Jonah Goodman

Jonah Goodman
Name	Jonah Goodman
Chapter	Delta Alpha Rochester Institute of Technology
Date Inducted	October 18, 1998
Roll Number	ΔΑ 01
Alumni Chapter/Assoc	Capital
Honorary Member	Alpha Lambda Beta Mu Epsilon Alpha
Major	Graphic Design
Birthdate	January 26, 1980
Spouse	Karen Schaubert
Nicknames	Toto, Princess Toto, Ultra Sexy
Awards	CSK from Epsilon Alpha

Jonah Goodman (born 26 January 1980) is an Alumnus of Delta Alpha Chapter (ΔΑ 01) and an Active Alumni Member of Capital Chapter in Washington, DC. He is the 34th National President, a position he has held since April 3, 2007.

Early Fraternity Life and Career

Jonah co-founded Delta Alpha with two friends he met in his dorm freshman year, Mark Huebeler and Thomas Schaller. Jonah was inducted on October 18, 1998. He went on his first road trip a month later attending National Convention in 1998 in Parsippany, NJ where the chapter received their charter. He went on to serve two terms as the chapter's first President. In the fall of 1999 he joined the National Alumni Development Committee working under the Vice President of Alumni Development Rebecca L. Askew. This laid the foundation for his on going involvement in Alumni Development.

Jonah received his BFA in Graphic Design with a concentration in Religion in 2001. He is currently working as a Designer in Washington, DC.

Collegiate Years at Delta Alpha Chapter (1998-2001)

Delta Alpha Chapter receiving their Charter in 1998.

• Co-founder of Delta Alpha Chapter
• President 1998-2000
• Grand Chapter Delegate 1999, 2000

Alumni Years to Present

• National Alumni Association (NAA), 2001-present
• Delaware Valley Alumni Chapter (DVAC), 2001-2003
  • Vice President of Leadership, DVAC, 2002
  • Grand Chapter Alternate Delegate, DVAC, 2003
• Honorary Member of Epsilon Alpha Chapter (ΕΑ #), inducted 2003
• Honorary Member of Alpha Lambda Chapter (ΑΛ #377), inducted May 1, 2004
• New York Metropolitan Area Alumni Chapter (NYMAAC), 2004-2007
• Phi Sigma Pi Foundation Member, 2005-present
• Capital Chapter 2007-present
• Honorary Member of Beta Mu Chapter, April 26, 2008

National Involvement

• National President (2007-present)
• Vice President of Alumni Development (2004-2007)
• National Alumni Development Committee (NADC); 1999-2002
• National Convention: 1998-2011 (14)
• Grand Chapter: 1999-2000, 2002-2011 (12)
• Alumni Convention: 2005, 2007-2010 (5)

Alumni Advocacy

As an advocate for Alumni rights within Phi Sigma Pi he introduced a constitutional amendment at the 2006 Grand Chapter Conference granting Alumni delegates equal voting rights in all national elections. Then at the 2007 Grand Chapter Conference he introduced the amendment creating NAA delegate representation at Grand Chapter. Finally at the 2009 Grand Chapter Conference he introduced a constitutional amendment granting Alumni delegates full and equal voting rights.

National Council Transparency

Jonah has introduced and overseen the passage of several proposals intended to create transparency between National Council and the Brotherhood.

• To increase awareness of actions taken by National Council he passed a motion requiring the publishing of minutes within 30 days of each Council meeting.
• In the fall of 2006 he passed a proposal to create the Phi Sigma Pi Wiki.
• He lead the effort to publish all Council objectives and regular status updates on the wiki for anyone to track Council progress. This is intended to be a method to archive Council goals as well as document the progress made on each goal during each Council's term.
• He opened National Council meetings to public attendance and later live video streams to allow the Brotherhood to see their National Council operating.

Regional Conferences

• 2002 NERC, Northeast Region, Delta Alpha
• 2003 SSIP, East Region, Philadelphia
• 2004 NERC, Northeast Region, Beta Epsilon
• 2008 WICKED, Southwest Region, Santa Fe
• 2009 Capitol Region Conference, Capitol Region, Beta Rho
• 2009 Central Region Conference, Central Region, Gamma Omega
• 2009 NC-7, Beta Omicron
• 2010 East Region Conference, East Region, Alpha Epsilon
• 2010 Northeast Region Conference, Northeast Region, Beta Upsilon
• 2011 Philadelphia Metropolitan Region Conference, Alpha Eta
• 2011 Capital Region Conference, Alpha Beta
• 2011 Western Pennsylvania Region Conference, Eta
• 2012 Philadelphia Metropolitan Region Conference, Gamma Xi
• 2012 Capital Region Conference, Gamma Pi

Bigs and Littles

Goodman family line in 2004. (l to r; front: Chris Mabry, Nikhil Nampalli, Matt Serbinski, Seth Burgess. back: Jonah Goodman, Frank Sanders, Peter Weisberg, Jonathan Stinton.)

Jonah was a Charter Member of Delta Alpha and does not have a Big Brother.

Jonah has 3 Little Brothers:

• Christopher Mabry, Alumnus
• Tim Sutton, Alumnus
• Mark Elloff, Delta Chi, Alumnus

Goodman Family Line

see: Delta Alpha Goodman Family Line

Other Interesting Facts

• Jonah was installed in the office of National President by former National President Dr. Jack Thornton at the 2008 National Convention.
• Jonah is an avid distance runner and has completed four marathons.

Philadelphia Marathon, 1998, 3:08:10 (place 307 out of 3,201)

Boston Marathon, 1999, 3:08:02 (place 1,286 out of 12,797)

Marine Corps Marathon, 2007, 3:15:51 (place 533 out of 20,677)

New York City Marathon, 2010, 3:26:00

• Jonah's 43 Things list
• Jonah's facebook page
• Jonah's map of Chapters he has visited
• Jonah was Mark Huebeler's best man at his wedding in 2001.
• Matthew Nicoletta was one of Jonah's groomsmen at his wedding in 2011.

National President
Preceded By Colleen Dougherty, Alpha Theta	Term 2007-present	Succeeded By -

Vice President of Alumni Development
Preceded By David Batts, Tau, Delta Epsilon	Term 2004-2007	Succeeded By Kadira Coley, Gamma Pi

Delta Alpha President
Preceded By none	Term Fall 1998 – Spring 2000	Succeeded By Eric Marderness