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)
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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The board’s chairperson, Jennifer Hockenhull, declined to comment on the lawsuit.
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Danny Freeman, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
From left to right: Banco Santander executive chairperson Ana Botin, Bank of America chair and CEO Brian Moynihan, TotalEnergies chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanne and Blackstone Group chair and CEO Stephen Schwarzman, during Trump's address at Davos.
—Alex Ledsom, Fortune Europe, 10 Feb. 2025
Eric Miller received unanimous support from fellow board members to serve as chairperson.
—Alex Malm, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
There has been some belief that cricket's chairperson shouldn't be from India or even fellow powers Australia and England as former ICC and Pakistan boss Ehsan Mani once told me.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Danny Freeman, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
From left to right: Banco Santander executive chairperson Ana Botin, Bank of America chair and CEO Brian Moynihan, TotalEnergies chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanne and Blackstone Group chair and CEO Stephen Schwarzman, during Trump's address at Davos.
—Alex Ledsom, Fortune Europe, 10 Feb. 2025
Eric Miller received unanimous support from fellow board members to serve as chairperson.
—Alex Malm, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
There has been some belief that cricket's chairperson shouldn't be from India or even fellow powers Australia and England as former ICC and Pakistan boss Ehsan Mani once told me.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for chairperson
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“Chairperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chairperson. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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