cochair

Shared committee head

A cochair is one of two or more people sharing the responsibilities of chairing a committee, organization, or event: She served as cochair of the fundraising committee.

To cochair is to share that role: They cochaired the conference together.

Also spelled co-chair.

committee

meeting

Gathering for discussion

preside · facilitate · moderate · coordinate · oversee · board · panel · task-force · subcommittee · planning

shared-leadership

co-organizer

Joint arrangement partner

equal · peer · tandem · duo · pair · collaborator · colleague · associate

collaboration

teamwork

Joint effort toward shared aim

coordination · alliance · collective · consensus · unity · mutual · combined · together · unified · co-lead

event

conference

Organized meeting for discussion

  • summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
  • symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
  • forumGathering place for discourse

convention · assembly · roundtable · panel · workshop · hearing · gathering · session · proceedings · delegation

parity

equality

Same status for all

  • balanceSteadiness or amount owed
  • equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
  • fairnessJust and equal treatment

symmetry · non-hierarchical · egalitarian · reciprocity · equivalence · even-handed · level

Opposites
leadership structure

cochairchair

Single-person sitting furniture

organizational hierarchy

cochairmember

One who belongs

subordinate · attendee · participant · delegate · observer

Family

cochairs, cochairperson, cochaired

Familiarity
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