BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors of Beta Alpha Psi consists of twelve individuals from education, accounting 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 Chapters elect a President-Elect who serves a one-year term, 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 come from the accounting profession. The Chairman of the Advisory Forum is a member of the Board of Directors for a two-year term. Two alumni representatives are also members of the Board, one elected each year for a two-year term. The Chairman of the Advisory Forum is a person with significant responsibility in his or her position in industry, public accounting or government who 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 provide general guidance for chapters to follow. The National Office of the fraternity is available for consultation on day-to-day chapter operations.
Sam Vitkoski (1997-2000)
President Sam Vitkoski has served on the Advisory Forum since 1990. Mr. Vitkoski is National Director of Recruiting for BDO Seidman, LLP, where he is responsible for managing the firm’s experienced hire and entry-level college recruitment program. Sam’s work on developing and conducting university and college relations programs, and training firm personnel on effective interviewing and counseling techniques. 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. As a CPA, he is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of CPAs. He currently is a member of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Accounting Advisory Board, the University of Texas at Austin Department of Accounting Advisory Council and the Duquesne University Accounting Advisory Board. Previously, he served as the Chair of the Beta Alpha Psi National Advisory Forum and the AICPAs’ Women and Family Issues Executive Committee and the California Society of CPAs’ Committee on Accounting Education. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the American Accounting Association’s Administrators of Accounting Programs Group and the California Society’s Committee on Human Resources. Mr. Vitkoski is an honorary member of the University of Southern California’s Theta Epsilon Chapter. He resides in Chicago and San Francisco.
Bernard J. Milano (1998-2001)
Incoming President Bernard J. Milano is Partner in Charge of University Relations for KPMG and 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 (Executive Vice President/President-elect), Leadership Education and Development Programs in Business, Inc. (LEAD), Campus Compact, and the Federation of Schools of Accountancy. 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. He is on Deans' Advisory Boards at Temple University, North Carolina A&T (chairman), Wake Forest and Howard University and 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)
President-elect 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 Diane 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. Diane 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.
