At the November 2016 BEA Board Meeting, a new executive committee was elected to serve the BEA membership. The terms for the newly elected executive committee members begin following BEA\u2019s annual convention in April. Please join us in congratulating the new executive committee officers:<\/p>\n
President — Michael Bruce, University of Alabama
\nVice President for Academic Relations \u2013 Gregory N. Luft, Colorado State University
\nVice President for Industry Relations \u2013 Christine H. Merritt, Ohio Association of Broadcasters
\nSecretary-Treasurer \u2013 Tony DeMars, Texas A&M University-Commerce
\nImmediate Past President \u2013 Augie Grant, University of South Carolina<\/p>\n
In April 2017, John Allen Hendricks, Stephen F. Austin State University, will be rotating off the executive committee upon completion of his term as Immediate Past President.<\/p>\n
BEA\u2019s executive committee will begin their term in April along with the following District Representatives that were elected (and\/or re-elected) this past October:<\/p>\n
District 1 \u2013 Stacey Irwin, Millersville University (re-elected to a 2nd term \u2013 1st term in District 3) Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania***, Rhode Island & Vermont
\nDistrict 3 \u2013 Max Grubb, Youngstown State University
\nKentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, Washington, DC\u202f& West Virginia***
\nDistrict 5 \u2013 Glenda Balas, University of North Texas \u2013 Dallas
\nArkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma\u202f& Texas
\nDistrict 7 \u2013 Thomas McDonnell, Metropolitan Community College
\nAll 2-Year in the USA<\/p>\n
***As the result of a “District Re-Configuration Study,\u201d the BEA Board of Directors voted to move Pennsylvania from District 3 to District 1 starting in April 2017.<\/p>\n
Special thanks to the service of Gregory Bray, SUNY \u2013 New Paltz and Jim Crandall, Aims Community College, who are rotating off the board in their respective districts in April 2017. Their participation has been invaluable.<\/p>\n