vice chairs
Backup leadership positions
Vice chairs are deputy or secondary chairs of an organization, committee, or board.
The vice chair typically assumes the chair's duties in their absence and may share leadership responsibilities.
The vice chairs will run the meeting while the chairman is traveling.
The singular is vice chair.
Immediate subordinate to leader
- deputyAuthorized substitute or assistant
- alternateOccur in succession
- substituteReplacement for another
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
proxy · backup · understudy · successor · assistant · aide · lieutenant · collaborator
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- facilitationMaking tasks easier
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
consultation · decision-making · representation · stewardship · agenda-setting · succession planning · advocacy · reporting
second-in-command
Immediate subordinate to leader
- deputyAuthorized substitute or assistant
- alternateOccur in succession
- substituteReplacement for another
stand-in · proxy · backup · understudy · successor · assistant · aide · lieutenant · collaborator · associate
oversight
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- facilitationMaking tasks easier
delegation · consultation · decision-making · representation · stewardship · agenda-setting · succession planning · advocacy · reporting · collaboration
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Furniture for sitting
chairpersons · chairmen · chairwomen · presidents · committee chairs
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