The program coordinators are appointed by the Regional Director with recommendations from the Regional PACE Coordinator. They may serve in the same capacity on the Regional Director's Committee, when the position exists, and/or as the regional delegate to a corresponding IEEE-USA committee. 

     The PACE Regional Activities Committee sets aside $200 for each Regional PACE Committee.  The funds may be used to cover administrative costs or applied against expenses incurred in attending the annual Professional Activities Conference.

     Following are the functions of each Regional PACE Program Coordinator:

State Government Activities Coordinator

Works closely with the Regional State Government Activities Coordinator or serves as same. Works closely with the IEEE-USA State Government Activities Committee as a member or corresponding member. Fosters, nurtures, coordinates, and encourages the establishment of state government activities and intersociety SILAs: Spearheads efforts to set up IEEE State Legislative Committees along state government boundaries. Assists in solving problems caused by differences in state boundaries and IEEE Regional boundaries. Provides existing literature, guidelines, and examples to State Legislative Committees. Identifies leaders (champions) for state government activities. Assists state leaders in obtaining start-up funding from Regional Professional Activities Support Funds for state government activities.

Career Enhancement Activities Coordinator

Works closely with the Regional Career Enhancement Activities Coordinator or serves as same. Works closely with the IEEE-USA Career Maintenance and Development Committee as a member or corresponding member. Fosters, nurtures, coordinates, and encourages career enhancement activities in the region. Encourages sections to devote at least one meeting each year to career issues. Takes facilitator training to conduct workshops developed by the Career Maintenance and Development Committee and encourages sections to offer the workshops. Provides sections with existing guidelines, literature, and information about successful career-related and employment-related programs.

Employment Assistance Activities Coordinator

Works closely with the Regional Career Enhancement Activities Coordinator or serves as same. Works closely with the IEEE-USA Employment Assistance Committee as a member or corresponding member. Fosters, nurtures, coordinates, and encourages employment assistance activities in the region. Encourages sections to provide employment assistance to job-seeking members. Provides sections with existing literature and information about successful employment assistance programs. Acts as a regional resource for members seeking employment assistance. Provides the Employment Assistance Committee with information about local employment conditions and local IEEE efforts to respond to employment problems.

Pre-College Education Activities Coordinator

Works closely with the Regional Precollege Education Activities Coordinator or serves as same. Works closely with the IEEE-USA Precollege Education Committee as a member or corresponding member. Fosters, nurtures, coordinates, and encourages precollege education activities in the region. Encourages sections to establish a Precollege Education Committee or appoint a contact person for precollege education. Provides existing guidelines, literature, and examples to sections. Promotes National Engineers Week Discover"E" activities in the sections. Encourages use of the slide presentation "What is an Engineer" by IEEE members who are asked to address students at career days and similar events. Promotes a good image for engineers among the K - 12 school population. Works with business, education, and other engineering/scientific societies to promote technical literacy. Supports the formation of local alliances or improves partnerships between IEEE and other business, education, and engineering/scientific entities. Supports appropriate legislation designed to promote technical literacy. Represents IEEE on local and state committees whose missions support the IEEE position on improving technical literacy at the K - 12 level. Encourages local IEEE volunteer involvement with teachers and school administrators through: Serving as a technical resource person for a teacher; Being a guest lecturer; Serving as a club sponsor; Hosting field trips; Providing industry internships; Judging contests; and Establishing or supporting other local teacher or school-based programs.

Professional Education Activities Coordinator

Maintains informational contact with the IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB), IEEE societies, and other IEEE committees, as well as non-IEEE sources of professional development program material suitable for local IEEE member professional education. Works closely with region and section Educational Activities Committee Chairs in promoting programs for professional development. Works closely with section and chapter PACE chairs in planning and funding professional education. Develops, coordinates, and presents educational programs for professional development, including enhancement of managerial and personal growth skills and enhancement of professionalism, including licensure, ethics, and image.

Student Professional Activities Coordinator

Works closely with the IEEE-USA Student Professional Awareness Committee as a member or corresponding member. Works closely with the Regional Student Activities Committee chair (R-SAC). Serves as the Regional Student Professional Awareness Conference (S-PAC) Coordinator. Promotes student professional awareness activities to the colleges and universities in the region by: Establishing contact with IEEE student branches; Encouraging schools to conduct S-PACs on a two-year cycle; Encouraging schools to conduct Student Professional Awareness Ventures (S-PAVes);and Coordinating efforts with section PACE and Student Activities Committee Chairs. Promotes S-PACs by: Attending regional student meetings and making presentations on S-PACs (15 minutes minimum); Targeting large schools, medium-to-large schools that have never held an S-PAC, and schools that held an S-PAC two or more years earlier; calling student branch officers and student branch counselors directly; Writing form letters to selected schools encouraging them to plan S-PACs (addressed to student branch counselors and student branch chairs); Maintaining contact with Regional PACE Coordinator and other sources of funding for S-PACs; Maintaining contact with Regional S-PAC Support Coordinator; and Contacting RAB/SAC/SPAA chair for branch-related or RAB funding issues. Assists student organizers in S-PAC planning and preparation: S-PAC format. Speaker selection (approves the roster of speakers, especially the national-level speakers whose travel is reimbursed by SPAC). Selection of conference date, avoiding conflict with exams and major campus events. IEEE interfaces, section, area, and region (requesting/ obtaining funds/support, local speakers, general participation, local engineering/industry support). Publicity techniques. Ticket sales. Interface with department chair or engineering school dean. Questions about: Size of committee and delegation of tasks; Faculty reception: participation, classes held at S-PAC or cancelled; Publicity efforts; Ticket sales: when started; number sold (check this three weeks prior to conference); and Funding:contacts, problems, expenses. Works with Regional PACE Coordinator and section PACE chair to ensure that high quality S-PAC speakers are available locally and within the region. In some regions, may direct Regional Professional Activities Support Funds specifically allocated for S-PACs to schools holding S-PACs to support their operational costs. Promotes S-PAVes, especially during the year between S-PACs. Reports on SPAC activities as required for the following: Annual report to SPAC Chair (calendar year). Regional PACE report (from one Professional Development Conference to the next). Two SPAC meetings each year. Newsletter support for student members.

Technical Policy Activities Coordinator

Maintains an awareness of the on-going activities of the Technology Policy Council (TPC) and its various committees and subcommittees by: Interacting with the IEEE-USA staff manager of Technology Policy Council activities and the administrator of TPC professional programs to receive and maintain a file of TPC committee position papers, symposium/conference announcements, and information on other significant TPC activities; Working closely with counterparts on the PACE Divisional Activities Committee to coordinate awareness and advocacy of TPC activities; and Working closely with appropriate Regional members of TPC committees or subcommittees and/or serving as a member of one or more TPC committees. Works closely with Regional Chapter Relations Coordinators and Section Chapter Relations Coordinators, or serves as the same at the regional level, to coordinate awareness and advocacy of TPC activities including current position papers, testimonies, seminars/workshops/conferences, and other significant TPC action. Fosters, nurtures, coordinates, and encourages technology policy activities in the region by: Making presentations at region and section meetings;  Maintaining and distributing current TPC activity material such as position statements, testimonies, etc., and,  Coordinating requests for further information by members through the IEEE-USA office.