Thanks to the generosity of our Annual Fund donors, SigEp made an unprecedented impact on thousands of undergraduate men throughout the 2020-21 school year.
CAREER COACHING Nearly 1,000 undergraduate brothers were matched with an alumnus in their desired career field for a career coaching session. Many have continued relationships with their mentors and gained valuable career connections, and 100% of participants rated the program as valuable. The mentorship I have gained through SigEp Career Coaching has given me a deeper understanding of what is needed to thrive in my future career. I have gained plenty of insights, advice, guidance, and even an internship through my career coaches with SigEp.
INCREASED ACCESS TO VIRTUAL PROGRAMS
VIRTUAL RUCK LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE 445 undergraduates—over three times more than a typical year—received mentorship from alumni facilitators over two sessions this summer and fall. The leadership development provided through this expanded program resulted in one of the bestprepared cohorts of SigEp leaders in our history. Virtual Ruck revitalized me and renewed my pride for SigEp. It can be hard because it seems like everything changed overnight within the world. But going through Ruck gave me the tools to keep trying my best and giving my brothers the support they need.
HUNTER HILDEBRAND, DRAKE ’22
EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT Monthly virtual sessions led by experienced alumni experts equipped undergraduate leaders to succeed in their officer roles and enable a high-quality, developmental SigEp experience for their brothers, through the pandemic.
TRAGOS QUEST TO GREECE Seventeen scholars recently returned from the 2021 Tragos Quest—a study abroad experience that changes the way brothers view the world, their Fraternity and themselves. The program is named for Past Grand President William Tragos, WashingtonSt. Louis ’56, and his wife Lilli, and is supported by Annual Fund donors.
TRAGOS QUEST TO GREECE
VINCIENT WHATLEY, KENTUCKY WESLEYAN ’22
GRAND CHAPTER CONCLAVE More than 1,000 SigEps gathered in Denver for the 57th Grand Chapter Conclave over the summer. The 2021 Conclave held special meaning, as brothers from all over the country safely reunited in person.
2021–2022 PROGRAMS Here’s the lineup of impactful leadership experiences coming this academic year. • Executive officers: Carlson Leadership Academies; monthly virtual officer training; virtual national transition retreat • Emerging leaders: Springboard, a virtual series to launch them into SigEp leadership • Personal development: Ruck Leadership Institute; Tragos Quest to Greece • Professional development: Career Coaching; Life After College career preparedness event
2020–2021 FISCAL YEAR BY THE NUMBERS •
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A record-breaking $1,102,674 given to the Annual Fund by 3,734 donors, led by 427 Board of Governors members. Over $4 million in unrestricted and restricted funds raised for the SigEp experience. $552,597 given on Founders Day of Giving by 2,752 donors.
on SigEp in 2020–2021 SigEp’s Annual Fund enables the Fraternity to provide life-changing programs, scholarships and housing for our undergraduate men. Throughout 2020–21, generous brothers and friends gave an unprecedented amount to the Annual Fund, allowing SigEp to make critical pivots to maximize the Fraternity’s impact against the backdrop of a global pandemic.
2020–2021 BOARD OF GOVERNORS The Board of Governors is the lead donor group that provides support for the Educational Foundation’s Annual Fund. With our deepest appreciation for their generosity and continuing support, SigEp would like to recognize the following donors for their Board of Governors-level giving during our 2020-2021 fiscal year. BOG members allow SigEp to expand the quality and reach of chapter programs, leadership events and scholarships each year. Chairman’s Circle ($10,000+) Mark Davis, Nebraska ’90 Mike Elliott, East Tennessee State ’81 Bruce Fusillo, Kent State ’70 Jay Hurt, Davidson ’88 Tom Jelke, Florida International ’90 Garry Kief, Southern California ’70 Greg Pestinger, Kansas State ’86 Zar Toolan, Columbia ’01
President’s Circle ($5,000–$9,999) Tom Allardyce, Lamar ’70 Tom Barton, Loras ’89 Matt Beck, Iowa ’90 Rick Bennet, Central Missouri ’74 Robert Breedlove, Oklahoma State ’69 Scott Carr, California-Santa Barbara ’86 Skip Dahlkamp, San Diego State ’63 Denis Dieker, Wichita State ’77 John Durrant, Stetson ’96 Brett Gough, Wisconsin-Platteville ’03 Jonathan Hayes, CalPoly-Pomona ’93 Todd Johns, Minnesota ’98 Chuck Kubic, Lehigh ’72 John Lawson, Virginia Tech ’75 Josh Lee, Valparaiso ’98 Dick Mullen, Cincinnati ’65 Barry Posner, California-Santa Barbara ’70 Wendell Rakosky, Baldwin Wallace ’78 Darren Rodgers, Georgia ’84 William Rogers, Maryland-College Park ’54 AJ Scribante, Kansas State ’56 Mike Watford, Florida ’75 Dale Werts, Baker ’84
Sponsor Level ($2,500–$4,999) Bill Becker, Indiana ’72 Chris Bittman, Colorado ’85 Neil Blais, CalPoly-Pomona ’82 Steve Chaneles, Connecticut ’83 Ken Christianson, Washington State ’74 Jim Clayton, Tennessee ’57 Rick Collins, Wisconsin ’79 Jeff Comer, Jacksonville ’02 Matt Finke, Truman State ’04 Robert Frank, Baldwin Wallace ’68 Clayton Funk, Washburn ’93 Bryce Giesler, Tennessee ’82 Jerry Guyant, Wisconsin–Stevens Point ’65 Andy Hall, East Tennessee State ’95 Cary Hancock, West Virginia Tech ’83 Jay Harness, Arizona ’65 Kent Hickman, Colorado ’61 Tom Hill, Richmond ’64 Keith Johns Cliff Kinnunen, SIU-Edwardsville ’81 Mike Lincoln, Southeast Missouri State ’84 Ken Maddox, Oregon State ’75 Chris McCaw, Appalachian State ’03
Dave McLaughlin, Minnesota ’92 Bill Monroe, Western Michigan ’63 Billy Morgan, Memphis ’71 Norm Nabhan, Purdue ’71 Brad Nahrstadt, Monmouth ’89 Michael Neary, Northern Illinois ’90 Derek Pardee, SUNY-Buffalo ’83 Chris Piotrowski, Washington State ’12 Ken Rhines, George Washington ’89 Tom Russell, Columbia ’99 Keith Sapp, Wyoming ’03 Eric Schoenstein, Oregon State ’88 Steve Shanklin, Murray State ’70 Jason St. John, Maryland-College Park ’94 Chuck Stegman, Colorado ’81 Todd Stewart, Morehead State ’87 Greg Swain, Central Missouri ’85 Kevin Teets, Tennessee-Martin ’06 Dale Wagner, Wichita State ’71 Cliff Webster, Washington State ’74 David Wolverton, Texas-Arlington ’85 Jeremy Wyld, Iowa ’92 Steve Young, Kansas ’80
1901 Society ($1,901–$2,499) Charlie Amato, Sam Houston State ’70 Joel Anderson, Northern Iowa ’12 Joey Baird, Florida Atlantic ’07 Ken Blankenship, Tennessee-Martin ’00 Don Burgio, Rensselaer ’89 Bob Connor, North Texas ’64 Ryan Denny, Stanford ’06 Wayne Dodgen, MIT ’79 Chris Drew, Austin Peay State ’10 Gary Dudley, Sam Houston State ’69 John Eber, Bradley ’73 Marc Ferguson, Bradley ’84 Patrick Fontana, Truman State ’94 Stu Gould, California-Berkeley ’59 Gregg Gowanloch, Georgia Southern ’96 Ed Hammond, Emporia State ’66 Bob Hartsook, Emporia State ’70 Drew Holland, George Washington ’02 Mike Hurst, Missouri S&T ’74 Craig Kaufman, Washington-St Louis ’86 Mike Kimmel, Dartmouth ’94 Wayne Knupp, Huntingdon ’95 Frank Ko, Pepperdine ’97 Mark Krzywonos, Northern Kentucky ’84 Jon Kucera, Virginia ’69 Henry Landis, Illinois State ’82 Aaron Lavine, California-Santa Barbara ’05 Whitaker Leonhardt, Georgetown ’07 Dick Long, Colorado State ’79 Tom Lynch, Pennsylvania State ’90 Kevin Maguire, Michigan Tech ’83 Phil Maisano, Belmont Abbey ’69 Kevin Otero, New Mexico ’87 Scott Phillips, Ohio State ’05
Herb Philpott, Dartmouth ’85 Doug Roberts, Pennsylvania ’83 Archie Ryan, Arkansas ’83 Steve Schottenstein, Indiana ’78 Jerry Shipman, Indiana Tech ’75 AJ Siccardi, Florida ’98 David Stollman, Maryland-College Park ’94 Mike Taylor, Truman State ’85 Bob Trovaten, San Diego State ’67 Roger VanHoozer, Washburn ’72 Peter Varney, Davidson ’96 Kelly Williams, Tennessee ’92 John Wilson, New Mexico ’86 Mike Wolbert, Northwest Missouri ’94
Member Level ($1,200–$1,900) John Abraham, Cincinnati ’77 Jim Amen, Sacramento State ’96 Bruce Anderson, Texas-Austin ’71 Paul Ashley, Ball State ’99 Scott Averill, Kansas State ’77 Matt Baker, North Carolina State ’97 Anthony Balestrieri, George Washington ’03 Marcos Barahona, Florida International ’01 Bob Barile, Connecticut ’84 Zach Barilleau, Louisiana State ’10 Ken Barker, CalPoly-Pomona ’91 Greg Barra, Texas-Austin ’03 Jeffrey Bazydlo, Massachusetts ’02 Ted Behnken, Toledo ’82 Harry Belton, Louisiana State ’81 Tom Bene’, Kansas ’84 Jim Bernard, Western Michigan ’60 Charles Bills, Indiana ’79 Ron Binder, Toledo ’83 Ryan Blanck, Western Michigan ’02 Tyler Boggess, Drake ’10 Brian Boron, Western Michigan ’89 Larry Bott, Indiana Tech ’67 Joe Brejda, Georgia Tech ’12 Matthew Brenner, North Carolina State ’89 Keith Bruce, Illinois ’87 Steve Buce, Stevens ’86 Jay Bullard, Virginia Tech ’82 Matt Bunch, California-Berkeley ’05 Keenan Buoy, Washburn ’82 Justin Burnett, Sam Houston State ’02 Brian Buroker, North Carolina State ’92 Frank Butterfield, Southern California ’83 Grant Buttram, North Carolina State ’93 Dave Calderon, CalPoly-Pomona ’88 Dina Calderon Jim Call, East Tennessee State ’85 Luke Cardona, South Dakota State ’11 Chad Carlson, Baylor ’95 Kevin Carnevali, Washington ’95 Nick Carrillo, Bradley ’94 Mark Cassata, Illinois State ’08 Craig Casselberry, Texas-Austin ’86 Eddie Chin, Rensselaer ’94 Eugene Choung, Connecticut ’87 Pat Clark, Tennessee-Martin ’11 Dick Clarke, East Tennessee State ’71 Ed Clausen, Missouri ’84 Judge Mitch Crane, West Chester Renaissance Tim Damico, East Tennessee State ’84 Brad Day, Arkansas ’87 Rick Dean, Auburn ’66 Chris Dillion, Illinois ’03 Jason DiMarino, Dartmouth ’97 Scott Dudis, Ohio State ’09 Jeffrey Dugas, North Carolina State ’90 Mike Duggan, Missouri State ’74 Matt Duncan, California-Santa Barbara ’87 Chuck Eberly, Bowling Green State ’63 Bob Eckert, Arizona ’76 Mike Ellis, Purdue ’84 Jonathan Elovitz, California-Santa Barbara ’03 Matt Engelhardt, Valparaiso ’91 Dare Estok Joe Etter, Miami (Ohio) ’73
Glenn Ezell, North Texas ’87 Donald Fecel, Lamar ’66 Nick Felter, CalPoly-Pomona ’02 Denny Fitzgerald, Missouri State ’75 Kevin Fleming, Loyola Marymount ’00 Rusty Follis, Texas A & M–Commerce ’81 Herb Ford, Arkansas Tech ’84 Adam Fowler, Arkansas Tech ’06 Randy Garber, Central Missouri ’75 Jay Garrett, Syracuse ’88 Bayard Gennert, Case Western ’02 Mitch Gieselman, Evansville ’78 John Goesling, Oregon State ’67 Jay Goetsch, Wisconsin-Platteville ’11 Brad Golson, Louisiana State ’05 Jose Gomez, CalPoly-Pomona ’93 Jamieson Gray, Illinois ’12 Tom Gray, Kansas ’77 Dave Graziano, St. John’s ’03 Mike Green, California-Berkeley ’62 Gary Griffith, Texas-Austin ’70 Adam Guercio, Miami (Florida) ’09 Bryan Gunst, Christopher Newport ’11 Ed Haldeman, Dartmouth ’70 Joe Halprin, Pennsylvania ’87 Josh Hamilton, San Diego ’09 Casey Hammontree, East Tennessee State ’99 Troy Hanson, Valparaiso ’02 Bert Harris, Florida ’74 Mike Hart, South Dakota State ’00 John Hartman, Missouri ’61 Jamar Hawkins, Lynchburg ’04 Ryan Hayes, Cincinnati ’03 Conrad Hewitt, Illinois ’58 Tom Hicks, Texas-Austin ’68 Matt Hillerud, North Dakota ’04 Les Hinmon, Northwest Missouri ’84 Steve Hofstetter, Columbia ’02 Jeff Horan, North Carolina State ’11 Lorry Horn, Florida ’56 Bill Hydrick, Loyola ’85 Seth Irby, Louisiana State ’11 Ryan Jacobsen, San Diego ’00 Steven Jason, Connecticut ’83 Rebecca Jelke Mike Johnson, Eastern Washington ’01 Brent Johnson, Northwest Missouri ’84 Jeff Johnson, Colorado ’89 Bryan Kaminski, Johns Hopkins ’06 Fred Karlinsky, Miami (Florida) ’89 Kevin Kassner, Mississippi State ’82 Heather Kirk Bill Komperda, Monmouth ’81 George Koperna, West Virginia ’91 Dan Kraninger, Villanova ’93 Kevin Kwoka, San Diego State ’11 David Lacey, Bowling Green State ’53 Tim Lambert, Cal State-Long Beach ’90 Joe Langella, Connecticut ’83 Eric Lauterbach, California-Santa Barbara ’89 Joe Lavoie, Massachusetts ’08 Daniel Liu, Southern Methodist ’08 Jim Lowery, Mississippi State ’94 Terry Lundgren, Arizona ’74 Billy Maddalon, North Carolina State ’90 Chris Mainz, Pittsburg State ’88 Bryan Marsh, North Texas ’81 Nick Masri, Indiana ’86 Matt Matlack, Columbia ’00 Reggie Maynigo, IIT ’05 Tom Mays, Lamar ’76 Jason McCann, Houston ’92 Bill McCausland, Texas-Austin ’83 Kevin McCraw, North Carolina State ’92 Jason McGill, Vanderbilt ’08 Daniel McVeigh, Texas Wesleyan ’90 Chris Mercer, UNC-Wilmington ’91 David Middlemiss, Syracuse ’91 Riley Mieth, Missouri S&T ’08 James Monks, CalPoly-Pomona ’01
Joe Montana, Daemen ’90 Brad Moore, North Carolina State ’92 Rob Morris, New Mexico State ’94 Sam Moschelli, Lawrence Tech ’00 Lloyd Murphy, Illinois ’78 Eric Muschlitz, Connecticut ’92 Doug Nabhan, Purdue ’77 Gopi Nadella, Baldwin Wallace ’01 Cameron Nagler, California-Santa Barbara ’13 Carmine Napolitano, California-Santa Barbara ’90 Oz Nelson, Ball State ’59 Joshua Ness, North Texas ’09 Brent Noyes, Southern California ’74 Will Oliver, Texas A&M ’91 Duffy Oyster, North Texas ’69 Bob Palmer, Iowa State ’62 Matthew Papa, South Florida ’07 Matt Parrish, Georgia ’07 Kurt Phares, Nebraska ’79 Bill Phelps, Morehead State Renaissance Ryan Pitzer, Washington State ’17 Brad Polzar, Wisconsin-Platteville ’07 John Porreca, Philadelphia ’71 Joe Poston, Wichita State ’73 Jeff Prather, Ball State ’99 Jeff Prouty, Iowa State ’79 Chris Purdum, Wichita State ’07 Greg Pusinelli, Indiana ’80 Jay Rivera, Babson ’99 Bud Robeson, Cincinnati ’68 Marcus Robinson, Dayton ’99 Matt Rodrigue, Maine ’04 David Roman, Cornell ’73 Ari Rosenbaum, Pennsylvania State ’91 Todd Ruberg, Oregon ’82 Chris Sacra, Jacksonville ’98 Jeff Saltiel, Stevens ’88 Devon Scheible, Toledo ’05 Bill Schell, Montana State ’97 Shawn Sedlacek, Southern California ’93 Micheal Seraphin, DePaul ’04 Simon Serrano, CalPoly-Pomona ’04 Jon Shanklin, Valparaiso ’08 Tim Shaw, East Tennessee State ’75 Bill Sikes, East Tennessee State ’57 Rod Smart, Sacramento State ’77 Jerry Smith, Texas-Austin ’79 Ron Smith, San Diego State ’69 Jason Somrock, Minnesota ’02 Jeff Somrock, Minnesota ’05 Drew Speed, Arkansas ’81 Jim Spellman, Texas Tech ’90 Ehren Stanhope, Tulane ’05 John Stanley, Arkansas ’64 Pete Steffens, Thiel ’70 Stephen Steiner, Nebraska ’81 Barb Stepanek Nick Stone, Wichita State ’02 Scott Stucky, Wichita State ’70 Steve Sutow, Rider ’00 Michael Svec, Iowa ’90 Ric Sweeney, Cincinnati Renaissance Scott Swisher, Purdue ’79 Brian Tahmoush, Miami (Florida) ’90 Steve Taylor, Tennessee Wesleyan ’76 JD Teitelman, American ’07 DJ Thompson, Evansville ’87 Rick Thompson, Pennsylvania ’94 Bill Tragos, Washington in St Louis ’56 Gus Trupiano, East Tennessee State ’82 John Tyler, Texas-Austin ’63 Rocky Van de Vuurst, East Tennessee State ’83 John Vercellino, Illinois ’75 Renato Villacorte, CalPoly-Pomona ’91 John Waggoner, Ohio State ’70 Tony Wagner, Minnesota ’95 Chris Walters, Pepperdine ’03 Christophe Wasulko, North Carolina State ’91 Mark Wenrick, Oregon ’96 Gerry Whitt, Duke ’72
Tom Wiggins, CalPoly-Pomona ’84 Tim Williams, North Texas ’91 Michael Williams, Memphis ’69 Sean Willins, Thiel ’98 Jack Witemeyer, Rutgers ’55 Jim Womble, Arkansas ’65 Archie Yeatts, Richmond ’64 Chris Yerges, Wisconsin-Platteville ’09 Jack Zollinger, Lehigh ’57
Beacon Society ($600–$1,199) brothers under 30 Erik Angus, Cincinnati ’17 Van Augur, Connecticut ’20 Jeff Back, Cincinnati ’18 Martin Barnard, Cleveland State ’20 Matt Barton, Northern Iowa ’21 Britton Blanchard, Oregon State ’21 Cameron Blaydes, Illinois ’12 Ben Bowles, Rensselaer ’17 Christian Bowles, Murray State ’14 Shawn Cable, Baylor ’17 A.J. Collins, Alabama ’13 Keaton Dornath, Kansas ’21 Preston Ewald, Toledo ’21 Ben Ford, Arkansas Tech Renaissance Zac Gillman, Austin Peay State ’15 Caleb Gipple, Northern Iowa ’21 Pat Githens, West Chester ’18 Tom Godlewski, Loras ’16 Eddie Gonnella, Maine ’17 Abby Goodpaster Vish Gopalakrishnan, Rensselaer ’20 Alex Grieve, Cal State-Fullerton ’12 Jake Guhy, Louisville ’18 Dylan Hanson, Washington ’17 Andrew Harvell, Illinois ’15 Alex Hendee, Fort Hays State ’13 Thomas Heniff, Indiana Tech ’20 Logan Holland, South Florida ’19 Bryan Hood, Virginia Commonwealth ’15 Matt Huggins, Washington ’14 Ben Hutto, South Carolina ’16 Angelo Iachini, Toledo ’13 Julian Jelke Parker Jelke Kelsey Keckler Jeremy Keller, Wright State ’14 Kevin Knudson, Nebraska ’15 Ross Kruse, Davidson ’17 Tim Laboy-Coparropa, Christopher Newport ’17 Owen Lewis, Baker ’15 Jarett Lopez, Northern Kentucky ’20 Mark Maloney, Tennessee-Martin ’15 Nick Mason, Pepperdine ’20 Caleb Massey, Virginia Commonwealth ’14 Michael McGuigan, Connecticut ’16 William McLaughlin Brian Michalka, Rensselaer ’16 Dan Moore, Loras ’13 Shawn Mullen, Rhode Island ’13 Benjamin Nahrstadt, Indiana ’16 Davis Orr, Alabama ’14 Brandon Potter, East Tennessee State ’12 Jared Riter, Northern Iowa ’18 Matt Rowe, Virginia Tech ’18 Adam Schmidt, Northern Iowa ’20 Corey Schmidt, Montana State ’14 Billy Simmons, Louisville ’14 Winston Smart, Southern Methodist ’13 Andrew Sorge, Northern Iowa ’12 Alex Stepanek, Northern Iowa ’16 Dan Sullivan, WPI ’12 Josh Sullivan, Southern Mississippi ’18 Roy Sye, Monmouth ’13 Jonathan Teich, Bradley ’14 Ben Weinberg, Drake ’17 Clark Williams, Tennessee ’20 Joshua Yonker, Valparaiso ’19