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	n/a
Nicknames	Toto
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, 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: 1998-2007 (10)
• Grand Chapter: 1999-2000, 2002-2007 (8)

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

Delta Alpha Family Line

• Christopher Mabry
  • Frank Sanders
    • Jonathan Stinton
      • Matt Serbinski
      • Peter Weisberg
        • Andrew Tsai
          • Joel Samaroo
            • Sarayu Rangarajan
          • Josh Rabau
      • James Perkins
        • Carmen DeVito
          • Andrew Torkelson
        • Rachel Deutschman
          • Catherine Smythe
  • Nikhil Nampalli
    • Seth Burgess
      • Rahul Gupta
        • Aaron St. John
    • Alex Butarbutar
      • Andrea Abreu-Mercado
        • Calgary Branagan
        • Laura Carbonneau
  • Nicholas Duers
• Tim Sutton

Delta Chi Family Line

• Mark Elloff
  • Alon Abramson
    • Kathryn Lieber
      • James Blaney
        • Katie Graul
          • Katelyn Reef
        • Diana Thyssen
          • Bill Baker
        • Jackie Belon
      • Heather Wilson
        • Martin Razo
      • Perri Silverstein
      • Brian Lindeboom
    • Seth Popick, transferred to Beta Nu

Other Interesting Facts

Jonah is an avid distance runner and has completed three 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)