The activities of the Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS) are governed by a Constitution and Bylaws administered by an Administrative Committee (AdCom) consisting of elected members-at-large and ex-officio voting and non-voting members:

  • The President, under direction of AdCom, oversees the day-to-day affairs of the Society.
  • AdCom’s Members-At-Large consists of 18 members, of which 6 members are elected annually for a 3-year term by the DEIS membership.
  • Ex-officio voting members are: The current President, Administrative Vice-President, Technical Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and immediate past-President.
  • President, VP-Administrative and VP-Technical are appointed by AdCom’s consent annually.  Secretary and Treasurer are appointed by the Presidenthvvgh.
  • Ex-officio non-voting members are all previously retired past Presidents of the Society, the Editor-in-Chief of the Transactions, the Co-editors-in-Chief of the Magazine, and the Emeritii Editors-in-Chief of both the Transactions and the Magazine.
Davide Fabiani President University of Bologna, Italy
Akiko Kumada Vice President – Administrative University of Tokyo, Japan
Mona Ghassemi Vice President – Technical University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Qiang Liu Secretary University of Manchester, UK
Paul Gaberson Treasurer Retired, USA
Brian Stewart Past President University of Strathclyde, UK
Kevin Alewine 2025 – Administrative Committee Shermco, USA
Nicolas Duarte 2025 – Administrative Committee PPG, USA
Allen L. Garner 2025 – Administrative Committee Purdue University, USA
Masatake Kawada 2025 – Administrative Committee Tokushima University, Japan
Tofail Syed 2025 – Administrative Committee University of Limerick, Ireland
Sastry Pamidi 2025 – Administrative Committee Florida State University, USA
Jerome Castellon 2026 – Administrative Committee Université de Montpellier, France
Istvan Denes 2026 – Administrative Committee Bosch, Germany
Sneha Hegde 2026 – Administrative Committee Université de Montpellier, France
Behazd Kordi 2026 – Administrative Committee University of Manitoba
Diego Robalino 2026 – Administrative Committee Megger Group
Xianqing Zhang 2026 – Administrative Committee Tongji University
Zachary Gibson 2027 – Administrative Committee AirForce Research Laboratory, Albuquerque, USA
Virginie Griseri 2027 – Administrative Committee Université Paul Sabatier – Toulouse, France
Nandini Gupta 2027 – Administrative Committee Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
Severine Le Roy 2027 – Administrative Committee Université Paul Sabatier – Toulouse, France
Alan Sbravati 2027 – Administrative Committee Hitachi Energy, Raleigh, USA
Roger Schurch 2027 – Administrative Committee Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile
Gregory C Stone Awards and Recognition Stone Dielectrics, Canada
Daniel L Schweickart Constitution and Bylaws US Airforce, USA
Christian Franck Education Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
Paul Lewin Fellows University of Southampton, UK
Paul Gaberson Finance Retired, USA
Reimund Gerhard History  University of Potsdam, Germany
Tony Lujia Chen Electrical Insulation Magazine Editor-In-Chief The University of Manchester, UK
Frank Hegeler Meetings US Naval Research Lab, USA
Mattewos Tefferi Membership/Chapters, co-Chair (R1-7 &R9) G&W Electric Co., USA
Thomas Andritsch Membership/Chapters co-Chair (R8) University of Southampton, UK
Feipeng Wang Membership/Chapters, Chair R10 Chongquing University, China
Sneha Hegde Women in Engineering Université de Montpellier, France
Tofail Syed Diversity Equity and Inclusion University of Limerick, Ireland
Mattewos Tefferi Young Professionals G&W Electric Co., USA
Brian Stewart Nominations and Appointments University of Strathclyde, UK
Rajeswari Sundararajan Publications Purdue University, USA
Michael Wübbenhorst Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Editor-In-Chief KU Leuven, Belgium
Huseyin Hiziroglu Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Part A Co-Editor Kettering University, USA
Giovanni Mazzanti  Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Part B Co-Editor University of Bologna, Italy
Virginie Griseri Technical Webmaster Université Paul Sabatier – Toulouse, France
Sastry Pamidi IEEE Council on Superconductivity Florida State University, USA
Mark Winkeler IEEE Nanotechnology Council ELANTAS PDG Inc., USA
Christina Villeneuve-Faure IEEE Nanotechnology Council Université Paul Sabatier – Toulouse, France
Zhongyang Cheng IEEE Sensors Council Auburn University, USA
Mona Ghassemi USA Technology Policy Council R&D Policy Committee University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Andrea Cavallini IEEE Transportation Electrification Council University of Bologna, Italy
Hui Ma IEEE Smart Grids Steering Committee University of Queensland, Australia
Tofail Syed IEEE Diversity and Inclusion Representative University of Limerick, Ireland
Sneha Hedge Women in Engineering (WIE) Representative Université de Montpellier, France
Mattewos Tefferi IEEE Young Professional (YP) Representative G&W Electric Co., USA
Antonios Tzimas IEEE Industry Engagement Committee (IEC) Representative Advanced Energy Industries, UK

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