Business Practices Committee

Committee Charges

  1. Maintains ongoing forum discussions with committee members about topics related to business practices.
  2. Studies and disseminates information about business communication practices in corporations and other organizations
  3. Creates an online communication channel on business practices in order to gather from businesses and disseminate to ABC members practical business communication materials for the classroom as well as data for research
  4. Works to increase interaction between business communication instructors, researchers, and practitioners
  5. Supports research into current practices and issues in the business (practitioner) community
  6. Sponsors a panel at the ABC Annual Conference focusing on current practices regarding a (major) issue within the business (practitioner) community
  7. Requests committee members additions/drops by first logging into ABC and then completing the Committee Update Request Form.

Committee Chair

Sam DeKay (term expires 12/31/2026)

Committee Members

End of 3-Year Term
Judith Ainsworth 12/31/2027
Peter Cardon 12/31/2027
Carol Carter 12/31/2026
Linda Cresap 12/31/2026
Gina Genova 12/31/2024
Laura Graham 12/31/2026
Jamie Granger 12/31/2027
Terri Grant 12/31/2027
Fadia Hassan 12/31/2025
Virginia Hemby 12/31/2027
Xiaoli Li 12/31/2026
Susan Luck 12/31/2026
Rakesh C. Mittoo 12/31/2027
Clive Muir 12/31/2024
Ashley Nelson 12/23/2025
Marcy Orwig 12/31/2025
Sabrina Pasztor 12/31/2027
Edward Paulson 12/31/2027
Sheila Porterfield 12/31/2025
Dirk Remley 12/31/2027
Leslie Ramos Salazar 12/31/2027
Jacob D. Rawlins 12/31/2025
Yong-Kang Wei 12/31/2027
Leigh A. Whittle 12/31/2025

Previous Chair

Clive Muir, 2004-2008