2026 B ACADEMICS ALL MEMBERS MEETING
Join B Academics for our annual All Members Meeting! This is a unique opportunity to connect with new and current members, meet our 2026 Board of Directors, celebrate award winners, learn about our 2026 impact goals, and much more.
Who should attend? All B Academics members and any prospective members
Format? Virtual
B Academics Awards
We are thrilled to once again celebrate the incredible achievements of our B Academics community at this year’s Awards Ceremony, held during the All Members Meeting.
Here are the 2025 Award Nominations:
- B Impact Team of the Year
- Drake University
- Case Western Reserve University
- University of New Hampshire
- Temple University
- B Local of the Year
- B Local Mid Atlantic
- Charlotte B Corp Collective
- B Local Illinois
- Course of the Year
- University of Georgia: BUSN7850 B Collaborative (Nathan Stuck)
- University of Maryland: Special Topics in Logistics, Business and Public Policy; Strategic Management with a Sustainable Mindset (Nima Farshchi)
- University of Maryland: Special Topics in Management and Organization; Social Innovation Practicum: Consulting and Venture Creation (Nima Farshchi)
- Publication of the Year
- “Certified Sustainability: Third-Party Certification of Sustainable Ventures and its Relationship to Venture Funding” (Dominik Schmelter, Corinna Vera Hedwig Schmidt, Steffen Strese)
- “Business as a Force for Good: Exploring B Corp Business Cases in the US Fashion Industry Through Quadruple Bottom Line Theory and Mixed Method Approach” (Iva Jestratijevic, Roghayeh Taraz, Jacob Couzen)
- “Benefit Corporations: The Moral Legitimacy That Requires More Rules” (Laura Rocca, Monica Veneziani, Andrea Caccialanza, Claudio Teodori)
- “The escalation of prosocial commitment: How the B corporation movement catalyzes social impact.” (Garima Sharma, Joel Gehman, Leonardo Boni, Alim J. Beveridge)
- Instructor of the Year
- Nathan Stuck, University of Georgia
- Kelley Ellis, Drake University
- Nima Farshchi, University of Maryland
- Brooke Lahneman, Montana State University
- Dr. Ayushee Agarwal, Case Western Reserve University
- Kanetaka Maki, Waseda Business School
- Student of the Year
- Rayna Phillips, NC State University
- Lucas Granados, University of Sussex
- Brenda Bailey, Pepperdine University
- Rebecca Owen, American University
- Maximillano Lagos, EADA Business School
- Committee Member of the Year
- Jen Jones, Teaching Committee
- Nima Farshchi, Teaching Committee
- Makiko Hashizume, Global Engagement Committee
- Board Member of the Year
- Maria Ballesteros-Sola, Chair of Membership
- Paolo Braguzzi, Co-Chair Global Engagement
Nominations are closed. Member voting will be February 11-15.
Contact Jessica Yinka Thomas, B Academics Executive Director, at jessica.thomas@bacademics.org for any questions.
Agenda
10:30AM-10:35AM EST – Welcome
Presenter: Summer Brown, Board Chair and President of B Academics
10:35AM-10:40AM EST – Introduction to our Board and New Board Members
Presenter: Summer Brown, Board Chair and President of B Academics
10:40AM-10:50AM EST – Our 2025 Impact Report
Presenter: Jessica Yinka Thomas, Executive Director of B Academics
10:50AM-10:55AM EST – Upcoming events, programs and opportunities to get engaged
Presenter: Summer Brown, Board Chair and President of B Academics
11:00AM-11:20AM EST – Committee Breakout Rooms
11:20AM-11:25AM EST – B Academics Member Accomplishments Recognition
Presenter: Maria Ballesteros-Sola, Chair of Membership at B Academics
11:25PM- 11:35PM EST B Academics Awards
Presenter: Maria Ballesteros-Sola, Chair of Membership at B Academics
11:35PM- 12PM EST Closing & Networking (Optional)
Presenter: Summer Brown, President of B Academics
