Jeff Poston is the 2012 Chair of the IEEE Northern Virginia section and has served in every other officer position for the section. He has chaired the section's Signal Processing Society chapter, recognized as the area's Outstanding Chapter in 2009, and the biomedical (EMBS) chapter. Earlier, he participated in the Standards Association where he was a voting member of technical committees 802.22 (2005-2007) and 802.16 (2004-2006). Also, he was a participant of IEEE 802.15.2 during its study phase (2001-2002). Jeff Poston joined IEEE in 1987 and is a Senior Member.