The SAC elects a Chair, Vice-Chair, and Secretary who serve a 1-year term commencing at the end of the annual Simulation Innovation Workshop. Members eligible for office and members eligible to vote are those who will serve on the SAC for the following year.
The SAC Chair oversees the SAC as it carries out its oversight responsibilities for SISO product development and support. The SAC Chair reports to and serves as an ex officio member of the SISO Executive Committee. The SAC Chair serves as the SAC Liaison to the International Organization for Standardization, Computer Graphics, Image Processing and Environmental Data Representation Subcommittee (ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24). The SAC Chair serves, or appoints another SISO member to serve, as liaison to other national or international standards organizations with which SISO establishes a relationship.
The SAC Vice-Chair assists the Chair and conducts meetings when the Chair is unable for any reason. The SAC Vice-Chair serves as an ex officio member of the SISO Conference Committee. The SAC Chair or Vice-Chair serve on the IEEE Computer Society Standards Activities Board and chair the Computer/Simulation Interoperability (C/SI) Standards Committee.
The SAC Secretary is responsible for supporting, organizing, documenting, and archiving SAC activities. Minutes from SAC meetings provide a history of SAC activities.