Our Leadership

Susan Stockton

National President

Susan, Delta Gamma-Western Kentucky, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in public relations and earned her juris doctorate from the University of Kentucky College of Law. She has served as a collegiate membership director, national collegiate advisor, collegiate province president, vice chairman for the Nominating Committee and as national vice president before taking on the role of national president. She has been an advisor on four chapter advisory boards. Susan is a retired attorney who previously worked as a senior counsel for General Electric, and she founded Stockton Consulting in Geneva, Switzerland. Susan is a director on the Kappa Delta Foundation board.

Emily Ulmer Feinstein

National Vice President

Emily, Delta Sigma-South Alabama, earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and history and a Master of Education in educational leadership from the University of South Alabama. She holds professional certifications in Title IX coordination, civil rights investigator, student affairs law and policy, and sexual misconduct. Emily has worked in higher education and sorority and fraternity affairs for nearly 20 years, and has served on Kappa Delta’s National Leadership Team as the university case manager and Bias Response Intervention Team (BRIT) co-lead. Emily is a director on the Kappa Delta Foundation board.

Laura Beth Hanson McKew

National Vice President-Membership

Laura Beth, Delta Gamma-Western Kentucky, earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and began her career as an insurance broker specializing in employee benefits. She is currently the vice president of group benefits at a financial services firm. She has served Kappa Delta nationally as the collegiate special projects director, collegiate membership director, chapter accounting specialist and as the national vice president-collegians for the 2019-2021 and 2021-2023 National Council, and locally, she served on three chapter advisory boards.

Julie Wendell

National Vice President-Collegians

Julie, Zeta Alpha–Texas Tech, earned her Bachelor of Science degree in middle level education from Texas Tech University and a Master of Science in parks, recreation and tourism from University of Missouri. She currently resides in Washington where she works as the chief mission delivery officer for the Girl Scouts of Western Washington. Julie has served Kappa Delta as a National Leadership Team volunteer for 12 years in positions including division director, CAB specialist manager, CAB specialist, chapter operations director, chapter accounting specialist and chapter bylaws committee. Julie also volunteers on the chapter advisory board for Sigma Tau-Washington State.

Rhonda Mullins Giedt

National Vice President-Alumnae

Rhonda, Omega Xi-Cincinnati, earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration, marketing and management and has a graduate certificate from Stanford University School of Engineering. She currently works as the chief marketing officer for Straight Talk Marketing. Rhonda has served Kappa Delta as an alumnae development specialist and as a Kappa Delta Foundation review committee member for merit-based scholarships and UIFI sponsorships. Locally, Rhonda has also served on the chapter advisory board for Gamma Iota-San Jose State.

Sarah Smith Dubbert

National Vice President-Finance

Sarah, Epsilon Iota-Missouri, earned a Bachelor of Science in secondary education in mathematics and is a certified treasury professional through the Association for Financial Professionals. She is the president and commercial division manager at Commerce Bank. Sarah has served national Kappa Delta as a chapter accounting specialist, division accounting specialist, chapter advisory board-treasurer for Epsilon Iota-Missouri, and as national vice president-finance for the 2019-2021 and 2021-2023 National Council.

Maggie Waples

Executive Director

Maggie, Delta Sigma-South Alabama, began her role as executive director of the sorority and foundation in 2021. She has extensive experience in marketing and organizational management, previously serving as Global Vice President, Product Management and Marketing at Deflecto, a global consumer products company. She spent three years as General Manager and Senior Vice President of Marketing of the Yearbook division at Herff Jones and 13 years in Pearson’s Higher Education division in various product marketing positions. Maggie holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and earned her MBA at the Drucker School of Management in California. She served her collegiate chapter as president, vice president-membership, vice president-public relations and VP of Panhellenic. Immediately following college, she served two years as a Chapter Development Consultant for Kappa Delta.

Meet Kappa Delta's National Council

Susan Stockton

Susan Stockton

National President

Emily Ulmer Feinstein

Emily Ulmer Feinstein

National Vice President

Laura Beth Hanson McKew

Laura Beth Hanson McKew

National Vice President-Membership

Julie Wendell

Julie Wendell

National Vice President-Collegians

Rhonda Mullins Giedt

Rhonda Mullins Giedt

National Vice President-Alumnae

Sarah Smith Dubbert

Sarah Smith Dubbert

National Vice President-Finance

Maggie Waples

Maggie Waples

Executive Director

Kappa Delta is the organization that it is today because of the volunteers that selflessly give their time and talents for the betterment of our sisterhood. Discover the ways you can get involved.

Our Leadership

Meet Kappa Delta's National Council

Susan Stockton

Susan Stockton

National President

Emily Ulmer Feinstein

Emily Ulmer Feinstein

National Vice President

Laura Beth Hanson McKew

Laura Beth Hanson McKew

National Vice President-Membership

Julie Wendell

Julie Wendell

National Vice President-Collegians

Rhonda Mullins Giedt

Rhonda Mullins Giedt

National Vice President-Alumnae

Sarah Smith Dubbert

Sarah Smith Dubbert

National Vice President-Finance

Maggie Waples

Maggie Waples

Executive Director

Kappa Delta is the organization that it is today because of the volunteers that selflessly give their time and talents for the betterment of our sisterhood. Discover the ways you can get involved.

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