Theta Phi Alpha - President 2013
I served as President of my Sorority, Theta Phi Alpha, for one year (2013). Being Chapter President is comparable to being the CEO of a small business. A sorority is essentially a business, we work with a budget, have multiple policies and procedures that we must abide by, have bylaws that we create and update every few years, collect money from members, and positively impact the community through philanthropy work, oh and we have a bit of fun! I was the leader of an executive council comprised of nine other positions, each position is delegated specific duties and responsibilities that I must over see and make sure are being handled properly. I ran a 1-2 hour long meeting once a week for our 150 members in which we would update them on what is occurring within our own organization and what the other Greek organizations on campus were up to as well. I was also in charge of making sure we had successful philanthropy events. During my term we decided to go from hosting one event to raise funds for our philanthropy organization to hosting two. We adopted a brand new philanthropy, The Dragonfly Foundation, and successfully raised over $12,000 for their organization over the course of the year. On top of maintaining our philanthropic work I also oversaw all responsibility on social functions, worked with our members to make sure we were academically excellent, handled all disciplinary issues with members in the chapter and much more.
Throughout my experience as President I learned and grew tremendously as a person. I learned to work with people who you don't always get along with. I learned how to manage a growing chapter of 150 women and still found a way to make it feel small. I learned countless lessons on responsibility and setting the best examples for those who you lead. My lessons and experiences from this opportunity are endless and absolutely made me who I am today, for the better.
Throughout my experience as President I learned and grew tremendously as a person. I learned to work with people who you don't always get along with. I learned how to manage a growing chapter of 150 women and still found a way to make it feel small. I learned countless lessons on responsibility and setting the best examples for those who you lead. My lessons and experiences from this opportunity are endless and absolutely made me who I am today, for the better.