chairpersons
Committee leadership figures
Chairpersons is the plural of chairperson, a gender-neutral term for someone who presides over a meeting, committee, or organization: The chairpersons of the three subcommittees met to coordinate their work.
The word emerged as an alternative to chairman when that term came to feel exclusionary of women.
Single-person sitting furniture
- presideLead a formal gathering
- moderateLessen intensity or preside
- conveneFormally gather together
- facilitateMake something easier
delegate · oversee · direct · lead · govern · steer · guide · appoint
Formal discussion list
- minutesSixty-second intervals
- gavelSmall ceremonial hammer
- quorumMinimum for valid proceedings
- motionChange in position
resolution · proceedings · session · conference · symposium · forum · panel · roundtable
Formal authoritative directive
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- decision-makingProcess of choosing actions
- vetoOfficial refusal to approve
- tie-breakerContest settling stalemate
ruling · enforcement · prerogative · discretion · control · influence · command
Flat rigid panel
- boardroomCorporate decision venue
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
stewardship · bylaws · charter · trustee · director · committee · subcommittee · audit
chair
Single-person sitting furniture
facilitate · delegate · oversee · direct · lead · govern · steer · guide · appoint · authorize
agenda
Formal discussion list
motion · resolution · proceedings · session · conference · symposium · forum · panel · roundtable · summit
mandate
Formal authoritative directive
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- decision-makingProcess of choosing actions
- vetoOfficial refusal to approve
tie-breaker · ruling · enforcement · prerogative · discretion · control · influence · command
board
Flat rigid panel
- boardroomCorporate decision venue
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
accountability · stewardship · bylaws · charter · trustee · director · committee · subcommittee · audit · compliance
- decision-makersCEO, CFO, COO, executive, boss
- conventionsconvention, conventions, delegates, conference, attendee
chairpersonssubordinates
Those ranked below
followers · foot soldiers · underlings · constituents · staff
- vice chairpersonSecond-ranking committee officer