Delta Delta Delta is a collegiate social sorority located in North America. Following are some of its notable members.

Arts

NameChapterNotabilityKara Medoff BarnettAlpha Omicronmanaging director of Lincoln Center International, executive director of American Ballet TheatreCathy GuisewiteIotacreator of the comic strip Cathy; Emmy Award winnerCandace Whittemore LovelyEtaimpressionist painter

Beauty pageant contestants

NameChapterNotabilityDonna AxumDelta IotaMiss America 1964, television producerPeyton BollingMiss America's Teen 2025Brittany Dawn BrannonGamma RhoMiss Arizona USA 2011, actress, modelCandace Michelle BrownPhi ThetaMiss Alabama 1992; runner-up Miss AmericaLeanza CornettBeta GammaMiss America 1993, television hostJulie HayekTheta PiMiss California USA 1983, Miss USA 1983, actress, modelLynn HerringDelta OmegaMiss Virginia 1977, actress in General HospitalCrystal LeeOmegaMiss California 2013, first runner-up Miss America 2014, in-arena host for Golden State WarriorsCarly MathisAlpha RhoMiss Georgia 2013Jaclyn StappAlpha DeltaMiss New York USA 2004, Mrs. Florida America 2008, modelShawn WeatherlyBeta ThetaMiss Universe 1980, actressTyler WillisPhi EtaMiss Texas USA 2005Melissa WitekAlpha PsiMiss Florida USA 2005

Business and education

NameChapterNotabilitySara BlakelyAlpha Etafounder of SpanxAngela BralyPhi Etapresident and chief executive officer of WellPoint (now Anthem)Amber Abbott BurdaBeta XiCOO and General Manager of the Houston Livestock Show & RodeoMaureen Kempston DarkesCanada Alphalawyer; vice president General Motors Group; president GM Latin America, Africa and Middle EastLibby LefflerPitech founder; Founder and CEO of First; former chief of staff to Sheryl SandbergGayle Jennings-O’ByrnePsi venture capitalist; CEO of Wocstar Capital; co-founder of the Wocstar Fund

Education

NameChapterNotabilityMadeleine Wing AdlerUpsilon first female president of West Chester University of PennsylvaniaBetsy BozeTheta Kappapresident of The College of The BahamasWinifred B. ChaseIotabotanist, professor of botany, and dean of women at what is now Wayne State UniversityLaura KuykendallTheta Epsilon College professor, dean of women at Southwestern UniversityIda Shaw MartinAlphafounded Delta Delta Delta sororityBessie Leach PriddyGammaCollege professor, dean of women at the Michigan State Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University) and the University of Missouri, National Delta Delta Delta historian, published A Detailed Record of Delta Delta Delta, 1888-1907, elected Delta Delta Delta National President in 1931Ivy Kellerman ReedNulinguist and author of materials in EsperantoAnnette Nevin ShelbyDelta Mufirst woman tenured professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of BusinessLynn YeakelAlpha Xidirector of Drexel University College of Medicine's Institute for Women's Health and Leadership

Entertainment

NameChapterNotabilityElizabeth BanksPsiactressLee Phillip BellUpsilon talk show hostJodi BensonDelta EpsilonactressShannon BeveridgeTheta Gammaactress, YouTube personality, LGBT advocateDixie CarterDelta SigmaactressKellie CoffeyTheta Gamma country music singerMary CrosbyTheta Zetaactress, DallasAnnamary DickeyDelta Epsilon soprano and actressFarrah FawcettTheta ZetaactressJoanna GarciaAlpha EtaactressCynthia GearyChiEmmy-nominated actressLeeza GibbonsAlpha Lambda actress, talk show host, Emmy Award winnerLynn HerringDelta Omegaactress in General Hospital, Miss Virginia 1977Crystal LeeOmegain-arena host for Golden State Warriors, Miss California 2013, first runner-up Miss America 2014Natalia LivingstonAlpha OmegaEmmy Award-winning actress, General HospitalJulie Montagu, Countess of SandwichDelta OmicronTelevision host, An American Aristocrat's Guide to Great EstatesAmanda SchullDelta Omicronactress, Center Stage, One Tree HillMolly SimsDelta Gamma actress, modelSylvia StahlmanDelta Gammasoprano, opera singerSavitree SuttichanondBeta Upsilonsinger on TrueVisions's Academy FantasiaToni TennillePhi Thetasinger in Captain & Tennille

Journalism and news

NameChapterNotabilityKiran ChetryAlpha Pinews anchor for CNN and Fox NewsKatie CouricBeta SigmaEmmy Award winning news anchor, CBS Evening NewsCatherine CrierTheta ZetaEmmy Award-winning broadcast journalist, author, and former Texas State District JudgeHoda KotbBeta NuEmmy Award-winning news anchor for NBC News' morning show Today and correspondent for Dateline NBCVinita NairUpsilonnews anchorDeborah NorvilleAlpha RhoEmmy Award winner, news anchor of Inside Edition, authorKathy OrrOmicronmeteorologistJanet ShamlianDelta XiNBC news correspondentSally StapletonDelta Xiphotojournalist

Law

NameChapterNobilityAnnette Abbott AdamsAlpha Mulawyer, judge, first woman to be the Assistant Attorney General in the United StatesPam BondiAlpha PsiFormer Attorney General, United States of America; Former Florida Attorney GeneralBobbe BridgeTheta Alphaformer Associate Justice of the Washington Supreme CourtRita GarmanDelta Pijustice of the Supreme Court of IllinoisElizabeth A. KovachevichAlpha Chijudge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Literature

NameChapterNotabilityJoan DidionPiauthor, recipient of the National Book Award for NonfictionDidion, Joan. "The White Album". New York Noonday Press, 1994, p. 207.Sara HaardtXi author and professor of English literatureKristin HannahTheta AlphanovelistDoris Kearns GoodwinAlpha UpsilonPulitzer Prize-winning author and historianEvelyn Sibley LampmanTheta Mu writer of children's and young adult fictionJill Marie LandisPhi KappanovelistJo PiazzaPsinovelistAnne Rivers SiddonsPhi Thetanovelist

Military and aviation +NameChapter NotabilityTerry GabreskiDelta OmegaU.S. Air Force Lt. general; Vice Commander of Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force BaseBetty GilliesPsifirst pilot to qualify for the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying SquadronLouise ThadenDelta Iotaaviation pioneer; first woman to win the Bendix trophyNora W. TysonDelta GammaUnited States Navy vice admiral

Past Presidents

NameChapterNotabilityLibby LefflerPipresident of national Tri Delta (2025–2026), 2005 Sarah Ida Shaw award winnerMary Kay Paup BakerTheta Pipresident of national Tri Delta (1972–1976)Caroline J. Edgar ErdmanTheta3rd president of national Tri Delta (1894–1897)Pearle BonisteelTheta Deltapresident of national Tri Delta (1928–1931), national secretary (1919–1925), national treasurer (1925–1928, 1931–1934)

Politics and public service

NameChapterNotabilityLisa BoscolaGamma BetaPennsylvania State SenateDebra BowenPhi GammaSecretary of State of CaliforniaNellie A. BrownIotabotanist, scientific investigator in Plant Pathology at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry Kathy CastorAlpha OmegaCongresswoman for Nellie ConnallyTheta Zetaformer First Lady of TexasElizabeth DoleAlpha OmicronU.S. Senator from North Carolina, former United States Secretary of TransportationCarol Boyd HallettTheta DeltaCalifornia State Assembly. U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas, Commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service Helen Froelich HoltUpsilonformer Secretary of State of West VirginiaAdele Khoury GrahamAlpha Psiformer teacher and First Lady of FloridaKatherine F. LenrootMuchief of the United States Children's Bureau, feministMichelle Lujan-GrishamPhi DeltaGovernor of New MexicoMary Martha Presley MerrittDelta Rhomember of the West Virginia House of Delegates and president of the West Virginia Board of Educationhttps://tridelta.historyit.com/tag.php?id=19954&q=Merritt,%20Mary%20Martha%20PresleyAlida Isham MillhamBetamember of the New Hampshire House of RepresentativesKelley PaulDelta Psipolitical consultant, writer, wife of Rand PaulDina PowellTheta ThetaU.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for StrategyRae Nadler, "Marketing America: Dina Habib Powell", The Alcade (January/February 2007), pp. 53–55.Patricia TaftDelta GammaCharter board member of the National First Ladies Day Commission, board member of the Society of Presidential Descendants, and great-granddaughter of President William Howard TaftPresley Merritt WagonerAlpha Epsilon40th President General of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolutionhttps://tridelta.historyit.com/item-detail.php?id=375063#?cv=&c=&m=&s=

Sports

NamesChapterNotabilityAnne AbernathyTheta ZetaOlympic athlete in luge and archery Faye BilesAlpha Omicronhead coach of field hockey and lacrosse teams, Kent State UniversitySophie Caldwell HamiltonGamma Gammacross-country ski racerMeryl DavisIotagold medalist ice dancer, 2014 Winter OlympicsMarianna DavisOmegaParalympic cyclist, alpine skier, member of the Idaho House of RepresentativesAnnika DriesOmegagold medalist in water polo, 2012 Summer OlympicsSophie Caldwell HamiltonGamma Gammacross country skier, 2014 Winter OlympicsAbby JohnstonAlpha Omicronsilver medalist in synchronized diving, 2012 Summer OlympicsMariya KorolevaOmega2012 USA Olympic synchronized swimming duet teamPaige RaileyBeta Alphacompetitive sailor, Olympian

See also List of Delta Delta Delta chapters

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