List of Chi Omega members

The list of Chi Omega members includes initiated and honorary members of Chi Omega.

## Notable members[edit]

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### Business[edit]

Name  | Chapter  | Notability  | Ref(s)

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Safra A. Catz |

Beta Alpha

| President and Chief Financial Officer of Oracle Corporation | [1]
Mignon Faget |

Rho

| New Orleans-based jewelry designer  | [citation needed]
Nancy Walton Laurie |

Psi

| Namesake of the Leadership Institute of Chi Omega, Niece of Sam Walton founder of Wal-Mart | [2]
Alice Marriott |

Xi Alpha

| Entrepreneur and philanthropist, wife of J. Willard Marriott | [3]
Kelsey Barnard Clark  | Alpha Beta  | Bravo Top Chef Winner Season 16  |

### Entertainment[edit]

Angela Kinsey Lucy Liu Name  | Chapter  | Notability  | Ref(s)

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Natalie Allen |

Epsilon Delta

| CNN Anchor  | [4]
Tamira A. Cole |

Sigma Kappa

| Miss Black Kentucky USA, author, USA Today All-USA Academic All American and one of Glamour Magazine's Top 22 College Women  | [5]
Kathryn Crosby |

Iota

| Actress  | [3]
Joyce DeWitt |

Phi Epsilon

| Actress; Three's Company | [3]
Rhonda Bates |

Chi Epsilon

| Actress; The Roller Girls | [3]
Melissa Claire Egan |

Epsilon Beta

| Actress; All My Children | [6]
Ruth Ford |

Tau

| Actress  | [3]
Caroline Carothers |

Theta Kappa

| Miss Texas 2016  | [7]
Taryn Foshee |

Phi Delta

| Miss Mississippi, 3rd runner up to Miss America  | [8]
Sylvia Hitchcock |

Nu Beta

| 1967 Miss USA and Miss Universe | [9]
Liza Huber |

Epsilon Beta

| Actress  | [citation needed]
Angela Kinsey |

Theta Kappa

| Actress; The Office | [10]
Lynne Koplitz |

Iota Kappa

| Stand-up comedian | [citation needed]
Adair Tishler |

Rho Mu

| Child Actress | [citation needed]
Toby Lightman |

| Singer/Songwriter  | [11]
Lucy Liu |

Eta

| Actress known for her work on Charlie's Angels, Kill Bill and for her role as Ling Woo on Ally McBeal | [12]
Lynda Lee Mead |

Tau

| 1960 Miss America, owner and president of Shea Design & French Country Imports  | [13][14]
Linda Miller |

Rho

| Actress; All My Children | [3]
Mary Ann Mobley |

Tau

| Former "Miss America" (1959) and Television Actress  | [3]
Beth Moore |

Alpha Zeta

| American evangelist, author, and bible teacher  | [3]
Annie Mumolo |

| Actress/Writer/Producer; Bridesmaids | [15]
Catt Sadler |

Theta Beta

| E! News, E!'s Daily Ten  | [3]
Jessica Michelle Singleton |

Theta Theta

| Stand-up comedian | [citation needed]
Heather Thomas |

Gamma Beta

| Actress; The Fall Guy | [16]
Ann-Blair Thornton |

Chi Theta

| Miss Kentucky 2011
Sela Ward |

Nu Beta

| Actress; Sisters, The Fugitive, Once and Again, Dirty Dancing Havana Nights, House | [12]
Cece DeCorte |

Lambda Alpha

| [12]
Joanne Woodward |

Phi Gamma

| Academy Award Actress; Philadelphia, The Three Faces of Eve | [12]
Hope Driskill |

Rho Alpha

| Miss Missouri 2011 and Top 16 Miss USA, Survivor: Caramoan | [3]
Sloane Roberts |

Psi

| Miss Arkansas 2012  | [3]
Ashton Campbell |

Psi

| Miss Arkansas 2014 and Miss America Runner Up 2014  | [3]
Sarah Hider |

Tau Alpha

| Miss Ohio 2015  | [3]
Shannon Sanderford |

Epsilon Alpha

| Miss Texas 2015  | [3]
Mikaela Shaw |

Psi Delta

| Miss Wyoming 2015  | [3]
Bethany Trahan |

Phi Zeta

| Miss Louisiana 2018  | [3]

### Government[edit]

Blanche Lincoln Name  | Chapter  | Notability  | Ref(s)

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Marsha Blackburn |

Phi Delta

| United States Senator representation Tennessee. Former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing Tennessee | [12]
Martha Layne Collins |

Lambda Alpha

| Former Governor of Kentucky | [3]
Shirley Hufstedler |

Pi Gamma

| First United States Secretary of Education | [3]
Blanche Lincoln |

Psi

| Former United States Senator from Arkansas | [12]
Molly Beth Malcolm |

Sigma Zeta

| First woman chairperson of the Texas Democratic Party | [citation needed]
Jen Psaki |

Omicron Beta

| White House Press Secretary Democratic Party | [17]
Patricia Schroeder |

Pi Beta

| Former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing Colorado, first female Congresswoman from Colorado  | [3]
Virginia Smith |

Kappa

| Former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing Nebraska | [3]
Joanna Shields |

Nu Gamma

| Baroness and British Parliamentarian  | [3]
Carole Keeton Strayhorn |

Iota

| Former Texas Comptroller, made an unsuccessful run for Texas Governor in 2006 as an independent  | [3]
Alison Lundergan Grimes |

Kappa Beta

| Former Secretary of State of Kentucky | [3]
Mary Ann Tobin |

Lambda Alpha

| Former Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts | [18]
Stephanie Murphy |

Omicron Beta

| Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing Florida, 7th Congressional District  | [19]

### Literature[edit]

Harper Lee Name  | Chapter  | Notability  | Ref(s)

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Ellen Gilchrist |

Sigma Epsilon

| Author of Victory Over Japan, winner of the 1984 National Book Award for Fiction | [3]
Harper Lee |

Nu Beta

| Author of To Kill a Mockingbird, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient in 2007  | [12]
Frances Mayes |

Sigma

| Author of the novel Under the Tuscan Sun | [12]
Anita Shreve |

Chi Alpha

| Author of The Pilot's Wife, The Weight of Water, and Sea Glass; O. Henry Award recipient in 1976  | [citation needed]
Genevieve Taggard |

| 1931 Guggenheim Fellow and poet  | [20]
Karen White |

Rho

| New York Times bestselling romantic fiction author  | [citation needed]

### Philanthropy[edit]

Name  | Chapter  | Notability  | Ref(s)

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Cynthia Germanotta |

Theta

| Philanthropist, President of Born This Way Foundation, mother of Lady Gaga and Natali Germanotta | [21]

### Science and education[edit]

Susan J. Helms Name  | Chapter  | Notability  | Ref(s)

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Susan Athey |

Mu Kappa

| Professor of Economics at Harvard University, won the John Bates Clark Medal in 2007  | [3]
Susan J. Helms |

Pi Gamma

| NASA astronaut and the first woman to live on the International Space Station | [12]
Dawn Clark Netsch |

| Law professor at Northwestern University, Illinois Comptroller | [citation needed]
Sherri Whitt  |

Delta Kappa

| Data Abstraction Wellstar Health System  | [citation needed]
Kathleen Rubins |

Kappa Lambda

| Selected as a member of the 20th NASA astronaut class | [22]
Janet Morgan Riggs |

Tau Delta

| President of Gettysburg College | [citation needed]
Martha Dunagin Saunders |

Epsilon Delta

| President of the University of Southern Mississippi | [citation needed]

### Sports[edit]

Lin Dunn Name  | Chapter  | Notability  | Ref(s)

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Christine Brennan |

| USA Today sports columnist, author, and sports commentator for ABC News, CNN, National Public Radio and Fox Sports Radio | [12]
Lin Dunn |

Xi Zeta

| Head basketball coach for WNBA teams Seattle Storm (2000–2002) and Indiana Fever (2008–present)  | [23]
Pat Summitt |

Xi Zeta

| Head coach of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, Basketball Hall of Fame and Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee  | [12]
Melissa McNamara |

Epsilon Gamma

| Head coach of the Arizona State University Sun Devils women's golf team (2009 NCAA champions) and former pro golfer on the LPGA tour  | [citation needed]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Safra Catz is President of Oracle Corporation". The Eleusis. 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
2. ^ "Foundation Leadership". Chi Omega. Archived from the original on 2007-09-18. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Prominent Chi Omegas" (PDF). Chi Omega. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
4. ^ [1] Archived March 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ "Glamour girl an inspiration". The Eleusis. 2006. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
6. ^ "About Melissa". Melissa Egan Official Site. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
7. ^ Press, Rick (July 3, 2016). "Baylor baton twirler wins Miss Texas 2016". Star-Telegram. Retrieved 2022-03-02.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
8. ^ "Biography". TarynFoshee.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
9. ^ Abel, Fred. "Whatever Happened To...?". Pageantry Mag. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
10. ^ Limmer, Melissa (February 15, 2007). "From a Baylor Classroom to the hit The Office". The Baylor Lariat. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
11. ^ Cohen, Jamie (April 13, 2004). "Toby Lightman goes pop!". BadgerHerald. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Outstanding Chi Omegas". Chi Omega. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-06-07.
13. ^ "People, Sep. 21, 1959". Time. September 21, 1959. Archived from the original on October 31, 2007. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
14. ^ "Home - French Country Imports". frenchcountry-imports.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
15. ^ "Hello, Hollywood! Check out this... - Chi Omega Fraternity". 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2014-08-20 - via Facebook.
16. ^ "University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)". e-yearbook.com.
17. ^ Feuerherd, Ben (20 January 2021). "Who Is Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary?". NY Post. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
18. ^ Kentuckian Yearbook. University of Kentucky. 1963. p. 202. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
19. ^ "The Chi Omega Symphony Guides New U.S. Congresswoman – Chi Omega". Retrieved 2021-12-21.
20. ^ "Women To Sell For Fund". The New York Times. March 22, 1931.
21. ^ ""Pick Yourself Up" – Lady Gaga's West Virginia Roots and Her Grandma's Inspiring Words That Helped Make a Star". 11 March 2019.
22. ^ "Astronaut Candidate Bio: Kathleen Rubins". NASA. September 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
23. ^ Montieth, Mark (December 13, 2007). "Dunn wants Fever to be dynamic". Indianapolis Star.

## External links[edit]

* Outstanding Chi Omegas