AEF Governance

In its day-to-day operating policies the executive board is guided by a set of by-laws. The articles and sections of these by-laws correspond to the respective articles and sections of the constitution.

By Laws   Constitution

2026-2027 LEADERSHIP

President (2026-27)
James Malm, College of Charleston 

President-Elect and Program Chair (2026-27)

J Phyllis Keys, Morgan State University (MD)

Local Arrangements Chair (2026-27)
Richard Mcgrath, Georgia Southern University

Marc Sardy, Rollins College

Richard Lewin, Rollins College 

First Vice President and Outstanding Conference Papers Chair (2026-2027)
Mandy Duan, Sam Houston State University

Second Vice President and PhD Papers Competition Chair (2027)

Dave Jackson, UT Rio Grande Valley

Undergraduate Papers Competition Coordinator (2027)

Stephen Conroy University of San Diego

Secretary (2027)
Brooke Conaway, Georgia College and State University

Treasurer (2027)
Richard Vogel, Farmingdale State College

Directors (End of Term)

Heather Bono (2027) – Auburn University (AL) Steve Nenninger (2027) – Sam Houston State University (TX) Stefani Milovanska-Farrington (2028) – University of Tampa (FL) Mengsteab Tesfayohnnes (2028) – Farmingdale State College (NY) Stephen Conroy (2029) – University of San Diego (CA) Garrison Song (2029) – Farmingdale State College (NY)
Agim Kukeli (2030) – Lamar University (TX)
Axel Grossmann (2030) – Georgia Southern University (GA)

Editors:
Journal of Economics and Finance
John Elder, Colorado State University

Journal of Economics and Finance Education
Marc Sardy, Rollins College

Academy of Economics and Finance Journal
Chun-Da Chen, Lamar University (Finance)

Albulene Kastrati, Bridgewater State University (Economics)

Academy of Economics and Finance: Papers and Proceedings (2026)
Agim Kukeli, Lamar University

Webmaster
Marc Sardy, Rollins College

Teacher Training Program Director
Jason Beck, Georgia Southern University
Mary Funck, Sam Houston State University

Program Committee, 2027 Meeting
Phyllis Keys, Morgan State (MD) Program Chair and President-Elect 

Local Arrangements Committee, Orlando 2027 Meeting

Chair: Richard Mcgrath, Georgia State University

Marc Sardy, Rollins College

 Richard Lewin Rollins College, Russell Triplett,

Site Selection AEF Committees 2026-2027

(appointed by President, four members, staggered terms): Rick McGrath (2029; chair for 2026 meetings), Nilesh Sah (2027), Richard Lewin (2028), Jason Beck (2029), Mike Toma (2030)

Program Committee, 2027 Meeting

Phyllis Keys, Program Chair and President-Elect

Local Arrangements Committee, 2027 Meeting; Orlando FL (Chair appointed by President):

Chair; Russel Triplett,

Dave Jackson

Site Selection Committee (2027-28 meetings) (appointed by President, four members, staggered terms):

McGrath (2029; chair for 2026 meetings), Nilesh Sah (2027), Richard Lewin (2028), Jason Beck (2029), Mike Toma (2030)

Site Selection Committee (2028-29) (appointed by President, four members, staggered terms):

(2029; chair for 2027 meetings), Nilesh Sah (2027), Richard Lewin (2028), Jason Beck (2029), Mike Toma (2030)

Teaching Fellow Committee, 2027 Meeting (appointed by President, Past President, Chair; four other members serving staggered terms):Richard Vogel, Past President; Steve Nenninger (2027), Axel Grossman (2028), Heather Bono (2029), Stefani Milovanska-Farrington (2030)

Research Fellow Committee, 2027 Meeting (appointed by President, Past President, Chair; four other members serving staggered terms):

Abeba Mussa, Past President, Chair; Brian Payne (2027), Nilseh Sah (2028), Hari Adhikari (2029), Olivier Maisondieu Laforge (2030)

Service Fellow Committee, 2027 Meeting (appointed by President, Past President, Chair; four other members serving staggered terms):

Brooke Conaway, Past President, Chair; Xu Zhang (2027); Marc Logrosso (2028), Joe Farhat (2029), Agim Kukeli (2030)

Nominating Committee, 2026 Meeting (President as Chair and two Past Presidents)

James Malm Chair; Richard Lewin, Brooke Conaway

Outstanding Papers Committee, 2027 Meeting

Mandy Duan, First Vice President, Chair

Distinguished Ph.D. Paper Committee, 2027 Meeting

Dave Jackson, Second Vice President, Chair

Teacher Training Program Committee, 2027 Meeting (appointed by President)

Jason Beck, Co-chair; Denise Streeter, Co-chair; Xu Zhang