chairperson
noun
chair·per·son
ˈcher-ˌpər-sᵊn 
plural chairpersons
1
: the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or event
2
: the administrative officer of a department of instruction (as in a college)
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Examples of chairperson in a Sentence
A new chairperson for the committee has not yet been appointed.
the chairperson will determine the order in which people will speak
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Towanda Mullins, chairperson of the Sojourner Truth Project-Akron, said the plaza will honor a piece of the country’s past and help to shape its future.
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Patrick Orsagos, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
If a state political party is a pyramid with a chairperson at the top, precinct delegates occupy the lowest, broadest tier.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 22 May 2024
Yet, the committee chairperson, James Comer, R-Ky., allowed Greene to attack her physical appearance.
—Megan Thiele Strong, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
In 2022, Tang was named Taiwan’s first minister for digital affairs, and in 2023 she was made chairperson of the board of Taiwan’s National Institute of Cyber Security.
—Will Henshall, TIME, 20 May 2024
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Patrick Orsagos, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
If a state political party is a pyramid with a chairperson at the top, precinct delegates occupy the lowest, broadest tier.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 22 May 2024
Yet, the committee chairperson, James Comer, R-Ky., allowed Greene to attack her physical appearance.
—Megan Thiele Strong, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
In 2022, Tang was named Taiwan’s first minister for digital affairs, and in 2023 she was made chairperson of the board of Taiwan’s National Institute of Cyber Security.
—Will Henshall, TIME, 20 May 2024
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