List of Alpha Chi Omega members

Alpha Chi Omega is an American collegiate women's fraternity founded at DePauw University in 1885. Following is a list of Alpha Chi Omega members.

Academia

Llerena Friend: librarian, teacher, author, and founding director of the Barker Center for Texas History
Condoleezza Rice (Gamma Delta): former U.S. Secretary of State and director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University

Art

Bonnibel Butler (Theta): illustrator of children's books and magazines, including St. Nicholas
Carol Haerer (Xi): artist known for abstract painting

Business

Sherron Watkins (Alpha Phi): Enron whistleblower, former vice president of Corporate Development of Enron Corporation, USA Today and Time Person of the Year 2002
Barbara W. Winder (Beta Nu): president of the Relief Society

Entertainment

Jayne Atkinson (Gamma): actress known for her Tony Award–nominated roles in The Rainmaker and Enchanted April
Laura Berman (Alpha Iota): relationship therapist and television host of In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman
Rita Braver (Kappa): CBS news correspondent
Hannah Brown (Alpha Upsilon): 2018 Miss Alabama USA winner and star of The Bachelorette
Linda Cavanaugh (Psi): news anchor
Eleanor Coppola (Alpha Psi): Emmy award-winning documentarian
Jen Corey (Beta Rho): 2009 Miss District of Columbia winner, top 10 Miss America 2010 contestant
Melissa d'Arabian (Alpha Iota): The Next Food Network Star winner and host of Ten Dollar Dinners
Deidre Downs (Zeta Lambda): 2005 Miss America winner
Carol Duvall (Beta Epsilon): host of The Carol Duvall Show
Ruth Brooks Flippen (Gamma): screenwriter and television writer
Elle Fowler (Beta Tau): co-creator of beauty and style-related tutorials on YouTube as AllThatGlitters21
Georgia Frazier (Psi): Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen 2009 and Miss Oklahoma 2015
Kathi Goertzen (Omega): television news anchor
Alyson Hannigan (Theta Xi): actress known for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and How I Met Your Mother
Jenilee Harrison (Epsilon): actress known for Dallas and Three's Company
Nancy Hoyt (Delta Kappa): participant in The Amazing Race
Janet Hsieh (Theta Omicron): television host, Golden Bell Award winner, model, and violinist
Laura Innes (Gamma): actress (ER)
Natalie Jacobson (Alpha Tau): television news anchor
Jane Anne Jayroe (Gamma Tau): 1967 Miss America
Sarah Jones (Epsilon Kappa): contestant on Survivor
Tami Lane (Zeta Eta): make-up artist and Academy Award winner
Audra Levi (Alpha Psi): a star of Kid's Beat and co-founder of the SoCal VoCals
Jean Martirez (Alpha Nu): news anchor
Beth Mitchell (Zeta Xi): dancer and 1998 National Shag Dancing Champion
Meredith Monroe (Upsilon): actress known for Dawson's Creek
Agnes Nixon (Gamma): four-time Daytime Emmy–winning TV writer and producer
Aubrey O'Day (Epsilon Psi): former member of Danity Kane and cast member of MTV's Making The Band 3
Martha Quinn: MTV VJ, radio host and actress
Melissa Rycroft (Psi): former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and contestant on The Bachelor and Dancing with the Stars
Sarah Shahi (Iota Sigma): actress known for The L Word
Trista Sutter (Alpha Mu): former star of The Bachelorette
Dawn Wells (Rho): actress known for Gilligan's Island

Law

Robin S. Rosenbaum (Zeta Phi): judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Victoria Toensing (Alpha Mu): Republican Party operative and deputy assistant attorney general in the U.S. Justice Department

Literature and journalism

Kristen Soltis Anderson (Gamma Iota): Republican pollster, blogger, and author
Ronda Carman (Delta Kappa) author
Margaret Cousins (Alpha Phi): editor, journalist, and writer
Shannon Fisher (Beta Delta): journalist
Georgie Anne Geyer (Gamma): journalist and author
Mary Emma Griffith Marshall (Lambda): editor and librarian
Atoosa Rubenstein (Theta Psi): magazine editor
Gail Sheehy (Alpha Iota): author

Music

Amy Beach: composer and pianist
Edith Bideau: soprano singer
Winifred Byrd: concert pianist
Helen Hopekirk: pianist and classical composer
Margaret Ruthven Lang: composer who was affiliated with the Second New England School
Marian MacDowell: pianist and co-founder of the MacDowell Colony
Adele aus der Ohe: concert pianist and composer
Maud Powell (Alpha): violinist
Julie Rivé-King: concert pianist, composer, and teacher
Antoinette Szumowska: pianist
Margaret Hoberg Turrell: composer and organist
Ellen Beach Yaw: coloratura soprano
Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler (Alpha): pianist

Politics

Jari Askins (Psi): Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma
Megan Barry (Omicron): mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
Stephanie Bice (Gamma Epsilon): U.S. Representative for Oklahoma's 5th congressional district
Nan Campbell (Rho): first woman to be elected mayor in the city of Bellevue, Washington
Kathryn F. Clarenbach (Kappa): first chairperson of the National Organization for Women
Stephanie Hilferty (Zeta Psi): Louisiana House of Representatives
Kymberly Pine (Pi): Hawaii House of Representatives
Condoleezza Rice (Gamma Delta): former U.S. Secretary of State and director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University
Emma Ridgway: member of the Washington House of Representatives for five terms
Victoria Toensing (Alpha Mu): Republican Party operative and deputy assistant attorney general in the U.S. Justice Department

Science and engineering

Wally Funk (Gamma Epsilon): first female Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board inspector, one of the Mercury 13, and oldest woman in space as of July 2021
Anna Menon (Iota Lambda): mission director at SpaceX and NASA biomedical flight controller for the International Space Station

Sports

Maddy Curley (Epsilon Chi): collegiate gymnast
Julia Marino (Nu): freestyle skier and the first Winter Olympian to represent the South American country

References

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List of Alpha Chi Omega members

Academia

Art

Business

Entertainment

Law

Literature and journalism

Music

Politics

Science and engineering

Sports

See also

References