom Meeting - Buffalo Section Affinity Group, YP on 11-December-2025
- IEEE Rochester Section ExCom Meeting - March 2026 - Rochester Sustainability and Climate Change group on 03-March-2026
- IEEE Rochester Section ExCom Meeting - February 2026 - Rochester Sustainability and Climate Change group on 03-February-2026
- IEEE Rochester Section ExCom Meeting - January 2026 - Rochester Sustainability and Climate Change group on 06-January-2026
- IEEE Binghamton - Black Bear Hockey Game - State Univ of New York At Binghamton on 06-December-2025
- IEEE Rochester Section Awards and Volunteer Recognition Dinner - Rochester Section Affinity Group, YP on 09-December-2025
Your Region 2 LMAG Coordinator is Chris Hrivnak.
Region 2 has a total of active 6 LMAG and 14 Sections without a current LMAG.
Resources
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.
Resources
Upcoming Region 3 Events
- IEEE ENCS Awards Banquet 2025 at Prestonwood on Thursday, December 11, 2025 - Eastern North Carolina Section Affinity Group,LM on 11-December-2025
- Flexible AC Transmission Systems FACTS 101: Bringing Stability to a Rapidly Changing Power Grid - Central Savannah River Section on 05-January-2026
- Opportunities and Challenges in Power Flow Control in a Modern Grid - Central Savannah River Section on 01-June-2026
- Coastal South Carolina Holiday Social - Coastal South Carolina Section Affinity Group,WIE on 11-December-2025
- Canaveral Section Life Member Annual Banquet and Awards - Canaveral Section Affinity Group,LM on 13-December-2025
- Substation Digitalization, a key enabler of the future power grid. - Central Savannah River Section on 04-May-2026
Your Region 4 LMAG Coordinator is Jim Riess.
Region 4 has a total of active 8 LMAG and 15 Sections without a current LMAG.
Resources
Upcoming Region 4 Events
- IEEE Xmas Party - December 20, 2025 - Southeastern Michigan Section Affinity Group, LM on 20-December-2025
- Region 4 Life Members Affinity Groups Joint Virtual Year-end Meeting - Twin Cities Section Affinity Group,LM on 05-December-2025
- IEEE WEST MICHIGAN SECTION LIFE MEMBER AFFINITY GROUP MEETING - West Michigan Section Affinity Group, LM on 16-December-2025
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
- University of Oklahoma Radar Innovations Laboratory Tour - Oklahoma City Section Affinity Group,LM on 13-January-2026
- Oklahoma Engineering Fair - Oklahoma City Section Affinity Group,LM on 25-February-2026
- Engineering Life in Space - National Geographic Live - Oklahoma City Section Affinity Group,LM on 23-April-2026
- The Ames Hydro Power Plant: The First HV AC Transmission Anywhere - Pikes Peak Section Affinity Group,LM on 16-December-2025
- 2nd Annual IEEE LSS EMB Workshop on AI and Healthcare - Lone Star Section Affinity Group, LM San Antonio on 05-December-2025
- Abraham Lincoln – Engineer! - Oklahoma City Section Affinity Group,LM on 10-February-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
- High Performance Inferencing for LLMs - Oregon Section Jt. Chap, COM19/UFFC20 on 11-December-2025
- SusTech Talk December 2025 – IEEE Planet Positive 2030 - Foothill Section on 09-December-2025
- Uncanny Discourse: A new perspective of reality-bending AI's impact on computer-human interaction - Hawaii Section Affinity Group,LM on 10-December-2025
- Holiday party/Technical talk - Agentic AI for National Security - Los Alamos/Northern New Mexico Section Aff Grp, YP on 16-December-2025
- Admin Officers Meeting LMAG - Phoenix Section Affinity Group, LM on 15-December-2025
- Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Description impact to industry and Mitigation Techniques - Phoenix Section Affinity Group, LM on 15-December-2025
Your Region 7 LMAG Coordinator is Wolfram Lunscher.
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 Magdelenda Salazar-Palma.
Region 8 has a total of active 29 LMAGs and 12 Sections without a current LMAG.
Resources
Upcoming Region 8 Events
- Czechoslovakia Section Annual Meeting 2025 - Czechoslovakia Section Affinity Grp,YP on 12-December-2025
- Transizione Energetica: luci ed ombre - Italy Section Affinity Group, LM on 10-December-2025
- ICAM 2025 - ISRAEL CONFERENCE of ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - Israel Section Affinity Group, YP on 10-December-2025
- Life Member Affinity Group meeting - Czechoslovakia Section Affinity Group,LM on 12-December-2025
- 24th Workshop on Power Engineering Dissertations - Greece Section Affinity Group, LM on 05-December-2025
- NANO IL 2026 - University of Haifa on 08-March-2026
Your Region 9 LMAG Coordinator is Yinnis Solis.
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.


