Delta Sigma Theta National Presidents

Sadie T. M. Alexander

- 1st National President

- 1919-1923 (4 yrs)

- President when the first National Convention was held.

G. Dorothy Pelham Beckley

- 2nd National President

- 1923-1926 (3 yrs)

- Established Omega Omega as the Memorial Chapter.

- Regional conferences approved.

Ethel Lamay Calimese

- 3rd National President

- 1926-1929 (3 yrs)

- Delegates voted to hold national convention every two years.

- Elections of Regional Directors began.

Anna Johnson Julian

- 4th National President

- 1929-1931 (2 yrs)

- The National Pan-Hellenic Council was formed

Gladys Byram Shepperd

- 5th National President

- 1931-1933 (2 yrs)

- National Boards were created as part of the organizational structure

Jeannette Triplett Jones

- 6th National President

- 1933-1935 (2 yrs)

- National Headquarters was established.

Vivian Osborne Marsh

- 7th National President

- 1935-1939 (4 yrs)

- Delta became actively involved in the civil rights movement

Helen Elsie Austin

- 8th National President

- 1939-1944 (5yrs)

- Office of National Second Vice President created

Mae Wright Peck Williams

- 9th National President

- 1944-1947 (3yrs)

- Emphasis was on education; focus was on voting and equal rights fro women, employment practices and purchase of was bonds and ambulances.

Dorothy Irene Heights

- 10th National President

- 1947-1956 (9yrs)

- First Executive Director Hired

- Five Point Projects ( now Five-Point Programmatic Thrust) established

Dorothy Penman Harrison

- 11th National President

- 1956-1958 (2yrs)

- The mortgage of Delta's first Headquarters building was burned

Jeanne L. Noble

- 12th National President

- 1958-1963 (5yrs)

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

Geraldine Pittman Woods

- 13th National President

- 1963-1967 (4yrs)

- Golden Celebration, Delta Teen Lift, organization increased in membership

Frankie Muse Freeman

- 14th National President

- 1967-1971 (4yrs)

- Appointed to the Civil Rights Commission by President Lyndon B. Johnson

Lillian Pierce Benbow

- 15th National President

- 1971-1975 (4yrs)

- 1705, 1707 and 1709 New Hampshire Ave. acquired for Delta's Headquarters.

- The National Commission on Arts and Letters was established

Thelma Thomas Daley

- 16th National President

- 1975-1979 (4yrs)

- "Fortitude" Commissioned and presented to Howard University as a tribute to the Founders

Mona Humphries Bailey

- 17th National President

- 1979-1983 (4yrs)

- Capital Funds Campaign implemented

Hortense Golden Canady

- 18th National President

- 1983-1988 (5yrs)

- Leadership Academy established

Yvonne Kennedy

- 19th National President

- 1988-1992 (4yrs)

- Theme was "Every Delta in the Delta House"

Bertha Maxwell Roddey

- 20th National President

- 1992-1996 (4yrs)

- Formed partnership with Habitat for Humanity to build 22 homes

Marcia L. Fudge

- 21st National President

- 1996-2000 (4yrs)

- Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy started

Gwendolyn Elizabeth Boyd

- 22nd National President

- 2000-2004 (4yrs)

- The "SEE" Program was implemented.

- On-line registration implemented for regional conference and national convention

Louise Allen Rice

- 23rd National President

- 2004-2008 (4yrs)

- Delta Academy II = GEMS established

Cynthia M. A. Butler-McIntyre

- 24th National President

- 2008-2013 (5yrs)

- Theme was " Sisterhood Called to Serve: Transforming Lives, Impacting Communities"

Dr. Paulette C. Walker

- 25th National President

- 2013-2017 (4yrs)

- Establishment of the Hazing Prevention Task Force

- Creation of the Delta Fellows Program

- Development of the DST Institute-Online Training Program

Beverly Evans Smith

- National President

- 2017-Present