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From Where I Sit

with Carrie Rogers Garrity

Fall 2017 Vol. 116 No. 1 (ISSN 1529-6709; USPS 627-120) 3450 Founders Road Indianapolis, IN 46268 (317) 872-0540 zetataualpha@zetataualpha.org

STAFF Editor Ellen Crawford Graphic Designer Kahlie Cannon Director of Communication Ashley Sherman Contributors Christy Marx Barber, Alpha Psi Susan Beard, Delta Psi Patti Cords Levitte, Beta Phi Leslie J. Pedigo, Coordinator of Education & Curriculum Design

NATIONAL COUNCIL National President Carolyn Hof Carpenter, Theta Tau Vice President Collegiate I Raechel Bennett Biggs, Delta Gamma Vice President Collegiate II Lynn Compton Chapman, Alpha Nu Vice President Collegiate III Shannon Ferguson, Alpha Psi Vice President Alumnae I Dana Brasington Atkinson, Delta Omicron Vice President Alumnae II Alicia Patten Williams, Theta Psi Secretary-Treasurer Franlyna Barrett Charles, Zeta Iota National Panhellenic Conference Delegate Laura Ladewig Landers, Theta Psi Extension Director Dolores Gonzales Gastineau, Theta Omega

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Listen & Lead. The theme of National Leadership Conference sounds simple enough. Before you can lead, you must first learn to listen. But in today’s busy world of texts, emails, calls, snaps, notifications, and on and on….it makes you wonder. Are we really listening?

In July, I had the opportunity to participate in NLC, not only as a facilitator for a Small Group of Emerging Leaders, but as a ZTA who wanted to grow as a leader herself. Our Small Group spent a lot of time digging into our leadership habits, listening to each other and learning techniques to become more effective leaders.

Our first mission was to have some fun through team-building activities.

Next, we set the tone of NLC by identifying our leadership styles through a personal survey. Once we understood our innate leadership qualities, we identified our strengths and opportunities. We worked hard on giving and receiving feedback gracefully. We discussed real life scenarios in which we needed to hold others accountable while also being empathetic.

Together, we listened to powerful, thought-provoking speakers who challenged us to focus on our communication skills, building relationships and adding specific time to our busy schedules for self-care. The Emerging Leaders I worked with are impressive women who I know will use the skills from NLC to achieve their goals.

In my life, outside our circle, I manage a team for a financial institution. I was able to relate every lesson from NLC to my career. As an example, we learned the differences between working with team members who are internal processors versus those who are external processors. While some may share their thoughts aloud and change decisions many times in the course of a meeting, others may need time to think of a solution. Understanding this concept has allowed me to better understand what to expect from my team while brainstorming and problem-solving.

While I was a collegian in the Iota Rho Chapter at East Carolina University, many National Officers assisted our chapter and encouraged me to become a better leader. Now, as I continue to serve the Fraternity as the Director of New Chapters for Lambda Mu Chapter at University of South Carolina Beaufort and as the Membership Advisor for Iota Rho Chapter, I know the skills I learned at NLC will enable me to be a more effective National Officer and advisor. Consider the impact for generations to come if we all take the time to listen and lead.

ZTA FRATERNITY HOUSING CORPORATION President Julia Marthaler Hill, Eta Rho Vice President Martha Gorum Jackson, Epsilon 8

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Secretary Anne Petro Tamulaitis, Alpha Kappa

F EAT URED I N THIS ISSUE:

Sisterhood through the storm

BY CHRISTY MARX BARBER, ALPHA PSI

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As Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, Zetas stepped up to help their sisters and their communities. Read more about how our collegiate chapters and Houstonarea alumnae weathered the storm.

Listen & Lead: National Leadership Conference 2017

BY ELLEN CRAWFORD, EDITOR

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Get an inside look at National Leadership Conference 2017.

Check out what attendees learned and how more than 600 Zetas celebrated sisterhood throughout the week.

Consultants tell all

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This year, 23 Leadership Consultants are visiting ZTA collegiate chapters across the country to help with things like recruitment, chapter operations and officer training. Learn a little more about the women who may soon be heading to a chapter near you.

ZTA Foundation donors

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With the help of the generous individual donors listed in this issue, including the members of the new giving level called Maud Squad, the ZTA Foundation supports educational programming and scholarships, leadership development and philanthropic endeavors.

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From Where I Sit

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Things We Zeta Love

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Founders’ Day proclamation

22 Fraternity Housing Corporation News 23 Chapter assessment results 48 Points of Pride 50 Archives

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Treasurer Lacy Schneider O’Connor, Theta Omicron

A member of Gamma Omega Chapter (University of Houston) looked out over her flooded neighborhood. Read about Hurricane Harvey on page 8.

Directors at Large Susan Beard, Delta Psi Kristine Fleming, Eta Theta Susan Brown Long, Gamma Iota Karen Farmer Mills, Gamma Iota Terri Dew Millsap, Alpha Nu Julie Ward Moxley, Theta Sigma Leah Fields Ozment, Nu Casey Guimbellot Pash, Iota Chi Christine Flora Walter, Gamma Chi Karla Lundgren Wheeler, Psi Directors Carolyn Hof Carpenter, Theta Tau Franlyna Barrett Charles, Zeta Iota Becky Hainsworth Kirwan, Gamma Beta

ZTA FOUNDATION President Becky Hainsworth Kirwan, Gamma Beta Vice President of Development Cynthia Byars Courtney, Gamma Tau Vice President of Philanthropy Sherry Server Tilley, Zeta Alpha Vice President of Scholarship Catherine G. Slaughter, Alpha Eta Vice President of Special Events Dinah Jackson Laughery, Beta Gamma Secretary/Treasurer Kay Dill Kreutzer, Eta Rho Directors Carolyn Hof Carpenter, Theta Tau Franlyna Barrett Charles, Zeta Iota Julia Marthaler Hill, Eta Rho Nora Nell Hardy Jackson, Beta Gamma Lacy Schneider O’Connor, Theta Omicron Scholarship List · Summer 2017 · 3

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Five Practices of Leadership Attendees at National Leadership Conference 2017 took a Leadership Practices Inventory to uncover how often they exhibit certain behaviors, what their strengths are and where they can improve. Which do you identify with most? Turn to page 12 for more on NLC and what participants learned about their Practices.

Model the Way Leaders clarify values by finding their voice, affirming shared values and setting an example by aligning actions with those values.

Inspire a Shared Vision Leaders envision the future by imagining exciting and ennobling possibilities. They enlist others in a common vision by appealing to shared aspirations.

Zeta Love

I Heard the Call I had high expectations for my experience at NLC: I’d collaborate with collegiate leaders, alumnae and National Officers; I’d connect with ZTA sisters from across the country; and I’d strategize ways to meet the challenges facing my chapter. But NLC lit a fire within me that I did not expect. I have a renewed passion to lead Beta Delta Chapter as President and a confidence in our chapter’s connection to a community of shared values. We have the strength of ZTA supporting us and celebrating us every step of the way. I’m ready to share the ways in which the values and priorities of our Oxford, Ohio, community are reflected in those of strong, determined women across the country. We are not alone. With a foundation like that, there is no telling what we can achieve.

Kim Brochocki Beta Delta Chapter, Miami University

Challenge the Process Leaders seize initiative and look outward for innovative ways to improve. They experiment and take risks by constantly generating small wins and learning from experiences.

Enable Others to Act Leaders foster collaboration by building trust and facilitating relationships. They strengthen others by enhancing self-determination and developing competence.

Encourage the Heart Leaders recognize and show appreciation for individual excellence.

They celebrate values and victories by creating a spirit of community.

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#ZTABidDay So thankful for my amazing friends for making my last recruitment week so memorable!! I couldn’t be more excited for our new member class and I hope they find friends like these #sappypost #ZTABidDay Toni Orgeron Delta Kappa Chapter Louisiana State University

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FOUNDERS’ DAY PROCLAMATION Hear me calling. Hear me calling. Zeta.

Zeta. Listen. Listen. Do you hear me calling?

Do you sing those words to yourself as you read them? Do they bring back fond memories of your college days? Do you smile when you hear that refrain? Of course, those words are the beginning of the much loved ZTA song “The Call.” National Council selected “Hear the Call” as our 2016– 2018 biennium theme. This year, we will focus on this portion of the lyrics: “I hear the call of Zeta. It always is within me and makes me ever loyal to my Fraternity.”

Ever Loyal will be the theme of Convention 2018 in Orlando—70 years after “The Call” first appeared in the official ZTA songbook at the Golden Anniversary Convention in Virginia Beach in 1948. Seven of our eight living Founders attended that Convention, marking the first time they had been together since 1928.

There, they received identical pearl badges because they had donated their original badges to the Historical Exhibit. They were ever loyal—to each other and to our Fraternity.

Statement of Ownership

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The Golden Anniversary Convention gave us three traditions we cherish to this day. The Chain of Chapters was on display for the very first time. The Founders’ Day Service that we still use today was revised that year. And from that Convention on, all Zetas who paid initiation dues became lifetime members of our Fraternity.

Zeta Tau Alpha has given all of us a lifelong gift. What will you do this year to show you are ever loyal to our Fraternity? Wear your badge proudly and attend a Founders’ Day Service. Join an alumnae chapter and experience year-round friendships with sisters from many chapters. Come to Convention and experience the joy of holding your chapter’s link in The Chain.

ZTA is your past, your present and your future.

Follow the example of our

Founders. Be ever loyal to your sisters and to your Fraternity.

Given under my hand and seal, I proclaim the fifteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, two thousand and seventeen, as our 119th Founders’ Day.

Carolyn Hof Carpenter National President Austin, Texas—October 2017

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Sisterhood through the storm

By Christy Marx Barber, Alpha Psi With 17 collegiate and 31 alumnae chapters in the Lone Star State, Zeta Tau Alpha has always been “Texas Strong.”

As Hurricane Harvey raged up the Gulf Coast of Texas and dropped rain for days in southeast Texas, our sisters were also “ZTA Strong,” living the words of our Creed: “to think in terms of all mankind and our service in the world.”

Six collegiate chapters were either directly in the path of the hurricane or in danger due to the relentless flooding, or their campuses closed as a precaution. All 11 alumnae chapters in District XI-G had at least one member— many had more—affected by Harvey.

This story is ongoing and sisters are still recovering. The stories and details that follow provide just a glimpse into what our sisters experienced during and in the aftermath of Harvey. Our thoughts and prayers remain with all those affected.

THETA PSI CHAPTER, TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY (SAN MARCOS) The 20 women who had not yet evacuated the Theta Psi Chapter house at Texas State University in San Marcos were pretty stubborn. Despite losing power on Saturday, Aug. 26, they chose to stay put. They stayed in contact with Province President XI-E Evany Sifuentes Diaz, General Advisor Sara Staggs Wisser, House Association President Caroline Hughey and their Executive Committee via group text.

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“Sara and I tried to keep their spirits up since we knew tensions were high and the house was getting hot,” Evany said.

“We offered to place them with different alumnae throughout Austin, but they wanted to stay.”

After a few hours without power, the members went next door to the Alpha Xi Delta house to watch movies and charge their phones. Behind the scenes, the alumnae, Vice President Collegiate II Lynn Compton Chapman, Fraternity Housing Corporation President Julia Marthaler Hill and FHC Director Karla Lundgren Wheeler began to work on plan B: evacuating the women to a hotel to make them more comfortable and to keep them safe.

“The city confirmed the winds were too high,” Evany said. “The area around the house floods frequently, and the power repair crews would not be able to access the house.”

At 7 p.m., the ZTA National Officer team made the decision to move the women and their House Director to a hotel.

Membership Advisor Leslie Chunta and Evany drove from Austin to San Marcos the next morning with lunch, snacks and tight hugs. (See picture below at left.) For the next two days, the advisors planned for meals to be delivered, courtesy of the FHC. The chapter members returned to the house on Tuesday, Aug. 29 as classes began one day late.

“We worked non-stop to ensure the women were safe and happy,” Evany said. “Our Austin, TX Alumnae Chapter stood ready to make Target runs if necessary. The support we received was wonderful and relieved some of our stress. The parents of the women are still thanking us.”

LAMBDA DELTA CHAPTER, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-CORPUS CHRISTI (CORPUS CHRISTI) From the field: The following was written by Leadership Consultant Alison Colangelo, who visited Lambda Delta Chapter Sept. 7–9. The campus, located on an island in the Gulf of Mexico, began a mandatory evacuation Aug. 23 and remained closed until Sept. 5.

As I was flying over the Gulf of Mexico on my way to Corpus Christi on a completely cloudless day, I can honestly say I was a little nervous about what I would find there. It was a weird feeling, flying in on such a calm day, admiring all of this natural beauty, when just a week and a half ago a hurricane was tearing through the area. The world is so beautiful, yet can be so unrelenting at the same time.

After everything that happened in Texas, it was so heartwarming to meet the women of Lambda Delta Chapter and really get to know them, even if it was only for a few days. They had started their work week on Aug. 21 and were excited for recruitment until they had to evacuate and were not allowed on campus for almost two weeks.

HURRICANE HARVEY REARRANGED THE FALL SEMESTER FOR SIX ZTA CHAPTERS THETA GAMMA, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY (COLLEGE STATION) THETA PSI, TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY (SAN MARCOS)

DELTA ZETA CHAPTER, SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY (HUNTSVILLE)

DELTA SIGMA, LAMAR UNIVERSITY (BEAUMONT) LAMBDA DELTA, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITYCORPUS CHRISTI (CORPUS CHRISTI) GAMMA OMEGA, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON (HOUSTON)

Coming back from that and having to jump right back into recruitment plus school was tough on them, but after being in a room with them for just one evening, I could feel their sisterhood. They really came together, planned such an amazing recruitment and made it happen.

The chapter’s Province President, Evany Sifuentes Diaz, arrived on campus for recruitment on Sept. 9 with her arms full of goodies for the chapter. Zetas from all over who were concerned about Lambda Delta had sent cards, T-shirts and treats.

Evany read the cards in between rounds and the women were so grateful. (See picture on page 8, at right). You could feel an overwhelming sense of gratitude pouring from the women and hear the shock in their voices as Evany told them cards had come from as far away as Tennessee, Florida and California.

Evany said it best to the ladies of Lambda Delta: “Your sisterhood goes way beyond these walls.” It was an emotional moment to observe, and it reaffirmed my love of our sisterhood and how special it really is to feel Zeta Love from miles and miles away.

GAMMA OMEGA CHAPTER, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON (HOUSTON) Some members of Gamma Omega Chapter had to be evacuated from their

homes or places of work by boat with nothing but the clothes on their backs.

Many sisters opened their homes and provided hot meals and comfortable beds to displaced members. Other members began volunteering immediately.

Some worked at the George R. Brown Convention Center shelter, some traveled to Rockport to serve meals and some worked to save animals. Classes were canceled Aug. 25–Sept. 5.

On Sept. 3, FHC Director Lacy Schneider O’Connor and representatives from other organizations were allowed on campus to assess the damage to university-owned fraternity/sorority townhouses. The ZTA facility had sustained some water damage from the flooding of Brays Bayou.

University crews removed two feet of Sheetrock and all baseboards from the affected area in the entry way, conducted air quality tests, and inspected the electrical and alarm systems. As repairs were still ongoing, the chapter did not have access to the first floor of the townhouse as of Sept. 18, but fortunately, their common space furniture and the members’ second-floor sleeping rooms were not damaged.

The flooding forced the Panhellenic Association to move the first rounds of recruitment to classrooms and Preference events to fraternity houses.

DELTA SIGMA CHAPTER, LAMAR UNIVERSITY (BEAUMONT) The Beaumont area was hit last by Hurricane Harvey, leaving many residents without power and the water supply unsafe to drink. Classes were canceled Aug. 28–Sept. 1, and many members volunteered in the cleanup effort. All classes were held online Sept. 5–8, then resumed on campus Sept. 11. The Panhellenic Association has rescheduled recruitment for October.

DELTA ZETA CHAPTER, SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY (HUNTSVILLE) Campus was closed Aug. 26–Sept. 5.

Only one round of recruitment had been completed before the closing, so remaining rounds were held Sept. 8–9 with Bid Day the evening of Sept. 9.

The chapter donated money and needed items, such as hygiene products, pet food bowls, baby wipes and diapers, and 300 T-shirts, to a Huntsville shelter for Hurricane Harvey victims.

THETA GAMMA CHAPTER, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY (COLLEGE STATION) Campus was closed Aug. 28–29. Bid Day was canceled and potential new members received their bids by phone. Zetas volunteered at various locations and housed friends and family.

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For many of our sisters, restoration of their homes will take months and bouncing back from the trauma even longer. Early in the crisis, District President XI-G Cheri White Armstrong said, “None of the victims would want people feeling sorry for them.

Our members who had no damage volunteered as soon as they could. The real story is how we’ve come together and how we will continue to come together.”

Here are just four of the uplifting stories of alumnae who made us proud.

ROSANNE JAWORSKI MALONE (GAMMA OMEGA CHAPTER, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON) ANGELA MALONE KELLY (THETA OMICRON, BAYLOR UNIVERSITY) NASA-BRAZORIA COUNTY, TX ALUMNAE CHAPTER Rosanne and Arthur Malone were ready to put their house in Friendswood in Galveston County up for sale. It was all staged for an open house. They were eager to move to a new home where they would not have to worry about flooding.

And then came Hurricane Harvey and the historic flood. On Sunday, Aug. 27, water entered their house and they moved to the second floor. The water receded Monday only to return Tuesday.

On Wednesday, their daughter Angela Malone Kelly helped them evacuate, using back roads because the normal route was flooded.

That same day, volunteers from the local school district went from house to house in the Malones’ neighborhood, helping to tear out wet carpet. Thursday began “a constant revolving door of Zetas bringing mops and bleach and taking damaged items to the street, taking other things upstairs and bringing food,” Angela said.

Eight to 10 members of the Nasa-Brazoria County, TX Alumnae Chapter did what they could to help Rosanne and Arthur and Millie Guice McElya (Gamma Zeta Chapter, Mississippi State University), a White Violet who lived four houses away.

Angela estimates it will take three months before her parents can rebuild due to mold remediation work. “They are trying to keep their spirits up. But they are devastated,” she said. “Putting your house back together at age 73 isn’t easy.”

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For Angela and Rosanne, the love from their ZTA sisters was overwhelming. “It was such a surprise to see people keep coming with something new every day,” Angela said. “Every time someone came, Mom would tear up because she didn’t feel worthy of the attention.

works at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, said. “The center was closed due to the storm, meaning lots of NASA engineers could help in the community. A couple of days ago, life was normal for their friends and families, and now it’s not,” Debbie said.

“My sisterhood has never meant so much to me. I am so proud of our Fraternity.

My mom said, ‘Home is where your sisters are.’ Not only are we Houston Strong; we are ZTA Strong.”

Debbie has held many offices in her alumnae chapter, and she chaired Texas Zeta Day last year at the space center. “ZTA has definitely taught me to be organized and to get help to the right places,” she said. “Chairing Zeta Day taught me to delegate, keep things moving and not stop until the job is done.”

DEBBIE BUSCHER (ZETA MU CHAPTER, JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY) NASA-BRAZORIA COUNTY, TX ALUMNAE CHAPTER The high water rescues made by the Cajun Navy—Louisiana volunteers with boats—made news on nearly every network during the flooding after Hurricane Harvey. Many of those rescues were organized by ZTA alumna Debbie Buscher and her friend Tasha Seeba in Tasha’s living room.

When the water in Debbie’s area receded enough on Aug. 29, she drove to Tasha’s house. The Cajun Navy was on its way to Texas, and Tasha was from Louisiana and knew many of the volunteers. She, Debbie and many others worked to match those volunteers with people in need.

“People were terrified,” Debbie said.

“They were in water up to their chests with no way to get out.” Tasha posted her phone number on Facebook so those in need of rescue could contact them. They scanned Facebook and Twitter and responded to requests for help by asking for phone numbers and the number of people in trouble so they could dispatch boats.

A Google spreadsheet kept track of call details; the number of adults, children and pets; and how time-critical the rescue was. An app called Zello that turns cell phones into walkie-talkies allowed them stay in touch with other dispatchers and the volunteers in boats.

Another app called Glympse allowed volunteers in boats to see the exact GPS location of the people in need.

“We just went into autopilot after seeing the destruction out there,” Debbie, who

Once Debbie’s job was done as a temporary Cajun Navy dispatcher, she turned her attention and time to helping her alumnae chapter sisters clean up Rosanne and Arthur Malone’s home and Millie McElya’s home.

LESLIE MANNING FRANCIS (KAPPA CHAPTER, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN) HOUSTON NORTHWEST, TX ALUMNAE CHAPTER On Aug. 28, the Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District opened its Berry Center, including an 8,000-seat basketball arena, locker rooms and large conference center, to the public as an embarkment location during Hurricane Harvey. First responders brought evacuees to the center for a hot shower, dry clothes and food until friends or family could

Angela Kelly (left) and her mother, Rosanne Malone (right), were grateful for help from Zetas Angela Griffin and Debbie Buscher.

pick them up. By the second day, the number of evacuees had dwindled and neighborhood roads had begun to clear. As more and more people were able to leave their homes, they began to spontaneously bring donations to the center.

“I had this compelling urge to do something with all those donations,” said Leslie Francis, director of marketing and business relations for the school district.

On a conference call that evening with the district’s administrative team, she said, “Let’s take this facility and turn it into a point of distribution for people to pick up things they need. We’re not going back to school this week. Let’s use it to serve our community.”

Leslie serves as the liaison between the district and local businesses, so she knew who to contact and how to get the word out. Over the next four days, the Berry Center served 5,800 people and gave out approximately $500,000 in donations of cleaning supplies, clothing, bedding and water. The volunteer signup website for district employees was swamped with those who wanted to help. “The hurricane affected everyone, and everyone wanted to help. It was an incredible response,” Leslie said.

“They worked four-hour shifts hauling donations in the hot sun and were exhausted.” But the volunteers said they’d come back the next day if needed.

The center closed Sunday, Sept. 3, as the district prepared to start classes on Sept. 11.

For Leslie, it was all in a week’s work, albeit an unforgettable week. “As sorority women, we are all compelled to help others. Philanthropy is at the heart of who we are,” she said. “We had the opportunity to use our facility to show the community how we can serve in ways other than educating, and I’m grateful that we did.”

HEATHER THURMAN GORDON (THETA ETA CHAPTER, STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY) NASA-BRAZORIA COUNTY, TX ALUMNAE CHAPTER Heather and her husband, Scott, are longtime volunteers for Lighthouse Charity Team, a nonprofit organization that provides hot meals for fundraising

Heather Gordon (front row, second from left) was flanked by her mother and husband as military personnel picked up a Lighthouse Charity meal. Her son is in a blue shirt (far right). events. But no fundraiser or emergency has ever reached the magnitude of the Lighthouse team’s efforts during Hurricane Harvey.

“Emergency response is part of our mission,” Heather said. “We provide hot and hearty meals for first responders to keep them going.” In the first days of the storm, Lighthouse connected with the Office of Emergency Management to serve 85 staff members and first responders in Friendswood. Within a few days, that number grew to feeding 1,200 people both lunch and dinner each day, including evacuees in nearby shelters.

And those meals were way more than bologna sandwiches. The menus included pork loin, king ranch chicken and Salisbury steak.

Using a fleet of donated moving vans, military vehicles and boats, 30 to 50 volunteers prepared and transported hot food to those in need and first responders. When the kitchen grew low in supplies, the local H-E-B and Sam’s Club stores opened their doors to the team. When it came time to pay, both stores said, “We’ll just settle up later.”

Heather volunteered for more than a week, despite the fact that her childhood home had three feet of water inside. Her office at United Airlines was closed for three days; after that she worked from home and continued to volunteer.

“We fed our last group on Sept. 7—a team from Ellington Air Force Base and National Guard troops from other parts of the country,” Heather said. “We wanted give a proper send-off to those who had come to help.”

ZTA has played a huge part in Heather’s life. She met her husband when a sister set them up on a blind date. A Zeta also referred her for her first job.

And while serving is ingrained in her being, she believes it was magnified by her membership in ZTA. “I tell people all the time: who I am, the leadership I have and the things I do, I learned from being a Zeta—even more than my college education.”

The ZTA Foundation has set aside $100,000 to provide scholarships to ZTA students impacted by recent hurricanes.

Assessment of the damage from Hurricane Irma was still ongoing when this issue went to press. We will provide an update on the effects of Irma on our members and facilities in the winter issue.

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BY ELLEN CR AWFORD, EDITOR IN JULY, NEARLY 650 COLLEGIANS AND NATIONAL OFFICERS G ATHERED IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, FOR NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE 2017. TOGETHER, THESE W OMEN LEARNED ABOUT THEIR OWN LEADERSHIP ST YLES AS WELL AS WAYS TO LISTEN TO THEIR SISTERS MORE EFFECTIVELY TO BECOME THE BEST LEADERS THEY CAN BE, BOTH IN ZETA TAU ALPHA AND IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES.

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National Leadership Conference 2017 kicked off when leaders from all 169 collegiate chapters joined the National Officers who were already in Indianapolis for their own leadership training. As attendees picked up their registration packets and NLC tote bags, many sisters immediately made connections with other Zetas, noting similarities about chapter size and location and swapping stories about early morning flights and expectations for the week ahead.

As always, the ZTA Foundation board was poised and ready to thank and hug members from chapters that achieved Major Donor status by donating $300 or more during the previous academic year.

After dropping off their bags and meeting their new roommates for the week, attendees gathered to officially start NLC with General Session 1. National President Carolyn Hof Carpenter kicked things off by presenting a video that showcased all the ways Zetas can become overwhelmed and pulled in different directions by the many roles they fulfill each day.

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Oftentimes, constant access to texts, emails and social media makes it difficult to put distractions aside and focus on being in the moment.

“AS SOMEONE WHO INSPIRES A SHARED VISION, MY LEADERSHIP STRENGTHS ARE LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE AND GET TING EVERYONE ON BOARD WITH THE DEEPER MEANING BEHIND THE REASON WE DO THINGS.”

samantha reddy Theta Iota Chapter, University of North Florida

“We live in an era when we are blessed—and somewhat cursed at the same time—by amazing technology,” Mrs. Carpenter said. Then she issued a challenge. “Let’s agree to make listening to each other and learning from each other our first priority,” she

said. For the shared time at NLC, Mrs. Carpenter asked participants to focus on just one role: being a leader in ZTA. Next, Vice President Collegiate I Raechel Bennett Biggs led the group in a series of ice breakers, many of which are included in the NLC Toolkit that was sent to attendees in September so they can try them with their own chapters. These fun activities got the women moving and meeting new sisters from across the country.

To close General Session 1, Executive Director Meghan Vicinus Parker welcomed the group to Indianapolis by sharing that she, too, attended NLC as a collegiate leader. “You’re going to be the next generation of National Officers and staff,” she said.

“We’re excited you’re here.”

That night at dinner, Fraternity Housing Corporation President Julia Marthaler Hill and former FHC President Nora Nell Hardy Jackson were invited to the front of the room to receive a surprise birthday cake for the FHC, which celebrated 40 years in March. Everyone joined in singing “Happy Birthday.”

Mrs. Carpenter then shared her Fraternity Update, which focused on how ZTA is working to listen and lead effectively. “As the elected leaders of our beloved Fraternity, we cannot and should not operate in isolation,” she said. “We have to ask questions of each other and of our members and listen to their answers in order to steer the course of ZTA for the future.”

(Visit ZTA’s Facebook page to watch the full video of her address.)

After dinner, collegians met with their Small Groups for the first time. These groups, made up of Zetas in similar roles (either Presidents or Emerging Leaders) and facilitated by National Officers, provided a safe space for discussions and learning throughout the conference.

During their first meeting, the women in each group got to know one another through a series of ice breakers and discussed how the lessons learned applied to ZTA. For example, after literally leaning on one another to make a human yurt, the women of one Small Group realized they, like chapter officers, had to trust one another and find balance amidst many voices and opinions.

Next, the women learned more about themselves by completing a Leadership Practices Inventory.

By honestly answering a series of questions, the women discovered how often they exhibit certain behaviors, what their leadership strengths are and in what areas they can improve.

Before closing Small Group Meeting 1, each woman placed a sticker with her practice—Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act or Encourage the Heart—on her nametag (read more about the Five Practices on page 4). This activity set attendees up for the rest of NLC, where they continued to learn more about the Five Practices and how they could use their strengths to effectively lead their chapters.

“BY MODELING THE WAY, I HAVE A MORE POSITIVE AT TITUDE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING UP TO ME AND I AM LEADING THAT PATH.”

bethany reeves Delta Gamma Chapter, High Point University

“I LEARNED THAT ENCOURAGING THE HEART IS A BIG PART OF BEING EMPATHETIC AND FINDING STRENGTHS IN OTHER PEOPLE’S LEADERSHIP SKILLS. WE ALL HAD PEOPLE ENCOURAGING US, SO WE FEEL THE NEED TO PASS THAT ON TO OTHER EMERGING LEADERS SO THEY CAN HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE AND REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL LIKE WE DID.” The first full day of NLC for collegians was all about the first half of this year’s theme: Listen.

To kick things off, Vice President Collegiate III Shannon Ferguson presented General Session 2, which focused on speaking clearly with confidence, identifying how members of the team process information, practicing active listening, and learning how to properly give and receive feedback.

Ms. Ferguson began her session with a video that showed women apologizing for things they had no control over or that didn’t require an apology at all. “Why are women always apologizing?” she asked.

She then identified other qualifiers women use that make the message seem less important or more unclear.

“I say sorry all the time,” one Province President said. “It becomes a habit.” Ms. Ferguson challenged attendees to think about what they typically say and work on rephrasing things to speak more confidently.

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working with both types of people. This knowledge will help leaders communicate more effectively with others in their own chapters, especially on Executive Committee and Program Council.

The group also looked at common barriers to active listening, such as doodling or interrupting the speaker, and the best ways to give and receive feedback. Knowing that active listening starts with the leaders of the chapter, one Zeta suggested setting up office hours to talk to members face-to-face about questions, concerns or suggestions for the chapter.

The entire chapter can benefit from leaders who actively listen to their sisters and use feedback to their advantage. “Your goals can only become a reality if you engage your whole chapter,” Ms. Ferguson said.

Following the session, participants continued the conversation about giving and receiving feedback in Small Group Meeting 2. The women talked about how different

cheyenne fahy Eta Kappa Chapter, University of Central Florida

methods of delivering information might cater to external processors but not internal processors, and vice versa, and how they could appease both sides. When dealing with an entire chapter, it’s important to take everyone into consideration and offer multiple ways for members to receive information and voice their own opinions.

Next, collegians and National Officers came together for lunch. After the meal, the ZTA Foundation presented certificates to the 40 scholarship recipients who were in attendance.

For the 2017–2018 school year, the ZTA Foundation awarded $800,000 to 290 Zetas pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees. (The full list of scholarship recipients will appear in the winter 2018 issue of Themis).

At that time, attendees also got a sneak peek at ZTA’s newly redesigned website, which is now live. The women loved seeing the fresh new site and expressed excitement about new features, such as the revamped Crown & Co. shopping experience.

After lunch, it was on to General Session 3, where guest speaker Tina VanSteenbergen (pictured on left)

spoke about listening to seek understanding. She spoke about the importance of having empathy, and shared ways leaders can be more empathetic. Tina’s first tip was for participants to reflect on their own lives first. “Before you can ever understand a person who lives a different way than you, you have to understand the way you live,” she said.

Next, Tina said leaders have to listen to those who are trying to speak to them. “Let them be the author in that moment,” she said. Finally, empathetic leaders must share their own stories. “The most important part of empathy and sorority is to know that you’re not alone,” she said.

“Whatever struggles you’re carrying, someone else is, too.” By sharing their stories with others, leaders open themselves up and help others in the process.

In Small Group Meeting 3 following Tina’s session, participants discussed how they can be empathetic listeners and leaders. They also discussed the challenges leaders face when it comes to being empathetic

toward sisters or holding them accountable, and the importance of learning how to exhibit both qualities within their leadership roles.

After meeting with their groups, collegians and National Officers enjoyed dinner together, and Fraternity Housing Corporation President Julia Marthaler Hill gave an update about the relocation of International Office and what the new building will include (see the summer 2017 issue of Themis for more information).

To close a busy day, attendees ended the night with a ZTA dance party!

This year’s Leadership Consultants and Mrs. Carpenter kicked things off with a Snow-White-themed dance, then DJ Charlie had sisters of all ages hitting the dance floor before calling it a night.

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Saturday, attendees focused on the second half of the NLC theme: Lead. Ross Szabo kicked things off with General Session 4. Ross was instrumental in helping ZTA develop Behind Happy Faces, which is based on the book he co-authored of the same name. For his session, Ross spoke about the importance of leaders practicing self-care. “You talk to yourself more than you’ll ever talk to anyone else,” he said. “What you say to yourself is important.”

Ross asked the women to think about the reasons why leaders often don’t seek help or talk about their mental health. Participants said some may not want to appear weak or may think others’ problems are more

important than their own, but Ross pointed out that in the competition for who is most stressed, no one wins.

To address these issues, Ross shared tips for coping in a healthy way. He pointed out that developing healthy habits in college can make a huge difference in lifelong mental health.

Finally, Ross discussed how all this relates to sisterhood. Just like any Zeta would care about a sister’s broken leg, she should also care about her sister’s mental health. It’s important to know, however, the difference between offering support and trying to treat the problem. “Know your boundaries and don’t blur the lines,” he said. “You wouldn’t put a cast on her. She needs more help from a professional.”

The best thing leaders can do is set examples for their sisters. “Reclaim the power in addressing mental health,” Ross said. “Have the confidence to tell your chapter you’re going to take care of yourself because it’s important.”

Back in their Small Groups, chapter Presidents reviewed their Chapter Assessment Reports (see page 23 for more on the assessment). Using the information about their chapters’ strengths and areas for improvement, the Presidents determined how their planned programming for the coming year fits in with ZTA’s Nine Key Values.

At the same time, Emerging Leaders explored their own personal values by narrowing down a list until they determined their top three values and discussing how they relate to ZTA values. One participant told her group that aligning her own values with ZTA’s helped her put everything into perspective.

At lunch, Dr. Molly Downing from The Ohio State University’s College of Pharmacy and Kyle Pendleton, Senior Director of Harm Reduction & Education at IO, presented a preview of the newest My Sister, My Responsibility program: Generation Rx. This workshop, which chapters will receive this fall, aims to instill safe prescription medication practices.

After lunch, attendees broke into groups with others who shared their Leadership Practice to explore what it means and how they can use those strengths in their chapters.

Those who scored highest in “Model the Way” discussed how they can set an example for their chapter sisters.

They also looked at four qualities of credible leaders—honest, competent, inspirational and forward-looking— and talked about how those relate to leadership in ZTA. In the breakout session for “Inspire a Shared Vision,” women practiced getting others on board with their goals by speaking with confidence, passion and enthusiasm. They also

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talked about listening to others to ensure the vision they are promoting is truly a shared vision.

Those who scored highest in “Challenge the Process” played a game that involved passing colored balls in different patterns simultaneously and starting over each time a ball was dropped. As they struggled to complete the task, the women offered new ideas for how they could reach their goal, much like they do in their chapters.

In the “Enable Others to Act” breakout session, the group talked about ways they foster cooperation within their chapters and give others the opportunity to lead. They also discussed what they can do to build trust with their sisters.

Finally, the women who scored highest in “Encourage the Heart” reflected on leaders who have made differences in their lives and talked about the ways they like to receive recognition and encouragement.

Next, Small Groups met one last time to reflect on their time at NLC. First, each woman created her own “SixWord Memoir” about her story and the mark she hopes to leave on her chapter. For example, one participant wrote, “A love I never expected.”

Using that purpose statement, the women created goals for the year to help them achieve that vision.

The rest of Saturday was all about celebrating chapter success and sisterhood. First, attendees dressed in their finest cocktail attire to celebrate the 116 chapters that earned Crown Chapter. The room erupted as delegates made their way to the stage to receive their awards that recognized a year of hard work.

The celebration continued after dinner with ZTA’s very own casino night.

The hotel ballroom was transformed and women were welcomed to “the Fabulous Zeta Tau Alpha.” Once inside, collegians and National Officers enjoyed taking pictures with National Council and “Elvis” and playing a

“AS SOMEONE WHO ENABLES OTHERS TO ACT, I’M REALLY GOOD AT DELEGATING AND SEEING WHERE PEOPLE BEST FIT.”

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Lambda Xi Chapter, Seton Hall University

variety of games, such as blackjack, FRED Fact bingo and Family Feud.

Each game awarded points for ZTA swag, and women walked away with water bottles, tote bags and more. In the end, it was a great night of fun and sisterhood, and a fantastic way to celebrate being a Zeta.

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On the last day of NLC, sisters gathered in their whites to celebrate ZTA’s ritual. Though each collegiate chapter is different and enjoys its own traditions, the ritual is something every Zeta has in common. This was most clearly demonstrated by the fact that those in attendance represented 169 collegiate chapters and many alumnae chapters, yet they came together as one on Sunday morning.

Following Formal Entry and a reminder of why the ritual is important for all Zetas, more than 600 sisters participated in the Big Sister Service.

Afterward, everyone gathered one last time for brunch. In her closing remarks, Mrs. Carpenter shared that she attended NLC 30 years ago, when she was President of Theta Tau Chapter at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She remembers feeling inundated with information, and she asked if this year’s participants felt the same way.

“We had less than four days together so words, concepts and theories came at you fast,” she said. While it is normal to feel overwhelmed by so much information, Mrs. Carpenter suggested the women to let it all sit for a few days before revisiting their workbooks. “Read what challenged you, what inspired you, 20 · THEMIS · National Leadership Conference

what encouraged you.

You’ve learned so much about listening effectively. I know you are prepared to become successful leaders.”

Mrs. Carpenter also shared that, in the 30 years since her own NLC experience, she has learned to “listen to, lean on and trust” the many leaders who came before her. “They are always willing to listen, to offer a shoulder to cry on and to help work through every challenge,” she said.

“That mutual support is the essence of our sisterhood.”

“IT WAS NICE TO FOCUS IN ON THE FACT THAT I REALLY DO LIKE TO CHALLENGE THE PROCESS. I CAN FOCUS ON SMALL WINS AND DO SMALLER THINGS TO MAKE THE BIGGER PICTURE BET TER, EASIER AND LESS STRESSFUL FOR EVERYONE.”

cassidy starling Gamma Rho Chapter, Auburn University

Mrs. Carpenter also reflected on the importance of listening to the

Fraternity’s past. “Our Founders, our Historian, our former National Presidents were all wise, thoughtful women whose consistent words and actions should guide our steps,” she said. “I feel the strength of their insight and principles during both the joys and the challenges of leading Zeta Tau Alpha.”

To close her remarks, Mrs. Carpenter shared her own Six-Word Memoir: “Never underestimate the power of sisterhood.”

“The power of sisterhood led you from eager, but maybe hesitant, new members to a position of influence in your chapter and on your campus,” Mrs. Carpenter told those seated before her. “Listen to the sisters around you and listen to the words of sisters who came before you when you need strength, hope and inspiration.”

Mrs. Carpenter then closed NLC with a Sisterhood Circle. Sisters of all ages linked arms and sang, “Today and forever, we’ll be Zetas true. We’ll all work together; our ties not to sever.”

Attendees then said their goodbyes to friends new and old, packed up their things and headed home. They took with them, however, the tools needed to become active listeners and effective leaders for their chapters across the country.

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Alpha, Longwood University · · Epsilon, University of Arkansas · · · Zeta, University of Tennessee, Knoxville · · Kappa, The University of Texas at Austin · · · Lambda, Southwestern University · · Mu, Drury University · · Nu, The University of Alabama · · · Omicron, Brenau University · Sigma, Baker University · · Psi, University of Washington · · Alpha Beta, University of Pennsylvania · Alpha Gamma, University of Michigan · · · Alpha Zeta, The Ohio State University · · · Alpha Theta, Purdue University · · Alpha Xi, Indiana University · Alpha Omicron, The University of Iowa · · Alpha Upsilon, Oklahoma State University · · Alpha Phi, Northwestern University · Alpha Psi, University of Missouri · · Beta Gamma, Florida State University · Beta Delta, Miami University · Beta Theta, Franklin College · · · Beta Iota, Centenary College of Louisiana · Beta Lambda, University of Louisville · Beta Nu, New Mexico State University · · Beta Omicron, University of South Carolina · · · Beta Upsilon, Kansas State University · Beta Phi, Michigan State University · Beta Psi, Stetson University · · Gamma Alpha, University of Miami · · Gamma Beta, Washington College · · Gamma Gamma, The University of Texas at El Paso · Gamma Epsilon, Pennsylvania State University · · Gamma Zeta, Mississippi State University · Gamma Iota, University of Florida · Gamma Pi, The University of Georgia · · Gamma Kappa, James Madison University · · Gamma Mu, University of Nebraska at Omaha · · Gamma Xi, Indiana University of Pennsylvania · · Gamma Omicron, Central Michigan University · · Gamma Rho, Auburn University · · Gamma Nu, University of Virginia · Gamma Tau, Texas Tech University · Gamma Chi, Indiana State University · · · Gamma Phi, University of North Texas · · Gamma Psi, Texas Christian University · · Gamma Omega, University of Houston · Delta Beta, Florida Southern College · · Delta Gamma, High Point University · · · Delta Delta, Baldwin Wallace University · Delta Eta, West Texas A&M University · Delta Zeta, Sam Houston State University · Delta Theta, Ohio Northern University · · Delta Kappa, Louisiana State University · · · Delta Mu, The University of Tennessee at Martin · · Delta Nu, The University of New Orleans ·

Delta Lambda, Georgia State University · Delta Omicron, Lenoir-Rhyne University · · Delta Pi, Eastern New Mexico University · Delta Sigma, Lamar University · Delta Upsilon, West Virginia Wesleyan College · Delta Chi, William Jewell College · · Delta Psi, Samford University · Delta Omega, Westminster College · · Zeta Alpha, University of Evansville · · Zeta Beta, Thiel College · · Zeta Gamma, Youngstown State University · · Zeta Theta, East Central University · Zeta Lambda, Rider University · Zeta Nu, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania · · Zeta Xi, Georgia Southern University · · Zeta Omicron, Arkansas State University · · Zeta Sigma, The University of Texas at Arlington · Zeta Psi, Jacksonville State University · · Zeta Upsilon, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania · Eta Gamma, West Chester University of Pennsylvania · · Zeta Omega, Ferris State University · · Eta Beta, Duquesne University · Eta Alpha, Georgia Southwestern State University · · Eta Epsilon, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania · Eta Zeta, Elon University · · · Eta Iota, Valdosta State University · · Eta Kappa, University of Central Florida · Eta Lambda, College of Charleston · · · Eta Nu, Radford University · · Eta Xi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · Eta Mu, Augusta University · · Eta Rho, The University of North Alabama · · Eta Theta, Missouri University of Science and Technology · · Eta Pi, Wright State University · · Eta Sigma, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke · Eta Tau, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte · Eta Phi, Illinois State University · · · Eta Upsilon, Missouri Southern State University · · Eta Chi, Francis Marion University · · Theta Gamma, Texas A&M University · · · Theta Delta, Salisbury University · · Theta Theta, Arkansas Tech University · · Theta Iota, University of North Florida · · Theta Eta, Stephen F. Austin State University · · Theta Kappa, University of Missouri-St. Louis · · Theta Omicron, Baylor University · · Theta Zeta, Wofford College · · Theta Xi, Rutgers University · · Theta Nu, Auburn University at Montgomery · · Theta Sigma, Winthrop University · · Theta Tau, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · ·

Theta Phi, California State University, Fullerton · · Theta Psi, Texas State University · · Theta Chi, George Mason University · Iota Alpha, Robert Morris University · Theta Omega, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona · · Iota Gamma, The College of New Jersey · · · Iota Delta, Towson University · · Iota Theta, Georgia Institute of Technology · · Iota Eta, University of Nevada, Las Vegas · · Iota Iota, Fairleigh Dickinson University · Iota Nu, Susquehanna University · · Iota Omicron, Lander University · · Iota Pi, University of Dayton · Iota Sigma, Old Dominion University · · Iota Rho, East Carolina University · · Iota Phi, North Carolina State University · Iota Chi, Middle Tennessee State University · Kappa Beta, Presbyterian College · Iota Omega, University of Maryland · · · Kappa Alpha, Colorado State University · · Kappa Zeta, Clemson University · · Kappa Eta, Rockhurst University · · Kappa Theta, California State University, San Bernardino · Kappa Iota, Moravian College · Kappa Nu, Monmouth University · · · Kappa Xi, Stockton University · · Kappa Omicron, Merrimack College · · Kappa Sigma, University of South Florida · Kappa Tau, Florida Gulf Coast University · · Kappa Upsilon, Georgia College · · Kappa Chi, Shorter University · · Kappa Psi, Kutztown University · · Kappa Omega, Saint Louis University · · · Lambda Alpha, Sacred Heart University · · · Lambda Beta, University of Rhode Island · Lambda Gamma, The University of Texas at San Antonio · · · Lambda Delta, Texas A&M UniversityCorpus Christi · · Lambda Epsilon, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · · Lambda Zeta, Lehigh University · Lambda Eta, Virginia Commonwealth University · · Lambda Theta, New York University · · Lambda Iota, Vanderbilt University · · · Lambda Kappa, Appalachian State University · · Lambda Lambda, Kennesaw State University · · · Lambda Mu, University of South Carolina Beaufort · · Lambda Nu, Furman University · · KEY · Crown Chapter · Helping Hands · Quota/Total

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Training our House Directors

By Christy Marx Barber, Alpha Psi Among the 650 attendees at National Leadership Conference in Indianapolis was a group of dedicated women who are not all members of Zeta Tau Alpha, but they play an important role in the lives of our collegians.

House Directors from 17 chapters came to learn from each other, from ZTA National Officers and from industry experts at the biennial House Directors Seminar, presented by the Fraternity Housing Corporation and funded by the ZTA Foundation.

For the second time, the FHC brought the House Directors to NLC rather than holding the seminar in a chapter house as it has in the past. The House Directors joined the collegiate and alumnae Zetas for meals that featured speakers, programming and awards. “Hosting the seminar at NLC allows us to introduce the House Directors to the National Officer team that guides their chapters,” FHC President Julia Marthaler Hill said. “In addition to receiving training on their responsibilities, they gained a better appreciation of ZTA, our alumnae, our collegians and our values.”

The two-day agenda for the seminar included three types of presentations. Mrs. Hill, Executive Director Meghan Vicinus Parker and the three Vice Presidents Collegiate discussed the relationship of the House Director with the chapter, advisors, National Officers and staff; industry experts shared information on risk reduction, human resource management and insurance; and the FHC Directors at Large guided the House Directors through the day-to-day operations of their facilities, including opening and closing, repairs and maintenance, equipment, and the all-important food ordering and meal planning.

“It was so informative and helpful,” said Denise Visbal, a first-year House Director for Theta Tau Chapter (The

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). “It was wonderful to have all that information before I started.

I appreciated hearing how much support we have and the avenues we can reach out to for insurance, human resources and local alumnae.”

Seasoned House Directors also gained new knowledge at the seminar. “You know the expression ‘You can’t teach an old dog new tricks?’ Well, no matter how many years you have under your belt as a House Director, the world changes. You can always learn new things,” said Mary Thompson, who has been a House Director since 2008 and is beginning her second year with Beta Upsilon Chapter (Kansas State University). “Getting to meet other House Directors was wonderful. I like learning from a diverse group of people. I never feel insulted if another House Director says, ‘Can I give you a suggestion?’”

Denise appreciated the wisdom of “veterans” like Mary.

“It was wonderful to be a part of a group, to create a support system and make new friends. We all exchanged contact information and will stay in touch,” she said.

In addition to feeling supported, the House Directors walked away with a new sense of ZTA sisterhood, the Fraternity’s mission and their role in it.

“Being at the conference and seeing a group of women working together as leaders was so empowering,” Denise said. “It was wonderful to be in a room full of so many women focused on the greater good.”

“Being at NLC reaffirmed this is a great organization of leaders who are dedicated to what they do,” Mary said.

“I now have a good appreciation for what my girls are learning from ZTA.”

Attendees of the 2017 House Directors Seminar gathered in Indianapolis in July.

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Our story of sisterhood

By Leslie J. Pedigo, Coordinator of Education & Curriculum Design Data can help us tell our story as an organization, as a sisterhood, as Zeta Tau Alpha. For the second year in a row, ZTA has partnered with Dyad Strategies to conduct a thorough assessment of our collegiate membership experience. This survey, distributed each spring semester, allows us to better understand what our collegiate members are gaining from their ZTA experience and the overall strengths and areas of improvement for our 169 collegiate chapters.

Our story begins with knowing our members care about ZTA; more members took this survey than any past national assessment with a response rate of 79.6 percent, amounting to more than 16,500 collegiate members. This year, we had the opportunity to compare the data from 2016 to 2017, further enriching our story and giving us more information about our members’ development over time. The survey questions revolve around four main themes: the Nine Key Values of ZTA, the Five Areas of Sisterhood, Health & Safety, and Overall Satisfaction with the ZTA Experience.

Our sisterhood story is one of Leadership, as collegiate members drastically increased their interest in leadership opportunities, personal development and serving others. This Key Value on the assessment is based on the Five Practices of Noble Leadership, a unique leadership model created by Zeta Tau Alpha based on The Creed. The survey questions measure each of the Five Practices, which include authenticity, caring for others, building others up, giving back to the community and thinking critically to solve problems.

However, the plot wouldn’t be interesting without some challenges we must overcome. We learned from the survey that our members’ sense of sisterhood declines each year of their membership—from new members to graduating seniors. Seniors indicated they are less interested in being engaged as alumnae and are less committed to the organization than first-year members.

This shows us that our newly revised Zeta Is Forever New Member Experience is engaging new Zetas more than ever before, but maintaining that level of engagement throughout their time as collegiate members is an area of improvement for the Fraternity. The key takeaway from this data point is that a member who does not experience a strong sisterhood based on the Five Areas of Sisterhood is also likely to be less satisfied with her overall ZTA collegiate experience.

Nine KE Y VA LU ES These values, derived from The Creed of Zeta Tau Alpha, are what every Zeta should strive to live by. Collegiate chapters host a program on the value of their choice each semester.

FI VE A REAS of S I STERH O O D This model helps our chapters identify ways to improve their sisterhood, whether it’s by having fun, holding each other accountable or connecting with ZTA’s purpose.

H EALTH & SAFET Y These measures allow our chapters to better understand their members’ actions and beliefs about tough topics including alcohol use, hazing, mental health and sexual assault.

overall ZTA EXP ERI ENC E These questions tell us about our collegiate members’ dedication to the organization as a whole through their interest in staying engaged after graduation.

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ASSES S MENT R E SU LTS at A GL AN C E

SEXUAL ASSAULT

MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT

ALCOHOL AWARENESS

ZTA nationally showed improvement in understanding the significance of sexual assault and survivor support.

Collegians showed an increase in knowing how to help a friend with a mental health challenge or personal crisis.

ZTA undergraduate students showed a decrease in using alcohol and engaging in peer pressure.

Five Areas of Sisterhood

Nine Key Values ZTA saw the greatest increases from 2016 to 2017 in Leadership and Seeking Understanding that We Might Gain True Wisdom. Changes from 2016 to 2017 that were greater than .01 percent are considered statistically significant.

ZTA saw the greatest increases from 2016 to 2017 in Shared Social Experience and Common Purpose. Changes from 2016 to 2017 that were greater than .01 percent are considered statistically significant.

Being Rather Than Seeming | 3.6 3.59

SHARED SOCIAL EXPERIENCE | 3.62

Humility | 3.37 3.52

support & Encouragement| 4.37

Leadership | 4.22

sense of BELONGING | 3.98

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Lifelong Learning | 4.23 4.22

ACCOUNTABILITY| 4.18

Love | 4.06 4.05

COMMON PURPOSE| 4.14

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16,011 OUT OF 20,486 collegiate members took the survey in 2016

16,546 OUT OF 20,781 collegiate members took the survey in 2017

The data provided our story with a happy ending. Our Areas of Sisterhood and help them dig into how they story includes members who care about each other and can improve their sisterhood. The Health & Safety data health and safety. The Key Value of Responsibility shows results encourage us to continue programming around positive increases from 2016 to 2017. This is a reflection these topics and tweak and refresh the programs to of the increases amongst the other Health & Safety reflect trends and the ever-changing environment on measures. Members are more confident supporting college campuses. sexual assault survivors and encouraging them to speak Zeta Tau Alpha has made the choice to be a data-driven out about their experiences. Members also proved to organization, an accomplishment within itself. Instead of be more comfortable assisting a friend with mental writing the story for our collegiate membership based on health challenges or a friend in crisis. From this, we can informal conversations and anecdotal conclude that ZTA programs such evidence, we have chosen to put as Behind Happy Faces and My Sister, “AS NATIONAL OFFICERS the legwork into asking the tough My Responsibility: Sisterhood, Safety questions. During her Fraternity and Support give our members the ENTRUSTED WITH THE Update at National Leadership tools to support each other through FRATERNITY, WE DON’T Conference in July, National President difficult times.

Carolyn Hof Carpenter said, “As EVER WANT TO ASSUME The purpose of writing a story is National Officers entrusted with WE AUTOMATICALLY KNOW the Fraternity, we don’t ever want so that it can be shared. This year at National Leadership Conference WHAT’S BEST FOR YOU AS to assume we automatically know in Indianapolis, Indiana, collegiate what’s best for you as a collegiate A COLLEGIATE LEADER. chapter Presidents received their leader. Listening to the ever-changing individual Chapter Assessment needs of our membership is one of LISTENING TO THE EVERReports. National Officers walked the most important responsibilities CHANGING NEEDS OF OUR collegians through the results and of our three national boards. We facilitated an activity to brainstorm pledge to address those areas that MEMBERSHIP IS ONE OF program ideas utilizing the data. need improvement as we lead the THE MOST IMPORTANT During the fall semester, chapter Fraternity forward.”

Presidents are expected to share RESPONSIBILITIES OF OUR To do this, we have developed a their reports with their Executive THREE NATIONAL BOARDS. comprehensive assessment that Committees and write chapter goals truly reflects the mission and values based on their chapter’s data results.

WE PLEDGE TO ADDRESS of our Fraternity. We have asked As a part of Crown Chapter criteria, our collegians to carefully consider THOSE AREAS THAT NEED chapters are expected to program membership experience in one event per semester around one of IMPROVEMENT AS WE LEAD their accordance with the mission and their lowest-scoring Nine Key Values. values, thus allowing them to write THE FRATERNITY FORWARD.” Leadership Consultants and Collegiate their own story.

We are committed to National Officers also have access to giving our members the opportunity the reports so they can better assist National President to have their voices heard through the chapters they visit.

Carolyn Hof Carpenter this survey and other opportunities On a national level, Zeta Tau such as participating in focus groups Alpha is using the data to inform and providing feedback through educational programming. The Nine Key Values of ZTA a Collegiate Advisory Committee. In order to continue have been integrated into in-person leadership training providing a premiere membership experience for our opportunities such as National Leadership Conference collegians, we must have an accurate and complete and the new Officer Leadership Academies, which will picture of our sisterhood. This assessment helps us do just occur December 2017 through February 2018. Curriculum that. This is our story—and we’re sticking to it. has been developed to teach collegians about the Five

KEEP AN EYE OUT!

The winter 2018 issue of Themis will focus on one of the Five Areas of Sisterhood: Sense of Belonging.

A strong sense of belonging allows each collegiate member to get the most out of her ZTA experience.

Check it out to find out more about how we’re integrating this level of sisterhood into many aspects of Zeta Tau Alpha.

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CONSULTANTS tell all Meet the 2017–2018 Leadership Consultants Throughout the academic year, LCs visit collegiate chapters to provide guidance on chapter operations, leadership development and officer education. They also assist new colonies on the journey to installation. These 23 women exemplify leadership, enthusiasm, creativity, flexibility and loyalty to Zeta Tau Alpha. Find out more about our six returning LCs (pictured below), and meet the new consultants on the following pages. Applications for the 2018–2019 LCs will be available online in the fall. The ZTA Foundation funds a portion of the LC program.

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1. SHARON KLEINDIENST Eta Epsilon Chapter Mansfield University of Pennsylvania Hometown: Swartswood, N.J. Major: Liberal Studies How do you live ZTA’s values?

I try to come at every situation with an open mind, to be open to criticism and to remember that when we prepare for service and learn the nobility of serving, we thereby earn the right to be served.

What superpower would you like to have? Wonder Woman is the epitome of female empowerment. If I could be a Wonder Woman 2.0 and use my powers to change the world for the better, I would.

2. KELLEY FOX Lambda Beta Chapter University of Rhode Island Hometown: Sandwich, Mass.

Major: Human Development and Family Studies

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What is your proudest accomplishment to date?

I’m proud of colonizing Seton Hall University last fall. The women in the Lambda Xi Chapter have truly impacted me in more ways than they know.

Seeing the growth in those women from their Bid Day to their installation banquet was indescribable.

What do you hope to contribute to the chapters you visit?

I hope to contribute a strong support system and guidance to the chapters I work with. If I am able to impact even one Zeta’s world, I will be happy.

3. HABIBA “BIBI” SOLIMAN Delta Mu Chapter The University of Tennessee at Martin Hometowns: Nashville, Tenn. / Cairo, Egypt Major: Communications – Public Relations What three famous women would you invite for a coffee date? Anne Frank, Frida Kahlo and Cleopatra How do you live ZTA’s values?

The Creed has added a lot to my personal values. It reminds me to be true, passionate, positive and strong in everything I say and do, especially when I’m representing ZTA in my day-to-day life.

4. TAYLOR SHARPLESS Eta Tau Chapter The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Hometown: Concord, N.C. Major: Business Marketing

What are you most excited about for the coming year?

I am excited to utilize everything I learned last year to make the most of my visits this year. I also can’t wait to meet even more amazing ZTAs across the country.

What did you want to be when you were little? I wanted to be a lawyer because on TV they always had nice kitchens.

5. KENEDY TALLEY Theta Iota Chapter University of North Florida Hometown: Jacksonville, Fla. Major: Sport Management What’s your favorite way to “treat yo self”? There is nothing better than a relaxing day at the beach with a good book.

What is your personal motto?

I love to live by this quote: “I don’t want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself.”

6. CAROLINE VILLARREAL Alpha Chapter Longwood University Hometown: Newport News, Va. Major: Communication Studies What do you hope to contribute to the chapters you visit this year? I hope to be a cheerleader and motivator for all the women I meet, leaving them even prouder to be ZTAs and ready to carry out their plans for the chapter.

What three famous women would you invite for a coffee date? I would invite Reese Witherspoon, Amy Poehler and J.K. Rowling— all such fun, insightful, inspiring women!

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7. LINDSEY FORSMAN Lambda Gamma Chapter The University of Texas at San Antonio

organization, and this was the perfect opportunity for me to do that.

Hometown: Boerne, Texas Major: Public Health

9. NATALIE KNAUER Theta Chapter Bethany College

Why did you want to be an LC? I wanted to become an LC after getting to know the LCs that came to my chapter. I want to leave a mark on the chapters I visit while giving back to ZTA. What is your favorite TV show?

My favorite TV show is “Grey’s Anatomy.” I have watched the whole series twice.

8. MARY BETH WILSON Eta Alpha Chapter Georgia Southwestern State University

11. ALISON COLANGELO Zeta Upsilon Chapter Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Hometown: Sewell, N.J. Major: Psychology What do you hope to contribute to the chapters you visit? I hope to influence chapter members to continue to give it their all and to realize all the things they are doing right and how those things aren’t going unnoticed.

What is your favorite way to “treat yo self”?

My favorite way to treat myself is with a mani/pedi followed by a milkshake.

Hometown: Columbus, Ga. Major: Middle Grades Education

10. KAITLYN JULIEN Eta Nu Chapter Radford University

Dance party! What is at the top of your playlist? “Wannabe” by Spice Girls

Hometown: Virginia Beach, Va. Major: Communication

Why did you want to be an LC? I wanted to be an LC because I want to give back to the Fraternity. I feel as though I have so much more to give to this

What did you want to be when you were little? I wanted to be the President of the United States.

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Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa. Major: Early Childhood and Special Education Who is your role model? My mom has always been my role model. She is one of the reasons I chose my major and I hope to be an amazing mom and teacher one day just like her.

What three famous women would you invite for a coffee date? Emma Watson, Jennifer Lawrence and Maud Jones Horner (of course) 12. MARY MARGARET VOLLMAR Iota Xi Chapter Christian Brothers University Hometown: Memphis, Tenn.

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What is your personal motto?

“Make everything a learning experience.” Whether it’s a failure or a success, I always try to learn something from my experiences.

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What’s the best gift you ever received?

The best gift I ever received was on my seventh birthday. I had to do a scavenger hunt all around my neighborhood and my prize at the end was my very own golden retriever puppy, who I named Rosie.

It also helps to have someone you can honestly talk to when things get tough, and I want to be that listening ear and mentor when needed.

How do you live ZTA’s values? I think it’s important to branch out of your comfort zone and get to know individuals you might not otherwise meet. Through volunteering, recruiting and being involved in outside organizations, I have met some truly amazing men and women that have impacted my life in a big way.

14. MADDIE WALLING Theta Psi Chapter Texas State University

13. SAMANTHA BRADLEY Gamma Rho Chapter Auburn University Hometown: Dothan, Ala. Major: Media Studies Why did you want to be an LC? I wanted to be an LC because I want to help my sisters see the potential and amazing qualities they have in themselves that they might not know they have.

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Dance party! What is at the top of your playlist? ‘90s hip hop

Hometown: Midlothian, Texas Major: Public Relations What is your favorite TV show? “New Girl” What do you hope to contribute to the chapters you visit? I hope every chapter I visit experiences what it is like to have someone be present—not someone who just hears what they are saying, but someone who is actually listening.

15. JESSIE BARTON Mu Chapter Drury University Hometown: Branson, Mo. Major: Communication Studies

How do you live ZTA’s values? Of the Nine Key Values, I most closely identify with “Lifelong Learning.” I always look forward to learning about new things.

I cannot wait to gain more knowledge from the people I meet this year.

What superpower would you like to have?

Teleportation would absolutely cut down on my travel time.

16. MARILYN ROWELL Alpha Nu Chapter Birmingham-Southern College Hometown: Virginia Beach, Va. Major: Urban Environmental Studies What’s your favorite way to “treat yo self”?

Eating cookie dough and buying new Lush products How do you live ZTA’s values? I recognize how important the values of ZTA are, and I am committed to understanding and applying these values to my everyday life. This is especially evident in the way I treat others and handle tough situations, as it is extremely important to me to positively represent ZTA.

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17. CAYLEE HENDERSON Delta Gamma Chapter High Point University Hometown: Annapolis, Md. Majors: Criminal Justice and Psychology What did you want to be when you were little? When I was little I wanted to be an ice cream truck driver because ice cream is my favorite treat.

I figured there would be no better job than being around my favorite treat all day.

How do you live ZTA’s values?

I continuously try to learn from my mistakes and lead by example. I am most grateful for the lessons I have learned since I have become a member of ZTA. 18. SAVANNAH CLEMMONS Lambda Kappa Chapter Appalachian State University Hometowns: Chicago, Ill. / High Point, N.C. Major: Professional Writing What do you hope to contribute to the chapters you visit? I hope to contribute a new way of looking at leadership by being honest, committed, loyal and accountable.

What three famous women would you invite for a coffee date? Amal Clooney, Aubrey Plaza and marine biologist Sylvia Earle 19. VICTORIA SALSMAN Zeta Alpha Chapter University of Evansville Hometown: Lexington, Ky. Major: Elementary Education What is your favorite movie?

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better every day. When working with others, I am motivated to help them grow and succeed.

20. KAELIN BEATY Eta Tau Chapter The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Hometown: Gastonia, N.C. Major: Marketing What are you most excited about for the upcoming year?

I am most excited about traveling the country while being a resource and a helping hand to sisters everywhere, as well as making new friends along the way.

Dance party! What’s at the top of your playlist? Bruno Mars 21. GRACIE GLOVER Iota Rho Chapter East Carolina University Hometown: Swansboro, N.C. Major: Accounting What’s the best gift you ever received? The best gift I ever received came from three women I lived with in the ZTA house. They surprised me with a necklace that had the coordinates of our house on it.

Why did you want to be an LC? I wanted to take a leap of faith and do something that I had never considered before. I also wanted to make a positive impact on other chapters.

22. CHELSIE TEUTSCH Alpha Zeta Chapter The Ohio State University Hometown: Lima, Ohio Major: Human Development and Family Science

What do you hope to contribute to the chapters you visit? I hope to instill confidence in the members of the chapters I visit this year.

What is your proudest accomplishment to date? My proudest accomplishment to date is being elected as colony President of Alpha Zeta Chapter. The opportunity to lead a chapter full of a new love for ZTA was truly amazing.

23. BRIANNA FORTH Epsilon Chapter University of Arkansas Hometown: Flower Mound, Texas

Majors: International Relations and Spanish What’s your favorite way to “treat yo self”? I treat myself with a tub of ice cream, fuzzy socks and Netflix.

What do you hope to contribute to the chapters you visit?

I hope I can help every chapter achieve its goals, whether that is improving sisterhood, receiving Crown Chapter or resolving a conflict.

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Donor List: Lifetime This annual listing honors donors who have cumulatively given $10,000 or more, including a gift this year.

GOLD | $50,000+ LAMBDA Southwestern University Suzanne Morrow Ellis ALPHA THETA Purdue University Bobby Seitz Turnbull BETA DELTA Miami University Karen Lowman West GAMMA PI The University of Georgia Stephanie Arnette Powell ETA IOTA Valdosta State University Alice McCann Mathews

THETA PSI Texas State University Laura Ladewig Landers

ALPHA ETA The University of Cincinnati Catherine G. Slaughter

ZETA OMICRON Arkansas State University Nona Douglass Richey

SILVER | $25,000–$49,999

ALPHA THETA Purdue University Connie Fotos Grace

ETA ALPHA Georgia Southwestern State University Elizabeth Harpe Ruf

KAPPA The University of Texas at Austin Mary Holt Walcutt SIGMA Baker University Val Clough Ross Pat Wooster-Jackson OMEGA Southern Methodist University Nan Barkley Boettcher Anne Barkley Manning

ALPHA XI Indiana University Martha Richart Girdlestone BETA GAMMA Florida State University Nora Nell Hardy Jackson BETA OMICRON University of South Carolina Dinah Helms Cook

FOUNDATION DONATIONS

ETA RHO The University of North Alabama Kay Dill Kreutzer

BETA PSI Stetson University Debbie Barrett Cooke

IOTA SIGMA Old Dominion University Keeley McDonald Riddle

GAMMA BETA Washington College Barbara Townsend Cromwell

BRONZE | $10,000–$24,999

GAMMA IOTA University of Florida Karen Farmer Mills

EPSILON University of Arkansas Martha Gorum Jackson

GAMMA BETA Washington College Becky Hainsworth Kirwan

SIGMA Baker University Dr. Darcy L. Russell

GAMMA PI The University of Georgia Ann Tansey Kreager Bonney Stamper Shuman Dr. Kelly M. Smith

GAMMA TAU Texas Tech University Cynthia Byars Courtney Leslie Liem Hix

TAU Millikin University Elta T. Cooke Sue Logan Prange

GAMMA XI Indiana University of Pennsylvania Roxanne Trovato Wood

GAMMA OMEGA University of Houston Nancy Bowne Morgan

UPSILON University of California, Berkeley Gene Marie Slanker Hassan

GAMMA TAU Texas Tech University Stacey Verkest Voigt

ALPHA THETA Purdue University Janet Graab-Miller

GAMMA CHI Indiana State University Chris Flora Walter Judy Jordan Wright

ALPHA KAPPA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Stacy J. Froschauer

GAMMA PSI Texas Christian University Marnie Brown Cranmer

ALPHA XI Indiana University Debra DeVault Marlett

GAMMA OMEGA University of Houston Alice DeWalt Hahn Nina Hendee

DELTA KAPPA Louisiana State University Sherry Stagg St.Aubin

ZTA

BETA DELTA Miami University Glenna Woodruff Gundell Barbara Wheelock Hamilton

GAMMA ALPHA University of Miami Shari H. Robins, M.D.

DELTA DELTA Baldwin Wallace University Kay McCoy McKelvey

Educational programming funded by the Foundation helps prepare students for success both in college and beyond.

ALPHA PSI University of Missouri Christy Marx Barber Dr. Rachelle J. Douglass

ZETA DELTA University of Louisiana at Monroe Lisa Busby Walston Joy Hathorn Watson

Since 1954, the mission of the ZTA Foundation has been to fulfill the founding principles of Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity by providing support for programs that are educational, philanthropic and responsive to a changing society. Through successful fundraising by our alumnae and collegiate chapters and the generous donations of those listed on these pages, the ZTA Foundation is able to support our members and their communities while enhancing ZTA’s position as a leader in the fraternity/sorority community.

DELTA ALPHA California State University, Long Beach Kathy Benzini Stampe DELTA BETA Florida Southern College Elena C. DeVilliers

ZETA XI Georgia Southern University Mardee Coyle Austin ZETA PSI Jacksonville State University Gloria Culberson Hice

DELTA DELTA Baldwin Wallace University Hellen M. Greenway Michelle Macartney

ETA IOTA Valdosta State University Marlene Dunbar Conrad Leilani Struzick Rabourn Kery Reinkemyer Webb

DELTA ZETA Sam Houston State University Claire Winn Dowden Judy Berry Jackson

ETA XI Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Francine Marie Vannicola

DELTA OMICRON Lenoir-Rhyne University Dana Brasington Atkinson

ETA RHO The University of North Alabama Julia Marthaler Hill Malaea Nelms Seleski

ZETA ALPHA University of Evansville Sherry Server Tilley

ETA OMEGA Louisiana State University in Shreveport Bridget Denise Higginbotham THETA TAU The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carolyn Hof Carpenter Carla Martin Cobb THETA CHI George Mason University Lucia Prenzel Knudsen THETA OMEGA California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Diane Hanson Keegan IOTA DELTA Towson University Liza Gundell

Individuals who donate at least $300 during the fiscal year achieve Major Donor status.

Donor List: Annual Donors 2016–2017 This annual listing honors donors who gave $50 or more between Aug. 1, 2016, and July 31, 2017.

ALPHA Longwood University Dr. Rebecca White Adams Carol Farleigh Cashman—6 Kim Cave—4 Emily Cochran Carole Gibson Flemming—6 Sheryl Dahl Grekos—6 Annie Slayton Herbert Margaret Bell Herrin Nancy Forrest Hirschberg Linda Harrison Lavalliere Amanda Jane Neet Jacquelyn Norman Orgain Janet T. Thompson—5 Mimi Tirambulo Trautz Ednamae Hudson Trevey Pat Coleman Winstead DELTA Randolph College Sarah Wakeman Penney EPSILON University of Arkansas Alix Grace Arnold—5 Georgia Doty Berry Cassie Campbell Brothers—6 Kim Callico Cordes—4 Nina Bishop Denham Susan Wilson Elms—6 Lori Gunnels Forsgren—6 Elizabeth Vawter Fulton—6

Susie Werner Geiger—5 Lucy Harbuck Gist Pamela June Haynie—5 Nancy Lang Hays Traci Chappell Hooker—6 Jayne Scoggins Hungate—4 Martha Gorum Jackson—4 Frances Hook Jernigan Lydia Lincoln Kingsborough—6 Barbara Murphy Kleese—4 Tracy Hudson Klun Susan Fowler Meador—6 Areta Hill Moseley—5 Linda Burge Orr Caron Smets Roberts—6 Donna Ruggles Louise Guisinger Sager—6 Cindy Benward Smith—5 Taylor Christine Spillers Patsy Clinton Trammel—6 ZETA University of Tennessee, Knoxville Nancy Anderson—6 Susan Gilbert Barnes—6 Judy Golden Bentley—6 Katie Whillock Burdette—6 Stephanie Sargent Burns—6 Betty Young Catron Cynthia Connor—6 Valerie Cowles—6 Lu Ann Woolwine Crockett—6 Jessica Howell Crumley

Amber Fisher Cutler—4 Ana Ownbey Davis Joan Whitaker Donahue—6 Lindsay Hancock Elliott—5 Mrs. Terry D. Hinch Kate Horton—6 Jessica Marie Kosty—6 Gina Wiley Lehman—5 Kerri Killgore Lovegrove Martha White Masterson Betsy Boody Quillin Sarina Kathryn Remiasz—6 Patricia Baker Santa-Emma—6 Rachel Lynn Slappy Peggy Raymond Slater Mary Emily Welch Stewart Melissa Still—3 Nancy Turner Upchurch Jean Carey Wallace Doris Douglas Webster—6 Kaylee Elizabeth Woodall—6

Tracy Gaus Brown—6 Hope Carberry Brusevold—6 Pat Parks Burbridge—6 Lara Marie Burns—1 Kimberly Wendland Carey—6 Sabrina Alyse Carver—6 Bergan Norris Casey—4 Katherine Griffin Caskey—5 Linda Liles Williams Cattanach—4 Kay Mills Cauthorn—6 Viki Harmon Chupik—6 Helen Cook Covert June Wilkinson Cowden—6 Charlotte Adams Crawford Liz Anne Darling—6 Ava Scott Demopulos Barbara Davis Donnelly—6 Paula Reinemund Duke—6 Sondra Hampton Durso—6 Stacy Wheeler Ehrlich

THETA Bethany College Eileen Courtney Campbell—5 Patricia Head Wilson

ANNUAL DONORS GIVING KEY

KAPPA The University of Texas at Austin Mary Slater Beck—6 Virginia Paul Bousquet—5 Frances Navratil Bredthauer—6 Diana Beavers Bresk

3—$1,000–$2,499

1—$5,000+ 2—$2,500–$4,999 4—$500–$999 5—$300–$499 6—$100–$299

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KAPPA (CONTINUED) Karen Tesch Erwin Mary Barker Evans—2 Mallory Ann Garcia—6 Linda Reilly George Marissa Michelle Grabowski—4 Racy Lea Haddad—6 Monica Mary Hand—5 Melanie Weil Harrell Mary Ellen Poe Head—5 Melinda Howe Hickey Tracey Hall Hime—6 Tracy Montalbo Hird—6 Millie Kershner Hof—6 Penny Pounds Hollyfield—6 Mary McMillan Hudson Nancy Conner Ireland—6 Norma Arnold Jones Sandy Wright Kibby—6 Melinda Meyer Kilpatrick—4 Larrie Doing Kontz—5 Betty Burt Kyle—6 Elise Wright Lambert—6 Ms. Melanie Shawn Leschber—6 Aimee Jeffers Locke—3 Susan Lubin—2 Kelly Jarrell Luedeke Kelly Ditmore Mahmoud—3 Sue Heidelberg Marshall—6 Lea M. Matthews Dawn Fenster McMillin—6 Rachel Lauren Meyerson—3 Jerry Carter Montouri—6 Sarah Sturgis Morrill Betsy Barnum Morris Leslee Tiller Murphy Kitty Knox Oldham—6 Carolyn Collins Ostrom—6 Caroline Lucy Otto—6 Mayre Richards Overstreet—6 Laura Lanham Pavlas Lisa Pollock Eleanor Preston Pulver—6 McKenna Caroline Richards—6 B. J. Wilder Rogas Leta Harwell Roper Beverly McDowell Rossy Sally Johnson Salners—6 Lynn Schaezler—6 Robin Beasley Shepherd—6 Kara Lynn Sherman Cynthia Sampson Shipper—6 Abigail Hope Shosid Sally Jones Smith—6 Sandra Bearden Smith—6 Margaret Johnson Talley—6 Mary Holt Walcutt—3 Beverly Butler Walsdorf—6 Liz Cowden Walter—6 Sheila McGinnis Weitzel—6 Margot Markle Wilkinson Lisa Carson Wolff Wendy Wagner Yarbrough—6 LAMBDA Southwestern University Avery Joann Beam—6 Mrs. Linda Wilson Craddock—5

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Suzanne Morrow Ellis—5 Karen E. Hanson-Flowers Cindy Davis Griffin—6 Rebecca Dotts Hunt—5 Frances Shepherd Kittrell—6 Jennifer Wilson Major Francine Furlow Meyer—5 Carolyn Berry Moore—6 Jane Wheat Parks Katie Ellen Salinas—2 Janice Alexander Smith—4 Cynthia Cooper Spigel—6

Sandra Whitmire Ross—6 Leah Ann McAbee Sexton—1 Jodi Campbell Sims—5 Olivia Anne Stansbury—6 Heather Serwecki Stroud Jane Beason Till—6 Emma Nicole Timblin—5 Lianna Elise Tomas—6 Christine Raspino Turner Kimberly Watson—5 Cheryl Civils Winslow—5 Natalie Anne Young—6

Elta T. Cooke—4 Suzanne McWhirter Davis—6 Norma Jean Janes—6 Jodi Creek Larson—5 Nancy Sturies Nash DeeDee Chapman Olson—6 Sue Logan Prange—2 Sandy Fendley Theriault—5 Tracy Fryer Vollmers—6 Lisa Hoffman Waight—6 Jane Kramer White—6 Marilyn Brandt Winterberger

MU Drury University Melinda Mitter Borman Sarah Duvall Gilstrap—6 Barbara Cook Hall Nancy Newton Hunt—3 Joyce Brown Ihnow Janet Vigen Levy—5 Nancy Shook Monteer Nicki Thompson Roy—6 Kathy Vogt Thuneman—5

XI University of Southern California Frances Tomlinson Boothe—6 Rosalie M. Chase—6 Mrs. J. E. Craddock—6 Arlette Etchart McGurty—6 Mary Crowley Messner—6

UPSILON University of California, Berkeley Rachel Jeanette Blanchard—5 Tamlyn Yin Chew—5 Beatrice Kroger Dimpfl Barbara Valente Ferrigno Gene Marie Slanker Hassan—3 Barbara Greer Hutchins—6 Mary Beth Covert Jump—6 Marlene Campbell Laughon—5 Elizabeth Lee—6 Lois Swanson Manbert—6 Meghan Noreen Martin—4 Kathryn M. Neri—4 Jean Neri Riley—6 Jackie Silvers Dorothy Pease Warner Judith Stark Zaccone—4

NU The University of Alabama Emily Madison Baker Mary Bridget Basil—6 Katherine Blanchies Brianna Logan Booth—6 Kerri Woods Breeding—6 Julia Noel Cione Beverly Smith Colditz—6 Rebeca Anne Cusick Kristin Weir DeLong Harriette Matthews Dye Susan Jackson King Epstein Azure Rae Erdman Lindsey Maniece Fisher—6 M. Darby Forrester—3 Kim Hurst Fort Katherine Thornton Franklin Rachel Alyse Fucich—6 Eugenia Johnson Giles—6 Laura Wilson Glass Treasure Ridley Greene Erin Rochelle Gronewald Lexi Louise Hernandez—6 Ann Lacock Hickman Joan Parker Hull—6 Brianna Michelle Jaudon Nancy Spencer Kallus Anna Catherine Lehman—6 Leslie Barnidge Linthicum Beverly Hobbs Meeks Leigh Ann Greene Mitchell—5 Sofi Morales Audrey Nicole Morris—6 Marilyn Beason Motley Catherine Moore Neal Sarah Elizabeth Nino—6 Martha Howell Noble Leah Fields Ozment—5 Jordan Lee Pamplin—6 Deborah Pinkston Emily McSherry Pruzick—6 Morgan Elizabeth Rippy

OMICRON Brenau University Lori Dixon Bunn—4 Ariel Elizabeth Buttram Gabby Camille Cox Marilyn Archer Hall—5 Page Dyer Houseman Tamatha Carter Jones—5 Rachel Elizabeth Lange Allie Lynn McConnell Constance Sirr Moxley Joanna Stotter Phillips Cathy Rawlinson—6 Katherine L. Reilly—6 Susan D. Reilly—6 Mary Loughridge Sessoms Daisy Goodnight Waldrep Joan Sorensen Wilson SIGMA Baker University Sheri Wilson Barker—6 Rhianna Lee Becker Savannah Rose Bellem—6 Mrs. Norman O. Besheer Mildred Yeamans Buss Beverly J. Crute, Ph.D. Elizabeth Cooper Davis—6 Susan Fanning Davis Kelly Bovaird Farmer Marcia Rossiter Hawk Joan Reed Iverson—6 Mary L. Jefferson Becky Holloway Johns—5 Ryenn Nicole Johns—5 Maria D'Anna Ondras Anita Wenger Pfister Diane Drake Rose—4 Val Clough Ross—3 Dr. Darcy L. Russell—3 Brenda Tuller Stasiulis Ashley Dolezilek Turman—5 Pat Wooster-Jackson—5 TAU Millikin University Ellen Scherer Conville

PHI Duke University Lisa Koehler Burke—6 Marion Ross Godfrey Dorothy Daniel Gyurko—6 Janice K. Church Jackson, Ph.D.—5 Tracy Kaloupek Moran Denise A. Mummert Ellie Kaye Pasquale—6 Margit Triska Webb—6 Melinda Taylor Wyatt, M.D. Anne Kauffman Zayaitz CHI University of Pittsburgh Alice U. Jones—4 Dee Schwarzbach Nestel Georgian Schultz Steinhardt—5 OMEGA Southern Methodist University Judy Belisomo—6 Pam Sullivan Berdanier Nan Barkley Boettcher—4 Bettie Gay Burton—5 Martha Maxfield Cottingham—6 Sue Cooper Davis—6 Diddy Schroeder Ellis—5 Sheila Slaughter Glassford Margaret E. Hale—5 Nancy Wheeler Heller—3 Nancy Bourland Hillyer—5 Jini Spain Hornung—6 Susie Frazier Howard—6 Rachael Chipps King—6 Deborah Rosenberg Malafsky—6

Anne Barkley Manning—3 Heather Ann May-White—5 MaryAnne Park Owens—5 Angela Manalo Protacio—6 Melissa N. Quevillon—6 Carol Jean Ritchie—6 Virginia Hansen Robins—5 Joe Bath Stamey—6 Marilyn Cammack Willey—6 Glenda Bracken Williams—6 PSI University of Washington Sherrill Grady Baker Lois Wilson Constantine Beverly Smith Hansen Marilyn Woodmark Hanson—5 Mrs. William Holm Lucy Brown Kanikeberg—5 Jaime Elduen Keith—5 Rebecca Zhi Rose Kuhn—6 Lisa Lindstrom—5 Kathlyn Browne Lougheed Mrs. David L. Marcum Peggy DuBois McDonald Gwen Margaret McIntosh—5 Juanita Johnson Nordin Sarah Ruhwedel Porter—5 Linda Hart Reynolds Alexandra Cathryn Russell Sue Christensen St Denis—6 Renee Choi Steyh—6 Nancy Helen Thomas—6 Kori Sosnowy Voorhees—4 Jennifer Diane Waters Karla Lundgren Wheeler—6 ALPHA ALPHA Iowa Wesleyan College Dr. Shirley Wood De Lucia—6 Janice McCurdy Espy—6 Mary Herr Flanders Helen Scott Hauser—6 Norma Logan Pforts Roma Emundo Smith Linda Faron West ALPHA BETA University of Pennsylvania Karissa Marie Hand Anne Gruhl Hess—6 Angie Manno Hopes ALPHA GAMMA University of Michigan Trudy Eisenberg Balogh—6 Suzanne Strader Beadle—5 Erika Soby Davis Maiga Buss Friess—6 Elizabeth Nicholson Hamm Linda Lewis Hecht—6 Bonnie Martin Kohl—5 Marian Beam Kurapka—6 Laura Liberty Mitchell—5 Nancy L. Niemela Sue Goodwin Peyron—5 Norma Clarke Powell—6 Diane M. Rivard Jo Anne Bredenberg Sharp—6

Mrs. Elizabeth Gates Shuter—6 Christine Miller Thomas—6 ALPHA DELTA Butler University Martha Demaree Davis ALPHA ZETA The Ohio State University Lisa Freda Amundsen—5 Marcia Diane Baum Marjorie Eibling Bosen Anne Brown Chapman—6 Rebecca S. Crothers—5 Rachel Erin Dailey Marcia Squier Detter—6 Marion Tanner Gore—6 Barbara Beane Guskin Beth Leigh Hinckley-Robles—6 Peggy Betley Johnson—6 Lucinda Lee Klevay—6 Helen R. Kuhn Ruth Matechek Lawrence—6 Krista Elizabeth Leupp—5 Karen Hunsinger Little—5 Abby Mackenzie Loeffler Nancy Pleska Magnon Terry Duey Rowe Marilyn Cox Stucki ALPHA ETA The University of Cincinnati Nancy Shank Arnn Mary Lippelman Corley—6 Kathleen Robb Fahnestock—6 Elizabeth Ann Hackman—6 Nancy Russell Hamant Dr. Barbara J. Howe Joy Ruark Karl Jane Staley Kenney Shelley Mather Meyer—5 Mary Anne Babbony Miller—6 Jacqueline Dee Morgan Carol E. Murrish Doris Fey Schmaltz—6 Catherine G. Slaughter—4 Mrs. S. Tankersley Jennifer Jostworth Wilson ALPHA THETA Purdue University Lynn Dolembo Bailey—6 Morgan Elizabeth Baker Taylor Allison Bourke—6 Jean Heusel Bradley—6 Rosemary Lafuze Brasie Joann Zeisler Braun—6 Ann Murray Callahan Michelle Renee Cline—6 Dr. M. Margaret Conway—6 Deborah Myers Cook Stephanie Ann Deremiah—5 Nan Gustin Fleenor—6 Sandy Cross Forville Judy Schrader Geyer—6 Connie Fotos Grace—5 Paige Rebecca Granger—5 Jacquelyn Elizabeth Hackman—6 Erin Thornburg Hartley—5

Emalee Decker Havel—6 Vel Steely Hulsey Gwynne L. Johnson—6 Janet Marsh Johnson Morgan Nichole Johnson Gwen List Keller—6 Kathy Adams Kohout Esther Schaffer Lambert—6 Gay L. Liesse—6 Julie Fleek Lupinacci—5 Jayne Binz McCliment—5 Ashlyn Nicole McElderry—6 Yvonne Edwards Meltzer Janet Graab-Miller—3 Kelly J. Murray—5 Sharon Bryant Murray Brooke Swiggum Newell—5 Kim Johnson Payne Susie Ruth Portteus Kendall Rae Pritsch Janet Hiller Reed—6 Elizabeth Koehl Renner—4 Morgan Marie Resler Peyton Elizabeth Rexing—6 Karen Manteufel Ripp—6 Amy Marie Ritter—6 Mrs. Donna Wanderer Runyan—6 Nancy Sanders Seeman Janet Cormier Siebenthal Phyllis Cook Smith Elmyrta Anderson Snow—6 Karil Strater Sommers—4 Carol Apple Steele—6 Sandy Clarkson Stuckman—5 Lauren Elizabeth Taylor—6 Mary Smith Thaman Judi Read Townsend Diane Louise Trout-Cummins—6 Bobby Seitz Turnbull—2 Melissa Meythaler White—5 Sue Abel Wigent—6 ALPHA KAPPA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Mrs. Nancy Lynn Ashburn Elaine Pohl Benisek—6 Kimberly Stanfill Cromer—5 Kristin Coyner Dickerson Stacy J. Froschauer—5 Geri Gilbert—6 Shirley Cross Ginos—6 Dianne Albert Herschelman Kristan Jatczak Hickman—6 Cynthia Freutel Nadig Kelly Anne Olsen—4 Peg Smith Onstott—6 Prabha Parameswaran—5 Lorraine Roulette Paull Eileen Donahoe Rock Joanne Sokachitch Rogers—6 Harriette Renken Schmick Amy Courtin Sohl—6 Anne Petro Tamulaitis—5 Sylvia H. Thomas Virgene Anderson Vatthauer—6 Dorothy Ruter Vitter

ALPHA MU Washburn University Barbara Phillips Baldwin Stephanie Lucille Bieker—6 Loraine Sewell Blackwood—6 Joan Griffin Dibble—5 Pam Ananis Doctor—6 Sharon Harper DuBois Sharon Mize Johnson—6 Jean Pantle Litchfield Lora Koup Rimmer—6 Tomi Rockey Rues ALPHA XI Indiana University Lindsay Bourke Agostini—6 Cassidy Mackenzie Ball—5 Kellie Johnson Barr—6 Anna Grace Batcha—5 Cynthia Smith Coplen—3 Molly Marie Cowen—6 Mary Joanna Day Sue Bartos Farquhar—6 Sue Matthes Galvin—6 Kendra Lower Gilbertson Martha Richart Girdlestone Phyllis Fenn Grant, M.D. Annie White Hosbein—6 Maggie Therese Houlihan Mallory Elizabeth Houlihan Tracy Dodds Hurd Tammy Lytle Ilaria—6 Abby Rose Isaacson—6 Deborah Horn Juncker—6 Caitlin Christine Kelly—6 Karen Gillen Kendall—6 Margaret Mannix Kern Lori Sharp Kline—6 Annie Elizabeth Koday—6 Lauren Kaelin Kriner—6 Megan Fell Lynch—6 Patti Annexstad Marinovich—5 Debra DeVault Marlett—5 Mandy Michelle Martin Judi Ann McCoy Samantha Kathryn Miller Beth Willen Milstein Laura LaVahn Minatel Barbara Martin Mishler Joanne Persinger Myers Susan Jean Oursler—5 Patricia A. Francis Phares—6 Jennifer Leigh Redden—6 Celeste Nicole Richardson—6 Margaret Laird Shea—6 Erdine Zimmerman Simic Patty Foellinger Smith—6 Donna Cornwell Spray—6 Connie Daugherty Standiford—6 Bekah Ellsworth Suhr Barbara Lockhart Taylor—6 Mary Menzies Tierney—6 Rebecca Montgomery Wade—6 Debby Currin Wharton—6 Morgan Marie Wright Marilyn Zahnen—6

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ALPHA NU Birmingham-Southern College Michelle Morrisey Bencomo Geneva Blackburn—6 Martha Hayes Blackburn—5 Lynn Compton Chapman—4 Jamie Barton Cook Sarah Elisabeth Davis Celia Cheney Ellis—5 Tesha DeAnn Garcia-Taylor Jane Gillespie—5 Mary Beth Schauer Griswold—6 Jessica Wood Lott—5 Annette Davis Lovett—6 Terri Dew Millsap—4 Patricia Roberts Nix Elise McWilliams Penfield Carol Burr Petrusek—6 Shirley Boutwell Prickett Jayne McCain Prude—5 Catherine Tompkins Stevens—6 Avlona Y. Taylor—6 Laura McGahey Van Pelt—5 Anne Terry Vasile ALPHA OMICRON The University of Iowa Kat Ann Baccam—6 Morgan Hallett Banasiak—5 Caleigh Bemont Dianna Bemont Alice Reininga Bradke Abby Michelle Brennemann—6 Barb C. Chang-Holt—4 Janice Keeline Cozad—6 Erin Eileen Crabtree—6 Ally Grace Cummings Valerie Weidenhamer Daters—6 Lucille Rae Dean—5 Emma Larsen Dennis Kerry Ann Diminuco—4 Jenna Di Pino DiPino—6 Becky Miller DuBois—6 Kristen Panella Fleener Isabel Julia Flores—6 Katie Paige Graeb Diana Lenz Hotop Kristen Carlstedt Johnson—6 Loretta Bridgeford Mealy—4 Cece Baldus Moore—6 Meghan Anne Nelson Susan Sayre Linda Levi Schoelkopf Sydney Claire Snyder—5 Mrs. M. Sommerhoff—6 Jan Harvey Thake—6 Anna Elizabeth Tiffany—5 Sunny Swanson Wandro Betty Jane Willits ALPHA PI Ohio University Penny Busch Bashore—6 Betsy Martin Bauer—6 Phyllis Madden Black Janet Kime Byrnes—6 Sandy Stanley Engel—6 Corrine Towstiak Horton—6 Frances Bauer Morrow—6

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Denise Frissell Rogers—5 Jane Remley Sibila—6 ALPHA RHO Syracuse University Dee Morrish Chang—6 Peggy McDonough Corey—6 Mary Anne Howard Jury Ruth E. Sadler—6 ALPHA SIGMA Oregon State University Lois Ann Hamner Holmes Linda Damm Umphrey—6 ALPHA TAU University of Minnesota Alice Brand Hawks—6 Pamela Isaacson Morse Marilynn Anacker Weber—6 ALPHA UPSILON Oklahoma State University Debbie Bacher Bell—6 Melissa Prince Beltz Taryn Michelle Cheesman Lynn Ann Conard—5 Acacia Bender Croy—5 Ashley Rhea Dickinson—3 Kat Reed Evans—6 Carolyn Bills Hansen—6 Barbara Tooke Hoffman—6 Dana Robinson Huser—6 Peggy Weger Jackson Sara Hays Johnston—5 Diana Loeffler Linda Tatum Luse Leigh Ann Pruitt McClain—4 Jo Walton Moore—5 Rachel Lynn Myers Michelle Armitage Nisbett Carol Cooper Nutter—6 Meghan Vicinus Parker—4 Lt. Col. Kelli Bautsch Pohlman—4 Julie Marie Potter Carol Robinson Smith—6 Barbara Inman Sorenson—4 Sally Durham Trapnell Ann White Truscott—5 Jami Villines Turner Sydney Whitehead Uthoff Mary Guthrie Van Gieson—6 Marcy Skeeter Wakeford—5 Linda Minter Wegener—5 Christina Higgins Wright—5 ALPHA PHI Northwestern University Diane Joy Froelich Doris Johnson Gaston Leigh Ann Healey Judith Anderson Hohorst—6 Irene Kernaul Nero—6 Thalia Pavis Roberts—6 Eileen Modestow Sjoholm—6 Janet Wood Skoglund—6 Carolyn B. Volk

ALPHA CHI University of Kentucky Franci Rocco Bayes—5 Mrs. Claire H. Deangelis Linda Lawrence Green—4 Elizabeth Hames—6 Ann Goolsby Hays—6 Mona Turner Huber Beth West Pennington—6 Barbara Jacobs Priest—5 Jackie-Sue Howard Scelfo—5 Judy Smith Schineller—5 Marty E. Sik—6 ALPHA PSI University of Missouri Christy Marx Barber—4 Rachel Patricia Bear Joan Hambrick Bigham—5 Helen Catherine Blaine Kate Reilly Brennan Barbara White Brozek Michele Kuznitz Bunch—5 Jessica Jai DeMunbrun Caitlin Marie Dobbins—6 Dr. Rachelle J. Douglass—4 Harriett Hoadley Engelke—6 Shannon Ashley Ferguson—4 Bailey Jo Ferree Grace Sharon Fischer Sherri Agrusa-Gallick—6 Beth Astroth Garza—6 Beth Molitor Grellner—6 Pat Taylor Gresham—5 Becky Burke Harlow Hannah Rose Jansen Maddy Mary Kane Kellylee Kissell—6 Megan Lynn Landess—6 Geri Jordan Macauley—5 Jill Bryant Meyer Shelby Jene Nathans Carlie Alexis Ruffolo Madison Walker Serfas Erin Margaret Shaffer Nikki Lauren Sheinkop Jenise West Soyster Elizabeth Rose Spiegel—6 Sara E. Sternberger—5 Kim Klostermann Stewart Barbara Stewart Van Loenen Barbara L. Wilkinson—5 ALPHA OMEGA Ohio Wesleyan University Neva Sharpe Brandon—6 Sheila Wagner Ploger—6 Eloise J. Sulzman BETA ALPHA George Washington University Betty Mayfield Bjornson—6 Karen M. Collier—6 Diane Hail Kanak—5 Jeannie Carlson Richter BETA GAMMA Florida State University Judy Tripp Anderson—5

Gingir Connor Andrews Ikey G. Arnold Susan Jones Baker—6 Emma Caroline Berndt Amanda Lynn Bruno—6 Caro Carbonell—5 Barbara Franklin Cross Chaffin Peggy Thompson Wetherell Cobb Paula Gordy Cook—6 Ava Louise Delcharco—5 Ali Catherine Devine—6 Diane Dearinger Erickson—4 Lexi Taylor Fleming—6 Judith B. Foster—6 Doreen Moloney Furnari—6 Sue Engelmann Gabriel—6 Linda Galietti Deborah Reese Griffin Erica Lane Hart Chris Ginocchio Hendrix Lindsey Louise Humphries—6 Nora Nell Hardy Jackson—3 Shelby Morgan Johnson—6 Brooke Schnebly Kennerly Barb Burkhardt Kirkland—6 Sheila Hickey Klupchak Kayla Raquel Kotalik Dinah Jackson Laughery—4 Jill Jordan MacMillan—5 Abby Marshall—6 Alice Lipthrott Miller Olivia Grace Mulkern Michelle Gordon Mullineaux—5 Stephanie Swinford Nagel Alexa Stephanie Ojanovac Winona Paez Ginny Delvalle Paulk Charis Coulter Powell—6 Barbara Youmans Probst—4 Jan Caudle Reed—6 Maddie Sarac Vanessa Layne Siben Olivia Renee Simmons Ann Williams Smith Lisa Landau Trimble Terry Sue Turner—6 Cheri Ganoe Villa—6 Madge Alexander Vining Karlee Nicole Vollrath Lin McGuirt Weber BETA DELTA Miami University Linda L. Bucher Doris Hildbold Cheeseman—5 Peggy Grayson Cole—6 Lisa Craemer Dierbeck—3 Karen Sumpter Erlenbach—6 Glenna Woodruff Gundell—5 Barbara Wheelock Hamilton—3 Ellen Berger Kus—5 Sabrina Larson—5 Liz Stotzer Leupp—5 Anna Marie Makris—6 Connie Weis O'Mara Cara Beth Olson—5 Leslie Staup Sachs—6 Rose Marie Balzano Theis—6 Jean Niemeyer Vesper—5

Karen Lowman West—1 Patricia Thompson Whitmer BETA EPSILON University of California, Los Angeles Marilyn Tomlinson Cantey Kathy Dixon—6 Jean Warwick Gaddie—6 Mary J. Harrison—6 Dee Anne Hawkins Janne Rondi Werner Redmann—5 Mary Margaret Wammack Smith—6 Marilyn Holmes Tracy Dori Wents—5 BETA ZETA Iowa State University Beth Sipek Cothron—5 Cindy C. Maltry, M.D.—6 Mona Dippold Mills—3 Darlene Anderson Oswalt—4 Sherry K. Sunderman—4 BETA ETA University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nancy Rogge Admire Carolee Kohlmeier Berglan Carla Wademan Clark—6 Karen Larson Cole—6 Marcia McCallum Davis—5 Jane Wilhite Hines Pamela Glaser Wistrand Lois Anderson Witt—6 BETA THETA Franklin College Lillian Pomeroy Bridenhager Nancy Kivett Cassel—5 Caitlin Rose Cook Stefanie Leigh Davis Carolyn S. De Boer—6 Susan Deter—6 Joanna List—6 Sandra Harper McFerrin Joan M. Norman Minta Lynn Dolph Rather—6 Mary Maurer Reichert Bonnie Glardon Rutherford Amanda Personett Sammartino Brianne Steppe Schneckenberger—6 Marti Dorrel Schrock—6 Emily Elaine Tabor Grace Katherine Carr Wright BETA IOTA Centenary College of Louisiana Lyndra Pate Daniel—6 Amanda Belle Farr Laura L. Golden Laura Arthur Marley Porter Lea Burelbach Wade BETA LAMBDA University of Louisville Diana Dunker Andrews Sinclair Bell Isabel Fitzgerald Cesare A. Joan Daugherty—5 Judy Anne Gay

Katie Gardner Graf—6 Kylie Ann Henderson—6 Donna Walker Mancini Callie Elizabeth Rudd—5 Esther Anna Wilhoyte—5 Doris Lockwood Wooldridge BETA NU New Mexico State University Mary C. Bullard—6 Tracy Clarke Cooper-Tuckman—6 Emily Lytton Holmgren—6 Emily Stowe Hyde—6 Rajini Gunaji Ihler—4 Maryce Mercedes Jacobs Jacque Green Kennedy Kat Therese Lopez Joanne Hamiel Lytton—6 Cherri Newsom Porter Elaine Dawson Taylor Sharon L. Voelz—6 Melissa Marek Wheeler—5 BETA XI University of Akron Marthabell Rieker Eisel—6 Mary Ann Martin Goncy Mary Jo Young Mountain Phyllis Jean Werner-Fuehne BETA OMICRON University of South Carolina Sara Jacqueline Adam—6 Lesley Totilas Ammons Maggie Grove Anderson—6 Kaitlin Elizabeth Anilonis—6 Amber Daelynn Apolito—6 Anna Nadia Arar—6 Serena Lynn Arness—6 Natalie Grace Baird Lizzy Grace Barnett—6 Rachel Leigh Barnett—6 Catherine McClain Bauknight—6 Claire Evelyn Bauschka—6 Michelle Lassiter Beck Tessa Elizabeth Bjelde—6 Lauren Nicole Black Sydney Paige Blackmon—6 Mackenzie Elizabeth Blomstrom—6 Kiana Marie Boyle—6 Anna Lehman Brooks—6 Alex Caballero Alexis Careen Calandra Melanie Rose Cashell—6 Erin Elizabeth Chapman Kenzie Sheridan Clark—6 Catie Quinn Collins—6 Bridget Heelan Conley Dinah Helms Cook—3 Cat Allen Corey Carson Mackenzie Cotterell—6 Caitlyn Erin Coyle—6 Caroline Elaine Cozzens—6 Jennings Ann Craft—6 Hayley Rose Dadouris Isabel Rose Danella—6 Hannah Christine Derrick—6 Lily Jane Dickinson—6 Lisa Therese Farrell—6

With the support of donors, the ZTA Foundation board of directors leads the Foundation in its mission to fulfill the founding principles of ZTA. Elizabeth Harrison Ferguson—5 Katey Melinda Fink Elizabeth Victoria Fordyce—6 Andrea Michelle Frame Katie Ashton Freeman Caitlin Nicole Fretz Monica Leigh Fritsch—6 Madison Elizabeth Gallagher—6 MaryRose Gaulin—6 Caroline Blaire Gibson—6 Margot Lindsey Gordon Molly Elizabeth Hackling—6 Asia Marie Harrington—6 Haley Elaine Hartle Sarah Marie Hutchinson—6 Hannah Mary Jamison Casey Danielle John—6 Toni Dellinger Justus—6 Megan Landon Kapral—6 Victoria Leticia Kashouty—6 Katriel Jade Kasperski Madison Rose Koons—6 Jenna Kate Koster—6 Alexis Lee Jennifer Ann Lehman—6 Bailey Lewis Lee Wilson Ley Logan Arrington Lunceford—6 Taylor Wynne Marlow Sophia Carol Marullo—6 Jennifer Marie May—6 Marianna Gulledge McDonald Marisa Irene McMahan—6 Meagan Catherine McRoberts—6 Hannah Grace Messinger—6 Ashley Lynn Miller—6 Jamie Lynn Miller Emma Mondo Christina Donna Moore—6 Taylor Saunders Newcomb—6 Lauren Ashley Oleszko—6 VictoriaLynn Palazzolo—6 Sallie Anna Palumbo—6

Jena Lee Peppercorn Megan E. Quinn—6 Marissa Korin Raja—5 Alexandra Mozelle Ravins Rebecca Davis Richardson—4 Elizabeth Joy Rosinski Mary Elizabeth Savard Bridget Aisling Seery Cindi Blackburn Sensibaugh—6 MaryBeth Wingate Shealy—6 Stella McGuire Shuman—6 Mary Markley Spencer Simpson—6 Jordan Marie Smith—6 Paris Alexa Smith—6 Noelle St. Laurent Cynthia Beall Suich Brooke Nicole Tatore Cari Nicole Tomayko Ellen Richards Truett Rachel Lyn Wells—6 Claire Westbrook—6 Grace Adams Wilder—6 Kennedy Morgan Winkler Laura Mims Wolfe Cat Victoria Wong—6 Jennifer Yeomons Yeomans—6 BETA PI University of Oregon Rhoda Wolfe Collier, RN —6 Ruth Bernau Engel—6 C. Jean Homer Sue Cook Pifer Barbara Jeanne Schweppe—3 Sandra Hadley-White BETA RHO University of Manitoba Andrea Otto Grozli Susann MacQuarrie Monroe—5

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BETA SIGMA Rhodes College Mrs. Stephen G. Borleske—4 Mary Louise O'Kelly Betty A. Russell—6 BETA TAU Albion College Margaret Barry Bashur—6 Betsy Stephenson Kenas—6 BETA UPSILON Kansas State University Emma Lorraine Carter Katie Elizabeth Lindeman Kristy Nicole Urich—6 BETA PHI Michigan State University Nora Mae Allen—6 Kara Kathleen Brockhaus—6 Barb Bell Burke Sue Krum Chaffin Sandra Husted Cooper—4 Margaret Miller Cousins—6 Laura Erpelding Cox—5 Diana Anderson Delonis Annette Marie Dimeck Betty Strobel Freeman—6 Marjorie Premo Fitting Gifford—6 Norma Ver Hage Godwin—6 Kristen Humeston Harthorn—4 Winifred Craig Johnson Marilyn Barr Leppek—6 Patti Cords Levitte—5 Carol Kashenider McGee Diane Dunn McKay Elaine Ridderman Moore—6 Cindy Lackey Ott Mary Platz Pencak Diana Pisone—6 Rachel Mary Pizzimenti Jeannette Swenson Reeves

Maryalyce Smith Taylor Ann Smith—5 Martha Porritt Wiers Strange—6 Natalie Nicole Tucker Holly Kristine Turner—6 Robin Walker Volden—4 Joan Elizabeth Wright—4 Hon Joan E. Young—6 Amanda Kuderko Younger—6 Elaine M. Zielinski BETA CHI Washington University Allene Bangert Jackson—6 BETA PSI Stetson University Lauren Jennings Acre—6 Kerrie Lynn Beer—6 Debbie Barrett Cooke—4 Dr. Diane M. Disney—5 Michelle M. Faivre—5 Elaine Marie Jahnsen—5 Sally Alicia Lied Isabel Palacio Paul Lisa Statham Posteraro—5 Theresa Crea Reichenbach Karen Schmitt Roberts Bunny Ogletree Yeargin—6 BETA OMEGA Union University Suzanne Dunlap Emberton—6 Michelle Darby Heck—6 Caroline Jane Hughey—6 Sharrill Rice Kruep—6 Jill Burrows Levine—5 Glenda West Linton—6 Belinda McEwen-Mays—6 Loretta Mathews Schmitt Diane Wood Tucker—4 Jane McMaster Wilson

GAMMA ALPHA University of Miami Katie Blair Dorsey—6 Carol Gaylord Elefante Joanna Finazzo—6 Paige Nicolle Hockley—5 Patsy Lee Kilbane—6 Ali Jordan Levenson Dara Harper Liebeskind—4 Sandy J. Miniutti Heather Rhodes Mount Candice Leigh Perilstein—6 Shari H. Robins, M.D.—1 Kristi Schmidt—6 Jen Reinhard Sturges Joan Martens Tapocik—5 Heather Katherine Warren-Reynolds—3 GAMMA BETA Washington College Katy Fluhr Carlsward—3 Megan E. Ward Cascio—4 Lynn Diana Covington—6 Barbara Townsend Cromwell—2 Doris S. Forster Becky Hainsworth Kirwan—3 Erin Lynn Koster—5 Kathleen Brackett White—6 GAMMA GAMMA The University of Texas at El Paso Virginia Bustos Anderson Diana Kathryn Bruce-Oosterveld—5 Mrs. Gray Mansinne—6 Jo Anne Markle McClurg—6 Joann Perry Moeller—6 Kit Detwiler Stone—6 Mitzi Kessel Thomas Nancy Cole Warden—5 GAMMA DELTA University of Mississippi Ann Dial Burke Carolyn Elliott Carter—6 Nan Griffin Davis Cande McNally Elchroth—4 Ellen Allen Haraway—6 Susan Singleterry Heath Betty Cruzen Manuel GAMMA EPSILON Pennsylvania State University Anna Hartline Brown—6 Patricia Uplinger Brown—5 Kim Anderson Callari—6 Carmela Nicole Civello—6 Miriam Olander Fee Lee Ferguson Herr—6 Sally Leight Lazorchak—6 Mary Loftus MacLaren—6 Erica Shaye Nagy—5 Barbara Nolt Vinson—6 Madison Elizabeth White—6

The Foundation funds a portion of the Leadership Consultant program (learn more about this year’s LCs on page 26).

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GAMMA ZETA Mississippi State University Lainie Tubertini Anthony—5 Melanie Hankins Booth

Paige Buatt—6 Shelby Renee Butler Donna Smith Byrd Jennifer Inghram Harrelson Cindy Ellis Lang—6 Joy Tate Legan—6 Jennifer B. McPherson—5 Beverly Barber Oden—6 Robin Brown Pace—6 Virginia Barfield Perkins Saralyn Simpson Quinn—6 Julianna Salyer Martha H. Swain Stephanie Dallas Wenzel Erin Wright Williams GAMMA ETA University of Toledo Dorothy Benton Cline Darcy Annette Dom—4 Gwen Garrison Piehl GAMMA THETA University of Colorado at Boulder Judith Pierson Anderson Sue Price Baker—5 Patty Hurd Bodden Bartlett—6 Carol Bartlett Benner—5 Nedra Poch Bird—6 Barbara J. Clark Elly Hewitt Fithian—6 Barbara Brown Johnson—6 Mary Sue Culver Medsker—6 Barbara Herbstreit Miller—5 Judith Nelson Mullins Barbara London Pierpoint Terry Mason Brown Rostamo Sharon Nevin Rouse Bonnie Jorgensen Stone GAMMA IOTA University of Florida Sherri Caldwell Alfieri Elissa Helene Bragunier—6 Judith Lisa Bryan—6 Ginny Swain Cardona—4 Shannon Crouse Davis Cassadi Ann DeVane—6 Lorraine Cox Dora—5 Melissa Reeves Edwards—6 Mackenzie Janice Englund—6 Sally Irene Evans—6 Carol Bockler Faulk Patricia Allison Gaukel—6 Dorothy A. Gramling Kristin Pekny Grassi—6 Dee Padovan Green Jean Hanna—5 Rachel Elizabeth Hart—6 Rena Guevarra Howell Judith Head Johnson—6 Sarah Umstot Jones Barbara Sivils Jordan—6 Lyla Bryan King Kaley Rose Knapp Megan Shaffer Lechlitner—6 Amy Elizabeth Lettelleir—5 Meredith Lincoln—6

Mary A. Logvin—6 Susan Brown Long—5 Lauralyn Rasmussen Lonquist—6 Catherine Tabor Lytch Kay Usborne Metzcher Manning Susan J. Marley—6 Pat McCasland McGinnis—6 Joelen Kilbas Merkel—6 Karen Farmer Mills—5 Kaki Burgess Mulkey Stacy Ayers Newsom—5 Donna Walter Nickerson—6 Kathleen S. Pellicane—6 Stefanie Celeste Perez Tobi Davison Potapow—6 Melissa McLean Richards—6 Sandy Moore Sanderson—6 Lauranne Marie Stevens—6 Kirsten Coleman Teany—6 Lorraine Shampoe Thompson Margaret Conkling Tuttle—6 Jill Kijowski Van Houten Danielle Andres Welsh—6 Evelyn Hanna Wiley—5 Sharon Smith Zebley GAMMA PI The University of Georgia Barbara Falor Adler Julie Sanders Allen Courtney Nicole Bishop—6 Jenna Mckenzie Blanchard Brenda Jones Brown Susie Graddy Brown—6 Rosemary Werth Buckley—6 Blaize Fennell Burley—6 Romi Williams Chadwick Phyllis Sacile Chastain—4 Mary Jane Jentzen Chester—6 Hailey Elizabeth Clark—6 Denise Cummins Demick—5 Cindy Buttrill Edmondson Kate Elizabeth Everett—6 Ashley Brooke Evert—6 Mindy Waddell Farr Alison Brooke Forehand—6 Carol Archer Freeman—6 Pamela J. Garrison—5 Glenda Rogers Gehri Brenda Ward Gerspacher—6 Mary Bowden Gilmore—6 Shearon Wiggins Glover—5 Melodie Corey Grice—6 Kymberly Bailey Hall Marylyn Fountain Haygood Ellen Baldwin Heilig—6 Cathy Hester Huffines—4 Kimberly Jones Ivester—3 Wanda Jenkins—6 Diane Futch Johnson Samantha Phillips Johnson—6 Willa Ferguson Jones Melanie S. Kearns Traci Doar Kemp—4 Kathy Ray King—6 Sandy Barnes King Ann Tansey Kreager—2 Tina Knight Kukanza—6

Sarah Beth McNabb Lantz—5 Lara Roberts Long—6 Sally Kite Lowery Melissa Suzanne Mahr—6 Karen Lane Mann—6 Julie Primm McCollister—6 Judith Roberts McKernan—4 Kelly Huff Mikell—6 Marianne Andrews Moore Jenny Harrell Myrick—6 Dr. Edna Dickey Nation Tommie Medlock Nichols Hannah Drum Norman—6 Donna Thacker Paulk—6 Sharen Heavner Phinney—5 Madeline Terstegge Plant—6 Gabbi Denali Pohlman—6 Debora H. Porter Stephanie Arnette Powell—2 Susan I. Powell—6 Sally Middlebrooks Rauton Joyce Reinkemyer Elizabeth Ashley Schlotzhauer Linda Gass Scott—6 Bonney Stamper Shuman—3 Dr. Kelly M. Smith—4 Cristol Carnes Solomon—6 Sharon Farneti Spadafino—6 Eleanor McDonald Still—6 Elaine Minick Stone—6 Caroline Elizabeth Stroud—6 Karen Dilling Suggs—6 Kathy Bradley Thomas—6 Jamie Ann Tuggle—5 Susan Powell Vlass—6 G. Gwen Walker Patricia Miller Wann—6 Stephanie Hawkins Watts Loretta Edge Wells—6 Lauren Elizabeth Williams GAMMA KAPPA James Madison University Kelly Culpepper Boss—6 Diana Fox Edwards Megan Barbara Gallis Kathy Rappuchi Geist—5 Betty Lyon Grizzle—6 Linda Overstreet Harvey Carol Ohl Hudson—6 Martha Trenary Irvin—6 Madison Ann Lopez Allie Catherine Lucas Kelly Marie Maxwell Kaitlyn McNutt Camille Geoghegan Olson—6 Gina Maria Petrarca Colleen Patricia Price Brianna Nicole Riggi Olivia Marie Sherno Shirley Kodrich Sinclair Jeanne Eleanor Strunk Sally Anne Todd Mary Sue Whitt—5 Miranda Lynn Yokum—6

GAMMA MU University of Nebraska at Omaha Margaret Butters Bianchi Jane O'Connell Chambers Cassie Sue Golden Janet Grossman Howard Judy Anderson Shinkle GAMMA XI Indiana University of Pennsylvania Deanna Lea Hartzman Carolyn Knoble Morgan Judith Barnes Stewart Roxanne Trovato Wood—4 GAMMA OMICRON Central Michigan University Joyce Oehmke Cornelissen—6 Julie Jones Davis Eileen Noonan Koppinger—6 Cathy Thompson—5 Kay Dowell Trosko—6 Joanne Witherow Troy—6 Emma Riley Wiggins—6 Trish DeJarnatt Yungkans GAMMA RHO Auburn University Macy Katherine Carman—6 Kassie Kamela Chicoine Natalie Bigger Davis—6 Jane Reed Shaffer Elliott Kailee Summer Gilmer Pat Lake Grant—6 Audrey Madison Hall Megan Christine Hellendall Shari Cottingham Johnson Kathryn Maxwell Kaish Patsy Kane—6 Haley Katlin Madison—6 Paige Nunn Knott—6 Ruth Lovett McMullen—5 Jayme Leigh Moorer Caitlin Layne Moulton—6 Logan McKay Murphy—6 Mary Lucile Pennington—6 Mary Margaret Pizzitola—6 Patricia Rutledge Powell Joan Edmonson Rose—6 Gabriela Maria Ruiz—6 Monica Rene Sain—5 Age Roth Salvaggio—4 Mary Burns Shoemaker—6 Jamie Rome Smith—6 Kathy Finley Stone Emma Pearson Strong—5 Carol L. Wietlake—5 Dr. Eugenia Malone Zallen—4 Marisa Haley Zehner—6 GAMMA NU University of Virginia Dorothy Thompson Arnold—6 Joi Lynn Baumgardner—6 Lisa Pericola Case—6 Ginger Layman Curry Dr. Sally Hamel Dowling—5 Theal Spraker Edwards—6

Linda Custard Gillikin Sandy Jones Kerr—6 Brianna Tristine McGraw—5 Heather McAfee Neubauer—6 Lindsay Rebecca Rotz—6 Edwyna McMullan Wingo—5 GAMMA SIGMA University of Tampa Jean Lackovic Amuso Sylvia Sears Danner—4 Carran Porter Kattmann—4 Merry Mack Rayl GAMMA TAU Texas Tech University Sherron Schmidt Abernethy—6 Alexis Elizabeth Adkisson—6 Jennie Vought Baker—5 Tamela Dickie Beene—4 Janet Jaeckle Bronocco—5 Gayle Wiley Brummett—6 Patsy Colwell Chandler—6 Leslie Ann Chunta—6 Kelley McClanahan Clark—6 Cynthia Byars Courtney—3 Elizabeth Jones Fleming Joy Lord Fuhrmann—6 Megan Leighann Gray Jo Wickstrom Hable Stancy Robinson Hagans—5 Nancy McDonnell Harlin—5 Leslie Liem Hix—2 Betty Witcher Hrncir Karen Kirby Huffman Cameo Annette Jones Nanci Oden Kerlin—5 Cheryl Bautsch McClellan—6 Connie Thomas McWhorter—6 Mary Wall Midkiff—4 Debbie Anne Novelli—2 Kay Brumage Ormsbee—6 Janice Phillips Schoonover—6 Susan Williams Simmons LeAnne Cawley Skinner—6 Stacey Verkest Voigt—6 Tracy Hrbacer Young GAMMA UPSILON University of Oklahoma Mary Price Boday Lori Jo Hendrix Erin Hansen Lenhoff Patti Guthridge Mattingly GAMMA CHI Indiana State University Nancy Grosser Atkins—5 Joan Benner Banning—5 Janice L. Couts—6 Theresa Wolfe Coyner Brooklyn Mariah Hollis Kelly Prast Jaques—6 LeAnn Thum Lindemann Jennifer Hill McKaufsky—6 Patricia Ann Perone Debbie Kiefner Smith Mary Etta Voris Stearns

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GAMMA CHI (CONTINUED) Donna Sniffin Stockment—6 Kathy Flowers Twitchell Chris Flora Walter—4 Alice Stoutenburg Westman Nancy Schultz Wirth Judy Jordan Wright—5 GAMMA PHI University of North Texas Alissa Andon—6 Susan Spradley Bell—4 Leigh Eastman Bellows Christy Alexander Brown—4 Tiffany Cordes—5 Delphine Angle Dodd Susan Sharp Ferguson—5 Jane Spradley Haley—4 Gayle Browne Hansen Sandra C. Heros Sonia T. Heros Kay Wander King Gina Goertzen LeGare Brie Stampe Leung—6 Jan Spradley McCarthy—4 Phala Van Houten McGee Darlene McNatt—6 Linda McNatt—6 Jo Ann Brecher Murillo Brittainy Wolfe Murphy—6 Isabella Marie Piske—6 Julie Davison Ryan—6 Pam Chapman Spruiell Sharyn Spuller Tudor Barbara Kerr Vaughan—6 Bonnie Flaa Wright Kate Besier Wright—6 GAMMA PSI Texas Christian University Edie Focke Atkins—6 Jeri Browning Blackmon—6 Alexandra Elizabeth Blitch Bridgette Nicole Chrisco Barbara Christian Chumney—6 Emily Katherine Cook—5 Marnie Brown Cranmer—5 Wendy Fitzhugh Crowley—6 Sally Zemites Dannov Lindsay Ray Davis—6 Merry Pratt Jones Karri Jean Kugler—6 Leslie Forrester Kydd—6 Logan Rae Lockhart—6 Anne Renee Mishu—6 Paulina Mozo Josie Bird O'Quinn—6 Catherine Courtney Schmuck Cissy Mayne Shankles Lu Rasor Smith—6 Liz Ann Starr—6 Kathryn Audrey Tanzberger—6 GAMMA OMEGA University of Houston Barbara Hicks Boek Karen Elaine Broussard—4 Kim Bruder Clarke—4 Mary Blann Cooper—6

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Corina Guerrero Alice DeWalt Hahn—4 Nina Hendee—2 Susan McLaughlin Hoyt—6 Sandy Shumate Lewis Deborah Copeland Luhn Karen Bolin Malkey Rosanne Jaworski Malone—6 Sara Spencer Malone—6 Lucy Foote McKinstry—6 Melinda Wehmeyer Moore—6 Nancy Bowne Morgan—2 Mrs. Roy R. Rohrer Margaret Gaden Shallock—6 Jane Francis Williams—6 Kathy Milligan Wilson DELTA ALPHA California State University, Long Beach Teresa Alvarado—6 Phyllis Britter Arguello Carol York Burke—4 Nancy Spessard Carman—5 Jan Homolka Darsam—6 Georgiann Hinkle Dobson Diana Bagley Eastman Mary Samstag Ettel Denise Dube Motter—4 Nyla Stanley Parker—5 Sharon Peterson Parkins—6 Raelene Nadeau Qualls Linda Crossley Ramsay—5 Molly Saxlund Setmire Pat Dewey Shea Ms. Donna Simmons—6 Madeleine Hodges Skoog—6 Kathy Benzini Stampe—6 DELTA BETA Florida Southern College Maureen MacGeorge Cavallaro—6 Elena C. DeVilliers—5 Stacy Marie Graham—6 Molly Carter Hancock—5 Auburn Cherry May—4 Jennifer Kleman Olivier Samantha Emily Postigo Mary Ellen Mazzanti Rogers—5 Robin H. Sullivan—6 Edie Ewald Wiseman—6 DELTA GAMMA High Point University Jackie Aerenson Emily Marie Anderson Raechel Bennett Biggs—4 Paige Sanders Cornetet—3 Terri Donovan—5 Jamie Denardo Galicki—6 Caylee Aaron Henderson—6 Pamela L. Klinedinst—6 Kristin Elizabeth Lindsay Kate Sharon Lord—6 Mary Covington McCormack Dora Johnson Miller—6 Shay Morgida Carolyn Frye Munro Brooke Shores Pasko—5 Kirstie Anna Pratt

Ashley Lynne Sapraicone—4 Lindsey Leigh Turk—6 DELTA DELTA Baldwin Wallace University Joey Caccarozzo Judith Ann Coolidge—6 Becky Koltonski Gleason—5 Hellen M. Greenway—3 Alysia Kupczyk Hanson Michelle Macartney—3 Kay McCoy McKelvey—4 Kathy Papp—5 Ms. Sandra Letitia Strong—6 Mallory Elizabeth Wald DELTA ETA West Texas A&M University Lanee Adams—4 Jacy Michel Brown—6 Linda Franks Elliott—6 Lauri Zachry Truong—6 Nancy Newsom Woodman DELTA EPSILON Wagner College Judith Levrat Goodenough Virginia Giles LaFalce—6 Evelyn Hoes Lynn—6 Kathleen Blaney Welch DELTA ZETA Sam Houston State University Brenda Hughes Blue—6 Jeannie Jones Bub Claire Winn Dowden—4 Leanne Weed Drake—6 Judy Berry Jackson—3 Mary Ann Hansen Macey—4 Anna Buehrig Matt—5 Tami Sims O'Brien—5 Lt. Col. Liesa Allen Roelke Pam Schima Stanford DELTA THETA Ohio Northern University Audrey Rose Bivens—3 Sharon Lawrence Brady—6 Lorrie Zacharias Burns Mary Ruth Grubbs Green Jenna Marie Jeffries—6 Jayme Considine Kmetko Catherine Taylor Miller Sarah Nicole Prasher—5 Colette Rzeszutko Lisa Paul Sierk—6 Barbara Jane Kellogg Weltz DELTA KAPPA Louisiana State University Julie Rogers Bell Cyndi Lodwick Bellina—5 Judith D. Benham—6 Anne Mumfrey Boerner—6 Susan Alves Bonnette—5 Candy Archibald Bourgeois Sarah Ford Brammer Lisa C. O. Brandes, Ph.D.—6 Emily Frankie Brossette

Gina Boyle Broussard—6 Christine Thomas Butts—5 Marcy Cann—4 Mitzi Orkus Court—6 Ashley Nicole DeSimone—6 Kathryn Otwell Greene Katie Ferguson Guidry Carolyn Hitt Azalie Crain Holland—6 Heather Matthews Kirk—5 Amanda Leigh Montesano Carole Marie Moser—6 Rae Martinez Motahari Dawn Arceneaux Palermo—6 Sheila Youngs Porada—4 Sarah Perkins Reid—6 Dianne Worsham Rube—6 Beverly Sanders Schalon—6 Stacey Shane Schott—6 Patricia Miller Schriver—6 Laura LaGrange Smoorenburg—5 Sherry Stagg St.Aubin—2 Charmaine Roussel Thionville—6 DELTA IOTA Clarion University of Pennsylvania Juliana Barbara McMeans Berry Dana Kirsch Fratini Sally Gazda Green—6 Nancy Coax Malacarne Sandy Lauth Mervosh Maureen Bojalad Palovick—6 Helen Grudowski Porter—3 Marie Lilly Rozakis DELTA MU The University of Tennessee at Martin Betty Allen-Langley—6 Linda Austin Becker Barbara Demlow Briggs—6 Vicki Clark—4 Elizabeth Ann Demaree Rebecca Derousse—5 Susan Durham—5 Rima Block DuVall—4 Jenn Denise Harper—6 Bonnie Brooks Johnston Angela Blackmon Marshall—4 Natalie Lauren Nutzell-Morales—6 Connie Page—6 Mitzi Smith Parrish Beth Shore—6 Michele Johnson Spears—4 Lisa Hooper Talley Carla Latham Wilhite—6 Katy Parker Wright DELTA NU The University of New Orleans Martha Mary Blanchard—6 Ciara Marie Bloemer—6 Mrs. Jeanne R. Buisson—6 Stephanie M. Caluda—6 Janice Forstall Charleville Carolyn E. Whitcomb Julie Bellau Delaney Michelle Bertram Douglas—6 Janel Peirce Duracher Shari M. Fisher—5

Mrs. Adrienne Margaret Wild Kolb—6 Susan Worrel Meyers Janna L. Pecquet—6 Jill Mercedes Socorro DELTA LAMBDA Georgia State University Jessica McGregor Blalock—6 Barbara Smith Bradley Meredith Harris Braselman—4 Jane Edwards Kimberly Levine Hanson—6 Lisa-Marie Paulsen Haygood—6 Carol Anne Saye Higgins Nancy Foster Moeller Laura Moak Redman—4 Ann Marie Papasodero Reynolds—5 DELTA XI California University of Pennsylvania Jamie Amato Paci DELTA OMICRON Lenoir-Rhyne University Dana Brasington Atkinson—2 Lynn Monroe Bolick—6 Joy M. Campanella Kathy Lyerly Davis Susan Buhrow Durocher—6 Brianna Nicole Giordanella Susie Lee Greene—6 Mary Fey Harvey Janet Baker Hassing—4 Kay Lawing Porter—6 Denise Lee Schulz—6 Betty Finley Schwartz DELTA PI Eastern New Mexico University Nancijane Goodwin Hilling—6 Karen Gikas Jacobsen—5 Donna Stanley Mowrer—6 Donna Latimer Timmons DELTA RHO Eastern Michigan University Gail J. Authier Barbara L. Piotter—6 Marlene Wohlfeil Principe DELTA SIGMA Lamar University Elizabeth Street Cokinos Madelyn Ashton-Clo Hamilton—5 Stena E. Kettl—6 Mary Jacobs Lipnick Mary Lynn Van Zandt Neill—5 Nancy Nellius Stine Melissa Plake Woods—6 DELTA TAU Davis and Elkins College Laura Anne Constantine—5 DELTA UPSILON West Virginia Wesleyan College Tricia Allen Gordon Colleen O'Reilly Hann—6 Nancy Sammis Hellendall—6

Katherine Anne Hoadley—6 Josette Holtzworth Jones—6 Alice Shumlas DELTA PHI Millsaps College Georgia Gwin Sewell—6 DELTA CHI William Jewell College Jennifer Elizabeth Reinhardt—6 Alisa Fishel Roth Cheryl Dunlop Steinkamp DELTA PSI Samford University Susan L. Beard—5 Lily Amanda Haskins Hollin Radford LeGette Kresta Joyce Pollard Hailey Nicole Rogers Alli Bruce Simmons—5 Lily Gale Willis—5 DELTA OMEGA Westminster College Kelly Swan Bahlburg—6 Jodie Young Baldwin—6 Elizabeth Manor Eisinger—6 Debra George Lannon—5 Dorothy Pollock JoAnn Cassebaum Weisel—6 Lindy Rae Young ZETA ALPHA University of Evansville Pam Morris Blessing—5 Amanda Greer Bureau—5 Bev Rookstool Cook—6 Tatiana Liliane Czajkowski Michelle Edwards Griffin—5 Courtney George Holloway—5 Andrea Jo Huston—6 Nicolette Jane Juncker—6 Angela Spring Kennedy—6 Susan Elizabeth Kennedy—3 Diana Townsend Manners Susan Roell Mansfield Bryn Hemsley Masiuk—6 Jacqueline O'Donnell Merk—6 Mary Howell Miller—5 Beth Moore Sherry Bryan Murray—4 Vicki Spitzer Richmond—3 Marilyn McCarter Schneider—6 Robin Franz Stricklin Sherry Server Tilley—4 Melissa Wagler—6

ZETA GAMMA Youngstown State University Patricia Richards Adams—6 Phyllis DeGennaro Chila Susanne H. Dreier—6 Patricia Janis Drobik Henri Caruso Hall—6 Rena Meadows Hunter—6 Deborah Basinsky Liptak Heather Rae McAtee—5 LesleyAnne Roddy—4 Valerie Lucarelli Schenk

ZETA IOTA Western Carolina University Franlyna Barrett Charles—4 Donna DePietropaolo Murphy—6 Angela Crisp-Stocker—6

ZETA EPSILON Texas A&M University-Kingsville Joanna Hoover, CPA—6 Phoebe Tally McNeill Erme Walton Waddell—6

ZETA LAMBDA Rider University Skyler JadeRinelle DeLuca Elyse Marie Elisano Jessica Anne Mosteller Leanne Mishelle Puia—5 Alei Leigh Russo—6 Kay L. Thomas Stokes—6 Arta Greenwood Szathmary—5

ZETA DELTA University of Louisiana at Monroe Evelyn Etzel Hopes Lisa King Judice Lisa Busby Walston—5 Joy Hathorn Watson—3 ZETA ZETA Athens State University Margaret Hodges Butler—6 ZETA ETA Slippery Rock University Kathleen H. Donley—6 Linda Salvatora Witherel ZETA THETA East Central University Janet Walker Battles—6 Lisa Crank Coffman Machel Considine—5 Jennifer Mayfield Griffin, D.D.S.—6 Jacque Moranetz Solsburg Joy Morris Walker—6

ZETA KAPPA Louisiana Tech University Beverly Ambrico Denver Lynn Aicklen Franklin—5 Cheryl Anderson Pedigo—4 Cindy Birmingham Smith—5

ZETA MU Jacksonville University Debbie E. Buscher—5 Pamela D. Cox Cynthia Leialoha Lucy—5 Elizabeth Randolph McCullough—6 ZETA NU Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania Karen Byers Arnold—6 Danelle Del Corso—5 Michele Howie Lundin—6 Karen Kelly Machuca—6 Jodie Nesta Pierce Debbie Olexia Stilley—6 ZETA XI Georgia Southern University Mardee Coyle Austin—3 Linda Pie Coyle—6

ZETA BETA Thiel College Dawn L. Brower-Smith Alexandra Joan Helbig—6 Peggy S. Hunt Kathy Gira Sigall Cynthia Marie Tallerico—6

Members of the Foundation board hugged delegates from Major Donor chapters as they arrived at National Leadership Conference 2017.

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ZETA XI (CONTINUED) Marilyn C. Cunningham—5 Kaddy Hall Duncan Pam Waller Ferrere—6 Leyla Stamey Goodsell Kay Stroud Jones Nancy Woodruff Marsh Shannon Adams Meharg Terri Smiley Parker—6 Collete Ann Peta—5 Kristen Howser Sudduth—5 Lea Chrisman Williams—6 ZETA OMICRON Arkansas State University Patti Elbert Abell Debbie Goff Apel—6 Rebecca Strickland Ayash Lisa Sitzer Golden—5 Jane Stuart Meadows—6 Beth Pickler—6 Emily Elizabeth Pogue—6 Nona Douglass Richey—5

ZETA UPSILON Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Jamie Amorose Bostard Emily Ann Watts Sally Schott Wellman—5 ETA GAMMA West Chester University of Pennsylvania Staci Foerst Callahan—5 BethAnn DiGiacomo Maura McNamee Emery Peggy Wien Hines Hannah Bixler Lamey—6 Joy Smith Linton Tara Victoria McCullough Catherine Druffner Thompson ZETA OMEGA Ferris State University Lesli Leigh Baar—6 Catie Marie Schmidt Dawn Zimmerman Senge

ZETA PI Woodbury University Kathy Cook Apogee—3 Anne Michel Schubert—5 Norma Jenkyn Simon—5

ETA BETA Duquesne University Jennifer Leigh Bagnell Suzanne Scerbo Chreene—6 Sharon Newmark Goretsky

ZETA SIGMA The University of Texas at Arlington Cindy Tabor Beckett Samantha Georgina Benitez—6 Tamra Liberton Denney Ashlie Williams Heiser Connie Wallace Perdue—6 Ana Figueroa Short—6 Mary Catherine Swain Sandra McFarland Worth

ETA ALPHA Georgia Southwestern State University Beth Edwards—5 Beverly Barnes Matais Elizabeth Harpe Ruf—3 Cheryl Brumfield Spillers—6 Susan Luckie Youngblood

ZETA PHI University of South Alabama Karen Tompkins Barkman Janis Felis Menges—6 Lynn Marie Mishkel—6 ZETA CHI Tennessee Technological University Annette Coorts Flanders—6 Brenda Franks Krause Tara Suzanne Neill—6 Ruth Hunt Wilson ZETA PSI Jacksonville State University Michele Hensley Beatty Candy Cason Burnett—6 Tina Vickery Chandler Gloria Culberson Hice—4 Samaria Imani Mayo—6 Allie Kerceton McDermont Michelle Kourmoulis Michaels—5 Stacy Cross Moore Rachel A. Rushing—6 Hailey Christine Scott

ZETA RHO Morehead State University Sue Ann Schroer Arts Julie D. Dragoo ETA EPSILON Mansfield University of Pennsylvania Christine Knouss Allen—6 Allison Huesgen Dilts—5 Rebecca Dunlap Hulbert—5 ETA ZETA Elon University Megan Elizabeth Abide Molly Kershaw Anderson—5 Kaitlin Lee Busch Peyton Colby Chur—6 Jennifer Black Gallagher—4 Juila Rae Gellis—6 Seeley Carolyn Lutz—5 Cynthia Frick Rust Kimberly Rhinehart Truitt—6 ETA ETA McNeese State University Sharon Ogea Mendoza Patricia A. Ogea—4 ETA IOTA Valdosta State University Ashley Herrington Bennett—3

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Marlene Dunbar Conrad Kris Dahl Guthrie—6 Jennifer Ann Haas Alice McCann Mathews—4 Amber K. McEachin—6 Leilani Struzick Rabourn—2 Allison MacKenzie Taylor Kery Reinkemyer Webb—3 Mrs. Elizabeth Regina Wills—6 ETA KAPPA University of Central Florida Laurie Jean Botts Carol Leigh Hendrix—6 Cayce Cooper Hurley Tasneem Nizar Ibrahim Birgitta Nilsson Indaco Renee Stanley Kirwan Jenny Gilleece Powers Karen Henning Sparkman—4 Karen Leibin Thornburgh ETA LAMBDA College of Charleston Christine Collins Andersen—6 Coleen Cronin—6 Michelle Wilkinso Dobbs—4 Lisa Sterling Frizelle Amy Guess—6 Carrie Armentrout Hoffeditz—6 Mary Wilson LaRoche—5 Cheryl Martschink Leonard Anne Tisdale McChesney Rachel Anne Collins Miller—6 Kerry Mobley Missel Kelley Elizabeth Moulton—5 Jessica Eovino Pafford—5 Elizabeth J. Render—6 Slayden Adele Thomas Megan Hartley Turbeville—4 Donna Sheheen Watson—5 Katie Rebecca Wilkes—5 ETA NU Radford University Cynthia Godwin Snyder Beck Brigitte Beauvais Bradshaw Kimberly K. Carabetta—6 Brandi Michelle Guilliams—6 Kathy Briggs Matyger Valerie Nicole Wallace ETA XI Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Mackenzie Elizabeth Bates—6 Haley Macallan Burnell Shana Harrison Carrico—5 Debbie Lee Conklin—6 Megan Horan Dailey—6 Larkin Watson Fields—6 Allie Golden—6 Judy Hendrick Griffiths Carole A. Grzeskiewicz—6 Rachael Elizabeth Harlow Laurie Wilson Harrsen—6 Angie Meadows Hoen—6 Maddie Rose Hovis—6 Cindy Wellener Hyman—4

Emma Claire Irwin Keagan Daniele Joyce—6 Katherine Rhea Matais Yvonne Tedrick McGill—6 Robyn Wortman McNamara—6 Courtney Lee McPherson—6 Monsie Cordova Mintz Mary Margaret Mueller Emma Kathryn Powers Adrienne Elise Pritz Chandler A. Scott—5 Sue Galen Simon—6 Donna Feagans Stossel—6 Lilly Mariah Thomas—6 Marta Ann Timmermann T.L. Tunstall—6 Francine Marie Vannicola—3 Savannah Leigh Weatherford Gerry Sonnessa Weinberger—6 Jen Kuehl Williams—6 ETA MU Augusta University Maegan Leeann Alexander—6 Natasha Hendrix—6 Courtney Ashton Jeep—6 Fran Kupecky Robertson—6 ETA RHO The University of North Alabama Carol Sloan Dean Lyndel R. Hardy Julia Marthaler Hill—4 Kathy Whitlock Isom—5 Sheree Vaughn Kelley—6 Elaine Brown Knight Kay Dill Kreutzer—2 Genia King McKinney—6 Katie Anne McVey Joan Kimball Mollohan—5 Dr. Andrea Porter—5 Malaea Nelms Seleski—3 Danielle Nicole Smith Leah Wallace Swinney Rachel Pansa Torres—6 Molly Thomas Welch ETA THETA Missouri University of Science and Technology Jennifer Speidel Baker—3 Taylor Ann Bartram Casey Stone Brownfield—6 Sara Matthews Campbell—6 Kristine Marie Fleming—3 Rachel Christina Guthrie—6 Janet Rimmey King—6 Danielle Christine Miller—5 Abigail LaPreze Morris—6 Kelsey Lauren Rutledge Whitney Eileen Sinkbeil—5 Lexi Grace Spaulding Maria Teresa Vega-Westhoff Michelle Schaeffler Williams—4 ETA PI Wright State University Nicole Anne Baumer Teresa Ishmael Ebersole—4

Laurel Blewett Hemmelgarn—6 Jennifer Lee Kaufman—6 Brooke Johnson Leppla—6 Julie Yingling Slivinski—5 ETA SIGMA The University of North Carolina at Pembroke Dana Essick Revier Whitney Hanlin Wilson ETA TAU The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Kelly Sarita Atkinson Payton Bailey Kristen Danielle Baker—6 Casey Lynn Casten Fabiana Chabaneix Ella Renee Crosby SaraLynn Michelle Currin Reagan Lee Dennis Denise Vance Fluhr—5 Stephanie Alexandra Gilbertson—6 Lexi Marie Hampy Alexandria Lauren Higgins—6 Jordan Elizabeth Hodges Taylor Nicole Huffman Morgan Michele Jarrett Michaela Cheyenne Jones Jessica Lynn Morris Maggie Jane Nelson Courtney Elizabeth Palazzo—5 Emily Rose Papciak Abigail Grace Reeves Kim Lindsay Savage—6 Taylor Ashtin Sharpless Maya Lee Shefet—6 Carly Breanna Spainhour Savannah Leigh Valentine—5 Maddie Alexandra Vrscak Sharee Ann Waggoner Lindsey Allen Weeber ETA PHI Illinois State University Kiley Elizabeth Grabko—5 Celeste Ione NiebuhrEddleman—6 Diane M. Stratton ETA CHI Francis Marion University Tiffanie Renea Cox—6 Georgia Stone Hess—5 Deborah Helms Kelley—6 Ashlee Driggers Kositz Erin Carter Maxwell—5 Debbie Jones Meggs Juliette Neil Thier Hope Kristen Wofford ETA OMEGA Louisiana State University in Shreveport Tracye King Albone Marnie Marlar Frazier—4

Bridget Denise Higginbotham—1 Kathleen Travis Malone, CPA ETA PSI California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Margie Szumigalski Clarke—6 Theresa Tapia Dondero—5 Beth Koff Jacobs Kelly Marich Jaeger—6 Erin Jacobs Matheny—6 Susie Crowe Sanders—6 THETA ALPHA California State University, Chico Jo Ann Brown Baca Ms. Suzanne E. Baird—6 Kimberley Ann Camacho Donna Jean Chimera—6 Gerri Glass Cose Jayna Gaddie Dean, RN—6 Nancy Rew Dewey—5 Jessica Dwyer—5 Trish Manners Ferenz Shannon J. Finley—5 Nancy Devries Fregoso—6 Darcie Edmunds Gettings—6 Janet Rew Herrington Janice Inglis Keene Liz Bozek Krohn—6 Karin Heedick Link—6 Karyn Michelle Lovins Cynthia Garcia Mall—5 Mrs. Susan Marie McFadyen—6 Cheryl Righetti McGray—6 Andrea Warner Molinari—5 Wynne Zabel Nord Catherine C. O'Hara Teri Snelling Williams Spring—6 Tami Gambelin Wesendunk—6 THETA GAMMA Texas A&M University Cheri White Armstrong—5 Lynn Holmes Arthur Gina Mueller Budd—6 McKenna Michelle Carr—6 Ashley Nicole Clark Ashley Jean Flanagan—6 Nina Elizabeth Gavos Shana Gatling Gordy—6 Charlotte Ward Hall—6 Shari Masterson Harris—6 Lauren Teresa Holladay—5 Linda Cude House Kayla Nicole Linskie—6 Madison Elizabeth Melhorn Andrea Lynn Perrard Kristin Barbara Peterson Ann Duffy Radney—3 Lauren Charlotte Richmond Madisen Janae Walker THETA DELTA Salisbury University Valerie N. Ahmuty Yuriko Norita Beaman

Angela Popowski Cherry—6 Brenna Elizabeth Hearn R. Joanne Keys—6 Chantel Kushner-Samuel—6 Dixie White Leikach—5 Kenna Brigham Lowe—5 Cierra Brook Poole Elizabeth Ann Rescigno—6 Valerie Dobbins Roddy Samantha Elizabeth Taylor—5 Tammy Doris Ward—5 THETA BETA Eastern Washington University Donna Voss Pittman—6 THETA THETA Arkansas Tech University Jana Harrison Carroll Ann Cooper Childs—4 Katie Renee Frazier Nikki Nicole Harper Annette Borland Holeyfield—6 Jennifer Lynn Moody—6 Mandy Jane Morgan—6 Elaine Zankl Puckett—6 THETA IOTA University of North Florida Christina Lee Alexander Chelsea Noelle Drinkard—6 Aimee DeFoor Kane—6 Dianne Ford LaForty—5 Rhonda Reeb Ly—6 Joni Allman McIntyre Maggie Moran Palmer Lauren Nicole Pocza Samantha Joy Reddy—6 Meredith Ashleigh Storms Jordanne Ashley Swanson THETA ETA Stephen F. Austin State University Antoinette Rizzuto Bearden Mrs. Lisa Anne Clayton—6 Sherri Porter Erwin Stacy LaRue Gannon—3 Dorothy Siegmund Jennings—6 Mackenna Suzanne Joseph—5 Shannon Stanton King—6 Diane Douglas Lindsey Michelle Osborne Marshall—6 Kelly Janak Mathews Jessi Stone Reel—6 Kelly Corser Richmond Victoria Michelle Rolater—5 Mandy Pierce Scott—6 Shannon Elizabeth Shelton—6 Mary Elizabeth Traveland Leslie Wilson Watson—6 Suzanne E. Weatherford Patricia Williamson—6 Lisa Williams Wilson—6 Tish Torres Wright

In memory of…

Donations to the ZTA Foundation were made between Aug. 1, 2016, and July 31, 2017, in memory of the following people: Mary Gillam Anderson Jane Danforth Baker Linda Schnell Ball Rachel Beard Carol Westbrook Beaver Carla Hulsey Berggren Krystal Jean Berryman Lydia Binder Wilma Tonn Boggs Carol Futch Bores Barbara Moeller Bowman Susan McCracken Bridge Trixy Swearingen Brill Gayl Brown Dorothy Stevens Bruner Inez Bryan Nancy Penick Burnett Fay Keslar Cape-Johnson Charles Cattanach Wade Collier Sora Embry Coulter Ethel M. Cullom Gail Songer Dippold Florence Williams Dunn Roselyn Rowland Easton JoAnne Withrow Eaton-Morriss Martha C. Edens Deb Ensor Alada Boyer Faber Nina Beth Feinzig George Fogle Patricia Ford Jean McKinney Gratton Agnes and Tom Gwin Kelly Ann Hackendahl Louise Lloyd Hansen Ida Phelps Hassler Jacquelyn Mulligan Haynes Carolyn Hendricks Hester Nancy and James Hicks Rose Ann Woods Hughston Ann Thomas Hutchison Bonnie Resler Karlsrud Ann McMaster Kemmer Laura Kinsel Helen Brown Klein Karen Fortenberry Knight Gia Kosmitis Bre Sue Lemler Nancy Penick Lindley

Connie Felsher Marshall Mrs. Theodore Matula Cass Elias McCarter Nelia Bentley McLuckie Judith McNally Alice Connolly Mitchell Ron Moore Nell Morris Barthenia Myers Carlla Knaus Napoli Brittany Nicole Neal Dorothy Bailey Nelson Dorothy Harvey Nelson Winifred Dinsmoor Nightingale Linda Noble Gayle Ann Pastorelli Barb Dolak Peters Karen B. Pettigrew Marilyn Exelby Poland Susan Garnham Ramsey Zoe Ramsey Josephine Schlegel Reiner Bob Render Klara Patsy Ellis Roach Katie Susan Rogers Sylvia Link Schell Gladys June Scherrah Marna D. Schlegel Ron Schott Janet Fischer Slike Hortense Weir Smith Joanne K. Smith Hortense Weir Smith Father Gerald Smith Hester P. South Josephine Martin Spradley Nancy Floyd Stipp Gay Halvorsen Swanson Katheryn Lisle Swanson Sally Tucker Thompson Sandra Palmer Thompson Mary Tilley Linda Mettel Tomlinson Kristen Lynn Toner Betty Van Allen Mary Albert Ward Joanne Arata Wehmueller Alice Grey Welsh Jeanne Branscombe Williams Ron Wytco

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Holly Griffin Edington—6 Cyndy Thomasson Fenninger—6 Christie Ellen Hill—6 Karen White Humphries—3 Lisa Milby Humphries—6 Margaret Stiles Johnson—6 Amy Mangual Leary Nancy C. Leatherman—5 Donna Leinwand Leger—6 Catherine Rowland Liemohn—4 Pamela K. Lowrance Mallory Elaine Marks—4 Gabi Skye McQueen Debbie Cloak Nahser Karen Thomas Pandres—6 Stephanie Harmon Roselli Katherine Alexander Snipes Cassi Crall Stansbury—6 Tucker Harrell Wagner

Donations support the Foundation’s Think Pink® partnerships with Bright Pink® (pictured above), the American Cancer Society® and the NFL. THETA KAPPA University of Missouri-St. Louis Sarah Rosegrant Frederick—5 Heidi Lynn Heischmidt Meg O'Connell Naes—5 Kiarra Kay Sears THETA OMICRON Baylor University Missi Bodine Armstrong Gina Ford Bajgier Jill Edwall Berkel—6 Heather Lane Bienko—6 Suzanne Michelle Brittain—6 Stacy Crothers Buntin—6 Sarah Rose Butler—5 Madison Fe Crow—6 Mary Elizabeth Crowley—6 Diane Cook Goebel—6 Leah Ann Goehring—6 Kimberly Stewart Hudson—6 Angela Malone Kelly—3 Belinda Smith Marshall Meredith Hahn Moore—6 Kayley Dawn Neukam—5 Lacy Schneider O'Connor—3 Michelle Bodine Stevenson Krysta Elise Taylor Jo Betsy McDannel Tyler—6 Mireya Isabel Villagomez THETA ZETA Wofford College Kinli Bare Abee—6 Ava Jean Belew—6 Hannah Rene' DeMaurice—6 Kirkland Elizabeth Dickson—6 Ginny Gibson Fowler—6 Marcia Danzeisen Fultz—6 Leah Margaret Guarisco—6 Ashley Glasgow Langley—6 Kat Paige Light Britt Mahan McCurdy

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Elizabeth Mozelle Mills Caroline Newlon Wells Osteen Alyssa Padgette—6 Ashley Gabrielle Snell—6 THETA XI Rutgers University Kathy Walker Ashton—4 Pam Kievit Dorman—6 Therese McDonnell Lambert—5 Mary Jane Berethelsen Sporn—6 Jill Faith Vanzino—6 THETA NU Auburn University at Montgomery Amanda McConn Moulin—6 THETA SIGMA Winthrop University Stuart Crockett Akins Heather Ashmore Baker—5 Megan Bush—6 Erin Paige Curran—6 Jessica Patteson Moore Julie Ward Moxley—5 Eryn Noelle Price Eva Winifred Schleicher Kelli Burke Stephenson—6 Jennifer Michelle Stokes Krissy Marie Turner THETA TAU The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lorelle Wise Baddley—6 Riley Elizabeth Barnhill Karla Jacquelyn Campbell—6 Carolyn Hof Carpenter—3 Rita Dickerson Chambers Corin Ortlam Clark Carla Martin Cobb—5 Beth C. Del Savio—6

THETA PHI California State University, Fullerton Candice Marie Arevalo Sam Christine Bent Karla Gutierrez Chudy Sylvia Christina Contreras—5 Katie Marie Cullum Courtney Jean Cunanan—6 Courtney Camille Flores—5 Catherine Perez Chapman Gold—6 Kristen Leanne Ilar Samanaz Hosi Kapadia—6 Claudia Manuela Lua Veronica Levan Puckett Alyssa Nicole Ramirez—6 Ro Rizzo Gwynne Hauschild Steidle—6 THETA EPSILON University of San Diego Liz Gern Klapmeier Stephanie Adler Lex THETA PSI Texas State University Jessica Anne Anger—6 Laney Hillencamp Crain—5 Suzanne Gentry Flodin—6 Caprice Bryson Fredricksen—6 Jan Jordan Hair—6 Laura Ladewig Landers—3 Holly McCloy McLain—6 Allie VanDeventer Smart Hanna Stocton—5 Renee Vercher Svitek Alicia Patten Williams—3 Sara Staggs Wisser—5 THETA CHI George Mason University Molly Black Duesterhaus—6 Kate Jane Gilhooly Lucia Prenzel Knudsen—3 Karyn M. Levesque Margaret M. Prisby Alexa Von Gersdorff—5 Roberta Lynn Wodenscheck—5

IOTA ALPHA Robert Morris University Christina Ann Dopkowski Elle Elizabeth Harris—6 Karen M. Rose-Roper—5 Kimberly Lynn Topolewski—5 THETA OMEGA California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Jenna Rhae Armstrong—6 Erica Mingyi Blackwell Cindy Manuel Calm Judi Yingst Capraro—6 Shana Christine Curry—3 Anna Kroesen Dow—5 Daniela Garcia Dolores Gonzales Gastineau—5 Heidi Jane Holmquist—6 Tiffany Laine Hutchins Diane Hanson Keegan—5 Molly Fox McLean—6 Jenna Michael Nordschow—3 Julie Wishner Olesniewicz—5 Jackie Lindbergh Parslow—6 Caroline Rand—6 Alysa Majer Zyda—6 IOTA GAMMA The College of New Jersey Kelly Lyn Czajka—5 Donna Louise Gage—6 IOTA DELTA Towson University Susan Scott Buchenberger Izabella Dickson Maryellen Hess Ewing Liza Gundell—3 Janice Board Hoyt—6 Kara Kerr Lloyd—5 Melissa Ball Parlon—6 Kelly Jones Rew—6 Shonda Brewer Schilling—6 Lisa Boucher Terry—6 IOTA ZETA University of New Mexico Jo Ella Silver—4 Katerina Vaitkus—3 IOTA EPSILON University of Hartford Irene Loretto—6 IOTA THETA Georgia Institute of Technology Anisha Veena Anand Shelby Rae Anderson—6 Abigail Claire Atkins Savannah Fern Bailey Caroline Rose Balmer Alexandra Elaine Barton Emma Lanier Bivings—5 Marina Lara Brand Christy Lynn Brodrick Elizabeth Tatum Brown Aleena Marisa Bubb—6 Greyson Elisabeth Burnett

Katie Ann Butler Livi Morgan Carpenter—6 Morgan Mckenzie Carter Rachel Conlee Christina Marie Darland Thais Maria Diaz Maddie Jane Dickerson Natalie Jane Dunnahoo Lauren Elaine Feely Mary Frances Forburger—6 Annie Skyler Grohovsky—6 Gina Nicole Hadam Liz Jane Hamel—6 Lilli Frances Higgins Claire Elizabeth Hillis—6 Grace Genevieve Hinckley—6 Regen Danielle Huffman Gina Marie Jiampetti—6 Sarah Michelle Kopser Madi Kyzer Deanna Pearl Lalo—6 Jenna Leigh Laughlin—6 Natalie Trawick Leggio Tarah Katherine Lewis Carly Alexandra Marini—6 Marci Simmons Medford—6 Keri Paarz Michaelis—6 Lori Fowler Middleton—5 Emily Anne Milburn—6 Rachel Carolyn Millsaps Amy Katherine Moran—6 Sydney Elizabeth Murphy Megha M. Pandya Alexa Nicole Pietri—6 Meghan Gupta Rathie Anna Michelle Romanov Jordan Richelle Sanders Neira Selimovic—6 Carson Elizabeth Silbert Elizabeth Diane Stich Alex Lynn Stolz—6 Paula Ross Surdykowski—6 Ellie Beyer Swiger Camille Diane Sylvester MaryKathryn Ponder Terry Chelsea Rose Thompson Diana Rose Thompson Kristin L. Brown Thompson—5 Tara Carpenter Thompson—6 Madison Alexzandria Thrift Mariaelena Dominga Uceda Mayke Vercruyssen—6 Monica Quynh Chi Vu Kimmie Hope Watson Sami Rae Wilson—6 Megan Marie Winkler Meredith Lynn Wolpert—6 Audrey Powers Wood Carly Lynne Wood IOTA ETA University of Nevada, Las Vegas Ramona Katrina Farley—6 Jenna Suzanne Heguy—6 Cyndi L. Rosa Shelly Ryser-Blanton Sandra Clonan Smith—6 Rosa Solis-Rainey—3

Shardonnay Summerhays Aimee Wytko Wise—4 IOTA KAPPA Delta State University Lee Ann Krause-Henry IOTA LAMBDA Southeast Missouri State University Claudia Waltersam Trende—5 IOTA XI Christian Brothers University Becca Ciscel Sara Clark—3 Rebecca Curtright—6 Anna Payton Davis Leigh Garrett Hill Brinson Owens—5 Felicia Ann Waage—4 IOTA NU Susquehanna University Tanya Zelger Amme Annamarie Stewart Cockreham—6 Margaret M. Farmer—5 Tina Ohta Kile—5 Kris Pocaro—6 Kaitlyn Ashley Randolph IOTA OMICRON Lander University Vicki Hearon Burris—6 Emily May Slice IOTA PI University of Dayton Jina Bass Button Terry Kilbane Fortin—6 Nicole Marie Luisi Nancy Clare Riedl—6 Julie Herman Roach Emily Ann Ryan IOTA SIGMA Old Dominion University Dina Amos—6 Ali Josephine Isenberg—5 Keeley McDonald Riddle—4 Coleen Ann Ryder Paige Avery Wesley IOTA RHO East Carolina University Carrie Rogers Garrity—5 Brandi Foster Heatherly—6 Abby Christine Holbrook—6 Jordan Ann Kay Madison Claire Peele Madison Justyn Riel Kate Flossie Virtue IOTA PHI North Carolina State University Abbigail Brianna Barber Becca Paige Borg Miriam Elizabeth Brannan Amanda Lynn Buaron—6 Haven Joleigh Cashwell

Caylie Nicole Cincera—4 Alison Elizabeth Cole Catie Elizabeth Dority Maggie Elizabeth Fleishman Morgan Francis Franklin Claire Elizabeth Freeman Sydney Elizabeth George Kate Lynn Goudy Shannon Elizabeth Grivas Valerie Beth Guzzo Jordan Taylor Harmon Kaeli Alexandra Hinton Abbey Marie Hobbs Fallon Kaitlyn Huffman Elizabeth Ivey Hunter Sarah Huntington—5 Lacy Margaret Hurd—6 Emily Marie Jandzinski—5 Caroline Elise Kerns Chandler McKinley King Caroline Howard Klemme Savanah Gray Knowles—6 Logan Melissa Lineberry Leah Rachel Looper Hannah Katherine Mason Meredith Harmon Mason Emily Catherine Murphy—3 Alyssa Marie Ohmstede Makenna Marie Orlando Mackenzie Frances Pearson Jordan Elizabeth Puryear—5 Julia Anneliese Sheer Caroline Bowman Sigmon Sydney Christina Smith Shannen Nicholle Speer Sarah Elizabeth Stahl—6 Catherine Grace Stegal Sarah Ross Thornburg Nicole Kathryn Vlanich Grace Catherine Wieler—6 Madison Elizabeth Young—6 IOTA CHI Middle Tennessee State University Sierra Brooke Alcorn Nicky Jeppesen Davis Samantha Boggs Dean—6 Erin Rachel McCalley—6 Lesley Wilson Pascoe—5 Casey Guimbellot Pash—5 Becky Stephens Shanklin Robyn Reuther Swafford IOTA PSI Rochester Institute of Technology Stacy Johnson—5 Kerstyn Alexandra O'Brien Tanya Marie Strachan—6 KAPPA BETA Presbyterian College Melanie Hope Routhieaux—5 IOTA OMEGA University of Maryland Cait Bridget Demchuk—6 Rebecca Traino Everitt—3 Jennifer Ellen Ewing—6 Mikaila Shea Fitzpatrick

Nikki Finke Flynn—6 Jannah Van Kirk Hobday—6 Janel Thomson Jauntirans—4 Anne Meredith Merrell—6 Jessica Layne Shupik Brenda Zimmerman Stokes—6 KAPPA ALPHA Colorado State University Darla Clarke Banks Andrea Evans Beck—6 Brynn Nicole Carman Brittany Hau Schiager—6 KAPPA DELTA University of Arizona Bonnie Buzick Johnson Tyra Thompson Ripley KAPPA ZETA Clemson University Kendyl Joan Bright MaKenzie Divina Katherine Elizabeth Fuchs Ashton Grey Holley Greyson Kimberly Lake Sara Nicole Landstrom Elena Nicole Manalich Sydney May Schiff Spencer Avery Shellnutt Janet Rice Smalley—6 Alex Michelle Temple Emily Elizabeth Wessinger KAPPA ETA Rockhurst University Haley Loida—6 KAPPA KAPPA Southern Utah University Kari Ann Jenkins Barker Lindsey Wilde Voltolini—6 KAPPA THETA California State University, San Bernardino Angie Estrada Henry Hilary Juedes—6 Keri Rochelle Montrose—3 Ashley Crawford Smith KAPPA IOTA Moravian College Cortney Lynn Selander—6 KAPPA NU Monmouth University Kaitlyn Melissa Smith KAPPA OMICRON Merrimack College Kaitlyn Marie Magnano Sydnie Taylor Vanevenhoven—6 KAPPA PI University of South Carolina Aiken Nicole Flippo Crook—3 Dana Barthelemy Curry Shannon Miller Hicks

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KAPPA PI (CONTINUED) Mclain Limehouse—6 Tracee Marie O'Ferrell—6 Olivia Padgett Spence—5 KAPPA TAU Florida Gulf Coast University Michaela A. Morris Bonny Boutet Shade—6 KAPPA UPSILON Georgia College Taylor Michelle Andrews Lauren Ashley Evelyn KAPPA PHI Christopher Newport University Amanda Taylor Degen—6 Jen Schmitt Sweiderk—6 Macee Anna-Marie Wanner—6 KAPPA CHI Shorter University Courtney Nicole Bach Kayla Dare Killingsworth Gabby Williams KAPPA PSI Kutztown University Heidi Michelle Frey Andi Carol Gingalewski Brooke Jean Loudon Shaina Geltman McAleer—6 Lizzie Marie Merrigan KAPPA OMEGA Saint Louis University Katy Spears Beagle—5 Kathleen Marie Rohleder LAMBDA ALPHA Sacred Heart University Faye Margaret Kenajian—6 Taylor V. Musto Sparkle Linda Rosen—5

Monica April Flowers Elizabeth Jayne Guarneri—6 Courtney Renea Haler—6 Sydney Nicole Hartman Codie Marie Myers Maddy Kay Pfister Molly Sollie—3 Bianca Suarez LAMBDA ZETA Lehigh University Shannon Elise Carroll—5 Chloe Elizabeth Mandell LAMBDA THETA New York University Alexis Anne Gogh—6 LAMBDA IOTA Vanderbilt University Katy Lee Leinweber Anela Marie Mangum Anna Lee Lee McLean—2 LAMBDA LAMBDA Kennesaw State University Ashley Megan Bates—6 LAMBDA MU University of South Carolina Beaufort Bailey Rene' Craven Zoe Katiera Zadoorian LAMBDA NU Furman University Marielle Lee LeMasters Ella Pruitt McIntyre—6 Ivy Ellis White Emily Ruth Wilson LAMBDA XI Seton Hall University Jill Nicolette Scanio

LAMBDA BETA University of Rhode Island Kaleigh Elizabeth Dutrisac Kathryn Ellen Wilson—6 LAMBDA GAMMA The University of Texas at San Antonio Monica B. Ceja—6 Kate Wyona Gill Niana Elizabeth Pallatt—5 Taylor Elise West LAMBDA EPSILON Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis Katie Elizabeth Blasingame Haley Sue Brown—4 Megan Ruth Burcham—6 Samantha Renee Caudill—6 Shawna Marie Disbrow Kassidy Elizabeth Edwards—6 Samantha Paige Erwin

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Thanks to generous donations from those listed on these pages, the Foundation is able to fund leadership programming, such as National Leadership Conference (top picture) and Officer Leadership Academies; the Scholarship program (middle picture), which is helping 290 Zetas pay for their education this year; and breast cancer education and awareness (bottom picture) in communities across the country.

Maud Squad is the Foundation’s newest level of giving for alumnae aged 40 and under who set up a recurring donation of $9 per month or more.

Molly Louise Albin, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Maegan Leeann Alexander, Augusta University Lucya Gabrielle Amezcua, California State University, San Bernardino Virginia Bustos Anderson, The University of Texas at El Paso Lindsey Elizabeth Archer, Mississippi State University Alison Oakley Barkman, Ohio Northern University Yuriko Norita Beaman, Salisbury University Raechel Bennett Biggs, High Point University Katie Elizabeth Blasingame, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis Suzanne Michelle Brittain, Baylor University Michele Kuznitz Bunch, University of Missouri Katy Fluhr Carlsward, Washington College Samantha Renee Caudill, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis Monica B. Ceja, The University of Texas at San Antonio Angela Popowski Cherry, Salisbury University Kelsey Lyn Clark, Samford University Alison Mackenzie Colangelo, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Sarah Frances Conklin, Florida Southern College Cynthia Connor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Nicole Flippo Crook, University of South Carolina Aiken Acacia Bender Croy, Oklahoma State University Ginger Layman Curry, University of Virginia Megan Horan Dailey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Valerie Weidenhamer Daters, The University of Iowa Denise Cotleur Davis, Oklahoma State University Iliana Martinez De Avila, The University of Texas at El Paso Jennifer Botchie Deinlein, Susquehanna University Clare Denhollem, The University of New Orleans Brittany Zahn DiMeglio, University of South Florida Kerry Ann Diminuco, The University of Iowa Dr. Rachelle J. Douglass, University of Missouri Lauren Rockwell Eggbeer, University of North Florida Jennifer Ellen Ewing, University of Maryland Shannon Ashley Ferguson, University of Missouri Kristin Easter Fiehler, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Nikki Finke Flynn, University of Maryland

Emily Ann Fogelsonger, University of Michigan Katie Renee Frazier, Arkansas Tech University Frances Steckbauer Fuller, Eastern New Mexico University Jamie Denardo Galicki, High Point University Jennifer Black Gallagher, Elon University Mallory Ann Garcia, The University of Texas at Austin Natalie Owens Garrett, Franklin College Alyssa Baker Godwin, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Katie Gardner Graf, University of Louisville Rachel Christina Guthrie, Missouri University of Science and Technology Colleen O’Reilly Hann, West Virginia Wesleyan College Kimberly Levine Hanson, Georgia State University Dana Riko Hellie, Linfield College Lauren Michelle Herrington, Georgia Southern University Courtney George Holloway, University of Evansville Heather Hopkins, California State University, San Bernardino Katie Michelle Humphrey, Augusta University Hilary Juedes, California State University, San Bernardino Kaitlyn Marie Julien, Radford University Aimee DeFoor Kane, University of North Florida Cathryn Elizabeth Kelichner, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Heather Matthews Kirk, Louisiana State University Marie Florence Kocher, Missouri Southern State University Erin Lynn Koster, Washington College Jessica Marie Kosty, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Marti Anjelica Lococo, University of Nebraska at Omaha Jessica Wood Lott, Washburn University Kerri Killgore Lovegrove, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Chantelle Lauren Lytle, University of South Carolina Amy Diane Maas, Drury University Sara Ann Matczak, Thiel College Shaina Geltman McAleer, Kutztown University Erin Rachel McCalley, Middle Tennessee State University Kelsey Bratcher McGee, West Texas A&M University Lauren Eileen McMahon, Miami University Gabrielle Katherine McMaster, Ferris State University Courtney Lee McPherson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Hayley Paige Moll, Washburn University Cece Baldus Moore, The University of Iowa Abigail LaPreze Morris, Missouri University of Science and Technology Amanda McConn Moulin, Auburn University at Montgomery Caitlin Layne Moulton, Auburn University Erin Dickey Niebylski, Michigan State University Lauren Ashley Norris, University of Maryland Kristin Rae Oberg, The University of Iowa MariAnne Ortega, Lamar University Stacey Kathleen Overtoom, University of North Texas

Ruth Owens, University of Mississippi Meghan Vicinus Parker, Oklahoma State University Jackie Lindbergh Parslow, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Casey Guimbellot Pash, Middle Tennessee State University Candice Leigh Perilstein, University of Miami Leanne Mishelle Puia, Rider University Becca Johanna Ramirez-McKinley, Sacred Heart University Rebecca McConn Rampe, Auburn University at Montgomery Tasia Bobbitt Ratliff, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke Jessi Stone Reel, Stephen F. Austin State University Julie Marie Resua, Clemson University Brandi Lynn Ribecky, University of Evansville LesleyAnne Roddy, Youngstown State University Hailey Nicole Rogers, Samford University Jourdan Rogers Melanie Hope Routhieaux, Presbyterian College Nicki Thompson Roy, Drury University Julianna Salyer, Mississippi State University Tabitha Marie Savka, Robert Morris University Valerie Lucarelli Schenk, Youngstown State University Courtney Osborn Schlueter, Saint Louis University Brianne Steppe Schneckenberger, Franklin College Denise Lee Schulz, Lenoir-Rhyne University Cortney Lynn Selander, Moravian College Delaney Grace Sexton, Missouri University of Science and Technology Taylor Ashtin Sharpless, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Lauren Ann Sherrard, Linfield College Jessica Layne Shupik, University of Maryland Brittney Roland Simms, Auburn University at Montgomery Layne Stringer Spotts, Stetson University Kelli Burke Stephenson, Winthrop University Ashley Kanotz Subasic, Bethany College Ashley Dolezilek Turman, Baker University Victoria Finley Turner, The University of Tennessee at Martin Jenna Margaret Uszenski, Monmouth University Jenna Lauren Uva, The University of Iowa Jill Faith Vanzino, Rutgers University Maria Teresa Vega-Westhoff, Missouri University of Science and Technology Megan Louise Warhurst, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Jennifer Diane Waters, University of Washington Alicia Patten Williams, Texas State University Kourtni Williams, Indiana State University Lea Chrisman Williams, Georgia Southern University Michelle Schaeffler Williams, Missouri University of Science and Technology Hannah Danielle Wingrove, Augusta University Nicole Therese Wohn, Stetson University Angela Renee Woods, University of Missouri

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9 1. Zeta Tau Alpha’s former National Presidents in attendance at National Leadership Conference gathered for a group picture with fun props and proved Zeta Is Forever.

5. As collegians arrived in Indianapolis, those representing Major Donor chapters were greeted, thanked and hugged by members of the ZTA Foundation board.

8. The delegates from Iota Eta Chapter (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) accepted their Crown Chapter award from Vice President Collegiate III Shannon Ferguson.

2. The Fraternity Housing Corporation board posed with “Elvis” at ZTA’s very own casino night on Saturday during NLC.

6. Throughout the week, collegians and alumnae had the opportunity to take pictures with their chapter flags, which were designed in 1998 in honor of ZTA’s Centennial.

9. Collegians gathered in Indianapolis on Thursday afternoon and enjoyed meeting sisters from around the country.

3. Before the collegians arrived, National Officers gathered in Indianapolis for their own leadership training and celebration of sisterhood.

4. National Officers joined in the fun at the ZTA dance party on Friday night of NLC.

7. National Council dressed to the nines on Saturday night to celebrate the accomplishments of the 116 chapters that earned Crown Chapter this year.

10. Small Groups met multiple times throughout NLC so participants could dig deeper into the curriculum with sisters from similar chapters and leadership roles.

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Alumnae chapters prove Zeta Is Forever

By Patti Cords Levitte, Beta Phi, Director of Archives & Historical Education and Susan Beard, Delta Psi, Archives Chairman Each fall, as the traditional Primary Recruitment period for many collegiate chapters comes to an end, another very important recruitment period begins: ZTA alumnae chapter recruitment. After a short summer break, alumnae chapters ramp up their activities and membership recruitment to coincide with the start of the academic year. Alumnae chapters have always been influenced by the ebb and flow of collegiate life, but our alumnae chapters began for the same reason they exist today: to continue the bonds of sisterhood after college.

The very first mention of ZTA alumnae organizing was in an anonymous article in the November 1904 issue of Themis.

The unnamed writer (most likely second Grand President Bruce Houston Davis) asked: “Have our alumnae members ever considered seriously the formation of alumnae chapters?

Nothing proves quite so conclusively the strength and vitality of fraternity bonds as alumnae chapters.

Resident graduates in the old college town should find the establishing of an alumnae chapter a pleasant and profitable work, and certainly the active chapter in college would be benefited by having the strong bulwark of an older chapter to steady them.”

Many of our early members remained in the area near where they attended college, so forming an alumnae chapter near our active chapters made logistical sense.

This advice was taken seriously, because on April 15, 1905, the Hampton-Roads Virginia Alumnae Chapter was formed.

Composed of 13 Zetas who lived in Norfolk, Hampton, and Newport News, Virginia, ZTA’s first alumnae chapter also included three of our Founders—Alice Coleman, Helen Crafford and Mary Campbell Jones Batte. Their first meeting covered business, including a discussion on the growth and development of ZTA, as well as dinner (“an elaborate menu…daintily served”). Notes from that first meeting mention that “violets predominated everywhere” in the decorations, and “the souvenirs were especially pretty,” although we have no idea what those souvenirs were.

This very first gathering set the precedent for alumnae gatherings for years to come. Food was always involved, as well as presents, but the business of ZTA was the main topic.

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Alpha Chapter at the State Female Normal School closed so ZTA would be eligible to join the National Panhellenic Conference. The members of Alpha who were still in college and those alumnae living in Farmville formed the alumnae chapter to keep the spirit of ZTA alive at our founding location. Another of our Founders, Alice Grey Welsh, was responsible for forming our third alumnae chapter, in Richmond, Virginia, on Oct. 10, 1907. Other early chapters followed in Lynchburg, Virginia (Dec. 16, 1910); Fayetteville, Arkansas (July 23, 1910); Montgomery, Alabama (Feb. 8, 1911); and Birmingham, Alabama (Dec. 26, 1911). Some of the earliest chapters were named after nearby collegiate chapters rather than the city they served, but that practice was eventually discontinued.

Some of these founding dates are earlier than what is currently recognized in ZTA’s official records. The decision to formalize the operation of alumnae chapters was made at Convention 1926, and a more structured plan was developed. ZTA began to issue charters to alumnae chapters in early 1927, although many groups had been functioning for years prior to that. Due to minimal recordkeeping about alumnae in the beginning of ZTA, many dates for alumnae chapters do not appear anywhere except in documents between Grand Chapter officers.

Some incorrect dates were printed in Themis and even listed incorrectly in Convention minutes. The process of correcting all the alumnae organization dates is ongoing, and hopefully the Archives Committee will be able to share the results soon with those chapters that can claim a much longer existence than what they do now.

Once guidelines for alumnae chapters were more clearly defined, chapters became more than social organizations and included more than members from a single chapter.

They became important lifelines for our collegiate chapters and played the largest part in our membership growth.

Alumnae were responsible for planning and paying for collegiate recruitment parties and putting together lists of eligible women for the chapter to meet (prior to NPC recruitment rules). They were even responsible for purchasing and financing ZTA housing. The entire January 1924 issue of Themis was devoted to ZTA housing and the many ways alumnae chapters could buy land or buildings for their local collegiate chapters. Obviously, this quickly became too much of a burden for alumnae chapters to handle. Our first Housing Advisory Committee was created at Convention 1926, and all future housing loans and

purchases had to be approved through them. This was a smart move given that the Great Depression was right around the corner, and this responsibility could have bankrupted many alumnae chapters.

Once this financial burden was taken away from alumnae chapters, they could focus on helping collegiate chapters in smaller ways, like buying gifts for the house or finding housemothers and cooks. Alumnae began to focus their fundraising efforts on our philanthropies and demonstrated what a difference a group of focused women could have on a community. From providing canteens (recreational spaces) for soldiers in World War I to supporting our rural health center through the Great Depression and committing to all-encompassing war efforts during World War II, our alumnae harnessed their organizational powers and created lasting change. One of the hallmarks of our first 50 years was the proliferation of bridge parties as a fundraiser. There are very few scrapbooks or issues of Themis that don’t have at least one mention of a bridge party benefit.

Alumnae chapters were not just created to raise money and do charitable works. The underlying emphasis has always been about sisterhood and how to keep connections strong long after graduation. One of the earliest statements about alumnae chapters is still true today. Clair Woodruff Bugg, an early member of Alpha Chapter, said it best in the May 1909 issue of Themis: “It is merely that you have reached the second stage in your fraternity work, and an alumnae chapter supplies your needs, just as the active chapter once did. There are regular meetings where your everyday cares and worries are laid aside for a time, and you are again brought into closer touch with fraternity life. The work of our own and of other fraternities is discussed. The constitution is kept ever before you and you are made to feel that you are still a member of a great whole—a link of a great chain— and to feel that you must keep the trust in all things.”

Although the earliest details of our alumnae chapters are yet to be uncovered, it can be said that the sentiment behind forming them is the same today. We want to continue our ZTA connections in the years after college, and some of our best work can be done as alumnae members. If you have not yet joined an alumnae chapter, consider it—you may be surprised at the impact you can make.

READER’S GUIDE Themis of Zeta Tau Alpha, the official publication of the Fraternity, has been published continuously since 1903.

HOW TO MAKE AN ADDRESS CHANGE Go to sistersonly.zetataualpha.org and log in. Select “Update Information and Privacy Settings.” Or, email changes to zetataualpha@zetataualpha.org (subject: Address Change) or call IO at (317) 872-0540.

Parents: While your daughter is in college, her magazine is sent to her home address. If she is not living at home, please send in her new address.

HOW TO SUBMIT NEWS Send all news and photos to news@zetataualpha.org. All submissions become the property of ZTA and are subject to editing.

Include full names and chapter.

Photos must be 1 MB (1,024 KB) or larger to be printed.

HOW TO SUBMIT TO THE ARCHIVES Have something to contribute to the archives? Email Patti Cords Levitte (patti-levitte@zetataualpha.org).

Themis of Zeta Tau Alpha (ISSN 1529-6709; USPS 627-120) is published quarterly by Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity, 3450 Founders Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268-1334. Subscription: $2 per year. Single copies: $.50. Periodical postage paid in Indianapolis, IN, and additional mailing offices. Printed in the United States of America.

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The New Orleans, LA Alumnae Chapter enjoyed a visit from ZTA’s National President Bertha Cruse Gardner (seated in the center, wearing a dark hat) in 1929.

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