New executive director
 

For Immediate Release
July 18, 2003

Alpha Sigma Alpha Hires New Executive Director

Alpha Sigma Alpha National Headquarters Indianapolis, IN — Nancy M. Coleman has been hired as the executive director of Alpha Sigma Alpha. Nancy started work at national headquarters on July 1.

Coleman brings a wealth of experience in association management to Alpha Sigma Alpha. She worked for nine years as the executive director of the Insurance Education Foundation. Coleman also served as executive director of the Indiana Federation of Republican Women. She has been the finance director to the Indiana Republican State Committee and worked for four years as special assistant to former Mayor of Indianapolis William H. Hudnut. Coleman was a business teacher at Blue River Valley Junior-Senior High School for nine years.

Coleman will oversee the day-to-day management of the sorority’s operations, supervision of the national headquarters staff, direct the regular, administrative and financial affairs of the sorority and oversee the communications program and services to members.

Coleman has demonstrated skills in strategic planning, finances and membership services. She holds a Master of Art Education degree from Ball State University where she also received her Bachelor of Science degree in business education.

Alpha Sigma Alpha was founded at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia in 1901. Nationally, Alpha Sigma Alpha has 74 collegiate chapters and 71 alumnae chapters. Over 57,000 members are committed to promoting sisterhood, heritage and leadership.

What does everyone here think of her? I'm not sure it was a good move to hire someone who wasn't in a sorority. Has anyone tried to talk to her?

I think part of the rationale was that:

-they need someone who is an excellent association manager, first and foremost, and
-she won't have any prejudices one way or another about chapters.

Many of the fraternities have female exec directors so they obviously weren't members. :)

Her job is to run HQ smoothly - not to make or enforce policy for the sorority. That is the duty of the national council. As long as she has a working knowledge of Greek life, it shouldn't be a problem.

Has anyone heard from Lisa Tate Longo since she was fired by the National Council?

Lisa worked as a consultant, went to grad school and then began work for HQ. She has had no job since college other than ASA, so I can understand why she would want to move on.

I am closing this thread.