Famous Alpha Phis

Alpha Phi is proud of all of our distinguished alumnae. Following is only a sample of Alpha Phis who have distinguished themselves in their careers and state, provincial, national or international communities. If you know a distinguished alumna who should be listed, send her name, affiliation and contact information to quarterly@alphaphi.org.

 

 

Sports/Fitness

 

Amanda M. Allen (ΕΑ-Ashland) Certified athletic trainer.

Christine Bannister (ΓΠ-Arizona State) Account executive for Brener Zwikel & Associates sports public relations and marketing firm.

Susie Maxwell Berning (ΔΔ-Oklahoma City) Golfer. Three time winner of the Women's U.S. Open. Inducted into OCU Sports Hall of Fame, Nevada Sports Hall of Fame in 1973, National Gold Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.

Lourie Boike (BT-Indiana) Director of ticket operations, DP Fox Sports and Entertainment.

Molly Carrell (Γ-DePauw) Aerobics instructor.

Julie Clark (ΓΒ-UC/Santa Barbara) Awarding-winning veteran pilot and North America’s only solo T-34 acrobatic performer. Captain for Northwest Airlines (since 1984). Inducted into the International Women’s Air and Space Museum.

Claire Waters Ferguson (ΒΒ-Michigan State) First woman president of the U.S. Figure Skating Association. President during the 1994 Olympics and the Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding incident. First woman elected to the International Federation for Figure Skaters. Serves on the International Skating Union Council, the first U.S. woman to do so. Recipient of Alpha Phi Frances E.Willard Award, 1994.

Michelle Freeman (ΔΠ-Indiana State) Head football athletic trainer, Christopher Newport University.

Laura Gilpin (Τ-Oregon) Created and heads Tri-Valley Sports Commission in San Francisco, one of only 11 sports commissions in California.

Stacia Hookom (ΒΓ^-Colorado) National Snowboarding Team member since 1993. Six National Championship titles, nine World Cup podiums, seven trips to the world championships in 12 seasons.

Edean Anderson Ihlanfeldt (ΒΥ-Oregon State) Golfer. Champion of Women's National Senior Championship (1982), Canadian Women’s Open Champion (1952), five-time PNGA Women’s Amateur Champion and three-time PNGA Senior Women’s Amateur Champion. Inducted into Pacific Northwest Golf Hall of Fame in 1985.    

Amie Kraft (ΘΞ-Shippensburg) Massage therapist, Philadelphia Eagles professional football team (since 2001).

Katie Longworth (BE-Arizona) Media relations director, Major League Baseball Arizona Fall League.

Wendi Mangiagli (BΠ-USC) Ice dancing instructor and choreographer.

Michele McClinton (ΔΓ-Northern Colorado) Professional ski instructor in Aspen, Colo., teaching more than 20 years and specializing in women's programs.

Wanda LaBounty Means (ΒΕ-Arizona) Kicker, punter for the Austin Rangers, Women’s Professional Football League (1999-2001).

Brenna Miles  (Π-North Dakota) Personal trainer and instructor. Appears in fitness videos and on Cory Everson’s Gotta Sweat fitness television show.

Kim Miller (BA-Illinois) Program director, USA Team Handball, the national governing body for the Olympic sport of handball in the U.S.

Eliza Orlins (A-Syracuse) Competed on CBS television's reality series "Survivor: Vanuatu".

Debby Pfaff (O-Missouri) Director of accounting for St. Louis Cardinals, L.P.

Portia Pollock (ΗΣ-Lafayette) High school coach.

Leila Pratt (ΘΝ-Appalachian State) Assistant sports information director, Appalachian State University.

Mollie Quinn (BΔ-UCLA) UCLA spirit squad advisor, co-creator of the nationally utilized Performance Enhancement Program for spirit leaders, Golden State Spirit Association associate director and choreographer.

Kristin Ritter (Θ-Michigan) Personal trainer.

Dana Roberts (ΘΑ-Linfield) Certified athletic trainer, Linfield College.

Melinda Erickson Roeder (EI-Duquesne) Professional football player for Indiana Speed, a team in the Women's Professional Football League.

Marian Dale Roper (ΒΔ-UCLA) Bronze metal winner in platform diving, 1932 U.S. Olympic Team.

Katherine Ross Simard (ΔE-Iowa) Professional horse trainer and instructor. Specializing in dressage, she is one of less than 150 United States Dressage Federation certified instructors in the U.S. 

Courtney Jean Barfield Sparks (ΔΔ-Oklahoma City) Cheerleader for Dallas Cowboys NFL football team (since 2000).

Karen Regan Toole (ΒΑ-Illinois) Assistant director of compliance for the Big Ten Conference (1994-2002).

Carolyn Burkett Muegge Vaughan (ΓΗ-North Texas) Co-leader of the Mount Vaughn Antarctic Expedition (1993-94). Participant in three Alaskan Iditarod dogsled races. Second degree black belt in Judo.

Patty Vallese Viverito (ΕΔ-Northern Illinois) Senior associate commissioner, Missouri Valley Conference. Commissioner, Gateway Football Conference, Missouri. Served as tournament director for the 2001 NCAA Women’s Final Four basketball tournament in St. Louis.