vice chairman
Board's backup leader
A vice chairman is the second-ranking officer of a board or organization, positioned to assist or deputize for the chairman.
The role typically involves presiding over meetings in the chairman's absence and may carry specific delegated responsibilities: She served as vice chairman of the finance committee.
Also vice chair or vice chairperson.
Immediate subordinate to leader
- deputyAuthorized substitute or assistant
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
- successorOne who replaces another
- right-handOpposite of left
understudy · backup · stand-in · acting · interim · senior leadership · seniority · rank
Corporate decision venue
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
- board of directorsGoverning body of organization
- corporationLegally separate business entity
stakeholder · shareholder · investor · merger · acquisition · compliance · audit · proxy
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- policyAdopted principle of action
- decision-makingProcess of choosing actions
administration · stewardship · coordination · delegation · representation · advisory · committee · liaison
second-in-command
Immediate subordinate to leader
- deputyAuthorized substitute or assistant
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
- successorOne who replaces another
right-hand · understudy · backup · stand-in · acting · interim · senior leadership · seniority · rank · chain of command
boardroom
Corporate decision venue
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
- board of directorsGoverning body of organization
corporation · stakeholder · shareholder · investor · merger · acquisition · compliance · audit · proxy · equity
oversight
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- policyAdopted principle of action
decision-making · administration · stewardship · coordination · delegation · representation · advisory · committee · liaison · spokesperson
- Deputiesdeputy, lieutenant, second-in-command, second in command, number two
- executivesCEO, CFO, COO, CIO, CTO
- local governmentcity manager, aldermen, city hall, councillors, councillor
- military leadershipgeneral, command, admiral, commander, chief of staff
- tribal governancetribal council, tribal councils, tribal government, elders, chieftaincy
- legislaturebill, senators, senator, state legislature, legislators
vice chairmanchairman
Head of a board
chair · chairperson · president · presiding officer · board chair
vice, chairman, chair, vices, chairmen, chairs, chairmanship, chairwoman, chairperson