BEAM Leadership

  • BEAM Officers

    President – Karen Maund

    Vice President -

    Treasurer – Carol McMillan-Barnes

    Recording Secretary – Karen E. King

    Parliamentarian – Rudolph Weeks

  • BEAM Committees

    Administrator Caucus

    Educational Issues

    Fundraising

    Membership

    Parent

    Scholarship

    Teacher

    Scroll down for more information on BEAM Committees.

BEAM Committees offer members the opportunity to connect with others and to make a difference.

  • The Administrator Caucus

    develops and facilitates network of administrators; provides support to aspiring administrators; and plans and conducts professional development for administrators and aspiring administrators.

    Committee Chair:

  • The Educational Issues Commitee

    plans and conducts BEAM Annual Conference; identifies and research major educational issues; drafts position statements on issues​; and plans and conducts community forums on educational issues.

    Committee Co-Chair: Barbara Fields

    Committee Co-Chair: Lea Serena

  • The Fundraising Committee

    plans and conducts fundraising activities; develops annual fund-raising plan for BEAM; and identifies potential funders.

    ​Committee Co-Chair: Johnny McInnis

    Committee Co-Chair: Rudy Weekes

  • The Membership Committee

    coordinates recruitment of new members; maintains membership records; encourages members to renew membership; refers members to committees; and provides membership cards.

    ​Committee Chair: Karen Maund

  • The Parent Committee

    plans, encourages and conducts school-based parent engagement programs; recruits parents for BEAM; and builds relationships and partnerships with other parent organizations. If you want to be involved in the Parent Committee, please contact Karen Maund.

  • The Scholarship Committee

    develops scholarship application and selection criteria; plans and conducts outreach for scholarship applicants; reviews scholarship applications and selects awardees; develops biographies of new awardees; confirms enrollment of new awardees and authorizes payment of scholarships; and tracks academic progress of awardees.

    Committee Co-Chair: Cynthia Grant-Carter

    Committee Co-Chair: Carol McMillan

  • The Teacher Commitee

    develops and facilitates network of teachers; provides support to new teachers; assists with recruitment of teachers; and plans and conducts professional development for teachers.

    Committee Co-Chairs:

    Committee Co-Chair: