as in chairman
a person in charge of a meeting
the chairperson will determine the order in which people will speak
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Recent Examples of chairperson
Gerson now has a handful of female peers, including Sylvia Rhone, CEO and chairperson, Epic Records, and Desiree Perez, CEO of Roc Nation, but the business is still largely run by men.
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Ellie Austin, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
Chief William Smith, vice president of Alaska’s Valdez Native Tribe and chairperson of the National Indian Health Board, told HHS in the organization’s letter that tribal health systems need greater federal investment so the system can better respond to public health threats.
—Kff Health News, Orange County Register, 13 Nov. 2024
White is set to enter contract negotiations with the board of directors' chairperson, Cynthia Taueg, to finalize an employment agreement at the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN).
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2024
Zoom in: The rejection was outlined in a letter from Seven & i chairperson Stephen Dacus to Couche-Tard chairperson Alain Bouchard.
—Richard Collings, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
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Ellie Austin, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
Chief William Smith, vice president of Alaska’s Valdez Native Tribe and chairperson of the National Indian Health Board, told HHS in the organization’s letter that tribal health systems need greater federal investment so the system can better respond to public health threats.
—Kff Health News, Orange County Register, 13 Nov. 2024
White is set to enter contract negotiations with the board of directors' chairperson, Cynthia Taueg, to finalize an employment agreement at the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN).
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2024
Zoom in: The rejection was outlined in a letter from Seven & i chairperson Stephen Dacus to Couche-Tard chairperson Alain Bouchard.
—Richard Collings, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chairperson
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Concurrent with the news, CEO Steve Michaels has moved into a role as chairman of Pantheon, while naming Jen O’Connell as the company’s new CEO.Michael Schneider, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024
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Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, was an early investor and now serves as the company's chairman.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Senators will likely still be able to consider the former and future president's Cabinet nominees.Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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Dwayne Tucker, a Nashville native who oversees a public charter school network, is now the interim president of Tennessee State University.Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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After a question from moderator Dana Bash on their ages (Trump is 78 and Biden was 81 at the time), the two started challenging one another to a round of golf.Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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Join moderator Jeffrey Goldberg, McKay Coppins of The Atlantic, Jane Mayer of The New Yorker, and Tarini Parti of The Wall Street Journal to discuss this and more.The Editors, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Chairperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chairperson. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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