Meet Our Executive Council

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!