IEEE Senior Member Jill I. Gostin has been elected as the 2026 IEEE president-elect. She will begin serving as president on 1 January 2027.
Gostin, who was nominated by the IEEE Board of Directors, received 18,546 votes in the election. Senior Member David Alan Koehler received 14,193 votes.
Gostin’s Top 3 Goals as President-Elect
- Enhance the member experience by strengthening volunteer support.
- Expand professional development opportunities for members at all stages of their careers.
- Advance multidisciplinary innovation and collaboration through broad-impact technical projects, competitions, and initiatives.
At press time, the results were unofficial until the IEEE Board of Directors accepts the IEEE Tellers’ Committee report in November.
Gostin retired earlier this year as a principal research scientist at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, in Atlanta. Her work focused on sensor systems and software. She also served as the systems engineering, integration, and test lead in the software engineering and architecture division.
Gostin credits her career success to her publications; service and technical awards; large program management experience; and leadership of academic, industry, and government groups.
IEEE leadership positions
She has held several IEEE leadership positions including 2023 IEEE Member and Geographic Activities vice president and chair of its board, and 2020—2021 Region 3 director. She is a former chair of the IEEE Atlanta Section and the IEEE Computer Society’s Atlanta Chapter.
Gostin served on the IEEE Computer and IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems societies’ boards of governors and was the vice president of finance for the Senior Council’s Executive Committee. She has also led or been a member of several IEEE organizational units and committees, locally and globally.
Her leadership was recognized in 2016 when the Georgia Women in Technology named her as its Woman of the Year. Gostin also is the recipient of the 2025 IEEE Women in Technology Leadership Award.
