committee chair
Panel's presiding officer
A committee chair is the person who leads a committee, presiding over meetings, setting agendas, and guiding discussion toward decisions.
The chair typically has authority to recognize speakers, call votes, and represent the committee's interests to outside bodies.
In legislative contexts, committee chairs wield significant power over which bills advance: The committee chair refused to schedule a hearing on the proposal.
- convenerOne who assembles others
- call to orderFormally begin proceedings
- gavelSmall ceremonial hammer
- quorumMinimum for valid proceedings
- ranking memberTop minority party representative
presiding officer · opening remarks · agenda setting · vote · floor vote · order · rules of order · whip · Robert's Rules · board · president · parliamentarian · motion · majority leader · point of order · legislator · amendment · appointed
- club positionspresident, vice president, secretary, treasurer, board member
- officialsofficial, officials, bailiff, bureaucrat, congressman
- representativesrepresentative, delegate, lawyer, deputy, rep
- School Volunteersroom parent, PTA member, chaperone, tutor, classroom aide
- student governmentstudent council, student government, student senate, class president, treasurer
- Congresssenator, representative, senators, House, bill
committee chairsubordinate
One lower in rank
follower · attendee · participant · delegate · appointee