It has been a pleasure to serve two terms as the District President for 18G. I have enjoyed our time together.  I would like to introduce you to Alicia Patten Williams.  She will be serving as the District President for 18G going forward.  She/I have been meeting to form a transition plan and her National Leadership Council training is coming up this summer.  See below. Please welcome Alicia!

Alicia Patten Williams is a graduate of Texas State University (2000)
and was a member of the Theta Psi Chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha.  As a
collegiate she served as the Assistant Treasurer, VP Membership, and
President.  After college Alicia was the Membership Advisor to Theta
Psi for three years prior to moving to Phoenix, AZ in 2004.  Since
then Alicia has been an active member of the Phoenix ZTA Alumnae
Chapter and serves as the Treasurer (4 years).  Alicia is married to
Seth Williams of four years and enjoys playing golf, tennis, scuba
diving, and traveling.  She is really excited to serve ZTA as the
District President of 18G!

Meet Alicia Williams

The mission of Zeta Tau Alpha is to make a difference in the lives of our members by developing the potential of each individual through innovative programming which emphasizes leadership development, service to others, academic achievement and continued personal growth for women, with a commitment to friendship and the future based on the sisterhood, values and traditions of the past.

Convention 2010 in New Orleans July 7-11, 2010

Diane Keegan

Diane Hanson Keegan- Theta Omega

Graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a BS in Business Administration emphasis in Marketing Management.  Held a career in Marketing/Advertising for a retail clothing store and a hot tub manufacturer.  She along with her husband owned an award winning business for 7 years.  Her Zeta career started after graduation by joining an alumnae chapter and being an executive board member for several years.  She also became a Financial Advisor for a local collegiate chapter for many years and then became a member of the Chapter Financial Management Committee.  After serving several terms she became a District President for 19-G (Southern CA, Southern NV and Hawaii) then as of Convention 2008 was elected as Vice President Alumnae Area II.  Diane currently lives in Murrieta, CA with husband Gary and two children Connor 9 and Shannon 7.

District 18G and our collegiates in Province 18B had a great convention.  Congrats to all of our award recipients:

Alumnae Awards

Silver Crown Chapter - Alumnae Serive Awards - First Runner Up – Northern Arizona

Website Award – Tucson Alumnae

Zeta Day Awards – Utah with highest per capita donation among all Zeta Days

Crown Chapter -  Albuquerque, Las Cruces,  Northern Arizona, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and Tucson Alumnae Groups.

Honor Ring Recipients:  Stacy Kalisz Johnson, Jennifer Garrett Martin, and Staci Musgrove

Collegiate Awards

Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation Scholarships:  Laurel Powers, Sasha Seams and Brittany Toll – Beta Nu

Founders Club with $15K+ donated to the Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation:  Beta Nu

Silver Crown Chapter – Activities Award for a Medium Sized Chapter – Beta Nu

Crown Chapter:  Beta Nu

Financial Improvement Award – Delta Pi

Quota/Total Award:  Beta Nu

Academic Achievement: Beta Nu

Baby Cup: Kappa Alpha (not in our District but in Colorado which is in Province 18B)

I read a lot in my marketing job at work about blogging.  Since I’m uncertain about the time commitment I have to maintaining a website, my skills and of course, the hosting cost, I am going to try blogging. Initially I’ll post things here/there and you can check back as you like. Eventually I’ll use this as the conduit for my monthly newsletters and I will just point you to the blog/link.  I haven’t explored just yet but I think I can post photos and files, etc.