Manny Steiner

Manny Steiner
ENS Matthew McKenzie, United States Navy
Name	Manny Steiner
Chapter	Gamma Epsilon University of Florida
Date Inducted	Spring 1997
Roll Number
Alumni Chapter/Assoc
Honorary Member
Major	International Business
Birthdate	April 14, 1978
Spouse
Nicknames	Warsteiner
Awards

Matthew Michael McKenzie (born 24 August 1984 in West Palm Beach, Florida) is an Alumnus of Gamma Epsilon Chapter (ΓΕ 423) at University of Florida.

Academic and Collegiate Life

Manny graduated High School from Ransom Everglades in Coconut Grove, FL in May 1996. He attended the University of Florida, where he got a Bachelors of Arts in Business with a specialization in Chinese Language and Literature, as a BS in International Business was not offered at that time. While there, he was in the Honors Program, inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa, and an active Brother of Alpha Kappa Psi Alpha Phi Chapter. He was a member of the UF Sailing Team, placing nationally during his Freshman year as skipper in Team Racing. He interned extensively at Limited Brands’ International Trade and Customs Compliance BU. He graduated in May 2000 and thereafter moved to Beijing where he studied Mandarin Chinese at the University of International Business and Economics in Chaoyang. After several years in the workforce following return to the United States, Manny received a full scholarship to attend the University of Cincinnati MBA program where he led his team to winning the annual Case Competition. Manny has furthered his studies at the North Bennett Street School in Boston, MA learning traditional trades and Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Brother at Gamma Epsilon Chapter

Matthew rushed Phi Sigma Pi in the Spring of 2003 at the urging of his friend, and did at the earliest possible chance he had. He was not a good initiate, barely showing up to events and barely getting his journals done. However, once a brother, he started coming around and became deeply involved, being elected Initiate Advisor and selected as Most Improved Brother after less than a semester as a brother.

He was Initiate Advisor for the Omicron and Pi classes. After his term, he volunteered to be a replacement Interchapter Relations Chair after the current chair resigned. As chair, he led a unprecedented marketing campaign to encourage people to attend GET SLAM'D, involving traveling to many chapters and an email advertising campaign that has be copied many times since. Because of this, the GET SLAM'D of Spring 2005 was the largest and most successful in the event's history to that time.

That same semester, he was elected President of the Chapter for the next academic year. He ran on a platform of focusing on what was best for the chapter, and forgetting the wants of the national office. His tenure as President was widely seen as an entirely mediocre experience for all involved.

Positions Held at the Gamma Epsilon Chapter

• Spring 2004 – Fall 2004 : Initiate Advisor
• Spring 2005: Interchapter Relations and GET SLAM'D Chair
• Fall 2005 – Spring 2006: President

National Involvement

Matt has been to the following national and inter-chapter events:

• Alpha Beta Volleyball: Spring '05, Spring '07
• GET SLAM'D: Spring '04, Spring '05, Spring '06, Spring '07
• Grand Chapter Summer '05 (Monroeville, not Pittsburgh)
• National Convention Fall '03 (Charlotte), Fall '04 (Memphis), Fall '05 (Atlanta) and Fall '06 (Washington DC)
• Combined Convention/Chapter: Summer '07 (New Orleans) and Summer '08 (Nashville)

He was delegate during the '05 GCs. Matt is also a big fan of roadtrips, and has traveled extensively to chapters throughout the Southeast. However, this was mostly due to following the Florida Gators as they went through the SEC.

Bigs and Littles

Robert Waxlax is Matt's Big.

Matt has 2 Little Brothers:

• Allison Jacobs, Alumna
• Jeff Schroeder, Alumnus

Post College Career

Matt spent the year after his graduation from the University of Florida working as a receptionist at the Office of Technology Licensing at the University of Florida. While there, he decided that his goal in life would be to become an officer in the United States Navy. Nine months after deciding on this goal, he became part of class 12-08 at the Naval Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI on March 2nd, 2008. He graduated from the school on May 23rd of the same year and became an Ensign in the United States Navy.

Further Resources

Matt maintains a sporadically updated blog, called Gainesville Ramblings at http://gainesvillerambings.blogspot.com

Other Interesting Facts

• Matt is also a member of the Hash House Harriers, which is known as 'A Drinking Club With A Running Problem' and has the Hash name of 'Gone in 30 Seconds.'