This year, we not only asked our Executive Council questions about their basic information, but also why they wanted to hold such a high position in addition to some fun and quirky questions to help you get to know them better. Take time to get to know our chapter's incredible leaders for this year!
Name/Position: Francesca Herro, President
Hometown: Houston, TX
Major: Rhetoric and Writing w/ Business Minor
Why did you want to be on Exec/what do you plan to do with your position? I wanted to be on exec to truly make an impact with the chapter. Zeta has changed my life in more ways than I can count. Serving on exec and as president is just one way I could even begin to repay this wonderful group of girls for all they have done for me. I have grown to know exactly who I am, and that's worth more than any amount of a work I could ever need to do for this chapter.
What has been your funniest/favorite Zeta moment? My funniest and favorite Zeta moment had to be the twerk dance party we had during work week this past recruitment season. Being on rush team was extremely stressful, and we were all wearing ourselves thin. As rewarding as it turned out to be (we attained an awesome new pledge class!!), it was exhausting at the time. Right when we needed to blow off some serious steam, our wonderful skit group (mainly the "princes") started a twerk dance party and taught us all a really fun dance to a popular song. It was a blast and an unforgettable, impromptu sisterhood moment.
What is your secret wish?
My secret wish would be to meet Jennifer Lawrence. I'm obsessed with her and all the movies I've seen her in. I love how unique, humble, and relatable she is, and I think she's been an inspiration to our generation. Her sense of humor and opinions are great, and meeting her and getting insight from her about different topics would be an incredible opportunity.
Name/Position: Christen May, Vice President
Hometown: Houston, TX
Major: Business Honors
Why did you want to be on Exec/what do you plan to do with your position? I wanted to be on exec because of the amazing experience that I had my freshman year. I want to help make every Zeta’s experience as life changing as mine was. I plan to help Program Council create events that are fun and exciting to attend. I want to bring this chapter closer together than it has ever been!
What is your biggest pet peeve? My biggest pet peeve is when people send cute selfies. Snapchat exists for a reason. If your mother wouldn’t be embarrassed to see this selfie, then it’s not a true selfie. The person on the other end should be cringing in my opinion. The more deformed, the better.
What can you not live without and why? My glasses/contacts because my vision is 20/600 and I literally can’t see my hand in front of my face. I have the floor plan of my house memorized so that I can get around without them.
Name/Position: Courtney Groos, New Member Coordinator
Hometown: Dallas, TX
Major: Corporate Communications, Business Foundations
Why did you want to be on Exec/what do you plan to do with your position? I wanted to be on exec so that I could, to the best of my abilities, serve as a role model for our Chapter. As the New Member Coordinator, I plan to provide a welcoming environment for our new members and give
them proper guidance as they enter Zeta and college life.
What can you not live without and why? I can't live without Pinterest. I always say, that if people want to know the “ideal me”, all they need to do is look at my Pinterest. Going to bed is so much more relaxing when I can peruse the wonderful world of inspirational quotes, cooking tips, and extravagant wedding pictures!
What is your secret wish? My secret wish is that I was Oprah. If I could major in “becoming Oprah”, I would in a heartbeat. I honestly can’t think of a better way of spending my time than talking to people on my own talk show, having my own TV channel and magazine, and giving away donations and items that make people happy!
Name/Position: Kate Hanna, Recruitment
Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
Major: Advertising
Why did you want to be on Exec/what do you plan to do with your position? I wanted to be on Exec to give back to Zeta all the amazing things that this community has provided for me. I plan to continue and promote the good reputation of the girls of Zeta and represent the sorority to the future groups of girls. My ultimate goal is to get the best possible pledge class and to gain new members that are excited to be a part of an amazing organization.
What has been your favorite/funniest Zeta moment? My favorite moment was when I won a flight to come back to Austin for the weekend. I decided to keep it a secret because I didn't know if the contest was actually real or not. It turned out to be real and I flew into Austin, still keeping it a secret from my sisters that I was coming. When I arrived, I drove over to where Zetas were staying. I surprised them by running in and screaming "I'm home!" in the middle of the night. They were all so confused and so excited. It was an amazing moment that I couldn't have shared with anyone else.
What can you not live without and why? Diet Coke-- It's
a sick addiction.
Name/Position: Courtney Kercher, Recording Secretary
Hometown: Plano, TX
Major: Honors Nursing
Why did you want to be on Exec/what do you plan to do with your position? I have met some of the greatest people I know in this organization and I would love to be able to give back and serve in something that is such a big part of my life. From my perspective, serving on Exec is not only rewarding, but teaches you to reflect on your actions, and motivates you to continuously improve. It also gives you the opportunity to work with other passionate and impressive young women.
What I plan to do with my position: I plan fulfill my duties as secretary and keeps Zetas well informed by answering questions ASAP and staying organized.
What is your secret wish? My secret wish is to hangout with Beyonce and be one of her backup dancers.
What has been your favorite/funniest Zeta moment? My favorite Zeta moment was
running through the tunnel of sunflowers and gorgeous Zetas on bid day and seeing my older sister, Katie, who was a senior Zeta at the time waiting for me at the end!
Name/Position: Jackie Waterland, Treasurer
Hometown: Houston, TX
Major: Finance
Why did you want to be on Exec/what do you plan to do with your position? Zeta has been such an important part of my college career and I am excited to give back to Zeta as part of the executive council and develop as an individual as well as part of the Zeta community. My goal for this year is to diligently manage our budget so that we may accomplish all the exciting activities we have planned!
What can you not live without and why? I cannot live without cheese, my cell phone, or hair ties.
What is your biggest pet peeve? My biggest pet peeve is little noises in quiet spaces. Like the guy in the library going to war on his keyboard. Nope.
Name/Position: Ashton Groves, Philanthropy Chairman
Hometown: Southlake, TX
Major: Biology w/ Nutritional Studies Minor
Why did you want to be on Exec/what do you plan to do with your position? I wanted to be on exec for two predominant reasons. First of all, I wanted to hold an executive position within Zeta, so that I could serve our chapter as a leader and a mentor. Secondly, I wanted to serve our chapter as ZTA’s service chair, because ZTA’s philanthropy, Breast Cancer Education and Awareness, holds a special place in my heart. My mom finally defeated and survived breast cancer when I was only 4 months old, and my entire family has fundraised to help find a cure for this terrible disease ever since. As a result, I grew up volunteering and giving back to many organizations that promoted breast cancer education and awareness. Now that I am a Zeta, I am thankful to be in a sorority where I can continue these exact philanthropic efforts on an everyday basis. As this year’s philanthropy chairman, my predominant goal is to inform our members about breast cancer in general and the preventative efforts that can help avoid the harmful effects of this disease.
Where do you see yourself in five years? In five years, I see myself striving to succeed in medical school, in order to further accomplish my dream of becoming a pediatrician. I have a nurturing personality, and I have been interested in the medical field for as long as I can remember. In five years, I want to be continuing my dream of improving the health of America’s youth, in hopes of making a major difference in today’s unhealthy society.
What has been your favorite/funniest Zeta moment? One of my favorite Zeta moments this year was hosting the initiation brunch for our newly initiated members. I can remember looking out into the crowd after speaking, and thinking how lucky we were to have such an amazing and loving group of new members. These girls truly demonstrate the overall definition of sisterhood. While observing these girls undergo their first year of college, I realized how close they really became and the extent to which they all love their sisters. These girls truly taught me more than I could even imagine this past year, and the satisfaction I felt during the initiation brunch is a memory I will never forget.
Name/Position: Alexia Phipps, Historian
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Major: Corporate Communications w/ Business Foundations & Spanish Minor
Why did you want to be on Exec/what do you plan to do with your position? I remember looking up to the girls standing at the front of the room when I was a new member in Zeta. They were leaders and people admired them. Since then I knew I wanted to be on Exec. My plans as Historian are to keep up the Kappa chapter's online presence and social media and to have the girls share and spread their sisterhood with one another.
What can you not live without and why? I cannot live without Starbucks. When I don't know what to have for breakfast? Starbucks. When I'm tired? Starbucks.
What has been your favorite/funniest Zeta moment? One of my favorite Zeta moments was at the Initiation brunch at the Zeta house. Me and my little Renee and her mother and our friends had a great brunch full of laughter and sunshine. Not to mention, Renee and I devoured the most amazing bacon we have ever had in our lives and went back for more. To this day we joke about all that Zeta bacon.
Name/Position: Aubrey Crenshaw, Scholastics
Hometown: Colleyville, TX
Major: Biochemistry
Why did you want to be on Exec/what do you plan to do with your position? I wanted to be on Exec because I love being super involved in Zeta and I want to help Zeta grow in all aspects and specifically for my position on exec, help raise our overall GPA.
What has been your favorite/funniest Zeta moment? One of my favorite Zeta moments was going to Sea World for a sisterhood trip. It was so fun getting to go on all the roller coasters and just get out of Austin for a day.
What is your biggest pet peeves? One of my biggest pet peeves is when people smack their gum when I am trying to take a test. I get distracted so easily when I take tests.
Name/Position: Sarah Poe, Rituals
Hometown: Spring, TX
Major: Journalism
Why did you want to be on Exec/what do you plan to do with your position? As cliché as it sounds, the amount of joy Zeta has brought to my life is unbelievable. You can’t not want to give back to that. When you really love something, you want to make it even better. I’ve been wanting to do something to leave a positive, lasting mark on Zeta for so long and I felt like being on Exec would be the best way to do just that. As for my position as Rituals Chair, I want to make PIE (Post Initiate Education) as enjoyable and meaningful as possible for our new members, as well as make Initiation and all of our Formal Entries as efficient as possible.
What has been your favorite/funniest Zeta moment? My funniest Zeta moment was on Bid Day when I was so overwhelmingly overjoyed that I got Zeta, that I missed the entire group of my pledge sisters walking from Hogg to the Zeta house... So, in a panic, I SPRINTED down the Drag about eight blocks in a Lilly Pulitzer dress and six inch wedges. When I rounded the corner on Nueces, I saw the house in the distance and a mob of girls with sunflowers and immediately assumed they were my pledge sisters and that I had missed the grand receiving line I had been looking forward to so much. So... I ran FASTER! All of a sudden I get a little closer, and notice the girls look a little confused? I kind of slow down and squint... THOSE WERE THE ZETAS! I turned around, and sure enough... my pledge class had walked a different route, and I had beaten them to the house and they were BEHIND ME and I looked like a crazy person! So I'm sweating and bright red, SO embarrassed. Then because I think no one knew what to do, Kate Onofrey (our Pledge Mom at the time who has since graduated) just said, "Welcome home!" and just from all of the emotion and panic and excitement and joy and just overwhelming amount of feelings... I BURST into happy tears. It was a lot to take in.
Do you have any hidden talents? I can do the splits with each foot on a chair.
Name/Position: Regan Seckel, Panhellenic Delegate
Hometown: Dallas, TX
Major: International Relations and Global Studies
Why did you want to be on Exec/what do you plan to do with your position? Zeta has given and taught me so much, and I can’t wait to give back to the chapter. Our executive council for this year is such a great group of girls, they’re all so fun and hard working! I’m so excited for the year ahead of us. As Panhellenic Delegate, I want to strengthen our ties to other sororities and the Greek community as a whole.
What is your secret wish? That a long lost grandmother invites me to tea and tells me I’m secretly the Princess of a small kingdom in Europe…
What has been your favorite/funniest Zeta moment? After making Open House decisions during rush, our recruitment team sat in the living room
and watched Saturday Night Live videos until 3am. We were completely sleep deprived, so at that point everything was hilarious. We couldn’t stop laughing!
Name/Position: Caroline Meyerson, House Manager
Hometown: Houston, TX
Major: Business and Plan II Honors
Why did you want to be on Exec/what do you plan to do with your position? I wanted to be on exec because I wanted to become more involved in Zeta and see the ins and outs of our organization. As house manager, my goal is for the house girls to have the most enjoyable living experience possible!
What can you not live without and why? I cannot live without Icees - I’m addicted. I love all flavors, but my favorite is Dr. Pepper. One of my favorite parts about the ZTA house is that it’s so close to 7/11 - slurpees all day everyday!
Where do you see yourself in five years? In 5 years, I hope to be at Jenna Nelson and Trevor Seybold's wedding with all my Zistas….let’s get real - that’ll happen way before 5 years. :) But on a serious note, in 5 years, I hope to be waking up every morning, as happy to be living my life as I am now.
Name/Position: Amanda Brauer, Standards/Risk Management
Hometown: Grapevine, TX
Major: Advertising
Why did you want to be on Exec/what do you plan to do with your position? I wanted the opportunity to serve such an amazing chapter and bring new ideas to Zeta Tau Alpha. Serving on Exec would allow me to have an input on what our chapter does and how to make it even better. I plan to create a stronger sisterhood and manage risk one Zista at a time.
What has been your favorite/funniest Zeta moment? My favorite zeta memory was when I got to play the part of a frat boy in the zeta skit for rush. #blessed
What can you not live without and why? My roommate, Lauren Liles. We share the same love for cats and nothing else. Also, she doesn't wake me up when she gets ready in the morning and thats the sign of true love.
We hope this blog allowed you to get to know this years leaders.
As always, ZLAM <3
Texas Zeta Historian Team
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