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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

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

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

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

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