BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors of Beta Alpha Psi consists of 12 individuals representing education, professional service firms and industry. Six members of the Board are currently from education and include the Director of Administration and Publications, the Director of Chapter Activities, the Director of National and International Programs (three-year terms), two Regional Directors (one-year terms), and a college of business Dean (two-year term). The President-elect serves a one-year term. He/she succeeds to the Presidency in the following year, and serves a final year on the Board as Past President. The other three members of the Board of Directors represent the business financial information profession. The Chair of the Advisory Forum and two alumni representatives each serve two-year terms. The Chair of the Advisory Forum has significant responsibility in his/her position in industry, professional services or government and brings a business perspective to the Board. The alumni representatives are recent graduates of Beta Alpha Psi chapters who bring a student perspective to the Board.
The Board of Directors typically meets three times a year to plan overall fraternity activities and provides general guidance for chapters. The National Office of the fraternity is available for consultation on day-to-day chapter operations.
Bernard J. Milano (1998-2001)
President Bernard J. Milano is a Trustee and Executive Director of the KPMG Foundation. Mr. Milano previously served on the Beta Alpha Psi Advisory Forum and was chairman of the Forum and a member of the Beta Alpha Psi Board of Directors from 1989-1991. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), The Episcopal Church Foundation (President 2000-2004), Leadership Education and Development Programs in Business, Inc. (treasurer) and Campus Compact. He is a member of the Corporate Advisory Board for the Golden Key National Honor Society (former chairman) and the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management (vice chairman). He is on Deans' Advisory Boards at Temple University, North Carolina A&T (chairman), Howard University and the Executive Committee of the President's Board of Governors at Ramapo College. Mr. Milano earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Temple University and is a Certified Public Accountant. He has been honored with several awards including the Students in Free Enterprise Champion Award (1998), an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities from North Carolina A&T State University (1998), the Practitioner Service Award from the Federation of Schools of Accounting (1996 and 1990), the Beta Alpha Psi National Accountant of the Year (1995), the President's Award from Golden Key National Honor Society (1993), and Outstanding Alumnus of the Business School of Temple University (1992).
Diane D. Pattison (1999-2002)
Incoming President Diane D. Pattison is a Professor of Accounting at the University of San Diego. She received her Ph.D. degree from the University of Washington, her MBA from California State University - Hayward, and her bachelor's degree from the University of Oregon. She also teaches at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. Dr. Pattison was initiated into the Zeta Kappa Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi in 1988 and served as their faculty advisor until 1993. In 1993 she received a Beta Alpha Psi Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award. From 1996-1998, she served as the Regional Director for Area 4. Dr. Pattison has published articles in accounting journals and co-authored a variety of accounting teaching materials. In addition to her Beta Alpha Psi and other academic activities, she is currently on the Board of Directors of Financial Executives Institute. She is past President of the San Diego Area Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants. In 1995, she received the San Diego Women Who Mean Business Award.
William Steve Albrecht (2000-2003)
President-elect W. Steve Albrecht is the Arthur Andersen & Co. Alumni Professor of Accountancy and the Associate Dean of the Marriott School at Brigham Young University. Dr. Albrecht, a certified public accountant, certified internal auditor, and certified fraud examiner, came to BYU in 1977 after teaching at Stanford and at the University of Illinois. Prior to becoming Associate Dean of the Marriott School, Dr. Albrecht served for eight years as the director of the School of Accountancy and Information Systems at BYU. Dr. Albrecht received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Brigham Young University and his MBA and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He is a past President of the American Accounting Association and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He is a former member of the Board of Regents of the Institute of Internal Auditors and the Board of Directors of the Utah Association of CPAs. He was also President of the Accounting Program Leadership Group. Dr. Albrecht is married and has six children.
Sam Vitkoski (1997-2000)
Past President Sam Vitkoski has served on the Advisory Forum from 1990-1998. Mr. Vitkoski, National Director of Recruiting for BDO Seidman, LLP, is responsible for managing the firm's entry-level college recruitment program. Prior to joining BDO Seidman, LLP, in 1987, he served as Director of Professional Recruitment for KMG Main Hurdman, and as an auditor with Price Waterhouse, LLP in Atlanta. A graduate of Duquesne University with a B.S. degree in business administration, Mr. Vitkoski holds an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Mr. Vitkoski is an honorary member of the University of Southern California's Theta Epsilon Chapter. He resides in San Francisco.
