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.

 

 

Journalists/Writers

 

Catherine Anaya (ΒΠ-USC) Two-time Emmy Award®-winning news anchor for CBS 5, KPHO in Phoenix, Ariz. Named “Anchor of the Year” in 2003 by the Arizona Associated Press Broadcasters Association. Formerly of KCBS-TV in Los Angeles, also a monthly columnist for Los Angeles Family Magazine. (See Spring and Summer 2001 Quarterlies.)

Patricia Cafferty Baldwin (Omega-Texas) Editor-in-chief of Private Clubs magazine. Former editor-in-chief of Golf for Women magazine. Five years as a business writer for the Dallas Morning News. Editor and co-owner of the Austin Business Journal (1983-1985).

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

Jodi Brooks (Ι-Wisconsin) National Emmy Award®-winning reporter for CBS 4 in Denver, Colo. Founder of A Safe Place for Newborns, a national program that assures the safety of unwanted babies. Inspiration behind the “Jodi Brooks Law,” passed in nearly every state, which states that hospitals must accept unwanted babies, no questions asked. (See Spring 2001 Quarterly.)

Christy Bulkeley (Ο-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 (Ω-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 & Flourishes, Getting Better All the Time and Unplanned Parenthood: Confessions of a Seventy Something Surrogate Mother. A founder of the National Women's Political Caucus and of ERAmerica. Recipient of Frances E. Willard Award.

Lisa Colagrossi (ΒΙ-West Virginia) Awarded two Emmys® and nominated for five others as television anchor with WABC-TV in New York.

Michelle Fulcher (ΒΓ-Colorado) Producer of “Colorado Matters” on Colorado Public Radio. Former assigning editor, city editor and national editor of The Denver Post. Part of the Post news team that won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting for their coverage of the Columbine High School massacre of 1999 (see Fall 2000 Quarterly). Faculty advisor and instructor at the University of Colorado-Boulder.

Beth Gannon (Eta Eta-Seton Hall) Author of Crazy Fortunes.

Jennifer Gilbert (Β-Northwestern) Two-time Emmy Award®-winning television news anchor for FOX 45 in Baltimore, Md. Named “Best News Anchor” in 2002 by Baltimore Magazine.

Kristin Hoke (Theta-Michigan) News anchor for WPBF News in Palm Beach, Fla. Breast cancer survivor who allowed cameras to film the duration of her cancer experience and air the story as an inspiration to viewers.

Kim Kelleher (Iota-Wisconsin) Vice president and publisher of SELF magazine (since 2004). Former vice president, publisher of Golf for Women, under which she became one of the youngest publishers ever in the Condé Nast family. Advertising: Age’s Media Mavens in 2003, Industry Influencer by Folio in 2005 and one of Advertising Age’s 40 Under Forty in 2007. (See Fall 2007 Quarterly.

Katie Longworth (Beta Epsilon-Arizona) Sportscaster, CBS 2 in Southern California. Former media relations director for Major League Baseball Arizona Fall League.

Donna Lipper Lucas (ΒΠ-USC) Chief executive officer/president of NCG Porter Novelli. Widely recognized expert in media relations and political/public affairs strategy. Press secretary to former Gov. George Deukmejian (California) and California press secretary for President George Bush’s successful 1988 campaign. California media director for the 1992, 1996 Republican National Conventions.

Ann Martin (Σ-Washington) Prime time news anchor and co-host of Woman 2 Woman, KCBS-TV, Los Angeles. Winner of three Emmy Awards®, famous and an award for best 30-minute news cast. Early in her career, first female to anchor the weekend news solo in Seattle, Wash. (see Spring 2001 Quarterly).

Ruth Stafford Peale (Α-Syracuse) Religious leader, public speaker and author. Co-founder, publisher and chairman of the board of Guideposts, Inc. Author of Secrets of Staying in Love and The Adventure of Being a Wife. First woman president of the National Board of North American Missions. First woman chairman of the planning and program committee of the National Council of Churches (1966). National president of the Women’s Board of Domestic Missions of the Reformed Church in America. Vice president of the Council of Churches of the City of New York.

Nan Robertson (Β-Northwestern) Pulitzer Prize-winning (1983) reporter and feature writer for the New York Times (1955-96). Winner of Page One award from the Newspaper Guild of New York (1983). Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Women’s Media Foundation (1993). Author of Getting Better, Inside Alcoholics Anonymous (1988) and The Girls in the Balcony: Women, Men, and the New York Times (1992).

Ellen Soeteber (Beta-Northwestern) Editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 2001-05. Worked for the Chicago Tribune as a reporter, copy editor, weekend editor, night city editor and TV/media editor. In 1986, she was appointed as metropolitan editor, then as assistant managing editor (1988) and associate managing editor (1989). From 1994-2001, she was the managing editor of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Barbara Brooks Wallace (ΒΔ-UCLA) Award-winning author of children's books, including NLAPW Children's Book Award and International Youth Library "Best of the Best" for Claudia (2001) and William Allen White Children's Book Award for Peppermints in the Parlor (1983). Other books include Secret in St. Something, Ghosts in the Gallery, Sparrows in the Scullery and The Twin in the Tavern.

Janice Woods Windle (Omega-Texas) President of the El Paso Community Foundation. Author of Hill Country, The True Women Cookbook, and best-seller True Women, which was published in eight different languages and became the basis for a CBS miniseries starring Angelina Jolie. Received the American Association of University Women's “Woman of the Year.”

 

Alpha Phi is proud of all of our distinguished alumnae. If you know a distinguished alumna who should be listed, send her name, affiliation and contact information to quarterly@alphaphi.org.

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