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Our History

Rho Eta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.® emerged from the Chickahominy Interest Group. Its first organizational meeting was held at Nielsen Restaurant, budding into the chartering on May 21, 1988. The occasion was celebrated at the Omni Hotel in Richmond, Virginia, under the leadership of then Mid-Atlantic Director, Mary Jefferies. The first President of Rho Eta Omega Chapter was Margie Chrichlow. Under her leadership, Rho Eta Omega held its first public event, “Illumination of Splendor”, at Bellwood Defense General Supply Center (DGSC, Chesterfield, Virginia). Our first signature program was called “Project Yes”, which stood for Youth Enrichment Services.

This program served youths in grades five through eleven. It evolved into another signature program called “Ride For Knowledge”, where high school students were introduced to Historically Black Colleges and Universities first through various pre-college seminars and finally via a bus tour of various HBCUs. Today, our signature project is “Belles and Beaus” which is an enrichment program, which serves our middle school year youth.

Thirty years ago, Rho Eta Omega was chartered with thirty-seven members. We have currently grown to over 90 members, have won numerous awards and are very active in the Richmond community. Our motto remains: “We are small enough to be a sisterhood, and large enough to make a difference.”


Charter Members  

Brigitte Andrews
Charmaine Brooks
Karen Brown
Linda Brown
Marie Brown*
Marilyn Brown
Joan Bynum
Inez Byrd
Sandra Craighead
Maria Crenshaw
Muriel Felder
Jeanette Flippen
Linda Gordon

Lillian Greene*
Cynthia Hampton
Sada Hill
Stella Johnson
Gloria McCowin
Yvette Martin
Cynthia Mayo
Joyce Melton
Marcita Mines
Paula Powell
Diane Ready*
Rhonda Russell
Jerome Seldon
Joyce Shockley
Margie C. Smith
Lena Thompson
Elaine Washington*
Yvette Washington
Angela West
Stephanie White
Gwendolyn Whiting
Brenda Williams
Nannie Wilson
Annie Wood*
*Ivy Beyond the Wall
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Former Chapter Presidents
Former Chapter Presidents

Margie Smith

1988-1990


Karen Brown Taylor

1991-1992


Vanessa Myers-Mason

1993-1996


Faye Cates

1997-1998


Lena H. Thompson

1999-2002


Linda Brown

2003-2004


Sada Hill

2005-2008


Nikki Adkins

2009-2010


Arlene Skinner

2011-2014


Maria Crenshaw

2015 - 2018


Tamara Johnson

2019-2020


Monica Darden

2021-2024

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Chapter Officers
Chapter Officers

President Jannette Ricks


Vice President  Rhonda Toms


Treasurer Kim Davis Wiley


Assistant Treasurer Marcita Wade


Secretary  Robin Lewis


Hostess Bobbi Graves


Assistant Secretary  Elsie Coleman


Ivy Leaf Reporter Brianna Carey


Corresponding Secretary  Amber Smith  


Door Keeper Cleo Lowery


Financial Secretary Vanessa Walker-Harris  


Parliamentarian Arlene Skinner


Chaplain Jacqualynn Ellis        


Historian Marcia Edmonds


Graduate Advisor Willnette Pegram


Immediate Past President Monica Darden

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Committee Chairmen
Committee Chairmen

Archives 

Marcia Edmonds


Audit 

Lorraine Adeeb


Awards 

Lynda Gant


Bylaws 

Arlene Skinner


Belles & Beaus

Shirley Malone Fenner


Connection and Social Action

DeVita Graves, Jy’Kira Riley


EAF Coordinator

Bridgett Alford


Finance

Kim Davis Wiley


Fundraising

Sada Hill, Angela West-Davis


Graduate Advisory Committee 

Willnette Pegram


Leadership Development 

Sharon Crenshaw


Membership

Monica Darden


Nominating

Sharon Boone


Program 

Rhonda Toms


Protocol 

Tiffany Helber


Publicity 

Brianna Carey


Remembrance 

Bobbi Graves


Risk Management

Tracey Dunlap


Rituals 

Margaret Richardson, Helen Wilkins


Scholarship 

Lillie Dupree-Coseley


Sisterly Relations

Shannon Marshall, Tequila Ranson


Standards 

Connie Galloway


Technology

Adrienne Cummings, Marcita Wade


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Program Initiatives
Program Initiatives

Strengthen Our Sisterhood:

Shannon Marshall, Tequila Ranson


Empower Our Families:

Kiaundra Hurt, Connie Hill-Glover


Build Our Economic Wealth:

Angela Moss, Krystal Pinckney


Enhance Our Environment:

Nedra Hicks, Jeaneen Pitts


Advocate for Social Justice: 

Jy’kira Riley, DeVita Graves


Uplift Our Local Community:

Clarissa Bull, Joyce Moody


GenerationNext

Joletta Williams, Lauren Williams 


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