Accomplished Alpha Gams


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    Every member of Alpha Gamma Delta has special qualities and abilities. Many members of Alpha Gamma Deltahave achieved prominence in their
    professional field and in their contributions to their community. In this section, we recognize these Alpha Gamma Deltas for their accomplishments.



    * Denotes that this member has entered Chapter Grand









    Entertainment







    Amber Brkich Alpha Epsilon Winner of  THE SURVIVOR ALLSTARS 2004 and Contestant on SURVIVOR: THE


    		AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK, 2001



    Fran Allison (Levington)* Pi Radio & TV Pioneer best known for hosting KULKA, FRAN AND OLLIE in the 1950s & 1960s



    Rita Coolidge Gamma Beta Pop/Country/Blues Artist with multiple Grammy Awards & hit singles in the 1970s & 1980s



    Dorothy Provine Day Iota Movie & TV Actress roles in the 1950s & 1960s



    Donna Fargo  Gamma Eta (a.k.a. Yvonne Vaughan) Country/Pop Artist and Songwriter, 1972 Winner of Academy of 


    		Country Music Award for Album of the Year, Single of the Year, Song of the Year, Top Female 


    		Artist and 1973 Grammy Award






    Beverly Christiansen Fernald Epsilon Gamma Opera Star



    Brenda Hemann Harris Xi Opera Star



    Lori Hester Epsilon Rho Model



    Nancy Holland Beta Alpha Stand-up comedienne, has written material for Joan Rivers and Phyllis Diller



    Gloria Loring Delta Alpha Singer, Songwriter, Entertainer, Actress, Author, and Spokesperson for The Juvenile 


    		Diabetes Foundation and was honored as the recipient of their LIFETIME COMMITMENT


    		AWARD



    Veronica Nocero Murdock Delta Alpha Leading lady in film and television special effects; CEO of film company



    Molly Hickox Simpson Epsilon Zeta  TV & Commercial Actress, Director, and Professor of Theatre, Acting, and Musical Theatre



    Claire Coleman Schweiker Alpha Rho Original “Miss Claire” on TV’s ROMPER ROOM



    Karen Staley Alpha Omicron Songwriter and Singer with BMI Millionaire Awards, ASCAP Award, Grammy, CMA & Dove


    		Nominations and Academy of Country Music 1996 Song of the Year 









    Authors







    Kay Studebaker Allenbaugh Phi Best-selling author of CHOCOLATE FOR A WOMAN'S SOUL and six other Chocolate series 


    		inspirational books for women



    Judith Hartley Carter Gamma Delta Former Editor of McCall’s Needlework Magazine



    Elizabeth Corbett* Beta Author of more than 50 novels



    Lorraine Jensen Davis Epsilon Gamma Former Editor of Vogue Magazine



    Patty DeGregori Delta Iota Author of A HIP GIRL'S HANDBOOK FOR HOME, CAR AND MONEY STUFF



    Mignon Good Eberhardt* Beta Alpha Author of over 50 mysteries, proclaimed as “America’s Agatha Christie”



    Donna Lewis Friess  Delta Alpha Author and advocate against child molestation



    Sharon Hartin Iorio Upsilon Author of FAITH'S HARVEST: MENNONITE IDENTITY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA



    Shannon L. Kehoe Gamma Alpha (UGA) Author of SMILE AND JUMP HIGH!...THE TRUE STORY OF OVERCOMING A


    		 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY



    Agnes Newton Keith* Omicron Author of Book-of-the-Month THREE CAME HOME, 1947 – True Story of Keith


    		and her family’s four years as prisoners of the Japanese in Borneo prison 


    		camps during WWII; Author of five other books and a 1959 ALPHA GAMMA DELTA


    		DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN



    Helene Martucci Lamarre Beta Xi Professor and Author of CAREER FOCUS: A PERSONAL JOB SEARCH GUIDE, Editions 


    		1, 2, and 3; WINNING THE JOB SEARCH GAME WITH A CAREER PORTFOLIO, 


    		CORNERSTONE CAREER SOLUTIONS,  DeVry University Alumni Association 


    		CAREER ASSISTANCE HANDBOOK, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3



    Kathryn Long Epsilon Alpha Faculty of Wheaton College since 1993; author of THE REVIVAL OF 1857-58:


    		 INTERPRETING AN AMERICAN RELIGIOUS AWAKENING (Oxford, 1998);


    		and written articles on the history of revivals, on Methodist holiness teacher Phoebe


    		Palmer, and on the "Ecuador martyrs"



    Heather Wilkes MacAllister Epsilon Eta Novelist (a.k.a. “Heather Allison”)



    Mary Ruth Parsons Myers Epsilon Alpha Author of 10 novels, short novel appeared in Good Housekeeping



    Maurine Leander Noble Phi Professional quilter and author of MACHINE QUILTING MADE EASY and MACHINE


    		QUILTING WITH DECORATIVE THREADS



    Carol Morse Perkins Delta Author and lecturer with late husband Marlin Perkins - host of TV's WILD KINGDOM



    Margaret Neaves Price Epsilon Nu Author of over 20 romantic novels



    Lucille Rieley Rights Gamma Epsilon Author of A PORTRAIT OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA



    Victoria Salemi  Zeta Theta Freelance writer and author of The ABCs OF COLLEGE LIFE and BIG CAREER IN THE 


    		BIG CITY: LAND A JOB AND GET A LIFE IN NEW YORK



    Eve Kimbrell Sandstrom  Upsilon  Author of six mystery novels and short story published in a mystery anthology; 


    		a.k.a. “Eve K. Sandstrom”



    Lois Kroeber Wille Lambda Author and winner of two Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism



    Bodil Jelhof Jensen Delta Kappa Author of the children's book SANA and MORGANA GO TO SCHOOL



    Tricia Downing Alpha Xi Author of CYCLE OF HOPE: A JOURNEY FROM PARALYSIS TO POSSIBILITY, 


    		a personal memoir






    Politics







    Anna (Beth) Killough Chapman Gamma Upsilon Alabama State Auditor



    Jennie Meador Forehand Gamma Epsilon Maryland State Senator; 1999 ALPHA GAMMA DELTA DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN



    Kay Ivey Gamma Delta Alabama State Treasurer



    Millie McWilliams Jeffrey Delta Political activist and president of Michigan Women’s Foundation; founder and


    		chairman of the Women’s Political Caucus; PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM recipient,


    		2000; ALPHA GAMMA DELTA DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN, 1995



    Devona Anderson Long Lambda Minnesota House Speaker



    Jan Martinette Epsilon Alpha Representative for the Missouri House of Representatives



    May Scheve Epsilon Alpha Representative for the Missouri House of Representatives



    Linda Palmer Souter Alpha Zeta President of the International Federation of University Women, 1996-1999.


    		Previous President of the Canadian Federation of University Women.



    Judy Baar Topinka Lambda First female State Treasurer—Illinois



    Chris Nelson Winter Phi Director of Public Policy for the American Association of Universtiy Women, 1995-1999. 


    		Past president of AAUW-California and past Regional Director of AAUW. 



    Marian Heiss Price Beta Alpha Elected to the Lincoln Board of Education 1985-1999. Elected to the Nebraska


    		Legislature 1999-2006.  ALPHA GAMMA DELTA DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN, 2004 






    Community Service







    Bonnita Smalt Flynn Gamma Beta President and CEO of Women in Distress—program for battered women;


    		ALPHA GAMMA DELTA DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN, 2001



    Michele Hartlove  Zeta Delta  Executive Director of the Prevention of Blindness Society 



    Melissa Kendrick Gamma Upsilon Executive Director of Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL)



    Kathleen Hawkins Rowland Upsilon Executive Director of Initiatives for Children



    Margaret Moffat Toy* Alpha Epsilon Founder of “Meals on Wheels” program






    Communications







    Karen Boudrie Alpha Lambda News Anchor



    Andrea Canning Zeta Chi ABC News Anchor



    Karen D’Uva (Smith) Gamma Iota TBS Anchor, Producer, former CNN Reporter



    Andrea Spruell Kirby Psi TV Sports Broadcaster



    Candace Morrison Delta Xi Radio Host for #1 rated radio station in Las Vegas, Producer of RESCUE 911,


    		AMERICA'S MOST WANTED and HAYWIRE TV episodes



    Kathrine Nero Gamma Zeta ABC News Sports Reporter



    Alicia Smith Gamma Alpha (UGA) CBS News Anchor/Reporter



    Megan Terlecky  Delta Tau News Anchor









    Business







    Ellen Janeway Brothers Sigma President of American Girl and Executive Vice President of Mattel



    Phyllis Takisaki Campbell Delta Beta President and CEO of the Seattle Foundation 



    Margaret Hinojosa Epsilon Phi Fashion designer, created inaugural wardrobes for Texas Governor Ann Richards


    		and wife of Lt. Governor Bob Bullock



    Jeanne Cain Lauderdale Gamma Delta Artistic jeweler, designed for Leeza Gibbons and Oprah Winfrey



    Ann Potter Person Delta Delta Founder of Stretch and Sew



    Pamela Anne McCullough Gamma Beta First female special agent in Dayton, Ohio for the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 


    		Program Manager and first female coordinator for the FBI’s National Academy


    		Admission Office; ALPHA GAMMA DELTA DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN, 1999



    Trudy Rannells Seita Alpha Omicron Established her own business, Seita Associates, to train and motivate others


    		to volunteer—clients include: U.S. Army and Navy, National Heart Association; 


    		served on West Virginia Advisory Committee for National and Community Service and


    		West Virginia Commission for National and Community Service; ALPHA GAMMA 


    		DELTA DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN, 1997



    Taunee Snyder Besson Alpha Mu President of Career Dimensions in Dallas, Texas—specializing in career consulting;


    		written award-winning column for The Wall Street Journal; ALPHA GAMMA DELTA


    		DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN, 1999



    Lydia Melcher Frenzel, Ph.D. Epsilon Delta  Founder and Executive Director of Advisory Council—nonprofit organization that provides


    		vital information to the public regarding industrial development; Charter member


    		of Rotary Club of Ione, California






    Sports







    Maria Maunder Zeta Chi 1996 Olympic Silver Medallist on Canadian Women’s Crew Team



    Sally Hotchkiss Stanford  Alpha Tau Wrestling Official, member of the Hall of Fame for Wrestling as an Outstanding Official



    JoAnn Washam  Delta Beta Professional Golfer









    Arts







    Emily Helen Butterfield* Alpha Exhibits in the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame, architect (designed blue prints


    		for the Alpha chapter house)



    Clyde Dixon Connell Mu International artist with works in Paris, Switzerland, National Museum of Women in the 


    		Arts in Washington, DC, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and the 


    		Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas



    Jacque Carter Parsley Gamma Zeta Mixed media artist and listed in Who’s Who in American Art









    Pageant Winners







    Shelley Gangness Strinden Beta Beta Miss North Dakota, USA 1987



    Iolanda Ingrassia Goodfellow Theta Alpha Mrs. Illinois International, 1997



    Gina Heussner Gamma Xi Miss Illinois, 1986



    Barbara Walker Hummel* Gamma Zeta Miss America, 1947



    Susan Jacobson Johnson  Beta Beta Miss North Dakota, 1989, child star on “Romper Room”



    Aslihan Koruyan Epsilon Rho Miss Turkey, 1991 and model



    Tawnya Mullins Epsilon Miss Kentucky, 1992



    Kelly Jo Roarke Gamma Sigma Miss Rhode Island, 1997



    Erin Smith Epsilon Omega Miss Iowa, 2001



    Jeanne Swanner Robertson Gamma Delta Miss North Carolina, 1964; Miss Congeniality of Miss America Pageant, 1964; 


    		author, humorist and public speaker



    Tammy Wyatt  Alpha Xi Miss Maryland, 1992




    Stephanie Leahy Leibengood
    		Epsilon Beta Mrs. Kansas, U.S. 2010



    Whitney Thorpe-Klinsky  Xi Miss Illinois, 2010









    Alpha Gams in the Military



    Each day we awaken to a world where we can celebrate a number of freedoms. Many of these freedoms are made possible by selfless
    individuals who pledge their lives to protecting the rights and liberties we take for granted on a day-to-day basis. Alpha Gamma Delta 
    would like to recognize the contributions that those sisters serving in the military have made to their country and to the Fraternity. 
    It is because of the few that the many may live free and without fear.



    Specialist C. Nicole Anaya Theta Iota U.S. Army National Guard - Military Police
    Private Cassie Armstrong Theta Delta U.S. Army National Guard - Military Intelligence, Interrogator 
    Sergeant Amanda Ballentine Theta Delta U.S. Army Reserve - Ammunition Specialist
    1st Lieutenant Rachel Shaefer Beard Epsilon Omega U.S. Air Force - Space and Missiles Officer
    Captain Amanda C.H. Brennan Gamma Alpha (UGA)  U.S. Air Force - Electronic Warfare Officer
    2nd Lieutenant Jennifer Chase Delta Gamma Idaho Air National Guard - Undergraduate Pilot Training
    Private First Class Shawn Chapman Mu U.S. Army Reserve - Military Police
    2nd Lieutenant Leah Collier Upsilon U.S. Air Force - Operations Officer, Targets Intelligence
    Staff Sergeant Amy Cordonnier Kappa Beta U.S. Air National Guard - Planning and Implementation Management
    Senior Airman  Christina Downey Alpha Kappa Ohio Air National Guard - Metals Technician
    Reserve Officer April Fermaniuk Delta Kappa Canadian Military
    Lieutenant Colonel Sylvia E. D. Ferry Theta Delta U.S. Air Force - Chief, Military Utility Assessment Branch, Ballistic Missile Division
    Sergeant Tiffany C. Falk Gamma Iota U.S. Army - Topographic Engineer
    Specialist Brandy Ferrell Theta Delta U.S. Army National Guard - Military Policeman
    Meagan Goodman Theta Delta U.S. Army National Guard - Counterintelligence Agent
    Captain Tanya Hallett Iota
    2nd Lieutenant Elizabeth Hazelton Delta Beta U.S. Air Force - Launch Commander
    Specialist Briana Henigman Theta Delta U.S. Army National Guard - Military Policeman
    Lieutenant Michelle Johnson Beta Omicron Military Police
    Lieutenant Jennifer Bashaw Jones Sigma U.S. Navy - Naval Flight Officer
    1st Lieutenant Karen Kim Alpha Beta U.S. Army Reserve - Medical Service Corp
    Lieutenant Junior Grade Jennifer Kiser Gamma Zeta U.S. Navy - Blackhawk Helicopter Pilot
    Major Ann Kristene Kramarich Delta Gamma U.S. Army - Signal Officer
    Staff Sergeant Melissa Kramer Beta Alpha U.S. Army National Guard - NE ARNG Recruiting Force
    Midshipman Amy Lees Alpha Beta U.S. Navy
    Captain Danielle Leferve Willis Alpha Beta U.S. Air Force - F-16 fighter pilot
    Lieutenant Colonel Merrily Dente Madero  Zeta Epsilon U.S. Air Force - Lead Information Operations Planner, Joint Staff/J5
    Dawn Mais Epsilon Lambda U.S. Air Force - Air Traffic Controller
    Marian Dorr Marchiori Zeta Theta U.S. Army
    Lieutenant Jennifer Miller Mathieson Delta Xi U.S. Navy - Protocol Officer for the Secretary of the Navy at the Pentagon
    Sergeant Damie Meyer Theta Delta U.S. Army National Guard - Military Intelligence, Interrogator
    Master Sergeant Stephanie McGirr Zeta Delta U.S. Air Force - Imagery Analyst
    1st Lieutenant Jennifer Bernfeld Miller  Zeta Eta  U.S. Air Force - Public Affairs Officer
    Major Kathryn Marie Moore Gamma Pi U.S. Army National Guard
    Lauren Moses Zeta Theta U.S. Navy
    Lieutenant Michele Schallip Musman Alpha Upsilon U. S. Coast Guard - Executive Officer, Cutter Maple (WLB 207)
    Midshipman Alana Nosar Alpha Beta U.S. Navy
    Lieutenant Katherine Meadows Raia Epsilon Omega U.S. Navy - Surface Warfare Officer
    Captain Jennifer Stoecklin Ramey Gamma Beta U.S. Army
    Lance Corporal Sara K. Roe Theta Iota U.S. Marine Corps - Presidential Helicopter Squadron
    2nd Lieutenant Jessica Salimbene Alpha Lambda  U.S. Army
    Shanna Stann Zeta Theta U.S. Army
    Captain Callie Alvis Villasenor Theta Lambda U.S. Army Reserve - Chemical Officer
    Lieutenant Colonel Patricia K. Webb Welch Epsilon Omicron U.S. Air Force - D&T Flight Commander
    1st Lieutenant Michelle Wermager Delta U.S. Navy - Nurse
    Major DeLee Dankenbring Zeta Epsilon U.S. Air Force - Bronze Star Recipient
    2nd Lieutenant Kerri Ann McMullen Theta Phi U.S. Army - Military Police
    Sergeant Andrea Cowden Beta Delta U.S. Army - Mental Health NCO
    Private First Class Jami Harrah Alpha Tau U.S. Army National Guard - Pennsylvania National Guard, Transportation 
    Sergeant First Class Brittany Graeves Alpha Tau U.S. Army National Guard - Pennsylvania National Guard, Signal