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Jackie Porreca
Name	Jackie Porreca
Chapter	Alpha Lambda Temple University
Date Inducted	April 9, 2003
Roll Number	ΑΛ 350
Alumni Chapter/Assoc	DVAC
Honorary Member
Major	Italian
Birthdate	March 9, 1984
Spouse	Single
Nicknames	JackieP
Awards	Gregory T. Armstrong Founders Award Scholarship

Jackie Porreca (born 9 March 1984) is an Alumni Member of Alpha Lambda Chapter (ΑΛ 350) at Temple University.

Early Fraternity Life and Career

When Jackie started at Temple, she roomed with her best friends. She wanted to meet other students, but knew that sorority was not her thing. She attended Phi Sigma Rush events her first semester of college, but was informed that even though she had AP transfer credits, she was ineligible because she did not have a college GPA. She tried again during the spring semester and became an initiate of the Alpha Gamma Class.

Collegiate Years at Alpha Lambda

During her first semester as an active brother, Jackie learned about the Regional Committee Program and enthusiastically accepted the position as Alpha Lambda’s Representative. She held this position for two years and helped plan the East Region’s Conference—SSIP (Scholarship and Service in Philadelphia).

Jackie held the positions of Secretary and the Co-Chair of the Alumni and Bylaws Committees. She was also Phi Sigma Pi’s Temple Student Government Representative for a semester.

Alumni Years to Present

Since graduating from Temple in May 2003, Jackie has tried to remain involved by attending Fraternity events such as: ΑΛ’s chapter meetings, ΑΛ and ΓΞ’s soccer tournament, as well as Formals. She has also joined her local alumni chapter-DVAC and enjoys hanging out with other alumni in the area.

National Involvement

Jackie’s first National Event was National Convention in 2003 which was held in Charlotte, NC. She had so much fun meeting brothers from across the country, she has continued going to the Grand Chapters and Conventions.

National Committees:

• National Development Committee (2007-2008)
• Constitution and Chapter Standards Committee (2008-present)

National Events:

• 2003 National Convention: Charlotte, NC
• 2004 Grand Chapter: Richmond, VA (Alpha Lambda’s Alternate)
• 2005 Grand Chapter: Monroeville, PA (Alpha Lambda’s Delegate)
• 2005 National Convention: Atlanta, GA
• 2006 Alumni Convention: San Juan, Puerto Rico
• 2006 Grand Chapter: Kansas City, MO
• 2006 National Convention: Washington, DC
• 2007 NC/GC: New Orleans, LA (Candidate for Vice President of Alumni Development)
• 2008 Alumni Convention: Las Vegas, NV
• 2008 NC/GC: Nashville, TN

Regional Conferences:

• SSIP 2004
• SSIP 2005

ICR Events:

• AH’s Hope Bowl (2003, 2005
• AΠ’s Brother Bowl (2007)
• Alpha Beta Volleyball (2008)
• ΑΛ and ΓΞ’s 3-on-3 Basketball (2003, 2004, 2005)
• ΑΛ and ΓΞ's Ultimate Frisbee (2004)
• ΑΛ and ΓΞ's Philly Cup (2005, 2006)
• Many chapters’ Formals

Family Tree

Jackie’s Big Brother is Ashlee Janiszewski, who is now an alumna. When Jackie was inducted, she and Ashlee were the only members of her family. Jackie wanted to have a huge family, so she had three littles (Jackie O, Jennie, and Julie).

• Jackie Oberg, alumna

• Liz Hall

• Cristin McGrath

• Zach Meyer

• Majlinda Kapllanaj

• Amanda Norwood

• Jennie Detar, alumna

• Anthony Nelson

• Sean Spencer

• Julie Sterner, alumna

• John Lamb

• Andrew Forgotch
• Mike Kurinsky

• Ben Mayer

• Kendrick Davis

• Lariff Hamm

• Katie Aulenbach

• Rachel V
• Ilana Waldman

• Lauren Alfero

• Amanda Marsteller

• Sara Murray

• Chris Vassallo

• Joelle Bacino

Other Interesting Facts

One of the reasons she rushed Phi Sigma Pi was because the chapter mascot was the same as her elementary school mascot.