About - Famous

A number of famous and notable women are also our Alpha Phi sisters. Select from the menu above to learn about just a few of the many celebrity Phis in our midst!

How Will You Make Your Mark?

The list of distinguished Alpha Phi sisters is very long indeed. For the complete listing of famous Alpha Phis, we invite you to explore Alpha Phi International's listing of notable Phis .

After viewing that list and learning about our amazing sisters, it becomes clear: Alpha Phi is a part of the lives of many extraordinary women. How will you make your mark? Alpha Phi is a good place to start.

Performing Arts

Jane Huckle Campbell (Beta Rho - Washington State ) Producing director of the Honolulu Theater for Youth, Hawaii 's only professional nonprofit theatre.

Kat Parsons (Beta - Northwestern) Chicago-based singer, songwriter. Made her recording debut with Framing Caroline (1999).

Katie Dean (Theta Nu - Appalachian State) Manager of international development for the Country Music Association.

Hazel Raymundo Siegel (Beta - Northwestern) Singer, actress, journalist. Played Kim in Chicago and Boston production of Miss Saigon. Performed first staged reading of Disney's Aida.

Marcia Baldwin Gray (Beta - Northwestern) Professor of voice at Eastman School of Music, Rochester , N.Y. Spent twelve seasons with the Metropolitan Opera.

Jeri Ryan (Beta - Northwestern) Actress. Played Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager. She joins the cast of Fox's Boston Public this fall.

Kimberly Williams (Beta - Northwestern) Actress. Movies: Father of the Bride, Father of the Bride: Part 2 and Indian Summer.

Jodie Sweetin (Eta Upsilon - Chapman) Best known for her portrayal of Stefanie Tanner on the 80s-90s sitcom, "Full House." Also appeared on "Party of Five."

Pamela Klinger (Epsilon Iota - Duquesne) Singer, dancer, cast member in Broadway production and movie A Chorus Line.

Jeannette Butts Paulson Hereniko (Tau - Oregon) Director of the Asia-Pacific Media Center, Los Angeles (since 1996). Established the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC/USA) (1994).

Cynthia Edwards (Epsilon Beta - Butler ) Stage director for the New York City Opera.

Eliza Orlins (Alpha - Syracuse) Contestant on CBS's mega hit show, "Survivor." lnga Swenson Harris (Beta - Northwestern) Broadway and television actress. Played Gretchen Kraus on ABC's Benson.

Journalism

Catherine Anaya (Beta Pi - USC) Emmy Award-winning television news anchor for KCBS-TV in Los Angeles (see Spring and Summer 2001 Quarterlies).

Barbara Blakemore (Gamma - DePauw) Former fiction editor of Redbook; Former executive editor of McCall's. Past president of Women's Media Group.

Jodi Brooks (Iota - Wisconsin) Reporter and co-anchor for WPMI-TV in Mobile, Ala. Founder of A Secret Safe Place for Newborns, a national program that assures the safety of unwanted babies (see Spring 2001 Quarterly).

Christy Bulkeley (Omicron - Missouri) Daily newspaper reporter, editor and publisher for Gannett Co., Inc. for two decades. Program and grants administrator for the Gannett Foundation (now the Freedom Forum) for seven years. One of the first women publishers for Gannett Co. As a newspaper executive, she was the first woman Gannett named chief executive of a daily newspaper (1974). National president of Women in Communications, Inc. (1975-76).

Elizabeth "Liz" Sutherland Carpenter (Omega - Texas) Writer, feminist. Former reporter and public relations expert. Press secretary and staff director to Lady Bird Johnson (1963-69) and author of Start with a Laugh, Ruffles

Leadership

Elaine Bland Baxter (Beta Alpha - Illinois) Iowa Secretary of State (1987-94). Former member of the Iowa House of Representatives for three terms. Appointed to Humanities Iowa board of directors by Iowa Gov. Thomas Vilsack.

Grace Lockhart McCarthy (Beta Alpha - Illinois) Three-time mayor of Pacifica, Calif.; civic leader; recipient of Robert J. Koshiand Prize from the Peninsula Community Foundation.

Nancy Osborn Brataas (Epsilon - Minnesota) Retired Minnesota state senator (1975-92), the first woman senator in Minnesota history to be elected in her own right. Minority chairperson of the senate employment committee (1978-92).

Diane Steed (Gamma Delta - Kansas) President, Coalition for Vehicle Choice (since 1991). Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) (1983-89).

Marjorie "Bunny" Lawrence Clement (Beta Gamma - Colorado) Jefferson County, Colo., commissioner (1981-93). Appointed to succeed her late husband and re-elected for three terms.

Polly Cutler Rosenbaum (Beta Gamma - Colorado) Arizona state representative continuously for 46 years (1949-94).

Nancy Harvey Steorts (Alpha - Syracuse) President of Nancy Harvey Steorts International consulting firm. Former chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission under President Ronald Reagan.

Bonnie McCulloch Scott (Delta Mu - Purdue) Lt. commander in the U.S. Navy, one of only 25 women out of more than 5,000 commanding officers in the Navy.

Anne Marie Conroy (Lamda - UC/Berkeley) Youngest member to sit on San Francisco's Board of Supervisors (1992). Current executive director of Treasure Island Development Authority, San Francisco.

Mary Prior Dambman (Gamma Theta - Colorado College) Former Colorado state representative.

Shirley Pugh McLoughlin (Xi - Toronto and Beta Theta - British Columbia) Councillor for the Town of Comox, British Columbia. Leader of the Liberal Party in British Columbia (1981), the first woman leader in Canada.