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Katie Bergin (Gamma Eta-North Texas)

Emily Coulouras (Beta Epsilon-Arizona)

Second year

Major: Psychology, Counseling/Communications Hometown: Pflugerville, Texas Alpha Phi positions held: vice president of membership recruitment, chapter president. As a second-year ELC, I most look forward to: having the opportunity to re-visit chapters and collegians who I’ve previously worked with, while also being able to meet and work with even more Alpha Phis. Favorite ELC memory: hanging out with the ELC team in the bunk room at the Executive Office, Preference Night and Bid Day during formal recruitment visits. Getting asked where I live and the blank stare across someone’s face when I give them my answer, “Out of a suitcase.” After I travel for Alpha Phi, I plan to: not have a plan! (I’m a huge planner, so this is a big deal.) One thing I’ve learned from being an ELC is that sometimes it’s best to just go with it and see what happens. Being flexible and taking opportunities as they come is a great plan in itself. No one knows that I secretly: want to have my own late night talk show. Three words that best describe me are: optimistic, humorous, enthusiastic.

Major: Communication Hometown: Sacramento, Calif. Alpha Phi positions held: new member assistant, director of philanthropy, director of new member education. As a second-year ELC, I most look forward to: furthering the relationships I have already established with chapters as well as creating new ones. I am excited to continue helping young women across North America have wonderful experiences in Alpha Phi. Favorite ELC memory: I absolutely loved visiting chapters during recruitment and bonding with them over late nights and lots of junk food. Also, anytime the ELCs were reunited was a blast. After I travel for Alpha Phi, I plan to: move to the south to achieve my dream of becoming a Southern belle. No one knows that I secretly: would enjoy life a lot more if everyone spoke in song. Three words that best describe me are: positive, bright, so fetch.

Jessica Carver (Beta Gamma-Colorado) Major: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Hometown: Louisville, Colo. Alpha Phi positions held: chapter president, vice president of membership recruitment. As an ELC, I most look forward to: visiting all of the different chapters and making a difference among them. I am also excited to see how chapters function differently. Favorite Alpha Phi memory: initiation. My grandmother is an Alpha Phi from the University of Michigan, and my cousin is an Alpha Phi from the University of Colorado. My cousin surprised me during initiation and gave me my grandmother’s pin. After I travel for Alpha Phi, I plan to: go to graduate school to study zoology, possibly at Michigan State. I hope to manage a zoo someday. No one knows that I secretly: don’t like doing anything with my left hand. Three words that best describe me are: ambitious, goofy, reliable.

Nikki Comer (Beta Gamma-Colorado) Major: Journalism, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Hometown: Littleton, Colo. Alpha Phi positions held: director of administration, member development committee, bylaws committee. As an ELC, I most look forward to: working with chapter members to encourage and inspire the health and growth of our organization. I also can’t wait to travel across the country and assist chapters with recruitment. Favorite Alpha Phi memory: After serving on the Panhellenic executive board during my senior year, I returned to the chapter house for Bid Day and was running faster and jumping higher than the new members because I was so happy to be back home with my sisters and best friends. After I travel for Alpha Phi, I plan to: attend law school. No one knows that I secretly: wish I could work/live on a cruise ship. Three words that best describe me are: loyal, logical, passionate.

Meet the 2013-14

Educational Leadership Consultant Team

Katie Bergin

Emily Coulouras

Jessica Carver

Ashlee Davie

Nikki Comer

Melissa Doruff

Ashlee Davie (Omega-Texas) Major: Broadcast Journalism Hometown: Austin, Texas Alpha Phi positions held: director of chapter facilities, director of MAP, scholarship committee, vice president of membership recruitment, new member education committee. As an ELC, I most look forward to: visiting other chapters and helping them excel during recruitment. I’m a recruitment junkie. I love it! Favorite Alpha Phi memory: a very long road trip from Austin, Texas, all the way to Oxford, Miss., with my sisters. Although the football game we went for was a blast, I think the most fun was during the 28 hours we spent in the car that weekend … lots of laughs. After I travel for Alpha Phi, I plan to: find a career that I am passionate about - whether that is in broadcast news, public relations or something else. No one knows that I secretly: like to dip pickles in cream cheese and then eat them … weird I know. Three words that best describe me are: outgoing, determined, enthusiastic.

Melissa Doruff (Beta Psi-San Jose State) Major: Business Marketing Hometown: Fremont, Calif. Alpha Phi positions held: vice president of membership recruitment, director of formal recruitment. As an ELC, I most look forward to: traveling to different states and campuses across North America, meeting new sisters and sharing my passion and my experience of Alpha Phi with them. Favorite Alpha Phi memory: my first Pacific Northwest Leadership Conference. It was the first time I saw how big Alpha Phi is outside of my chapter. It was that experience that made me realize that I want to become part of the bigger picture and become an ELC. After I travel for Alpha Phi, I plan to: travel to Europe, join another professional dance team, start a career I love, move to another state … the possibilities are endless. No one knows that I secretly: always sing at the top of my lungs when I drive alone. I know I have a horrible voice, so I never let anyone hear me sing. Three words that best describe me are: driven, passionate, loyal.

The leadership development portion of the educational leadership consultant program is fully funded by Alpha Phi Foundation. This includes the facilitation of discussions and workshops for collegians on the topics of scholarship, philanthropy, educational programming and personal development.

Summer 2013

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