The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the group or organisation, presides over meetings of the group, and conducts the group's business in an orderly fashion.
Agustín Vásquez Gómez, ambassador of the Republic of El Salvador, chairing the OPCW's Fourth Review Conference, November 2018
Ambassador Leena Al-Hadid of Jordan chairs a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 2018.
Sam Ervin (right), chairman of the United States Senate Watergate Committee, 1973
Christina Magnuson, as chairman, presides over the 2016 annual meeting of the Friends of the Ulriksdal Palace Theater.
A board of directors is an executive committee that supervises the activities of a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government agency.
Center for Interfaith Relations Board of Directors meeting