2025 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 2025 Board of Directors, celebrate award winners, learn about our 2025 impact goals, and much more.
Who should attend? All B Academics members and any prospective members
Format? Virtual
Register here!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 2024 Nominees:
- B Impact Team of the Year
- B Local of the Year
- Course of the Year
- BUS 103- Business for Social Good – Summer Brown/ Morgan Herron at DePaul University
- Launch Florida: Strategic Impact Consulting for Entrepreneurs & Changemakers – Dr. Kristin Joys at University of Florida
- Publication of the Year
- How certified benefit corporations contribute to corporate social responsibility disclosure: Empirical evidence from Italy
- Leveraging corporate social innovation by hybrid organizations: A strategic perspective from B Corps in Latin America
- Pathways to Scaling International Impact: Exploring Capabilities in B Corps
- Do prosocial‐certified companies walk the talk? An analysis of B Corps’ contributions to Sustainable Development Goals
- Instructor of the Year
- Nathan Stuck, University of Georgia
- Joel Gehman, George Washington University
- Michael Conger, Miami University
- Student of the Year
- Yi Ming, PhD student at Northwestern University & Alyssa Menz, PhD student at Yale University
- Amy Kostelansky-Rafinski recent graduate of University of Wisconsin-Green Bay & Amelia Knopp undergraduate at The University of Kansas
- Committee Member of the Year
- Leonardo Boni, Research Committee
- Jen Jones, Teaching Committee
- Nima Farschi, Teaching Committee
- Board Member of the Year
- Jake Mosely, Vice Chair of Student Engagement
- Saheli Nath, Vice Chair of Teaching
- Martina Pasquini, Chair of Events
- Veronica Devinin, Chair of Global
Nominations closed on Monday, February 10th at 5PM EST. Member voting will be February 12-17.
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 2024 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
