Manny Steiner

Manny Steiner
Manny Steiner
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

Manny Steiner (born 14 April 1978 in L’Union, Haute Garonne, France) is an Alumnus of Gamma Epsilon Chapter (ΓΕ 213) 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

Manny rushed Phi Sigma Pi in the Spring of 1997 after receiving a recruitment letter from the fledgling chapter. The chapter had failed to recruit a pledge class for several semesters and was on probation with the national organization.

Manny’s first leadership role was as Awards, Alumni and Scholarship Chair. Very little structure existed in the chapter and Manny set to sorting out what Alumni base could be useful to the chapter, reaching out fruitlessly to graduated and inactive brothers. As rush for the Beta Class began, Manny aggressively recruited like-minded individuals, forming a pledge class that outnumbered the active brotherhood. He began campaigning informally and then formally on a platform of creating a vibrant brotherhood in what was then not much more than an Honor Society. He was elected President largely by the Beta Pledge Class and a handful of Alpha and Charter brothers who shared his vision ans would help serve as the « Dream Team » for building the chapter into what it is today. Many of the foundational programs of the Chapter: GETSLAM’D, Pledge Program, Black Committee, and Dance Marathon came about under his leadership. Much of the credit for creating a powerful sense of fraternity came from what he learned and borrowed from AKPsi’s very successful Alpha Phi chapter from which he was constantly under threat of being expelled for taking the social aspects too far. The Chapter won the Clarence Williams Most Improved Chapter Award as a result of his leadership. Following His Presidency, Manny held some honorary roles as Master of Ritual and defacto head of the Black Committee until his graduation.

Positions Held at the Gamma Epsilon Chapter

• Fall 1997 – Spring 1998 : Alumni, Awards and Scholarship Chair
• Fall 1998 - Spring 1999: President & Chair, Black Committee
• Spring 2000: Master of Ritual & Chair, Black Committee

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

God is Manny’s Big.

Manny has 2 Little Brothers:

• Russ “Pledge Forever” Robison, Alumnus
• Bryan Amadio, 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.'