BGS Member Profile:
Yan E. Yanovskiy
President and Board Member, Bioenco Bioenergy Corporation

At the January 2012 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, Yan E. Yanovskiy, President and Board Member of Bioenco Bioenergy Corporation, discussed transforming the world by shaping new models. Yanovskiy’s effort to shape a new system for energy production in Russia makes him something of a model himself.

In late 2010, Yanovskiy and three partners created Bioenco Bioenergy Corporation to improve the state of Russia, a country constantly struggling to find new energy sources and ravaged by peat bog fires over the past decade. Bioenco, of which Yanovskiy is President, currently employs 400 people and is one of the country’s largest producers of peat, a highly organic material found in marshes and commonly used for fertilizer or fuel. The company sees the production cycle through from beginning to end.

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Beta Gamma Sigma, in conjunction with the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University, is pleased to announce the final Centennial Meet The Leaders of Business Speaker Series events. The event will take place on the day of the Society's 100th anniversary - February 19 , 2013 - in Malibu, CA and will feature Gary Burnison, CEO of Korn/Ferry International.

If you are in the Los Angeles area, we hope that you will make plans to join us for this very special event. The event is complimentary for BGS Members ($20 for all others), but online registration is required.

Additional information is available on the BGS site at: http://www.betagammasigma.org/centennial/mlob-pep.htm

Not in the Los Angeles area? Not a problem.

Beta Gamma Sigma will once again provide access to the event via a live webcast. Society members, regardless of their location, will be able to take part in this outstanding event. Satellite events will also be held in several locations, allowing members to come together to participate in the event remotely while also networking with their fellow "Best in Business."

For more information about satellite events, or to register for the webcast, go to: http://www.betagammasigma.org/centennial/mlob-pep.htm

BGS Members Giving Back Around the Globe

Given the increasingly international nature of Beta Gamma Sigma, and its worldwide commitment to recognizing business excellence, it should come as little surprise that Society members from 30 countries have participated in the BGS Gives Back Centennial Service Initiative. While this certainly illustrates the global impact that can be made by Beta Gamma Sigma members, we are just scratching the surface.

We are certain that much more work is being done, and many more great deeds are being accomplished by the BGS membership. We just don't know about it. But you can change that by taking a few minutes today to log into the BGS Gives Back site and document the hours that you have volunteered.

To do so, go to: betagammasigma.org/centennial/bgsgivesback.html

However you spend your volunteer time, BGS wants to know. Let's show the world just how philanthropic and giving the "Best in Business" can truly be.

Join Beta Gamma Sigma for a Live Web Chat

Have a question or suggestion for Beta Gamma Sigma? Want to speak with someone at the Society's Central Office?

Soon you will have a great chance to do just that.

As part of its 100th Founders' Day Celebration, Beta Gamma Sigma will hold a 24-hour live web chat Feb. 19-20, 2013.

Staff members with varying areas of expertise will be available at different times during the 24-hour session. Additional details and schedule will be posted soon on the Centennial Celebration section of the BGS website.

Mark your calendars and make plans to visit the BGS staff online this Founders' Day.

Before 1994, the very best students of business at schools with regional accreditation but not specialized accreditation in business were denied honor society recognition. As a way to provide this recognition to these deserving students, the BGS Board of Governors established Sigma Beta Delta in January 1994. This action was the result of the Board’s belief that all the very top students of business should be honored. It also reflects the Society’s position that honor societies encourage students to be the very best they can be, regardless of the school they attend.

Beta Gamma Sigma is proud of the part it played in the establishment of Sigma Beta Delta, which will reach its 20th anniversary in 2014.

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