vice-chairperson
Backup board leader
A vice-chairperson is the second-ranking officer of a board, committee, or organization, positioned to assume the chairperson's duties when needed.
The role typically involves presiding over meetings in the chair's absence and may include specific delegated responsibilities: The vice-chairperson led the budget review.
Also vice-chair or vice-chairman/vice-chairwoman.
Immediate subordinate to leader
- deputyAuthorized substitute or assistant
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
- right-handOpposite of left
- aideSupporting staff member
associate · partner · collaborator · representative · alternate · understudy · coadjutor · adjutant
Corporate decision venue
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- boardFlat rigid panel
- executiveSenior organizational leader
secretary · treasurer · president · director · trustee · member · quorum · bylaws
How authority is exercised
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- leadershipAbility to direct others
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
administration · direction · influence · control · command · regulation · stewardship · mandate
Temporarily holding position
- temporaryLimited in duration
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
- fill-inTemporary substitute person
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
provisional · substitute · replacement · locum · stopgap · reserve · successor · caretaker
second-in-command
Immediate subordinate to leader
- deputyAuthorized substitute or assistant
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
- right-handOpposite of left
aide · associate · partner · collaborator · representative · alternate · understudy · coadjutor · adjutant · confidant
boardroom
Corporate decision venue
executive · secretary · treasurer · president · director · trustee · member · quorum · bylaws · charter
governance
How authority is exercised
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- leadershipAbility to direct others
supervision · administration · direction · influence · control · command · regulation · stewardship · mandate · charge
acting
Temporarily holding position
backup · provisional · substitute · replacement · locum · stopgap · reserve · successor · caretaker
vice-chairpersonchairperson
One who leads meetings
chair · chairman · chairwoman · president · head
vice-chairpersonsubordinate
One lower in rank
staff · outsider · employee · non-member · junior member
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