National President

The National President is the highest ranking National Officer of Phi Sigma Pi.

Duties and Responsibilities

The National President is responsible for Presiding at Grand Chapter and National Council meetings, appointing National Committee members, promoting the general interests of Phi Sigma Pi, and calling for and receiving reports from the National Officers, National Committees, Collegiate Chapters, or Alumni Chapters. The current National President is Matthew Nicoletta, Beta Kappa Chapter Alumnus, who was elected to the office at National Convention 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia.

List of National Presidents

l to r: Josh Marder, Jonah Goodman, Lisa Ambrosia Howard, Tammy Mleziva, Jeffrey L. Johnson. August 2007

Number	Name	Chapter	Term
1	Joseph Glen Bryan	Alpha	1922-1925
2	J.A. Leach	Alpha	1925-1928
3	Rolla F. Wood	Alpha	1928-1929
4	Frank Alexander	Epsilon	1929-1930
5	Walter P. Percival^1	Eta	1930-1931
6	Lawrence N. Pease A2	Alpha	1931
7	Charles E. Manwiller	Eta	1931-1935
8	Simon S. Shearer	Omicron	1935-1937
9	James M. McCallister	Alpha	1937-1939
10	Clair B. Wilson	Kappa	1939-1946
11	Beecher Flanagan	Epsilon, Tau	1946-1948
12	Henry W. Olsen	Rho	1948-1957
13	Richard C. Todd	Sigma, Tau	1957-1959
14	Daniel B. Lloyd	Rho	1959-1961
15	Leroy G. Pulver	Pi	1961-1962
16	Henry W. Olsen	Rho	1962-1964
17	Abram J. Foster	Sigma	1964-1968
18	Vaughn E. Rhodes	Pi	1968-1976
19	Richard J. Donald	Iota	1976-1978
20	Richard Meily	Sigma	1978-1980
21	Jack W. Thornton	Tau	1980-1982
22	David W. Patti	Sigma	1982-1984
23	Gerald W. Burkhardt	Sigma	1984-1986
24	Jack W. Thornton	Tau	1986-1988
25	Steven A. DiGuiseppe	Sigma	1988-1990
26	Jeffrey L. Johnson	Sigma	1990-1996
27	Dr. Mark D. Pabst	Tau	1996-1998
28	James O. Tisdale III	Tau	1998-2000
29	Joshua G. Marder	Alpha Rho	2000-2002
30	Tammy A. Mleziva	Alpha Epsilon	2002-2004
31	Kara M. Domby^	Gamma Theta	2004-2005
32	Lisa A. Ambrosia Howard3	Beta	2005-2006
33	Colleen Dougherty^	Alpha Theta	2006-2007
34	Jonah K. Goodman4	Delta Alpha	2007-2014
35	Matthew Nicoletta	Beta Kappa	2014-present

Key to Symbols

(D) - Died in office

(A) - Acting/Interim

(^) - Resigned from office

(*) - Information unavailable

References

¹ Walter P. Percival resigned as he left his teaching position at IUP in order to teach in Quebec.
² Lawrence N. Pease was appointed President by the National Council to finish the remainder of the term.
³ Lisa A. Ambrosia Howard was elected as National President on September 14, 2005 by the National Council.
⁴ Jonah K. Goodman was elected as National President on April 3, 2007 by the National Council.