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 39
Honorary Member	Alpha Lambda Beta Mu Epsilon Alpha
Major	Graphic Design
Birthdate	January 26, 1980
Spouse	Karen Schaubert
Nicknames
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 (#39) in Washington, DC. He served as the 34th National President, a position he has held from April 3, 2007 to August 2, 2014.

Early Fraternity Life and Career

Waqar Hameed Arby,(born 17 August 2000 in Multan.)He studied in Nishat Boys School.He is well known for his cricket.He joined PTI in 2013.

National Involvement

• National President (2007-2014)
• Vice President of Alumni Development (2004-2007)
• National Alumni Development Committee (NADC); 1999-2002
• National Convention: 1998-2016 (19)
• Grand Chapter: 1999-2000, 2002-2016 (16)
  • Delta Alpha Delegate 1999-2000
  • DVAC Alternate 2002, Delegate 2003
  • NAA Delegate, 2015, 2016
• Alumni Convention: 2005, 2007-2010, 2015, 2016 (7)
• Certified Local Facilitator in Leadership in Action, 2012
• Leadership in Action Certified, 2014

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.

Sanction Appeal Board

In 2006 he helped bring a proposal to the Grand Chapter to formally create a Sanction Appeal Board that provided an opportunity for a board compromised of Brothers to review sanction decisions of the National Council. Prior to this sanctions went back to the same National Council that imposed them for review.

Inclusion Advocacy

During 2013-14 Jonah worked with the National Development Committee on a series of projects with the mission to make Phi Sigma Pi a more inclusive environment for all Brothers and prospective Members.

• Brought the Gender Inclusion Resolution to the 2014 Grand Chapter Conference to adopt the "gender inclusive Fraternity" language and changes to national materials, moving away from the former use of the binary phrase "co-ed Fraternity"
  • He worked with Jessica Pettitt, a renown diversity consultant, to craft language based on higher education policies relating to gender inclusion
• Presented amendments that ensure accessibility is a requirement for host venues for all National Events as well as requiring all mandatory Chapter events provide reasonable accommodations for all attendees with disabilities

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
• 2012 Bluegrass Region Conference, Beta Phi
• 2013 Capital Region Conference, Zeta Delta
• 2013 Dominion Region Conference, Alpha Xi
• 2013 Pacific Coast Region Conference, Zeta Lambda
• 2013 Northeast Region Conference, Northeast Region, Beta Epsilon
• 2014 Philadelphia Metropolitan Region Conference, Zeta Iota Chapter
• 2014 Upper Midwest Region Conference, Zeta Rho Chapter
• 2014 South Region Conference, Gamma Tau Chapter
• 2015 Capital Region Conference, Beta Mu Chapter
• 2015 Buckeye Region Conference, Beta Beta Chapter
• 2016 Capital Region Conference, Alpha Beta Chapter
• 2016 Southeast Region Conference, Epsilon Delta Chapter
• 2016 Western Pennsylvania Region Conference, Upsilon Chapter remote keynote

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 was installed in the office of National President by John Finnegan at the 2012 National Convention.
• Jonah is an avid distance runner and has completed several 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

Philadelphia Marathon, 2012, 3:11:33 (757 out of 11,511)

Rock n' Roll USA Marathon, 2013, 3:44:06

Rock n' Roll USA Marathon, 2014, 3:40:00

Richmond, 2014, 3:26:00

• 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.
• Jonah loves Peanut Butter M&M's and bacon!

National President
Preceded By Colleen Dougherty, Alpha Theta	Term 2007-2014	Succeeded By Matthew Nicoletta, Beta Kappa

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