Let's Talk Tri Delta

Ashley McClellan, Southern Methodist, is a long serving CEO in the healthcare industry who credits much of her success as an executive to her time serving as collegiate chapter president at SMU. She talks about how a special alumna mentored her as a collegian and why mentorship remains an important part of her career and life. Ashley also speaks of the importance of sponsorship among women of all ages. A passionate philanthropist, Ashley discusses how she has given back to Tri Delta through an endowed scholarship through Tri Delta’s Foundation. With Tri Delta’s Day of Giving coming up, Ashley makes the case for why all sisters should give what they can, when they can to make a lasting impact on our sisterhood. 

Be sure to participate in Tri Delta’s Day of Giving on Tuesday, Nov 15! www.tridelta.org/dayofgiving 

After experiencing her mother’s journey with breast cancer, Leah Wyrick, Wake Forest, started a business at a young age to ease the journey for other breast cancer patients. As a high schooler, Leah invented a surgical recovery garment as part of a senior project. This led her to furthering the development of her young business during her time at Wake Forest. She got a unique experience as part of the startup lab at Wake where she was able to hone her product, all while developing a strong business acumen. Her product, The Resilience Bra, has been developed and beta tested and she’s excited to hopefully get it on the market starting early 2023. Leah talks about going back to her “why” and that she wants to make a difference in the lives of those touched by breast cancer. We cant wait to see more from this incredible sister!

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Mia Mercer and Jojo Flower, both Vanderbilt, are members of ROTC at their university with hopes of pursuing careers in the military, serving our country. Jojo and Mia attended the Career Orientation and Training for Midshipmen (or CORTRAMID-West), a four-week training experience where they were able to learn the ins and out of the United States Navy and Marine Corps. During the month-long program on bases in and around San Diego, they got to experience aviation, infantry and even drive a submarine! They discuss the transferable skills they took away from CORTRAMID-West and how this will guide them in their military careers post-graduation. We can expect great things from these two enterprising sisters who will proudly serve our great country!

Life has been busy for our sister, the stage and screen star Zakiya Young, Pittsburgh. She’s on a current hot streak in Hollywood and in the entertainment world. Zakiya talks about her role in Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, and how the show tackles a generational look at major societal issues. She discusses how she’s seeing a shift with inclusion within entertainment and more stories are being driven by women and women of color as writers, directors and producers. Zakiya is also a new playwright, having authored her first one-woman show, Suburban Black Girl. She found her voice through the playwriting process and shares personal stories of her experiences as a Black woman growing up in her communities. It’s her hope that through this new work, more people will engage in authentic conversations on diversity and inclusion. 

Content warning: This episode features topics like sexual assault, racism, bullying and more. 

Be sure to follow Zakiya on Instagram!

This episode, we’re joined by Sr. Chapter Development Consultant Avery White, Creighton, who is currently in her second her traveling for Tri Delta as a CDC. Avery talks about what and who inspired her to apply to serve as a CDC and why it’s helping her discover new skills. She details what a typical day in the life looks like and what her goals are to support our sisters across North America. Avery talks about how she is able to make connections and see the impact of her work with our chapters. She also offers what makes a great CDC and encourages sisters to serve in this role for Tri Delta. Best of luck and safe travels to Avery and all our CDCs!

Do you want to apply to be a CDC? Apply here!

Be sure to follow our CDCs on Instagram!

Today’s episode, we are joined by Dr. Kristen Gwinn-Becker, Founder and CEO of HistoryIT. Our partnership with HistoryIT allows us to save our history and digitize it for preservation and accessibility. With physical forms of history in danger of deterioration, digitizing our treasured past allows for easy access from any computer or mobile device. Upon completion of this project, Tri Delta will have more than two million pieces readily available at www.tridelta.historyit.com! Members will have access to printed materials and audio/visual from our founding up to present day. This digitization allows for us to understand our shared history and tell our story through our archives. 

Explore our digital archives today at www.tridelta.historyit.com!  

Risha Grant knows there are many uncomfortable conversations around diversity today. Through her humor and storytelling, she is able to help people understand their own diversity journeys and the work that must be done. She challenges us to use our lenses to understand how we see the world and acknowledge what makes each of us diverse. Risha explains how inclusion truly means being invited, involved and engaged. She examines bias and what it means to identify our own “BS” … the bias synapse and how we can all face our own BS in order to build authentic relationships while allowing for grace.

Be sure to connect with Risha on her social media platforms: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube!

Thanks to generous donors to Tri Delta’s Foundation, Tri Delta has partnered with ACI Specialty Benefits to expand our mental health support through SOAR, a new service we’re offering members to help them cope with life’s challenges. Today’s episode we are joined by Yve Fontilea from ACI to talk about SOAR. Members and their families and loved ones are able to take of advantage of all the benefits of SOAR to reduce stress, stay motivated and focus on important areas of wellness. Soar offers resources on financial wellness as well as legal consultation. What’s best is that it is free to Tri Delta collegians and volunteers and is available 24/7, and completely confidential! We’re grateful that we are able to meet our members’ most pressing needs through SOAR and all it offers.

Check out SOAR resources here (company code: TRI-14543). 24/7 support is available now by calling 855-786-0275.

Take a sneak peek at our LEADDD San Diego speaker, the brilliant Sallie Krawcheck, North Carolina. Sallie has been called “one of the most powerful women on Wall Street,” and is excited to share her insights on women and money with her Tri Delta sisters. As CEO and Founder of Ellevest, Sallie focuses on helping women earn more money, save more money, and invest to grow their money — by providing the products and coaching to do so. She offers common misconceptions and misperceptions about women and money. As a woman in a male dominated career, Sallie gives insights into the challenges she and other women face as trailblazers in their professions. She also offers her number one piece of advice for women and investing. Sallie understands the power of Tri Delta and our more than 250,000 members around the world can support each other.  

As we close out Mental Health Awareness Month, we are following up our recent LEADDD Keynote with Rachel Graham, Baylor, with a discussion on more tough topics. We’ve all experienced incredible amounts of loss over the past two years. Rachel helps us examine what types of major loss we may experience, such as relationships, health, wealth or expectations. She examines the stages of grief and how they may or may not be linear in our experiences coping with loss. 

Rachel offers best practices on not only feeling your feelings, but also how to support friends and loved ones dealing with loss. Finally, she brings it full circle in speaking about how our rituals (and Rituals) may help mark beginnings and endings in our journey. 

To find out more about Rachel and her work, visit:

www.evolveandtransform.me

www.Healingspringsranch.com   

To watch Rachel’s LEADDD Keynote, click here.