Juan Meraz, assistant vice president, division for diversity and inclusion, has been elected president elect and program chair of MBAA International. He currently serves as an executive board member. The six member executive board oversees all aspects of the MBAA International Conference that is held every spring in Chicago, Illinois.

MBAA International stands for a high quality, high value, multidisciplinary gathering of leaders from around the world. MBAA International has over half a century of history where participants present and receive useful research, share effective pedagogy and network in a fun and familiar setting.

Currently, eleven formal organizations make up MBAA INTERNATIONAL:

• Academy of Business Economics
• Academy of Finance
• Academy of International Business US Midwest Region
• Business and Health Administration Association
• Marketing Management Association
• Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business
• North American Accounting Society
• North American Management Society
• Operations Management and Entrepreneurship Association
• Society for Case Research
• Society for the Advancement of Information Systems

Next year’s conference will take place at The Palmer House in downtown Chicago March 27-29, 2019.