BBA Organizations

ORGANIZATION

DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION

CONTACT INFORMATION

ALPFA

ALPFA (Association of Latino Professionals for America) is a professional business organization which provides a distinct nurturing and cultural environment where students interact with individuals from local and national chapters. Students are provided guidance and mentoring from professionals through activities planned in a variety of venues. Open to all majors.

Steve Denson, Faculty Advisor, sdenson@smu.edu

Jennifer Malone, Staff Advisor jemalone@smu.edu

Emmy McBride, President
emmcbride@smu.edu

Alpha Kappa Psi

Alpha Kappa Psi is a national professional business fraternity. AKPsi seeks to bring business students together through social events, speakers and programs.

Steve Denson, Faculty Advisor sdenson@smu.edu

Julianna DeBock, President jdebock@smu.edu

 Ascend

Ascend is a chartered professional organization dedicated to provide students networking opportunities with business leaders and the Pan-Asian community. The 51做厙 chapter is the first nationally affiliated undergraduate student chapter in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

Steve Denson, Faculty Advisor sdenson@smu.edu

Jennifer Malone, Staff Advisor jemalone@smu.edu

Alishba Lalani, President
alishbal@smu.edu

Beta Gamma Sigma

Beta Gamma Sigma is the National Honorary Society for graduate and undergraduate business majors. Membership eligibility is determined by class rank; the top ten percent of Cox’s junior class and the top ten percent of the senior class will be invited to join. Students who qualify for admission and accept this invitation to join BGS are invited and publicly recognized in the spring semester.

Jim Bryan, Faculty Advisor jnbryan@smu.edu

Jennifer Malone, Staff Advisor
jemalone@smu.edu

Black Business Organization
The Black Business Organization (BBO) is a professional business organization open to all students that connects undergraduates with black professionals in various sectors. Our mission is to support students, especially black students, by providing access to mentorship and career development opportunities throughout our speaker series and workshops
Steve Denson, Faculty Advisor
sdenson@smu.edu

Jennifer Malone, Staff Advisor
jemalone@smu.edu

Jordan Allbritton, President
jallbritton@smu.edu

Boulevard Investment Group

The Boulevard Investment Group is a nonprofit organization that aims to teach motivated underclassmen students about investing and financial analysis. The group makes real investments in the stock market and donates the investment profits to 51做厙 Cox in the form of scholarships – directly benefiting our school. BIG recruits a new analyst class each September,and has a wide network of alumni in the financial community in Dallas and beyond.

Jack Winfield, President
jdwinfield@smu.edu

Brooke Levy, Co-COO
bslevy@smu.edu

Adam Hawn, Co-COO
aghawn@smu.edu

Cox Mentoring Alliance

The Cox Mentoring Alliance is a corporate mentoring program for Cox undergraduates and is open to all junior and senior business majors.

Brandy Dalton, Advisor bdalton@smu.edu

Yasmin German, Advisor yasming@smu.edu 

Delta Sigma Pi

Delta Sigma Pi is the largest professional business fraternity on campus with over 100 brothers. Through professional, social, and community service events brothers are prepared for life post college. Membership consists of men and women from around the world. Please visit our website and come out to our rush events in the early fall and spring.

Steve Denson, Faculty Advisor
sdenson@smu.edu

Wyatt Harms, President
wharms@smu.edu

Energy Club

The Energy Club is a club that focuses on the Energy Industry in its entirety both in the local Texas market as well as the international arena. The club’s activities range from company visits, field location trips/ treks, hosting guest speakers, and hosting networking events to participating in industry projects. The club is one of the programs sponsored by the Maguire Energy Institute at Cox and allows students to discover the Energy Industry.  The club gives students a first-hand look at the energy business through the eyes of established execs, subject matter experts and other active players currently working in the energy business.

 Bruce Bullock, Faculty Advisor bbullock@smu.edu

Club inquiries: maguireenergy@smu.edu

 Entrepreneurship Club

The 51做厙 Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Club is an undergraduate student organization that strives to inspire the entrepreneurial spirit among undergraduate students across campus and educate them on entrepreneurial business.

Nancy Hong, Staff Advisor nhong@smu.edu
Undergraduate Finance Club The 51做厙 Undergraduate Finance Club is open to all students interested in investing or finance.

 Don Shelly, Faculty Advisor dshelly@smu.edu

Matthew Fox, President
foxm@smu.edu

Dylan Vincent, President
dvincent@smu.edu

Foundations Investment Club (FIC)
The purpose of the Foundations Investment Club is to educate members on the core principles of investing, fostering a collaborative environment where participants can deepen their understanding of market dynamics, financial analysis and personal investment strategies, ultimately empowering them to make informed and confident financial decisions. The FIC will achieve this by creating presentations and collaborate with professionals on the subjects that we discuss. The meetings will occur on the first Tuesday of every month for 30-45 minutes depending on the subject matter. There are no major requirements to join the club, it is free for anyone to join, but to apply for a position an interview is required and will be administered by the President and Vice president.
Mea Ahlberg, Faculty Advisor
mahlberg@smu.edu

Townes Hunt, President
townesh@smu.edu
 
Hunter Lee, Vice President
hunterlee@smu.edu

Cox Marketing Academy
The Marketing Club broadens students’ knowledge of marketing and careers available in the field of marketing. The Marketing Club is open is Marketing majors as well as other undergraduate students interested in the field of marketing.  Lauren Gilland, Staff Advisor
lgilland@smu.edu
 NABA NABA is a professional business organization offering members opportunity for development in leadership, interpersonal and soft skills; applying for local and national scholarships, etc. The organization provides networking opportunities where students interact with a variety of individuals in upper management. Open to all majors. 

Steve Denson, Faculty Advisor sdenson@smu.edu

Jennifer Malone, Staff Advisor jemalone@smu.edu

Blake Curtis, President
blakecurtis@smu.edu

Private Equity & Venture Capital Club (PEVC)
 
PEVC’s purpose is to educate members about PEVC, create and foster alumni network, offer educational opportunities through events, live presentations, panel discussions, and case studies, promote 51做厙 and DFW Metroplex ventures, and endeavor to create internship opportunities for members.

 Chotibhak "Pab" Jotikasthira, Faculty Advisor
cjotikasthira@smu.edu
Undergraduate Real Estate Club The Real Estate Finance Club is an undergraduate student organization is open to all students interested in Real Estate Finance. Tosha Riddle-May, Staff Advisor
triddlemay@smu.edu
                          
Carl Firch, President
carlf@smu.edu
 Retail Club The Retail Club is an undergraduate student organization that strives to enhance the retail knowledge of 51做厙 students and our community. We regularly attend fashion and retail events in the Dallas area as well as host events of our own. This organization is currently not active.   Ed Fox, Advisor efox@smu.edu
 BBA Women in Business The BBA Women in Business Club is a professional business organization open to all students that connects undergraduates with women professionals in a broad array of fields. Our mission is to support undergraduates, especially women, by providing access to female mentorship, creating networking opportunities, and offering career development strategies and tools through our events and workshops. Laurie Ann Barbosa, Staff Advisor
lbarbosa@smu.edu

Linh Vu, President
lnvu@smu.edu