List of Delta Delta Delta members

Delta Delta Delta is a collegiate social sorority located in North America. Following are some of its notable members.

Arts

Name Chapter Notability Ref.
Kara Medoff Barnett Alpha Omicron managing director of Lincoln Center International, executive director of American Ballet Theatre [1][2]
Cathy Guisewite Iota creator of the comic strip Cathy; Emmy Award winner [1][3]
Candace Whittemore Lovely Eta impressionist painter [4]

Beauty pageant contestants

Name Chapter Notability Ref.
Donna Axum Delta Iota Miss America 1964, television producer [5]
Brittany Dawn Brannon Gamma Rho Miss Arizona USA 2011, actress, model [4]
Leanza Cornett Beta Gamma Miss America 1993, television host [5]
Julie Hayek Theta Pi Miss California USA 1983, Miss USA 1983, actress, model [5]
Lynn Herring Delta Omega Miss Virginia 1977, actress in General Hospital [6]
Crystal Lee Omega Miss California 2013, first runner-up Miss America 2014, in-arena host for Golden State Warriors [7]
Jaclyn Stapp Alpha Delta Miss New York USA 2004, Mrs. Florida America 2008, model [8]
Shawn Weatherly Beta Theta Miss Universe 1980, actress [5]
Tyler Willis Phi Eta Miss Texas USA 2005 [4]
Melissa Witek Alpha Psi Miss Florida USA 2005 [9][1]

Business and education

Name Chapter Notability Ref.
Sara Blakely Alpha Eta founder of Spanx [10]
Angela Braly Phi Eta president and chief executive officer of WellPoint (now Anthem) [1]
Maureen Kempston Darkes Canada Alpha lawyer; vice president General Motors Group; president GM Latin America, Africa and Middle East [1]
Libby Leffler Hoaglin Pi tech founder; CEO of First; first chief of staff at Facebook [11]
Gayle Jennings-O’Byrne Psi venture capitalist; CEO of Wocstar Capital; co-founder of the Wocstar Fund [2]

Education

Name Chapter Notability Ref.
Madeleine Wing Adler Upsilon first female president of West Chester University of Pennsylvania [1]
Betsy Boze Theta Kappa president of The College of The Bahamas [12]
Winifred B. Chase Iota botanist, professor of botany, and dean of women at what is now Wayne State University [13]
Laura Kuykendall Theta Epsilon College professor, dean of women at Southwestern University [14]
Ida Shaw Martin Alpha founded Delta Delta Delta sorority [15]
Bessie Leach Priddy Gamma College professor, dean of women at the Michigan State Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University) and the University of Missouri, National Delta Delta Delta historian, published A Detailed Record of Delta Delta Delta, 1888-1907, elected Delta Delta Delta National President in 1931 [16]
Ivy Kellerman Reed Nu linguist and author of materials in Esperanto [17]
Annette Nevin Shelby Delta Mu first woman tenured professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business [18]
Lynn Yeakel Alpha Xi director of Drexel University College of Medicine's Institute for Women's Health and Leadership [1]

Entertainment

Name Chapter Notability Ref.
Elizabeth Banks Psi actress [19]
Lee Phillip Bell Upsilon talk show host [4]
Jodi Benson Delta Epsilon actress [1]
Shannon Beveridge Theta Gamma actress, YouTube personality, LGBT advocate [20]
Dixie Carter Delta Sigma actress [21]
Kellie Coffey Theta Gamma country music singer [1]
Mary Crosby Theta Zeta actress, Dallas [1]
Annamary Dickey Delta Epsilon soprano and actress [1]
Farrah Fawcett Theta Zeta actress [22]
Joanna Garcia Alpha Eta actress [23]
Cynthia Geary Chi Emmy-nominated actress [4]
Leeza Gibbons Alpha Lambda actress, talk show host, Emmy Award winner [3][24]
Lynn Herring Delta Omega actress in General Hospital, Miss Virginia 1977 [6]
Crystal Lee Omega in-arena host for Golden State Warriors, Miss California 2013, first runner-up Miss America 2014 [7]
Natalia Livingston Alpha Omega Emmy Award-winning actress, General Hospital [3]
Julie Montagu, Countess of Sandwich Delta Omicron Television host, An American Aristocrat's Guide to Great Estates
Amanda Schull Delta Omicron actress, Center Stage, One Tree Hill [1]
Molly Sims Delta Gamma actress, model [24]
Sylvia Stahlman Delta Gamma soprano, opera singer [1]
Savitree Suttichanond Beta Upsilon singer on TrueVisions's Academy Fantasia [1]

Journalism and news

Name Chapter Notability Ref.
Kiran Chetry Alpha Pi news anchor for CNN and Fox News [1]
Katie Couric Beta Sigma Emmy Award winning news anchor, CBS Evening News [3]
Catherine Crier Theta Zeta Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist, author, and former Texas State District Judge [3]
Hoda Kotb Beta Nu Emmy Award-winning news anchor for NBC News' morning show Today and correspondent for Dateline NBC [3]
Vinita Nair Upsilon news anchor [1]
Deborah Norville Alpha Rho Emmy Award winner, news anchor of Inside Edition, author [3]
Kathy Orr Omicron meteorologist [25]
Janet Shamlian Delta Xi NBC news correspondent [26]
Sally Stapleton Delta Xi photojournalist [1]

Law

Name Chapter Nobility Ref.
Annette Abbott Adams Alpha Mu lawyer, judge, first woman to be the Assistant Attorney General in the United States [1]
Pam Bondi Alpha Psi Attorney General, United States of America [27]
Bobbe Bridge Theta Alpha former Associate Justice of the Washington Supreme Court [1]
Rita Garman Delta Pi justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois [1]
Elizabeth A. Kovachevich Alpha Chi judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida [1]

Literature

Name Chapter Notability Ref.
Jess Christine Phi Nu romance author [28]
Joan Didion Pi author, recipient of the National Book Award for Nonfiction [29][30]
Sara Haardt Xi author and professor of English literature [1]
Kristin Hannah Theta Alpha novelist [1]
Doris Kearns Goodwin Alpha Upsilon Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian [1]
Evelyn Sibley Lampman Theta Mu writer of children's and young adult fiction [1]
Jill Marie Landis Phi Kappa novelist [1]
Anne Rivers Siddons Phi Theta novelist [31]
Frances Cavanah Delta Alpha writer and editor of children's history books [32]

Military and aviation

Name Chapter Notability Ref.
Terry Gabreski Delta Omega U.S. Air Force Lt. general; Vice Commander of Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base [1]
Betty Gillies Psi first pilot to qualify for the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron [1]
Louise Thaden Delta Iota aviation pioneer; first woman to win the Bendix trophy [1]
Nora W. Tyson Delta Gamma United States Navy vice admiral [1]

Past Presidents

Name Chapter Notability Ref.
Libby Leffler Hoaglin Pi president of national Tri Delta (2025–present), 2005 Sarah Ida Shaw award winner [33]
Mary Kay Paup Baker Theta Pi president of national Tri Delta (1972–1976) [34]
Caroline J. Edgar Erdman Theta 3rd president of national Tri Delta (1894–1897) [35]
Pearle Bonisteel Theta Delta president of national Tri Delta (1928–1931), national secretary (1919–1925), national treasurer (1925–1928, 1931–1934) [36]

Politics and public service

Name Chapter Notability Ref.
Lisa Boscola Gamma Beta Pennsylvania State Senate [37]
Debra Bowen Phi Gamma Secretary of State of California [38]
Nellie A. Brown Iota botanist, scientific investigator in Plant Pathology at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry [1]
Kathy Castor Alpha Omega Congresswoman for Florida's 11th congressional district [1]
Nellie Connally Theta Zeta former First Lady of Texas [1]
Elizabeth Dole Alpha Omicron U.S. Senator from North Carolina, former United States Secretary of Transportation [39]
Carol Boyd Hallett Theta Delta California State Assembly. U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas, Commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service [1][2]
Helen Froelich Holt Upsilon former Secretary of State of West Virginia [40]
Adele Khoury Graham Alpha Psi former teacher and First Lady of Florida [4]
Katherine F. Lenroot Mu chief of the United States Children's Bureau, feminist [1]
Michelle Lujan-Grisham Phi Delta Governor of New Mexico [41]
Mary Martha Presley Merritt Delta Rho member of the West Virginia House of Delegates and president of the West Virginia Board of Education [42]
Kelley Paul Delta Psi political consultant, writer, wife of Rand Paul [43]
Dina Powell Theta Theta U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy [44]
Patricia Taft Delta Gamma Charter board member of the National First Ladies Day Commission, board member of the Society of Presidential Descendants, and great-granddaughter of President William Howard Taft
Presley Merritt Wagoner Alpha Epsilon 40th President General of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution [45]

Sports

Names Chapter Notability Ref.
Anne Abernathy Theta Zeta Olympic athlete in luge and archery [1]
Faye Biles Alpha Omicron head coach of field hockey and lacrosse teams, Kent State University [1]
Sophie Caldwell Hamilton Gamma Gamma cross-country ski racer [38]
Meryl Davis Iota gold medalist ice dancer, 2014 Winter Olympics [1]
Marianna Davis Omega Paralympic cyclist, alpine skier, member of the Idaho House of Representatives [1][24]
Annika Dries Omega gold medalist in water polo, 2012 Summer Olympics [1][24]
Sophie Caldwell Hamilton Gamma Gamma cross country skier, 2014 Winter Olympics [38]
Abby Johnston Alpha Omicron silver medalist in synchronized diving, 2012 Summer Olympics [24]
Mariya Koroleva Omega 2012 USA Olympic synchronized swimming duet team [1][24]
Paige Railey Beta Alpha competitive sailor, Olympian [24]

See also

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