Zeta Career

Current Work with Zeta (August 2018 – Present)

“Your work is going to fill a larger part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it” …. Steve Jobs

National Level
Title: International Centennial Grand Basileus
Date: July 2018 – present

Sign all Contracts/Agreements/MOU’s and countersign all checks, authorize travel/food/lodging and miscellaneous expenses for all officers, members and staff
Approve all applications for chapter/auxiliary charters and reinstatements
Serve as Chair of the International Executive Committee
Serve as ex-officio member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority’s National Educational Foundation Board of Managers.
Ensuring the organization’s activities are compliant and in furtherance of its mission
Leading, managing, and developing the organization’s volunteers, and organizational culture
Assist in the developing, implementing, monitoring, and assessing sound and compliant financial management practices (including budgeting)
Assist in the developing, implementing, monitoring, and assessing sound and compliant fundraising practices
Assist the Chair of the Board in developing, informing, and supporting the International Executive board to carry out their governance functions
Partnering with the Chair of the Board to help ensure the Board’s directives, policies, and resolutions are carried out
Keeping informed and the organization’s leadership informed of significant developments and changes in the internal and external environment
Leading the organization’s strategic planning processes
Assist in ensuring legal compliance (including all required filings) and sound risk management practices
Attend all regularly scheduled International Executive Board Meeting
Review all disciplinary complaints
Has the authority to place chapters and members on Cease and Desist
Has the authority to suspend or expel members
Has the authority to suspend chapters

Be the spokesperson for the organization
Shall appoint the following: Project Managers, Resident Agents, Representatives to the affiliate International Organizations, Regional/State Directors, Program Directors, the Legal Advisory Council and an Appeal Committee
Developing, implementing, monitoring, and assessing the organization’s national programs (including their impact)
Developing other streams of income for the Sorority i.e., grants, sponsorships and opportunities for receiving royalties
Developing and maintaining beneficial relationships with sponsors, donors, funders, supporters, collaborators, allies, vendors, and other stakeholders
Ensuring effective external and internal communications about the organization and its mission, priorities, importance, programs, activities and goals
Meet monthly with all Regional Directors both collectively and individually
Meet monthly with State Directors
Meet monthly with all International Program Directors
Maintaining and creating new partnerships/sponsorships that align with the mission and vision of the sorority
Serve as a member of the Council of Presidents.
Attend monthly Council of Presidents meetings to promote and carry out joint objectives and activities.
Attend all Regional Leadership Conferences
Shall appoint a Boule Planning Committee
Plan and attend the Boule
Attend affiliate Conferences
Provide External PSA’s and Greetings to various organizations and affiliates upon request
Attend various Local, State, Regional and National Programs
Deliver keynote addresses on various Local, State, Regional and National Programs upon request
Bring greetings at the Divine Nine National Conventions
Provide a detailed report on the State of the Sorority to the sisterhood at State/Regional Conferences and the National Convention.

Membership

Delta Mu Zeta Chapter
Harlem, New York – Atlantic Region

Membership Levels
Induction – May 1982
Life Member – 1992
Golden Life Member – 1998
Diamond Level Contribution – April 2013
Centennial Circle of Pearls Donor – September 2018

National Experience

International Centennial Grand Basileus – 2018 – Present
National First Anti-Basileus – 2014- 2018
National Director of Strategic Planning – Appointment August 2012 – 2014
Zeta Organizational Leadership (ZOL) Committee – Member 2005 – 2008
National ZOL Trainer – 2005 – 2008
Chairman of the National Executive Board – Elected 2000 – 2004
11th Atlantic Regional Director – Appointed 1996 – 2000

Boulé Attendance – 18

1982 (Richmond, VA), 1984 (Detroit MI), 1986 (Anaheim, CA), 1990 (St. Louis, MO), 1992 (Charlotte, NC), 1994 (Orlando, FL), 1996 (Dallas TX), 1998 (Atlanta, GA), 2000 (Philadelphia, PA), 2002 (New Orleans, LA), 2004 (Hollywood, FL), 2006 (Hollywood, CA), 2008 (Las Vegas, NV), 2010 (Dallas, TX), 2012 (Chicago, IL), 2014 (Washington, DC), 2016 (Orlando, FL), 2018 (New Orleans, LA)

Attended Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated 75th Anniversary Celebration in Washington DC – 1995
Attended Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated 85th Anniversary in Washington, DC – 2005

National Executive Board Meeting Attendance – 27
1984, 1986, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Regional Experience

55th Atlantic Regional Conference Marshal – 2013
Regional Z-HOPE Coordinator – 2006 – 2008
Regional Tamias – Elected 1990 (served 2 terms)
46th Atlantic Regional Conference Marshal – 1995
11th Atlantic Regional Director – Appointed 1996 – 2000

Regional Conferences Attendance – 22
1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021

Regional Executive Board Meeting Attendance – 36
1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

State Experience

New York State Director of Chapter Management & Development – Appointment September 2012 – 2014
New York State Conference Marshal – 2012
New York State Conference Marshal – 1996
State Tamias – Elected 1986 {served (2) terms}
Graduate Member to the Regional Nominating Committee – served two terms – 1985-1986 and 1990-1991

State Conference Attendance – 37
1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021

State Executive Board Meeting Attendance – 33
1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018, 2019, 2020

Local Experience

Chapter Management & Development – Director – August 2012 – 2014
Basileus – 1994-1998 and 2006-2008 (Elected to serve 3 terms)
2nd Anti Basileus – 2002 through 2006 (Elected to serve 2 terms)
Tamias – 1986-1990 and 2010-2012 (Elected to serve 3 terms)
Z-HOPE Coordinator – 2002- 2010
60th Chapter Anniversary Celebration – Chairperson 2010
50th Chapter Anniversary Celebration – Chairperson 2000
43rd Chapter Anniversary Celebration – Chairperson 1983

Soror Hollingsworth held the position of Tamias on the Local, State and Regional levels simultaneously and still is the only Soror in the Atlantic Region to have achieved this milestone to date.