Bekah Thayer
President
Hometown: Houston, TX but recently moved to Toms River, NJ
Major: Business Honors Program/Finance, Minor: Economics
Future Career Plans: Will be interning at BP America in
Chicago as a commodity trading analyst intern and plan to go into consulting or
energy finance after graduation
Hobbies: Piano, running, making desserts, reading
Interesting Fact: As a baby I crawled with my hands
backwards and my wrists twisted!
Favorite Zeta Event/Activity: I love living at the house and
being around my pledge class all the time
What do you love most about being a Zeta?: I have met many
of my best friends through Zeta and they are the most genuine, caring,
hilarious friends I could have asked for!
Emily Westbrook
Vice President I
Hometown: Dallas,
TX
Major/ Minor:
Accounting
Future Career
Plans: Become a CPA and work for a Big 4 Accounting Firm
Hobbies:
Cooking, reading, yoga, traveling
Interesting
Fact: When I was one year old, I broke my Dad's ear drum...but not on purpose!
Favorite Zeta
Event/Activity: Surprise Destination Sisterhood
What do you
love most about being a Zeta? I love getting to share the special bond of being
a Zeta with so many sisters and getting to hang out with them all of the time!
Kate Onofrey
VP II New Member
Coordinator
Hometown: McKinney,
TX
Major/ Minor:
Management Information Systems Major, Psychology Minor
Future Career
Plans: Interning in the IT department at Shell this summer with plans to pursue
a career with IT
Hobbies: Singing
Favorite Zeta Event/Activity: The musical during recruitment
What do you love most about being a Zeta? Friends!
Nicole Fruge
VP III Recruitment
Hometown: Georgetown, TX
Major/Minor: Economics, Business
Future Career Plans: My dream is to be a corporate event planner.
Hobbies: Anything outside! Sports, swimming, going to the lake, and eating.
Interesting Fact: I am double jointed everywhere
Favorite Zeta Event/Activity: Crown Formal!
What do you love most about being a Zeta? I love being able to spend time with all my friends, especially now that I'm living in the house!
Mackenzie Howey
Recording Secretary
Hometown:
Lubbock, TX
Major/
Minor: Advertising
Future
Career Plans: Hopefully pursue a career in Account Services
Hobbies: Following fashion bloggers
Interesting
Fact: I LOVE elephants!
Favorite
Zeta Event/Activity: Crown Formal!
What
do you love most about being a Zeta? I love how diverse we all are!
Jordan Bruns
Historian Reporter
Hometown:
Colleyville, TX
Major/
Minor: Double majoring in Political Communication and Public Relations,
Business Foundations Program
Future
Career Plans: My first step is law school then hopefully I will figure it out
from there
Hobbies:
Running, baking, reading, doing anything outdoors and shopping
Interesting
Fact: I was voted Most Eligible Bachelorette in high school!
Favorite
Zeta Event/Activity: Mom’s and Dad’s Weekend! My parents and I always have a
blast.
What
do you love most about being a Zeta? I only have a brother and always wanted a
sister growing up. Now I have so many sisters and I love it!
Chelsea Carbonel
Treasurer
Hometown: Palos
Verdes, CA
Major/Minor: Finance
major, Accounting minor
Future Career
Plans: Interested in investment management for a future career
Hobbies: Wakeboarding
and snowboarding
Interesting
Fact: I had to get surgery in Croatia
Favorite Zeta
Event/Activity: I love Zeta's sisterhood barge and junior/senior barge!
What do love
most about Zeta? Living in the house with all of my best friends!
Sharilyn Stone
Ritual Chair
Hometown: Nacogdoches, TX
Major/ Minor: Early Childhood Education (BS in Applied Learning & Development)
Future Career Plans: I hope to teach in the area while earning my masters in the University of Texas College of Education Graduate Program. In the later future, I would like to become an elementary school principal.
Hobbies: I am a member of Texas Spirits and Teachers of Tomorrow. I love the outdoors. One of my favorite vacation's was hiking in New Mexico and seeing the Grand Canyon! I love history, and have an obsession with the Kennedy family.
Interesting Fact: I have a coin collection with over 150 pieces. (I know, I'm so nerdy!)
Favorite Zeta Event/Activity: Initiation would have to be my favorite Zeta event. It breaks the bonds of new members and officially joins them to the rest of the chapter. Initiation week is full of rich tradition that have been past down from generation to generation. It's the time when I feel most connected to Zeta's founders. It's so amazing to see how much our sorority has grown since then!
What do you love most about being a Zeta? I have met many amazing women through my experiences as a Zeta, but I would have to say my favorite thing about being a Zeta is knowing where we come from. Zeta Tau Alpha consists of a strong group of women who established themselves as classy and determined from the beginning. We should strive to uphold the values and beliefs of our founders daily because we wouldn't be here if it weren't for them!
Jan Winkleman
Philanthropy
Chair
Hometown: Brenham,
TX
Major/Minor: Marketing
Major at Mccombs Business School
Future Career
Plans: I plan to be a Disney Princess for a little while and then become a
wedding planner!
Hobbies: Singing
and collecting hats
Interesting
Fact: I do not have a middle name
Favorite Zeta
Event/Activity: I love crown cook-off because it is a great event to raise
education and awareness about breast cancer on campus and also raises money for
our philanthropy.
What do you
love most about Zeta? My favorite thing about Zeta is all the sisters I have
made and the love and support I receive from everyone in our chapter.
Brianna Roughton
Scholastics
Hometown: Lake
Travis, TX
Major/Minor: Mathematics
and UTeach
Future Career
Plans: I plan on teaching high school math
Hobbies: Going
out on the lake, running, and reading
Interesting
Fact: I have two different sized feet
Favorite Zeta
Event/Activity: Mexican dinner for sure
What do you
love most about being a Zeta? Having the best sisters in the world :)
Lauren Morales
Panhellenic Delegate
Hometown: Arlington,
TX
Major/ Minor:
Finance major, Pre-med track
Future Career
Plans: Go to Harvard or Stanford Medical School and become a pulmonologist
Hobbies: Going
on vacations, shopping, hanging out with my family and friends, eating
Interesting
Fact: I danced alongside Britney Spears in five of her music videos
Favorite Zeta
Event/Activity: Big/Little Reveal
What do you love
most about being a Zeta? All of the great friends I have made!
Emily Hansen
House Manager
Hometown:
Houston, TX
Major/
Minor: Pre-Nursing
Future
Career Plans: Pediatric Nurse
Hobbies:
baking, crafts, creeping, running
Interesting
Fact: I met Taylor Swift this past fall, we're basically best friends
Favorite
Zeta Event/Activity: Bid Day
What do
you love most about being a Zeta? The endless supply of free candy from Mom
Marge!
Jensen Blezinger
Risk
Reduction and Education
Hometown: Bellville,
TX
Major/Minor: Business
Future Career
Plans: not sure, maybe marketing?
Hobbies: Cooking,
exploring Austin, anything involving the outdoors, and of course...
shoppppping!
Interesting Fact:
I'm almost 20 years old and I still own roller blades.
Favorite
Zeta Event/Activity: (besides Formal!) is our weekly chapter meeting; there is
nothing better after a long Monday than being at the house with the entire
chapter and getting to catch up with all the girls.
What do you
love most about being a Zeta? The best thing about being a Zeta is having
friends who love me even when I'm a sassy little diva!
