Notable Alumnae

  • Local Volunteer Leaders

     

    Alumnae Advisory Board

    • Chapter Advisor: JillAlice Hoakison
    • Financial Advisor: Jill Smith
    • Scholarship Advisor: Melissa Kyler
    • Panhellenic Advisor: Alison Condon
    • Standards Advisor: Alissa Carney
    • Ritual Advisor: Ashley Huth
    • New Member Ed. Advisor: Jaimie Miller
    • Administrative Advisor: Ashley Huth
    • Membership Education Advisor: Amanda Leiberg
    • Public Relations Advisor: Chelsea Smith
    • Philanthropy & Service Advisor: Lindsey Adams
    • Recruitment Advisor: Jaime Miller
    • PACE Advisor: Mackenzie Keenan
    • Collegiate-Alumnae Advisor: Jenna Sudman
    • Safety & Wellness Advisor: Allie George
    • Regional Coordinator: Lyn Hildebrand

     

    Corporation Board

    • President: Mary Kincart
    • Treasurer: Diane Thompson 
    • Secretary: Sarah Johnson
    • Collegiate President: Kayla Toale
    • Collegiate Treasurer: Linden Terpstra
    • Collegiate House Manager: Jill Zibrowski
    • House Director: Susan Sinclair Wallace 
  • The complete list of our accomplished members would be miles long. Here are just a few prominent Gamma Phi Betas:

    Mary Elizabeth "Betsey" Bayless (Arizona)
    Arizona Secretary of State and 2003 Arizona Gubernatorial Candidate

     

    Kristin Chenoweth (Oklahoma City)
    Actress, singer and 1999 Tony Award winner for Best Featured Actress in a Musical ("You're a Good Man Charlie Brown"); 2009 Emmy winner for Best Supporting Actress ("Pushing Daisies")   

                     

    Rachelle Chong (California-Berkeley)
    First Asian American appointed to the Federal Communications Commission (appointment by President Clinton)

     

    Laurel Salton Clark, M.D. (deceased, Wisconsin-Madison)
    Astronaut on Space Shuttle Columbia


    Julie J. DiLorenzo
    (Boston)
    First female Naval Captain; awarded several honors and awards for service

    Jennifer Blackburn Dunn (deceased, Washington)
    Six-term member of Congress for the state of Washington; twice named delegate to the United Nations Commission on the status of Women



    JoAnn Schneider FarrisJoAnn Schneider Farris (Colorado College)
    Professional ice skater, coach and author; silver medal, United States National Figure Skating Championships; double gold medalist, U.S. Figure Skating

     

    Alexandra "Alex" Whystrach Flanagan (Arizona)
    Sports journalist for the NFL Network, sideline reporter for Notre Dame home football games; former sideline reporter for ESPN

     

    Demetra George (Oklahoma City)
    Resident soprano for Nevada Opera Theatre, awarded an honorary Doctorate of Music from Oklahoma City University, Grammy nominee, Oklahoma City University Performance Hall of Honor Inductee, Miss Oklahoma, 1972 (Formerly Deborah Giannopoulos Mustafoglu)

    Janet Butel Graham (Kansas State)
    Famous cancer researcher

     

    Bailey HanksBailey Hanks (Coastal Carolina)
    Broadway actress, Elle Woods in "Legally Blonde: The Musical"

     

    Dr. Karen Horney Holbrook (Wisconsin-Madison)
    Former President of Ohio State University

     

    Marylou Luther ImparatoMarylou Luther Imparato (Nebraska-Lincoln)
    Internationally acclaimed fashion editor, syndicated fashion columnist, author

     

    Cloris Leachman (Northwestern)
    Actress, author; Oscar and Emmy Award winner

     

     

    Maude Hart Lovelace (Minnesota)
    Author of the "Betsy Tacy" series

     

     

     Kelli O'Hara (Oklahoma City)
     Broadway actress, two- time Tony nominee ("The Pajama Game", "The Light in the Piazza")

     

    Mary Beth Peil Mary Beth Peil (Northwestern)
    Opera singer, actress on "Dawson's Creek," 1985 Tony Award nominee for "The King and I," and currently co-starring on "The Good Wife"

     

    Elizabeth Pitcairn (Southern California) A classical violinist that has concertized widely and is said to have inspired the film "The Red Violin"

     

    Charlotte Thompson Reid (Northwestern)
    Republican Congresswoman from Illinois, 1963-1971

     

    Susan Engel Mathis Richard (Purdue)
    Special assistant to President Ronald Reagan

    Sarah Richardson (Western Ontario) 
    Star of the HGTV design shows: "Room Service," "Design Inc.," "Sarah's House" and "Sarah's Cottage"

    Julie Marr Robinson (Nebraska-Lincoln)
    Press coordinator for First Lady Pat Nixon

    Christine Shelly (deceased, Vanderbilt)
    Former Political Advisor to the Chief of Staff of the Army

    Lynn Lufkin Stuart (Auburn)
    Alabama State Supreme Court Judge

     


    Linda Watt (Vanderbilt)
    Former U.S. Ambassador to Panama; Chief Operating Officer of U.S. Episcopal Church

     

    Shirley Bennett TallmanShirley Bennett Tallman (San Jose State)
    Author and screenwriter