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Executive Board

Elected Officers

President – Joan Frierson
Vice President – Emily Duncan
Treasurer – Shirley Sexton
Corresponding Secertary – Chanell Yates
Recording Secretary – Deanna Omoroghomwan
Financial Secretary – Odessa Omoroghomwan

Appointed Officers

Chaplain - Danielle Fluker
Historian - Benita Baines
Parlimentarian - Pamela Caruthers
Sergeant-at-Arms - Pansy Taft-Butkowski

Immediate Past President - Diana Bell

Committees

Public Relations/Journalist - Vecepia Robinson

  • The Public Relations Committee is responsible for the chapter’s internal and external communications. This committee provides support for chapter functions by providing marketing plans and materials for all external events. In addition, the PR Committee regularly publishes a newsletter detailing both community and sorority news.

Arts and Letters - A'Nette Knox

  • The Arts and Letters Committee serves as an advocate for arts that chronicle the African American experience. The chapter has supported several cultural arts activities including The Lion King, The Color Purple and several productions presented by the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre.

Membership - Emily Duncan

  • The Membership Committee serves the chapter through planning and initiating new membership programs, as well as providing reclamation activities for inactive Sorors. This committee also oversees the intake process for persons interested in becoming members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc, and the Hayward-Tri-City Alumnae family.

Social Action - Angela Johnson

  • The Social Action Committee is responsible for implementing the sorority's National social action initiative within our community. Locally, this committee participates and organizes various activities including voter education and registration, financial planning seminars and heath and wellness fairs.


Scholarship - Elaine Burns

  • The Scholarship Committee is responsible for seeking qualified candidates to receive scholarship awards from the chapter. This committee actively searches for deserving students via live presentations at schools throughout the Bay Area, written solicitations and a viable application process.

Information & Technology - Lauryn Bryght

  • The Technology Committee provides technology services within the Hayward-Tri-City chapter, most specifically the chapter’s web page. This committee also seeks to provide technology training in software programs, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Ways and Means - April Ellison

  • The Ways and Means Committee provides the Hayward-Tri-City chapter with guidance for fundraising efforts and other revenue generating activities. Our signature event is Music on the Green, the chapter's annual scholarship fundraiser. Music on the Green provides an opportunity for fellowship and includes food, a silent auction and live music performed by local artist.

Projects - Sonya Scott & Karen DeFrantz

Finance/Internal Audit - Shirley Sexton & Makedah Shartukar-Dennis

  • The Finance Committee serves to ensure fiscal responsibility of the chapter, provide avenues for investment and expansion and implement programs and training in support of the Sorority's emphasis on Economic Development.