EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Please join us in Santa Fe in June 2025 as we continue our tradition of sharing the latest relevant information in a friendly and entertaining atmosphere. We hope to see you there!

Members of SWBDA enjoy the tremendous benefits of our conference..

Join us for our next Annual Meeting

The 2025 Annual Meeting will be June 8-10 at Hotel Santa Fe in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Annual Meeting registration will be available in the spring..

James E. Payne, 2023-24 SWBDA President
Dean, Spears School of Business
Oklahoma State University

Message from the SWBDA President

Dear colleague,

Greetings from the Southwestern Business Deans’ Association and thank you for visiting our website! If you are a current or former member of SWBDA, you know the outstanding opportunity we provide for an intimate, lively, and relevant conference for business deans and associate deans each June. A special welcome if you are new to SWBDA. Please join the association (click on “Become a Member” at the top of this page) and consider attending our annual conference to be held June 23-25 at Hotel Santa Fe in beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Steve Beach, Dean of the College of Business at the University of Texas Permian Basin and President-Elect of SWBDA, along with members of the SWBDA Executive Board, is planning a conference program to focus on strategies and tactics for building student, staff, and faculty engagement; industry partnerships; and the impact of technology disruption. An AACSB leader will also be on site to share the latest developments in AACSB accreditation. Please reach out with any topics you would like to see added to our conference program.

If you have a question about SWBDA or the June conference or simply want to reach out, please click on the “About SWBDA” tab for the list of Board members.

We look forward to seeing you in Santa Fe!

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