Please join us in congratulating our 2027-2028 BEA Executive Committee!
At the November 2026 BEA Board Meeting, new executive committee members were elected to serve the BEA membership. The terms for the newly elected executive committee members begin following BEA’s annual convention in April.
Please join us in congratulating the new executive committee officers:
President — Sara Magee, Loyola University Maryland
Vice President for Academic Relations – Adam Kuban, Ball State University
Secretary/Treasurer – Nick Artman, Regent University
Thom Baggerman, Point Park University will continue to serve on the executive committee as Immediate Past President.
BEA is pleased to announce that Nick Artman, Regent University has been newly elected as the Secretary/Treasurer. Nick will continue as Academic Director until April when he starts his term along with Adam Kuban and Sara Magee.
We had a productive Board meeting, thanks to the leadership of BEA President Thom Baggerman, Point Park University. Much of the meeting focused on the continued restructuring of the BEA Board, including proposed revisions to the Bylaws and Board Policy Handbook. The revisions will formally incorporate the new Academic Director structure, with Academic Directors serving as liaisons to assigned Interest Divisions and helping strengthen communication between division leadership and the Board. The Board also reviewed several other governance and committee updates as we continue to modernize BEA’s structure and clarify how our committees, divisions and Board work together.
The following BEA Academic Directors were elected this past November and will also begin their term in April:
Tim Bajkiewicz, Virginia Commonwealth University
Tom Hallaq, Kansas State University
Sandy Henry, Drake University
The following district representatives will also continue to serve on the board through April 2028.
Academic Directors: Nick Artman, Regent University (District 1) – *Special election to be held at the time of Nick Artman’s accension to the executive committee in April.
Chris Strobel, Northern Kentucky University (District 3)
Stephen Price, University of Central Missouri (District 5)
Two-Year Colleges/Scholastic – Teresa (Terry) Filipowicz, Pima Community College
We’d like to extend a special thank you to the service of BEA President 2025-26 Jennifer Meadows, Chico State, and representatives Victor Evans, Seattle University, Antonio Mora, University of Miami and Deborah Wilson David, University of Lancashire and Bournemouth University who are rotating off the board in April 2027. Jennifer has been instrumental in the shaping of the restructuring of our BEA board of directors to the new Academic Directors and served on pivotal committees that formed the BEA Research and Creative Grants, graduate student development and the development of the Access, Community and Engagement Community.