vice chair
Backup leadership role
A vice chair is the person who ranks second in command of an organization, committee, or board, serving directly under the chair or chairperson.
The vice chair typically presides over meetings when the chair is absent and may assume specific delegated responsibilities.
In some organizations, the position is called vice chairman or vice chairwoman.
She was elected vice chair of the planning committee.
Immediate subordinate to leader
- deputyAuthorized substitute or assistant
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
- alternateOccur in succession
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
proxy · substitute · understudy · backup · successor · designate · acting · interim
Flat rigid panel
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- bylawsOrganization's internal regulations
- quorumMinimum for valid proceedings
agenda · minutes · fiduciary · stewardship · trustee · director · resolution · motion
Indefeasible future inheritor
- successorOne who replaces another
- predecessorOne who came first
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- elevationHeight above reference point
appointment · nomination · ascension · replacement · advancement · candidacy · transition · handover
Leading a formal gathering
- leadershipAbility to direct others
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- representationDepiction or likeness
liaison · advocacy · mediation · facilitation · spokesperson · ceremonial · signing · convening
second-in-command
Immediate subordinate to leader
- deputyAuthorized substitute or assistant
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
- alternateOccur in succession
stand-in · proxy · substitute · understudy · backup · successor · designate · acting · interim · presiding
board
Flat rigid panel
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- bylawsOrganization's internal regulations
quorum · agenda · minutes · fiduciary · stewardship · trustee · director · resolution · motion · voting
heir-apparent
Indefeasible future inheritor
- successorOne who replaces another
- predecessorOne who came first
- promotionRank increase or publicity
elevation · appointment · nomination · ascension · replacement · advancement · candidacy · transition · handover · continuity
presiding
Leading a formal gathering
- leadershipAbility to direct others
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
representation · liaison · advocacy · mediation · facilitation · spokesperson · ceremonial · signing · convening
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- Deputiesdeputy, lieutenant, second-in-command, second in command, number two
- leadership rolescommittee head, team captain, club president, director, team lead
- public officialscongressman, senator, mayor, representative, legislator
- Congresssenator, representative, senators, House, bill
- board meetingsagenda, minutes, adjourn, adjournment, board members
vice chairchair
Single-person sitting furniture
chairman · chairwoman · chairperson · president · chief executive
vice, chair, vices, chairs, chaired, chairing, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson