About the North American Charitable Beard & Moustache Alliance

“An alliance is an agreement or friendship between two or more parties, made in order to advance common goals and to secure common interests.”

The North American Charitable Beard & Moustache Alliance is here to help clubs publicize, promote, and pull off the best comps they can to help the local charities they're supporting!

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NACBMA member clubs have come together to build a strong and resilient competitive bearding community, excited for upcoming events.

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We believe that a rising tide lifts all ships and we work together to facilitate communication and discussion within the greater bearding community.

Founding

The day following the 2011 National Championships in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a group of 9 clubs got together with the concept of forming an alliance to help grow and promote the charity beard and moustache competitions held by hometown clubs, and provide a group to help coordinate and schedule events. The end result was the North American Competitive Beard and Moustache Alliance (NACBMA), A.K.A. "The Alliance."

The main points being:

Current Setup

We've followed the basics of the World Beard & Moustache Association model:

In 2023, we decided to update our name to the “North American Charitable Beard & Moustache Alliance” to better, more broadly, describe the work we all are already doing. We will all continue to hold our charity competitions as we always have. We will continue to hold the GABMC. Charity facial hair competitions will continue to be our specialty – what we’re best known for, just not what NACBMA member clubs are only known for.

The 2025-2026 Executive Board

BRAD PETRINEC

PRESIDENT

Detroit, Michigan

Murder City Facial Hair Club

CHRISTINE HACKMAN

“DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER”/VP

Vancouver, British Columbia

Vancouver Facial Hair Club

NATE JOHNSON

VICE PRESIDENT

Los Angeles, California

The Gentlemen's Social Club of Los Angeles

PAUL KENNEDY

VICE PRESIDENT

Fort Worth, Texas

North Texas Beard Alliance

CHAD ROBERTS

VICE PRESIDENT

Richmond, Virginia

RVA Beard League

ALLY ECHEVARRIA

INFORMATION OFFICER

Maine

Austin Facial Hair Club

The Great American Beard & Moustache Championship

With its focus on community and civic-mindedness the GABMC alone has raised nearly $70,000 for local & national non-profits to date

2016 GABMC - Denver, Colorado

2018 GABMC - Richmond, Virginia

2022 GABMC - Snowbird, Utah

2024 GABMC  - Detroit, Michigan

2026 GABMC - Los Angeles, California

Planning is already underway!