Structure
The ISA is a non-profit member-driven organization, which is built on a backbone of volunteers. Volunteers, working together with the ISA's full-time staff of 75, are key to the ongoing mission and success of the organization. The ISA has a strong leadership development program that develops volunteer leaders as they get involved with the organization's many different facets. The ISA has several different ways that volunteers get involved from the section, division, and standards roots of the organization.
ISA members are typically assigned a ISA Section (local chapter) which is related to their geographic location. Members can then join two or more ISA Divisions which correspond to their individual technical interests. ISA Standards Committees are open to both ISA members and non-members to become involved with.
In addition to the member-driven aspects of the ISA, major ISA interests and products are divided into departments headed by a department vice president. These departments are:
- Automation & Technology
- Industries & Sciences
- Image & Membership
- Professional Development
- Publications
- Standards & Practices
- Strategic Planning
- Web
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