2019–2020 BOARD OF GOVERNORS The Board of Governors is the lead donor group that provides support for the Educational Foundation’s Annual Fund. With our deepest appreciation for their generosity and continuing support, SigEp would like to recognize the following donors for their Board of Governors-level giving during our 2019-2020 fiscal year. BOG members allow SigEp to expand the quality and reach of chapter programs, leadership events and scholarships each year. Chairman’s Circle $10,000+ Tom Jelke
Brett Gough Wisconsin-Platteville ’03
Mike Green
Florida International ’90
Cal-Berkeley ’62
Todd Johns
Gary Griffith
Minnesota ’98
Texas-Austin ’70
Garry Kief
Jerry Guyant
Southern California ’70
Wisconsin-Stevens Point ’65
President’s Circle $5,000–$9,999 Charlie Amato
Jonathan Hayes
Sam Houston State ’70
Cal-Santa Barbara ’66
Tom Barton Loras ’89
Rick Bennet Central Missouri ’74
Chris Bittman Colorado ’85
Scott Carr Cal-Santa Barbara ’86
Skip Dahlkamp San Diego State ’63
Mark Davis Nebraska ’90
Denis Dieker Wichita State ’77
John Durrant Stetson ’96
Tom Gray Kansas ’77
Ed Hammond Emporia State ’66
Jeff Johnson Colorado ’89
Greg Pestinger Kansas State ’86
Wendell Rakosky Baldwin Wallace ’78
Darren Rodgers Georgia ’84
Milan Sawdei
CalPoly-Pomona ’93
Jeff Henley Kent Hickman Colorado ’61
Steve Hofstetter Columbia ’02
Chris Jarvis Rhode Island ’92
Cliff Kinnunen SIU-Edwardsville ’81
Frank Ko Pepperdine ’97
Mark Krzywonos Northern Kentucky ’84
Chris McCaw Appalachian State ’03
Dave McLaughlin Minnesota ’92
Bill Monroe Western Michigan ’63
Brad Nahrstadt Monmouth ’89
Derek Pardee SUNY-Buffalo ’83
Kurt Phares Nebraska ’79
John Porreca Philadelphia ’71
Barry Posner Cal-Santa Barbara ’70
Jeff Prather
Cal State-Long Beach ’69 Ball State ’99
Zar Toolan Columbia ’01
Mike Watford Florida ’75
Sponsor Level $2,500–$4,999 Tom Allardyce Lamar ’70
Matt Beck Iowa ’90
Keenan Buoy Washburn ’82
Steven Dickey Oklahoma State ’69
Mike Elliott East Tennessee State ’81
Robert Frank Baldwin Wallace ’68
Matt Sigsbee Vincennes ’90
Jason St. John
1901 Society $1,901–$2,499 Catherine Bard Neil Blais
Nick Carrillo
Mark Fabere
Bradley ’94
Iowa State ’80
Tom Mays
Ken Rhines
Mike Taylor
Zach Barilleau
Loyola ’85
Lamar ’76
George Washington ’89
Truman State ’85
Louisiana State ’10
Tim LaboyCoparropa
Seth Irby
Jason McGill
Maurie Richards
Steve Taylor
Martin Barnard
Christopher Newport ’17
Louisiana State ’11
Vanderbilt ’08
Tulsa ’52
Tennessee Wesleyan ’76
Cleveland State ’20
Troy Lambert
Ryan Jacobsen
Bob McLendon
Jay Rivera
Kirk Tebo
Nick Bartholomew
South Dakota State ’14
San Diego ’00
Lamar ’64
Babson ’99
Ball State ’97
Illinois ’16
Alex Landry
Steve Jason
Daniel McVeigh
Marcus Robinson
JD Teitelman
Matt Barton
Marquette ’14
Connecticut ’83
Texas Wesleyan ’90
Dayton ’99
American ’07
Northern Iowa ’21
Shane Lay
Brent Johnson
Bill Medbery
William Rogers
DJ Thompson
Joseph Benning
Cal-Santa Barbara ’12
Northwest Missouri ’84
Georgia ’75
Evansville ’87
Minnesota ’23
Owen Lewis
Mike Johnson
Chris Mercer
Maryland-College Park ’54
Jake Bension
Baker ’15
UNC-Wilmington ’91
David Roman
Rick Thompson
Eastern Washington ’01
Pennsylvania ’94
Louisville ’20
Riley Mieth
Cornell ’73
Riley Little
David Kacsur
Cameron Blaydes
Christopher Newport ’13
Missouri S&T ’08
Todd Ruberg
Scott Thompson
Purdue ’94
Southern Mississippi ’99
Illinois ’12
Rob Morris
Oregon ’82
Nick Mason
Bryan Kaminski
Ben Bowles
Pepperdine ’20
Johns Hopkins ’06
New Mexico State ’94
Sam Ruble
Bill Tragos
Caleb Massey
Fred Karlinsky
Sam Moschelli
Washington University in St Louis ’56
Rensselaer ’17
Morehead State ’80
Miami (Florida) ’89
Lawrence Tech ’00
Chris Sacra
Bob Trovaten
Trevor Bullard Massachusetts ’12
Virginia Commonwealth ’14
Craig Kaufman
Lloyd Murphy
Jacksonville ’98
San Diego State ’67
Illinois ’78
Jeff Saltiel
Gus Trupiano
Eric Muschlitz
Stevens ’88
East Tennessee State ’82
Connecticut ’92
Ben Sardinas
John Tuttle
Doug Nabhan
Florida International ’01
Richmond ’77
Purdue ’77
Devon Scheible
John Tyler
Norm Nabhan
Toledo ’05
Texas-Austin ’63
Purdue ’71
Bill Schell
Ryan Uhde
Gopi Nadella
Montana State ’97
Baldwin Wallace ’99
Baldwin Wallace ’01
Donald Schmus
Rocky Van de Vuurst
Monmouth ’81
Carmine Napolitano
Tennessee ’69
John Schuyler
East Tennessee State ’83
Dan Kraninger
Cal-Santa Barbara ’90
Western Michigan ’00
Roger VanHoozer
Villanova ’93
Oz Nelson
Jon Shanklin
Washburn ’72
Valparaiso ’08
Renato Villacorte
Steve Shanklin
CalPoly-Pomona ’91
Chris Walters
Mark Cassata
Patrick Fontana
Cincinnati ’77
Illinois State ’08
Truman State ’94
CalPoly-Pomona ’82
Ray Ackerman
Steve Chaneles
Adam Fowler
Ken Blankenship
Oklahoma ’77
Connecticut ’83
Arkansas Tech ’06
Tennessee-Martin ’00
Bryan Altheide
H Clark
Clayton Funk
Washington University in St Louis ’86
Don Burgio
Evansville ’85
North Carolina State ’56
Washburn ’93
Mike Kimmel
Rensselaer ’89
Jim Amen
John Clark
Jay Garrett
Dartmouth ’94
Justin Burnett
Sacramento State ’96
Colorado State ’65
Syracuse ’88
Steve King
Sam Houston State ’02
Bruce Anderson
Dick Clarke
Bob Connor
Texas-Austin ’71
East Tennessee State ’71
Blake GebhauerWhite
Washington State ’75
North Texas ’64
Joel Anderson
Ray Clarke
Southern Methodist ’89
Brian Corvino
Northern Iowa ’12
West Virginia ’84
Bayard Gennert
Moravian ’02
Paul Ashley
Ed Clausen
Case Western ’02
Jane Cox Ryan Denny
Ball State ’99
Missouri ’84
Patrick George
Jim Clayton
Texas-Austin ’05
Tennessee ’57
Mitch Gieselman
Anthony Balestrieri
Rick Collins
Evansville ’78
Wisconsin ’79
Jay Goetsch
George Washington ’03
Forrest Cook
Wisconsin-Platteville ’11
Bob Barile
Baker ’85
Brad Golson
Stanford ’06
Craig Dewey Washington State ’72
Chris Dillion Illinois ’03
John Eber Bradley ’73
Marc Ferguson Bradley ’84
Matt Finke Truman State ’04
Rusty Follis
JP Aspinwall Wisconsin-Platteville ’05
Connecticut ’84
Ken Barker CalPoly-Pomona ’91
Greg Barra Texas-Austin ’03
Ted Behnken Toledo ’82
Texas A&M-Commerce ’81 Harry Belton
Pete Gencarelli Central Missouri ’75
Bryce Giesler Tennessee ’82
Gregg Gowanloch Georgia Southern ’96
Mike Hurst Missouri S&T ’74
Eric Lauterbach Cal-Santa Barbara ’89
Mike Lincoln Southeast Missouri State ’84
Kevin Maguire Michigan Tech ’83
Maryland-College Park ’94
Debra Nahrstadt Doug Roberts
Peter Varney
Pennsylvania ’83
Davidson ’96
Ari Rosenbaum
Dale Wagner
Pennsylvania State ’91
Wichita State ’71
Archie Ryan
Tony Wagner
Arkansas ’83
Minnesota ’95
Keith Sapp
Dale Werts
Wyoming ’03
Baker ’84
Eric Schoenstein
David Wolverton
Oregon State ’88
Texas-Arlington ’85
Jerry Shipman
Steve Young
Indiana Tech ’75
Kansas ’80
Member Level $1,200–$1,900 John Abraham
Bill Hydrick
Tommy Thomson Maryland-College Park ’51
Mike Williams Memphis ’69
Reflects gifts received from July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020
Louisiana State ’81
Jim Bernard Western Michigan ’60
Ron Binder Toledo ’83
Ryan Blanck Western Michigan ’02
Brian Boron Western Michigan ’89
Joe Breal Mississippi State ’74
Joe Brejda Georgia Tech ’12
Clayton Brown Southern Methodist ’12
Steve Buce Stevens ’86
David Burkholder Utah ’69
Don Burnett Lamar ’92
Frank Butterfield Southern California ’83
Grant Buttram North Carolina State ’93
Clark Byrum Indiana ’57
Dave Calderon CalPoly-Pomona ’88
Luke Cardona South Dakota State ’11
Chad Carlson Baylor ’95
Thomas Cooreman Louisiana State ’05 Ball State ’65 Stu Gould Cal-Berkeley ’59 Mitch Crane West Chester ’81 Adam Guercio Miami (Florida) ’09 Brad Day Arkansas ’87 Frank Guildner Rensselaer ’67 Jesse Diaz Cal-Berkeley ’97 Ed Haldeman Dartmouth ’70 Jason DiMarino Dartmouth ’97 Andy Hall East Tennessee State ’95 Wayne Dodgen MIT ’79 Joe Halprin Pennsylvania ’87 Chris Drew Austin Peay State ’10 Cary Hancock West Virginia Tech ’83 Scott Dudis Ohio State ’09 Troy Hanson Valparaiso ’02 Gary Dudley Sam Houston State ’69 Jay Harness Arizona ’65 Mike Duggan Missouri State ’74 Bert Harris Florida ’74 Matt Duncan Cal-Santa Barbara ’87 Mike Hart IV South Dakota State ’00 Chuck Eberly Bowling Green State ’63 John Hartman Missouri ’61 Conrad Eberstein Pennsylvania ’65 Bob Hartsook Emporia State ’70 Bob Eckert Arizona ’76 Jamar Hawkins Lynchburg ’04 Brian Eichenberg Grand Valley State ’91 Ryan Hayes Cincinnati ’03 Mike Ellis Purdue ’84 David Hereford II Marshall ’86 Matt Engelhardt Valparaiso ’91 Matt Hillerud North Dakota ’04 Dare Estok Les Hinmon Joe Etter Miami (Ohio) ’73
Northwest Missouri ’84
Glenn Ezell
Drew Holland
North Texas ’87
George Washington ’02
Lorry Horn Florida ’56
Heather Kirk Dave Kohl Miami (Florida) ’87
Bill Komperda
Chuck Kubic
Ball State ’59
Lehigh ’72
Joshua Ness
Jon Kucera
North Texas ’09
Murray State ’70
Virginia ’69
Richard Noll
AJ Siccardi
Pepperdine ’03
Kevin Kwoka
SUNY-Binghamton ’90
Florida ’98
Robert Warner
San Diego State ’11
Brent Noyes
Bill Sikes
Colorado State ’58
David Lacey
Southern California ’74
East Tennessee State ’57
Eric Warninghoff
Bowling Green State ’53
Will Oliver
Jerry Smith
Oregon State ’96
Tim Lambert
Texas A&M ’91
Texas-Austin ’79
Mark Wenrick
Cal State-Long Beach ’90
Kevin Otero
Jason Somrock
Oregon ’96
Minnesota ’02
Gerry Whitt
Joe Langella
New Mexico ’87
Connecticut ’83
Duffy Oyster
Jeff Somrock
Duke ’72
Aaron Lavine
North Texas ’69
Minnesota ’05
Tom Wiggins
Cal-Santa Barbara ’05
Bob Palmer
Drew Speed
CalPoly-Pomona ’84
Joe Lavoie
Iowa State ’62
Arkansas ’81
Kelly Williams
Massachusetts ’08
Matthew Papa
Jim Spellman
Tennessee ’92
Josh Lee
South Florida ’07
Texas Tech ’90
Sean Willins
Valparaiso ’98
Matt Parrish
Ehren Stanhope
Thiel ’98
Tulane ’05
John Wilson
Paul Litcher
Georgia ’07
Indiana Tech ’88
Scott Partridge
John Stanley
New Mexico ’86
Daniel Liu
Cincinnati ’69
Arkansas ’64
Jack Witemeyer
Southern Methodist ’08
Bill Phelps
Paul Steffens
Karoline Liu Dick Long
Morehead State ’69
Thiel ’70
Herb Philpott
Chuck Stegman
Northwest Missouri ’94
Colorado ’81
Jim Womble
Stephen Steiner
Arkansas ’65
Nebraska ’81
Jeff Wray
Russ Stephens
Georgetown ’11
Wichita State ’73
Georgia ’00
Archie Yeatts
Kris Powell
Donald Stevens
Richmond ’64
Northeastern ’07
Southern Mississippi ’01
Lawrence Tech ’92
Jack Zollinger
Billy Maddalon
Dan Probst
Nick Stone
Lehigh ’57
Colorado State ’79
Dartmouth ’85
Richard Lukens
Brad Polzar
Washington ’54
Wisconsin-Platteville ’07
Terry Lundgren
Joe Poston
Arizona ’74
Chris Lynch
North Carolina State ’90
Florida ’87
Wichita State ’02
Ken Maddox
Jeff Prouty
Scott Stucky
Oregon State ’75
Iowa State ’79
Wichita State ’70
Chris Mainz
Jack Pruitt
Steve Sutow
Pittsburg State ’88
Georgia Tech ’56
Rider ’00
Phil Maisano
Chris Purdum
Greg Swain
Belmont Abbey ’69
Wichita State ’07
Central Missouri ’85
Bryan Marsh
Greg Pusinelli
Ric Sweeney
North Texas ’81
Indiana ’80
Cincinnati ’11
Reggie Maynigo
Carlos Quintero
Scott Swisher
IIT ’05
Clemson ’73
Purdue ’79
Brian Tahmoush Miami (Florida) ’90
Reflects gifts received from July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020
Shawn Cable Baylor ’17
Michael Calderon Pat Clark Tennessee-Martin ’11
Nick Collins San Diego ’14
Tyler Davidson Tennessee-Martin ‘20
Keaton Dornath Kansas ’21
Zac Gillman Austin Peay State ’15
Caleb Gipple Northern Iowa ’21
Pat Githens West Chester ’18
Tom Godlewski Loras ’16
Jamieson Gray Illinois ’12
Alex Grieve Cal State-Fullerton ’12
Huntington Grusd Pepperdine ’17
Jake Guhy Louisville ’18
Ryan Hamrick Illinois ’16
Dylan Hanson Washington ’17
Alex Hendee Fort Hays State ’13
Bryan Hood
William McLaughlin Brian Michalka Rensselaer ’16
Jimmy Miller Clarion ’19
Dan Moore Loras ’13
Shawn Mullen Rhode Island ’13
Benny Nahrstadt Indiana ’16
Matt Ngo Texas Christian ’12
Drew Ogborn Indiana ’11
Davis Orr Alabama ’14
Ryan Pitzer Washington State ’17
Jared Riter Northern Iowa ’18
Matt Rowe Virginia Tech ’18
Jon Salmen Louisville ’20
Josh Santos-Heard MIT ’14
Corey Schmidt Montana State ’14
Billy Simmons Louisville ’14
Winston Smart Southern Methodist ’13
Rutgers ’55
Virginia Commonwealth ’15
Dan Sullivan
Mike Wolbert
Jeff Horan
Taylor Swanson
Beacon Society Under age 30 $600–$1,199 Barak Alon San Diego State ’13
Paul Andersen Northern Iowa ’16
Van Augur Connecticut ’20
Jeff Back Cincinnati ’18
WPI ’12
North Carolina State ’11
Washington State ’19
Matt Huggins
Scott Swedberg
Washington ’14
Elon ’11
Ben Hutto
Roy Sye
South Carolina ’16
Monmouth ’13
Angelo Iachini
Jordan Sykes
Toledo ’13
Washington State ’19
Julian Jelke Parker Jelke Ryan Johnson
Jonathan Teich
Utah State ’15
Trevor Jones Monmouth ’21
Kelsey Keckler Jeremy Keller Wright State ’14
Kevin Knudson Nebraska ’15
Ross Kruse Davidson ’17
Bradley ’14
Ben Weinberg Drake ’17
Jake West Missouri State ’20
Clark Williams Tennessee ’20
Max Yates
on SigEp in 2019–2020 Because of the record-breaking support of donors like you in the 2019-2020 year, the SigEp Educational Foundation was able to provide more opportunities than ever for our undergraduate brothers through the Annual Fund. The impact of your generosity helped change lives and build balanced leaders for the world’s communities.
Montana State ’21
Joshua Yonker Valparaiso ’19
This year, with your giving, we can again rise to meet the challenges this unprecedented academic term will bring for our men.
EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
<< 56TH GRAND CHAPTER CONCLAVE Through this program, executive officers will gain a blueprint for navigating this unique year and will bolster their leadership skills for their lives ahead.
GRAND CHAPTER CONCLAVE 1,204 attendees came together in summer 2019 in Houston, Texas, to define and advance SigEp’s vision of personal and collective growth. We hope to see you in Denver for the 57th Grand Chapter Conclave, July 28 through Aug. 1, 2021.
TRAGOS QUEST TO GREECE RUCK LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE SigEp’s unique leadership program enabled 263 undergraduates to explore and develop their personal leadership skills, nearly double the amount typically reached in person. Led virtually by 70 experienced alumni facilitators over eight weeks this summer, 100% of scholars reported understanding their strengths and areas of improvement as a leader. Throughout this academic year, we will continue to offer rolling sessions of Ruck to rising leaders, furthering the reach and impact of this landmark leadership program.
LIFE AFTER COLLEGE 306 young men came to Kansas City in November 2019 to learn how to translate their SigEp experience to the professional world and prepare for their careers. Alumni and volunteers assisted in providing 239 career coaching sessions to attendees. This year, we will bring the opportunity for coaching to each student, connecting undergraduates and alumni for one-on-one virtual career coaching sessions and sparking new mentoring relationships.
CARLSON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY 1,575 undergraduate leaders attended five Carlson programs around the country in February 2020. They left with increased knowledge and confidence in their ability to create a positive SigEp experience for the more than 13,000 members in their chapters. For the year ahead, we've reimagined officer training and support, and are providing monthly officer training sessions to ensure SigEp’s undergraduate leaders have what they need, when they need it, virtually.
CARLSON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY >>
19 undergraduates met virtually with four mentors and a professor for this selective program over summer 2020. Together, they “traveled” through ancient ruins, experienced Greek culture through a cooking class and meeting with a local guide, and participated in philosophical conversations pushing them beyond their comfort zones and helping them overcome self-limiting beliefs.
THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: •
Provides leadership and life skills to thousands of undergraduate men each year at transformational programs.
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Offsets the rising costs of college through hundreds of thousands in scholarships to deserving undergraduate men.
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Supports efforts by all of our local chapters to provide opportunities for our members to grow in leadership, academics, career preparedness, and physical health and wellness.
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Fosters safe living-learning environments in chapter houses that enhance the time students spend outside of the classroom.
2019-2020 FISCAL YEAR BY THE NUMBERS
$914,710 given by 2,983 donors for the Annual Fund
VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING As campuses abruptly wound down operations or sent students home this spring, SigEp adapted within days to fill the void virtually and provide relevant training and quality personal development content. 23 virtual meetups hosted over Zoom and live on social media engaged over 46,000 viewers around personal growth and chapter leadership topics throughout spring and summer 2020. 35 short “SigEp Experts” videos engaged over 51,000 viewers on relevant life and leadership topics. The recorded, content-rich videos will continue to provide on-demand development for our brothers in the upcoming year.
$268,493 given on Founders Day of Giving by 1,615 donors 402 members of the Board of Governors, our lead donor group, provided support for the Educational Foundation’s Annual Fund