President
Lindsay Taylor
After pledging ZTA in 2000 at the Zeta Chapter at the University of Tennessee, Lindsay transferred to the “other” orange and white school in 2002 to finish her junior and senior year as a Longhorn at the Kappa Chapter at the University of Texas. During her time as a Longhorn Lindsay served as the chapter’s Service Chair planning the Crown Classic Golf Tournament in 2003. With a true heart for service Lindsay served as the Austin Alumnae Chapter’s Fundraising Chair in 2010, planning the annual Celebration of Life Luncheon. With her passion for Zeta and a commitment to “Create the Change” in our group, Lindsay accepted the President’s position in 2011. Lindsay enjoys reading, working with her husband on their Real Estate Business, (Taylor Real Estate), and preparing for her new bundle of joy to arrive in December 2011!
Vice President, Membership; Key Woman
Jill Berkel
Jill Edwall Berkel is a Charter Member of the Theta Omicron Chapter at Baylor University, where she served as Historian as a collegian. A native Houstonian, Jill relocated to Austin in 1987 to raise her family. She now has four children in grade school and is a Safety Account Manager for Thermo Fisher Scientific. She is an active resident in the Four Points area community, volunteers for Leander ISD, belongs to the Austin Autism Society and has served as a Zeta Key Woman for over 12 years. Jill shares an interest in her children’s activities, enjoys neighborhood Bunco and Pokeno groups, and hosts a bi-monthly Ethnic Dinner Group in her home.
Vice President, Membership; Fraternity Education
K’Leigh Searcy
K’Leigh is from Amarillo and attended the University of Texas at Austin where she studied nursing. As a member of the Kappa chapter, K’Leigh served as Vice President. After a brief time away, she’s been back in Austin for a year. K’Leigh is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at Austin’s First Steps. She’s been married to Evan for two years; they have a Yorkie named Chloe. K’Leigh’s interests include sewing, reading books, and walking/running. She wishes she could travel more often.
Vice President, Fundraising
Alison Whitt
Allison pledged the Delta Kappa chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha at Louisiana State University in the fall of 2003. A native of Dallas, Allison could not wait to move back to Texas after she graduated in 2007. One of her closest Zeta friends at LSU was working in the event planning industry in Austin and introduced Allison to a job. With her overwhelming love of bats and indie music she moved to Austin as quickly as possible. In the previous two years she has been involved as the Silent Auction Chair for the Celebration of Life Luncheon. She works for Catering by Rosemary as a Sales manager, and she still loves Austin, Indie music, and bats.
Treasurer
Marilyn Russell
Marilyn pledged Zeta Tau Alpha in 1997 at the University of Arkansas (Epsilon Chapter). She was actively involved in student leadership both on campus as well as in her chapter and served as the new member coordinator and President of her chapter which lead to her application to serve as a Traveling Leadership Consultant for ZTA. Traveling for the fraternity was a turning point for Marilyn and lead her to choose a path in Higher Education. She received her Masters degree from San Diego State University and worked in Greek life as well as residence life while in graduate school. She has since worked as a Greek advisor at the University of California, San Diego and now is the Coordinator of Greek Life at The University of Texas at Austin. Joking that she is a “professional sorority women” Marilyn continues to serve ZTA in her position as Director of New Chapters for the Lambda Gamma Chapter at The University of Texas at San Antonio as well as serving for a second term as the treasurer. Marilyn stays busy but does look forward to catching up with friends and enjoying Austin’s music and theatre scene.
Secretary Corresponding
Julia Laskowski
I am a native Austinite and pledged Zeta Tau Alpha in 2002 at The University of Texas at Austin. I served as the Communications chair in 2004 and on the Executive Board as House Manager in 2005. After graduating, I moved to San Antonio to work for a civil engineering company to do land development. I immediately got involved with the local ZTA Alumnae Chapter and served as the Alumnae-Collegiate Relations (Kappa Chapter) chair. I only stayed in San Antonio one year because an opportunity to move back to Austin became available and I couldn’t resist! Since being back in Austin, I have continued to serve on the San Antonio board as Alumnae-Collegiate Relations, and have also served on the Austin Alumnae board as Membership, Treasurer, Secretary, and am currently serving as Corresponding Secretary. In my free time, I am a huge Longhorn fan (Hook ‘em Horns!) and love swimming and playing soccer.
Secretary Recording
Angelica Brem
Originally from Houston, Angelica pledged Zeta Tau Alpha at Gamma Omega (University of Houston) before transferring back to Baylor University where she started and finished her college career. As a member of Theta Omicron she served as Social Chair and was active in SING! and Float. After graduation, she took a job in Austin and has fallen deeper in love with the city every day she lives here. Angelica is an interior designer and freelance writer for Austin Monthly Home Magazine. Very active in the community, Angelica serves on the ASID Austin Design Community board, is active with the Baylor Alumni Association, is a provisional member of the Junior League of Austin, and participates in BvB Austin which helps raise money for the Capital of Texas Alzheimer’s Association. She currently spends all her “spare” time planning her spring wedding, constantly rearranging her house, blogging, playing with her two dogs and learning to cook.
Service Chair
Genie Bustos
Genie was initiated into the Gamma Gamma chapter at the University of Texas at El Paso in 2004 where she obtained both her Bachelor and Master’s degrees. During her time as a collegiate she served on many positions, including president, new member coordinator, and treasurer. Two weeks after her undergraduate graduation, she was asked to serve as the membership advisor for Gamma Gamma Chapter. It was during this time that she worked on her Master of Education degree with a concentration in Higher Education Administration. She currently works for the University of Texas at Austin, as a Student Affairs Administrator. Genie also serves as the membership advisor for the Theta Psi chapter at Texas State University.
Key Woman
Terry Giles
A UT-Austin graduate and 1977 initiate of Kappa chapter, Terry returned to Austin in 1995 with her husband and two daughters after sixteen years in Dallas/Fort Worth. She taught various classes from pre-K to middle school, for ten years, and also worked in fundraising for Texas Parks & Wildlife and outreach education for a national resource center on the UT campus. Terry is an Austin ZTA Alumnae past president and other offices, a lifetime Junior Fellow in British Studies, a former jr. board member of the Women’s Symphony Leagues in Dallas and Austin, former steering committee member for Actors From The London Stage, and a parishioner of All Saints Episcopal Church. Terry has worked as a scholarship and academic awards coordinator for 7 years in the graduate program of UT’s School of Information.
Historian/Webmaster
Nicole Watson
Nicole is from Houston and pledged Zeta Tau Alpha at the Theta Eta chapter at Stephen F. Austin State University before transferring to the Kappa chapter at the University of Texas at Austin. She graduated from UT with a degree in Advertising in 2004 and works as a Marketing Manager for a healthcare software company called Tango Health. In her spare time you can find her doing something with a local nonprofit, including the Austin Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure where she serves as a Marketing Co-Chair for their Young Professionals for the Cure organization.
Vice President, Programming
Laura Pendergrass
Alumnae-Collegiate Relations
Faith Haddad
Communications
Brittanie Flegle
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