DST Presidents

Sadie. T. M Alexander

1919 - 1923

1st Nat'l President

- Grand Chapter est.

- Grand President at the 1st Nat'l Convention

- Chapters est. on college campuses in Cincinnati, Syracuse, Ithaca (N.Y), Berkeley (Calif.), Chicago, Pittsburgh, Ann Arbor and Omaha

- Graduate Chapter were authorized at the Second National Convention in 1920.

-Kappa Chapter was est. at the Univ. of California, earning Delta distinction of being the first Greek-letter organization for Negro college mean and women on the Pacific coast.

G. Dorothy Pelham Beckley

1923 -1926

2nd Nat'l President

- New nomenclature system

- Est. Omega Omega as a memorial chapter

- 6th Convention - "Delta Hymn" adopted

- 7th Convention - Regional Conferences approved as permanent institution.

Ethel Lemay Calimese

1926-1929

3rd Nat'l President

- biennial national conventions

- each region could choose their own director

- 3rd Honorary Grand President

Anna Johnson Julian

1929 - 1931

4th Nat'l President

- Grand Chapter Incorporated. under DC laws in 1930

- National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) served as Tresurer

Gladys Byram Shepperd

1931 -1933

5th Nat'l President

- National Boards were created as part of the organizational structure

Jeanette Triplett Jones

1933-1935

6th Nat'l President

- Nat'l Headquarters Est.

- Office of Executive Secretary created

Vivian Osborne Marsh

1935 -1939

7th Nat'l President

- Actively involved in Civil Rights

- Lobbied with Walter White, the First Executive Secretary of the NAACP, on the anti-lynch bill

Helen Elsie Austin

1939 - 1944

8th Nat'l President

- Created to Office of Undergraduate Coordinator

now known as National Second Vice President

Mae Wright Peck Williams

1944- 1947

9th Nat'l President

- Emphasis was on education

- focus was on voting and equal rights for women, employment practices

- purchases of war bonds and ambulances

Dorothy Irene Height

1947 -1956

10th Nat'l President

- First Executive Directer Hired (Patricia Roberts Harris)

- Delta Five-Point Project (now known as Programmatic Thrust)

Dorothy Penman Harrison

1956 - 1958

11th Nat'l President

- Burned the Mortgage at the First National Headquarters

Jeanne L. Noble

1958 - 1963

12th President

- Social Action

- Appointed to serve on several commissions by Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon

Geraldine Pittman Woods

1963 - 1967

13th Nat'l President

- Delta Teen Lift

- Delta Research and Educational Foundation (DREF) (1967)

Frankie Muse Freeman, Esq.

1967 - 1971

14th Nat'l President

- First Black Women appointed to the U.S Commission on Civil Right

- Appointed by President Lyndon Johnson

Lillian Pierce Benbow

1971 - 1975

15th Nat'l President

- Established the National Commission on Arts and Letters

- Implemented the Delta Right to Read Project

Thelma Thomas Daley

1975 - 1979

16th Nat'l President

- Commissioned the sculpture, Fortitude in Howard University Campus

Mona Humphries Bailey

1979 - 1983

17th Nat'l President

- Implementation of the Capital Fund Drive

- Campaign to "Burn the Mortgage" on newly expanded Nat'l Headquarters

Hortense Golden Canady

1983 - 1988

18th Nat'l President

- Delta Leadership Academy established

- Published the first Delta Doctrine

Yvonne Kennedy

1988 - 1992

19th Nat'l President

- Special Emphasis on Reclamation

- Launched "Every Delta in the Delta House" DelShare Program

- Designated the 1988 - 1990 biennium as "The Reclamation Era"

Bertha Maxwell Roddey

1992 - 1996

20th Nat'l President

- Est. a partnership with the Habitat for Humanity to build 22 affordable homes.

- Focused pin increasing the number of registered voters through partnership with NAACP

Marcia L. Fudge

1996 - 2000

21st Nat'l President

- Est. Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy as a signature Delta Program

Gwendolyn Elizabeth Boyd

2000 - 2004

22nd Nat'l President

- Application of technology for chapter operations, headquarter operations an efficient communication for chapters and soarers around the world.

- On-line registration for regional conference and National Convention.

Louise Allen Rice

2004 - 2008

23rd Nat'l President

- Delta GEMS (Growing and Empowering Myself Successfully)

- Appointed collegiate members to serve on all Nat'l committees and commissions

- Developed corporate governance documents and corporate management tools for the National Board of Directors the Sorority.

Cynthia M.A. Butler McIntyre

2008 - 2013

24th Nat'l President

Established:

- Charitable Partnerships Task Force-Project 13

- EMBODI (Empowering Males to Build Opportunities for Developing Independence)

- IMPACT Day of Service

- Collegiate Transition Taskforce (CTT)

- The Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, Elementary SChool, Cynthia M.A. Butler McIntyre Campus, Ch'rette Haiti

Dr. Paulette C. Walker

2013 - 2017

25th Nat'l President

- Presented the Hazing Summit

- Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for The American Cancer Society

- Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH); and the Eunice Kennedy Shiver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Beverly Evans Smith

2017 - 2021

26th Nat'l President

Cheryl A. Hickmon

November 22, 2021 - January 20, 2022

27th Nat'l President

Elsie Cooke-Holmes

January 21, 2022 - Present

Current Nat'l President