Tri Sigma is excited to announce that outgoing National President Joyce Newcom O’Daniel, Alpha Chi–Murray State University, and Courtney Stone-Plamp, Alpha Psi–Eastern Illinois University, will join Tri Sigma’s long legacy of members serving as leaders within the National Panhellenic Conference.
Joyce will join the National Panhellenic Conference Board of Directors for 2025-27, beginning July 1. The NPC Board leads and establishes organization policy, sets strategy, oversees and secures resources, and monitors organizational performance. In this role, Joyce and her six fellow Board members will represent all NPC sorority women, working to advance the sorority experience together.
A retired mortgage loan officer, Joyce brings with her a long history of service to Tri Sigma, including four terms on Executive Council and other various leadership roles such as Phoenix Alumnae Chapter President from 2008–11. She has also served as NPC Area Advisor and 1st Alternate NPC Delegate for 10 years.
Courtney will be installed as our NPC Delegate and an ex-officio member of Tri Sigma’s Executive Council during Convention for the 2025–28 triennium. In her role, she will guide policy and represent Tri Sigma during NPC legislative changes, oversee the volunteer Panhellenic Team, foster collaboration among member organizations, and ensure Tri Sigma adheres to the NPC Unanimous Agreements.
Courtney has served Tri Sigma in a variety of roles, including two terms as National Vice President, President of the Chicago Northwest Suburban Alumnae Chapter, and most recently as chair of the 125th Anniversary Celebration in 2023. In her professional life, she is Chief Operating Officer and board director for Level 10, an IT solutions provider, where she has worked since 2011.
The NPC is led by a Council of Delegates consisting of one delegate from each of NPC’s 26 member organizations and a Board of Directors consisting of seven elected directors—five elected and two appointed by their member organization on a rotational basis. This structure is intended to ensure greater resources for priorities ranging from recruitment and membership growth, enhanced data collection and communications efforts advocating for the sorority experience.
Tri Sigma would like to thank Linda Manley-Kuitu, Epsilon Rho–Minnesota State University, Mankato (pictured above with Joyce), for her extensive NPC service—including the past six years as our NPC delegate. Learn more about her and what comes next for Linda in the upcoming 2025 issue of The Triangle.
The National Panhellenic Conference is the umbrella organization specifically charged with advocating on behalf of the sorority experience. It is comprised of 26 national and international sororities that are autonomous social organizations. Collectively, NPC sororities are located on more than 670 campuses with nearly 5 million collegiate and alumnae members.