Thesaurus results for CHAIRPERSONS

chairpersons

noun

plural of chairperson

as in chairmen

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 chairpersons The existing committee chairpersons are tasked with facilitating meetings and placing items on their agendas. —

Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026 With seven Republican members of the Oklahoma Legislature campaigning for statewide office, GOP leaders have kept those lawmakers in their leadership positions or as committee chairpersons, a reversal of policies instituted by previous House speakers or Senate pro tempores. —

Paul Monies, Oklahoma Watch, 21 Jan. 2026 Menin, an Upper East Side Democrat who’s seen as a centrist counterweight to Mayor Mamdani’s administration, is expected to make the appointments at a Council meeting Thursday where picks for all of the body’s other committee chairpersons will also be announced, the sources said. —

Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026 The proxy statement lists an annual retainer of $125,000 to non-employee directors, with additional compensation for the lead director and chairpersons of committees. —

Dylan Sherman, Arkansas Online, 18 Dec. 2025 The chairpersons for this year’s event include Jamie Drake, Bunny Williams, Alex Hampton, and Andrew Torrey. —

Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025 Also in March — to a rising din of dire prognostications about De Luca and Abdy’s tenure as co-chairpersons/chief executives — Warner punted the release of One Battle After Another (from the financial doldrums of August into its current date smack in the middle of the awards-season scrum). —

Chris Lee, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025

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The following year, John Conyers, of Michigan, and Charles Rangel, of New York, became the first Black chairmen of the Judiciary and the Ways and Means Committees, respectively.

— Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Moonbug is part of Candle Media, which is run by co-chairmen and co-CEOs Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, with backing from investment funds managed by Blackstone’s private equity business.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026