Triangle Staff Update “I am beyond excited for this opportunity available to Triangle’s membership. We have a generous donor that is allowing our staff to extend our resources after a very tough year and a half in the pandemic. My hope is that all members and chapters see the value in these resources and use our new growth staff and partnerships to their full potential. Our new staff additions have valuable experiences in different avenues within the fraternity and sorority life community. In 3-5 years, I believe many Triangle members will remember the great impact that was made by the 2021-2022 academic year. It’s my pleasure to introduce the new growth staff members to you.” — Jim Phillips, Director of Growth & Expansion Robby Barlow “What excites me the most about this position is the fact I get to work with Triangle campuses that are within a five-mile radius of each other. I get to help undergraduate members on the ground. This is a position unlike anything else I’ve seen in the fraternity world. With the campuses so close to each other it creates unique opportunities for growth and brotherhood. In the future I hope the first word that comes to people’s minds when they hear Milwaukee is Triangle. Overall, I appreciate the opportunity to help young men better themselves and their campuses.” Robby joined the Triangle Fraternity Staff as a Regional Leadership Specialist based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In his role he focuses on growth, membership experience, leadership, and education with chapters in Milwaukee and beyond. He is passionate about the holistic development of fraternity men and facilitating lasting culture change in chapters. Robby graduated from Western Illinois University in 2017 with a degree in Recreation Park & Tourism Administration. During his undergraduate experience he served as recruitment chair of his fraternity, Sigma Chi, alongside roles on the Interfraternity Council Executive Board, Student Government Association and Homecoming Committee. Robby worked for the Office of Sorority & Fraternity Life at the University of South Dakota as a graduate assistant, serving as a Live-in Advisor to an IFC fraternity and advising IFC & PHC leaders on FALL 2021
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recruitment and new member education. Additionally, Robby has experience in the Student Conduct, Campus Programming, and Diversity Offices. He graduated from USD in 2020 with an MA in Educational Leadership & Administration with a concentration in Adult & Higher Education. Dinah Sammon “I am so excited and grateful for the opportunity to join Triangle staff as a member of the Growth Team! Working with undergraduate students is my passion and I am excited to see what the future holds for each undergraduate and alumni member. With hard work and dedication, the sky is the limit!” Dinah graduated from Cleveland State University in May 2019 with a degree in Communication Management. After college, she spent two years working as a Leadership Consultant for Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority where she spent extensive amounts of time working with fifteen chapters in the areas of values-based recruitment planning and recruitment success. Additionally, she facilitated leadership and educational programming to over 1,000 undergraduate women in the areas of risk management, finances, public relations, chapter operations, and personal and professional development. As an undergraduate member of Alpha Sigma Alpha, she was a founding member of her chapter and served as chapter President, PR chairman, Panhellenic Delegate, and Vice President of Standards on the —Continued on next page 22 21
