The Fellow Committee serves as the Fellow Evaluating Committee during the IEEE Fellow nomination and evaluation process. 2023 Highlights: 1/20/23 - invited to chair the Fellows Committee of the IEEE Education Society. 2/6/23 - Appointed to chair, along with 5 committee members 3/22-30/23 - Training for committee 3/23/23 - Chair requested appointment of 2 additional evaluators (5 evaluators are required to move the nominee forward, if any of the current 5 members can not evaluate a candidate (conflict of interest or they are unable to complete their duties) the candidate can not be advanced - therefore to remove this risk, the chair requested appointment of 2 additional evaluators) March - End - Invaluable assistance and guidance provided the chair by Michael Loui (vice-chair) 3/30/23 - Obtained 2 additional evaluators, invited all evaluators, via the IEEE tool, to evaluate 4/6/23 - Chair sent detailed schedule and instructions to committee members 4/27/23 - Webex committee meeting #1 May/23- Members submitted evaluations into IEEE tool. Narrative created & jointly edited and agreed to by members. 5/27/23 - Evaluations submitted How did this committee contributed to the Society's Strategic Goals in 2023? Increase EdSoc Membership - By creating, then fulfilling a membership tier that is valued & prestigious .. and then selecting people for it .. increases the value and enhances the EdSoc brand, which, in turn increases the members. Position(s): Fellow Committee Chair Personnel: Michael C. Loui University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign United States 4 (Central U.S.) Email Fellow Committee Vice Chair Personnel: Bruce Wheeler University of California, San Diego United States 6 (Western U.S.) Email Fellow Committee Members Personnel: Okyay Kaynak Bogazici University Turkey 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East) Email Personnel: Laura Bottomley North Carolina State University United States 3 (Southeastern U.S.) Email Personnel: Cynthia J. Finelli University of Michigan United States 4 (Central U.S.) Email Personnel: Cynthia Furse University of Utah and LiveWire Innovation United States 6 (Western U.S.) Email Personnel: Tony Maciejewski National Science Foundation and Colorado State University United States 5 (Southwestern U.S.) Email Personnel: Barbara Oakley Oakland University United States 3 (Southeastern U.S.) Email