International Executive Board President: Laura Malley-Schmitt Jane Kirby Arkes Billie Coskey Battiato Deana Koonsman Gage Julie King Gomez Susan Brink Sherratt Amy Jordan Tvrdik Renee Smith Zimmerman Zainer Ex-officio: Sally McCall Grant, NPC Delegate Ex-officio: Linda Kahangi, Executive Director Foundation Directors Chairman: Linda Gardner Massie Laura Jen Kin Berger Susan Bevan Judy Ethell Kim Norton-O'Brien Cathy Logan Stembridge Diane Spry Straker Sheri Allen Yengst National Panhellenic Conference Alpha Phi Delegate: Sally McCall Grant First Alternate Delegate: Deana Koonsman Gage Second Alternate Delegate: Tara Riemer Jones Third Alternate Delegate: Ruth Gallagher Nelson Editorial Advisory Board Sheila George Bright Stephanie Hernandez Kathy Feeney Hiemstra Denise Blankenship Joyce Jan Jones Owen Sara Peck Allison Cink Rickels Alpha Phi Quarterly Staff Editor-in-Chief: Christine Spiegel Marketing and Communications Program Manager: Arden Schuman Communications Interns: Kacey Albertine, Elle Eichinger, Krisanne Ryther E-mail: quarterly@alphaphi.org Alpha Phi Quarterly Design Mercury & Sun Marketing and Design mercuryandsun.com Alpha Phi Home Page www.alphaphi.org Executive Office Executive Director: Linda Wells Kahangi Address: 1930 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL 60201 Phone: 847.475.0663 Fax: 847.475.6820 E-mail: fraternity@alphaphi.org Foundation Office Executive Director: Emily Ellison Lamb Address: 1930 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL 60201 Foundation Phone: 847.475.4532 Fax: 847.475.9982 E-mail: foundation@alphaphi.org
Message from the International President Dear Sisters, Fall is here! For me and so many other sisters, fall is the most exciting season in Alpha Phi. The start of the academic year represents new beginnings. Friendships are renewed, new members are welcomed, new leaders are born, and sisterhood flourishes in chapters across North America. Our fall issue of the Quarterly is our most significant because of our outreach to our entire membership. All sisters for whom we have a Laura Malley-Schmitt valid mailing address receive this issue.* We hope this outreach energizes members who we don’t hear from as much to rediscover Alpha Phi. In this issue, we’re introducing a new Distinguished Sister Series to recognize alumnae and collegians who have achieved significant success in their careers, on campus and/or in their communities. You will also find interesting and helpful information from our alumnae department. All of this is a reminder that Alpha Phi remains a relevant part of our experience beyond college. Our alumnae continue to benefit from the life lessons learned as collegiate members. Our alumnae continue to bring honor to our sisterhood in so many different ways. I continue to draw so much inspiration from our alumnae who support Alpha Phi in whatever way they can. So many choose to give back through volunteer or financial support. Many others choose to pay it forward as mentors and friends to other sisters. As long as memory remains to us, may we remember Alpha Phi!
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Heart to heart,
Laura Malley-Schmitt (Zeta Phi-MIT) International President *Editor’s Note: All Alpha Phis with updated mailing addresses receive the fall issue of the magazine each year. In order to receive all four issues, a member must fit under one of the following categories: collegians; alumnae who have paid International dues in the current or previous fiscal year; or those who made a minimum donation of $50 to the Alpha Phi Foundation in the current or previous fiscal year. All four issues are available online at www.alphaphi.org.
Correction The Summer 2009 Quarterly feature, “Hit the Road with Alpha Phi,” incorrectly listed the location of Founder Elizabeth Grace Hubbell Shults’ gravesite. It is located in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio, rather than Bay Village, Ohio. Also, Annie May Swift’s (BetaMember Fraternity Communications Association
Northwestern) last name was misspelled. The Quarterly regrets these errors.