Kerwin Brown, President & CEO of BEMA traveled to Washington DC, November 28-November 30 to attend the ABA/ATBI meeting. The agenda included several discussions around identifying the most costly and disruptive issues within the baking business. Brown noted, "The networking at this meeting was priceless, as it...
BEMA is pleased to announce the promotion of Emily Bowers as BEMA’s new Senior Director, Education & Operations. Emily has worked for BEMA for nearly two years and has grown considerably in her scope and contribution to the organization. In her previous role, Director of Education...
Stay in the know when it comes to the upcoming 2019 IBEA conference. In the post, Kelly Allen provides some initial updates and resources regarding the event....
BEMA-U celebrated its first class of 34 graduates for Transformational Leadership during September in both Chicago and Kansas City. The three-part program took participants on a journey of developing self-awareness and a personal brand statement, to the nuances of managing functional teams and creating an...
BEMA elected new members to its executive committee and board of directors at its 2017 Convention. Don Osborne, Team Leader, Intralox, was elected chairman of the board of directors. Don Osborne joined Intralox 15 years ago and has spent the last six years overseas managing bakery...
Engaged in any BEMA-U training? If the answer is no, you are missing out on the best value in the baking industry! The program has had an impact within BEMA member companies and throughout the baking community. Self-awareness is the buzzword throughout the training sessions. Self-awareness...
When I walked into BEMA on my first day, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I wasn’t even quite sure what BEMA was… all I knew was that it had something to do with the baking industry, and that was about it....
Read a message from BEMA Chairman, Don Osborne, regarding the past and future of BEMA. ...
With almost 400 attendees one might think it would be easy to get lost in the crowd. While all attendees are important, this year our 27 first-time attendees received a little extra BEMA love with special networking events to help connect new members with those...
BEMA members from across the globe united June 26-30th at the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel in California for the annual Convention. The event welcomed nearly 400 attendees with a week full of networking activities, meetings, BEMA Connect, education sessions and more. The knowledge share of information...
