ETA

Foundation of Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority

February 24, 1973 at the Alpha Chapter House in Georgetown on the evening of the 53rd Founder’s Day

First President of the Alpha Chapter Sorority

Kathleen Anne Burns

DPE Chapter at GWU

The Eta Chapter

Eta Chapter Sorority Establishment

2006

First President of the Eta Chapter Sorority

Stephanie Petrew

First Vice President of the Eta Chapter Sorority

Christina Colaizzo

Year We Switched to The Eta Society for Global Affairs

2023

Our Values Statement

The Eta Society is a professional organization dedicated to promoting leadership of our members in international affairs. We strive for intellectual education that will facilitate growth and encourage our members to pursue careers in global service. By this we refer not only to the United States Foreign Service, but extend the definition to include careers in diplomacy, law, banking, education, consulting, journalism, non-governmental organizations, inter-governmental organizations, multinational corporations and much more.

President

Gabi Spina

Vice President

Emme Pitts

Secretary

Jessica Schroeder

Recruitment Chair

Tara Boyd

Treasurer

Eleanor Greenbaum

Parliamentarian

Kaili Scott

DEI Chair

Serena Valdiviezo

Alumni Relations Officer/Alumni Liason

Madeline Guenther

Community Officer

Genevieve Manise

Development Officer

Tommy White

External Relations Officer

Jessica Zhao

Fundraising Officer

Persia Zurita

Professional Officer

Olivia Thompson

Service Officer

Kayla Greenfeld

Publicity Officer

Neya Anand

Carmen Ortiz

U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts

Prof. Melani McAlister

Chair of the Department of American Studies at GW

Amb. Patricia A. Butenis (Ret.)

U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and Bangladesh

Prof. Aisling Swaine

Director of the Center on Gender Equality in International Affairs at GW

Col. Cathy McClain

USAF, Ret.

Lisa A. Rickard

President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform

Elizabeth Boesen

Industry Career Coach at GW

Samantha Carl-Yoder

Policy Director at Brownstein and Career Diplomat

Empowerment

The wind that propels self-discovery and heightened strength

Tenacity

The unwavering force that fuels resilience and success

Ambition

The book which is the course of learning and understanding of other peoples and their nations

Motto

La Tre Wo (I Serve)

Faculty Advisor

Melani McAlister

Alpha

Eleanor Roosevelt

Beta

Jaqueline Kennedy

Gamma

Sandra Day O’Connor

Delta

Mother Teresa

Epsilon

Queen Elizabeth II

Zeta

Benazir Bhutto

Eta

Shirin Ebadi

Theta

Hillary Clinton

Iota

Madeline Albright

Kappa

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Lambda

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Mu

Angela Merkel

Nu

Malala Yousafzai

Xi

Michelle Obama

Omicron

Greta Thunberg

Pi

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Rho

Stacey Abrams

Sigma

Jacinda Arden