About us
ZETA TAU ALPHA, HOUSTON ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION
CLOSE BOND OF SISTERHOOD
Our journey and celebration in Zeta Tau Alpha began as collegians. The future of ZTA depends on its alumnae continuing that journey and celebration. Established in 1922, the Houston Alumnae Association of ZTA is proud to be not only one of the largest alumnae organizations in the country.
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DIVERSE SISTERHOOD
From new college graduates, and singles to mothers, and working professionals to retirees, our members represent a diverse population of dedicated women and community leaders advancing ZTA ideals. Our members attended universities all across the country, from East to West coast and Texas too. They reside throughout the Greater Houston area including the downtown area, inside and outside Loop 610, and suburbs north, west, and south, including Spring, Katy, Sugar Land, and Richmond. Meeting locations range from the Midtown area to the Tanglewood, Memorial, and Bellaire areas.
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AWARD-WINNING SISTERHOOD
HAA of ZTA has been recognized at the state level as well as nationally for our outstanding service to the fraternity, including the Betty McGehee Scheussler Award, which is the highest honor for all alumnae chapters.
our 2023 - 2024 EXECUTIVE BOARD:
The Board Members and Committee Chairs strive to make your alumnae experience wonderful by providing the membership with a diverse range of programming. If you are interested in joining the board, complete the form below by choosing an option.
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To learn what each position does and annual events required, please see the position description → here.
Heather Whitfield
President
As President, I am responsible for ensuring our Alumnae successfully upholds our ZTA values.
Angèle Wolk
Programming - Day
I host Day Gatherings for our ladies to meet a few months during the day for HAA ZTA discussion and more.
Kara Permeter
Programming - Night
I host Night Gatherings for our ladies to meet a few months after work for HAA ZTA discussion and more.
Sydney Flint
Recording Secretary
I am responsibile for documenting minutes at board meetings and tracking history moments like voting.
Arianna Selph
Programming - Night
I host Night Gatherings for our ladies to meet a few months after work for HAA ZTA discussion and more.
Rachel Minton
President Elect
I hope to be President next term so I am learning everything for the position and how to lead.
Kim Clarke
Programming - Day
I host Day Gatherings for our ladies to meet a few months during the day for HAA ZTA discussion and more.
Renee Svitek
Corresponding Secretary
I write letters to our members of congratulations or condolences and let sisters know that they are supported.
Kelley Brege
Membership
I look forward to seeing you at our HAA events! I ensure all members are welcomed and more.
Meghan Johnson
Treasurer
As Treasurer, I ensure all of HAA's finances are in the appropriate order, maintaining dues and sharing with our national office.
Allison Poore
Fundraising
As Fundraising Chair, I encourage and host events in October for members to give to our Philanthropy and more.
Rachel Minton
Historian
Say cheese! You'll see me with camera in hand as I'm responsible for capturing HAA's activities.
Marcy Cann
Parliamentarian
I ensure that the alumnae represents, embodies, and upholds ZTAs written bylaws.
our Committee:
Lauren Stratton
Alum-Collegiate Chair
I coordinate with our collegiate chapters by planning meetings, assist with traditions, and more.
Renee Svitek
Caring Crowns
I coordinate with our seasoned members to ensure they are up-to-date with all HAA activities.
Heather Whitfield
Panhellenic Delegate
I represent HAA at the local Houston Panhellenic meetings.
Sherry St. Aubin
Panhellenic Alternate
I assist with representing HAA at the local Houston Panhellenic meetings.
Angèle Wolk
Collegiate Recruitment Ambassador
If you're thinking of joining our fraternity, I help with the steps for collegiate to apply.
Lauren Thompson
Service
I find ways for our sisterhood to give back to the community and our philanthropy.
Ashley Crouse
Social
I plan the end of the term celebration and invite all dues-paying members to join me in doing something fun!
Taryn Hryc
Technology
I keep our website up-to-date will also maintaining our contact distribution list and invite lists.
Taryn Hryc
Newsletter & Communications
I create monthly newsletters for HAA distribution. Have a story? Share it with me and our sisters.
Lauren Stratton
ZiesTA
I plan our Holiday festival called ZiesTA and welcome our dues-paying alumnae, local collegiate, and legacies.
Angèle Wolk
Public Realtions & Social Media
I post to our private Facebook group and public Instagram account of HAA activities that sisters are enjoying.
Renee Svitek
Ladies Dine Out Coordinator
I find a fun restaurant around town and arrange for sisters to grab dinner together once a month. Bon appétite!
Candy Bourgeois
Book Club Coordinator
I host sisters once a month at various restaurants and we discuss the latest read-over drinks and other gossips.
Lauren Stratton
Sisters Who Sip Coordinator
I help sisters stay hydrated by hosting a monthly gathering at different bars and hot spots around Houston.
Allison Poore
Sisters Who Sip Coordinator
I help sisters stay hydrated by hosting a monthly gathering at different bars and hot spots around Houston.
Heather Whitfield
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Chair
I promote the representation and participation of different groups of individuals.
Our Awards:
Betty McGehee Scheussler Award
First Place: 1990-1998, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014
Runner-Up: 2006, 2010
This award is given to the alumnae chapter that has given the greatest support to a collegiate chapter and has achieved excellence in all areas of Fraternity life throughout the biennium.
ZTAF Founders' Club
2010, 2012, 2014
Recognizing donors contributing more than $100,000 to the Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation.
Silver District Award
2011, 2012, 2014
Recognizing the best all-around alumnae chapter in District.
Alumnae Crown Chapter
2010, 2012, 2014, 2020
This award is given for attainment of the minimum standard of chapter excellence for each year of the biennium. The National Vice Presidents Alumnae recommend chapters to National Council, which selects the recipients.
ZTAF Major Donor
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
This award is given for financial and volunteer support to honor breast cancer survivors through our Think Pink® partnerships.
Membership Award for Sustained Membership
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
This award is given to the alumnae chapter that has achieved the greatest growth in membership for the term.
our fraternity:
HISTORY
More than 231,000 women have been initiated into the sisterhood of Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity since its founding on October 15, 1898, at the State Female Normal School (now Longwood University) in Farmville, Virginia. Our Founders, nine young women, envisioned an organization that would perpetuate their ties of friendship.
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CREED
To realize that within our grasp, in Zeta Tau Alpha, lies the opportunity to learn those things which will ever enrich and ennoble our lives; to be true to ourselves, and to those within and without our circle; to think in terms of all mankind and our service in the world; to be steadfast, strong, and clean of heart and mind, remembering that since the thought is father to the deed, only that which we would have manifested in our experience should be entertained in thought; to find satisfaction in being, rather than seeming, thus strengthening in us the higher qualities of the spirit; to prepare for service and learn the nobility of serving, thereby earning the right to be served; to seek understanding that we might gain true wisdom; to look for the good in everyone; to see beauty, with its enriching influence; to be humble in success, and without bitterness in defeat; to have the welfare and harmony of the Fraternity at heart, striving ever to make our lives a symphony of high ideals, devotion to the Right, the Good, and the True, without a discordant note; remembering always that the foundation precept of Zeta Tau Alpha was Love, “the greatest of all things.” - Written by Shirley Kreasan Strout, adopted by the 1928 ZTA Convention.
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PURPOSE
The purpose of Zeta Tau Alpha is the intensifying of friendship, the fostering of a spirit of love, the creating of such sentiments, the performing of such deeds, and the molding of such opinions as will be conducive to the building up of a purer and nobler womanhood in the world.
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OPEN MOTTO
"Seek the Noblest".
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