The St. Louis Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. will hold their Founders Day Luncheon 11 a.m. Saturday, January 30 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, 100 Carondelet Plaza (doors will open at 10:30 a.m.) Theme: “This Is Our Season…The Present.”
The luncheon keynote address will be given by Cynthia M.A. Butler-McIntyre, the 24th national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She served with honor from July 2008 – July 2013. Her distinguished record of service include leading the sorority through its centennial celebrations, giving worldwide attention to the sorority and its work globally.
Initiated into the sorority through the Beta Gamma Chapter of Dillard University on November 30, 1973, Butler-McIntyre has served Delta with a dedicated spirit and determined mind at the local, state, regional and national levels. As a result of her hard work and the innumerable undertakings on behalf of Delta, in 2013 the Delta Sigma Theta School was opened in Cherete’ Haiti and it is named the Cynthia M.A. Butler-McIntyre campus.
She recently retired as the director of Human Resources for the Jefferson Parish Public Schools in Harvey, Louisiana. For most of her career she served as the sole administrator with supervision of the system’s 3,500-plus classified employees. President Barack Obama appointed her to the Board of Trustees of the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation.
Leslie Thomas-Washington is Founders Day chairperson, and Mitchelle Price is president of the St. Louis Alumnae Chapter.
The luncheon cost is $60 and the public is invited. For additional information, contact Leslie Thomas-Washington at (314) 566-6500 or deltadva12@aol.com.
