Foundation Susan Weiskittle Barrick Endowment for Leadership Enrichment Established Alpha Phi Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of the Susan Weiskittle Barrick (Beta OmicronBowling Green State) Endowment for Leadership Enrichment. This endowment creates a unique opportunity – through speakers and other special programming – for the leadership development and intellectual fellowship of all Alpha Phi women. It is a platform to teach advanced leadership skills, address leadership issues and barriers, and further the understanding of women’s leadership to enhance the development of female leaders in various disciplines and throughout the world. It allows Alpha Phi to return to its historic role of participation in a larger dialogue about the important issues of our time, specifically
the empowerment of women. The Barrick Endowment is designed to connect, educate and inspire Alpha Phi women of all ages and backgrounds by providing entertaining and unique experiences that fuel ideas, productivity and achievement. It is intended to expand the leadership development of participants beyond the classroom, work and home. “Alpha Phi is the perfect environment for the Barrick Endowment because of our commitment to foster responsible, progressive and innovative leadership among our members,” said Foundation Executive Director Ann Brinkman Carstensen (Zeta Delta-Iowa State). “Alpha Phi’s proven success in leadership training combined with our strong relationships with business leaders and entrepreneurs provides a distinctly conducive environment for the vision of Susan Weiskittle Barrick’s endowment gift to be fulfilled.”
We Have a New Mission Statement! Alpha Phi Foundation … Advancing women’s lives through the power of philanthropy. After eight months of work, the Alpha Phi Foundation Board of Directors unanimously approved a new mission statement which was revealed to members at Convention 2012. The process started in September 2011 when the Board held an in-person meeting at the Executive Office in Evanston. They were joined by Brooke Wiseman, nonprofit management consultant and chief marketing and development officer at YWCA, who facilitated the discussion. Using marketplace research, a SWOT analysis and findings from a 2008 internal branding study, a list of potential statements was created. The Board vetted the statements in the months that followed and approved a final version during its April 2012 in-person meeting. “Our focus is the same,” said Diane Spry Straker (Delta Alpha-East Carolina), 2012-14 Foundation Board Chair, “but our message is now more streamlined to get to the essence of who we are.”
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Keynote Speech Funded by Barrick Endowment Laura Schwartz (below), former White House director of events for the Clinton administration and author of Eat, Drink and Succeed: Climb Your Way to the Top Using the Networking Power of Social Events, served as the keynote speaker for Convention 2012. Laura shared her unique experiences and strategies to empower Alpha Phi women to unleash their limits by recognizing and embracing their highest personal and professional potential. Laura’s keynote address was funded through the generosity of Alpha Phi Foundation and the Susan Weiskittle Barrick Endowment for Leadership Enrichment.