List of Chi Omega sisters

The list of Chi Omega sisters includes initiated and honorary members of Chi Omega.

Notable alumnae
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Business
Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Safra A. Catz
Beta Alpha
 President and Chief Financial Officer of Oracle Corporation [1]
Mignon Faget
Rho
 New Orleans-based jewelry designer
Nancy Walton Laurie
Psi
 Namesake of the Leadership Institute of Chi Omega, Niece of Sam Walton founder of Wal-Mart [2]
Alice Marriott
Xi Alpha
 Entrepreneur and philanthropist, wife of J. Willard Marriott [3]
Kelsey Barnard Clark Alpha Beta Bravo Top Chef Winner Season 16

Entertainment
Angela Kinsey
Lucy Liu
Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Natalie Allen
Epsilon Delta
 CNN Anchor [4]
Caroline Bright
Epsilon Kappa
 Miss Vermont 2010
Tamira A. Cole
Sigma Kappa
 Miss Black Kentucky USA, author, USA Today All-USA Academic All American and one of Glamour Magazine's Top 22 College Women [5]
Kathryn Crosby
Iota
 Actress [3]
Joyce DeWitt
Phi Epsilon
 Actress; Three's Company [3]
Rhonda Bates
Chi Epsilon
 Actress; The Roller Girls [3]
Melissa Claire Egan
Epsilon Beta
 Actress; All My Children [6]
Ruth Ford
Tau
 Actress [3]
Taryn Foshee
Phi Delta
 Miss Mississippi, 3rd runner up to Miss America [7]
Sylvia Hitchcock
Nu Beta
 1967 Miss USA and Miss Universe [8]
Liza Huber
Epsilon Beta
 Actress
Angela Kinsey
Theta Kappa
 Actress; The Office [9]
Lynne Koplitz
Iota Kappa
 Stand-up comedian
Adair Tishler
Rho Mu
 Child Actress
Toby Lightman
Nu
 Singer/Songwriter [10]
Lucy Liu
Eta
 Actress known for her work on Charlie's Angels, Kill Bill and for her role as Ling Woo on Ally McBeal [11]
Lynda Lee Mead
Tau
 1960 Miss America, owner and president of Shea Design & French Country Imports [12][13]
Linda Miller
Rho
 Actress; All My Children [3]
Mary Ann Mobley
Tau
 Former "Miss America" (1959) and Television Actress [3]
Beth Moore
Alpha Zeta
 American evangelist, author, and bible teacher [3]
Annie Mumolo
Mu
 Actress/Writer/Producer; Bridesmaids [14]
Catt Sadler
Theta Beta
 E! News, E!'s Daily Ten [3]
Jessica Michelle Singleton
Theta Theta
 Stand-up comedian
Heather Thomas
Gamma Beta
 Actress; The Fall Guy [15]
Ann-Blair Thornton
Chi Theta
 Miss Kentucky 2011
Sela Ward
Nu Beta
 Actress; Sisters, The Fugitive, Once and Again, Dirty Dancing Havana Nights, House [11]
Cece DeCorte
Lambda Alpha
 [11]
Joanne Woodward
Phi Gamma
 Academy Award Actress; Philadelphia, The Three Faces of Eve [11]
Hope Driskill
Rho Alpha
 Miss Missouri 2011 and Top 16 Miss USA, Survivor: Caramoan [3]
Sloane Roberts
Psi
 Miss Arkansas 2012 [3]
Ashton Campbell
Psi
 Miss Arkansas 2014 and Miss America Runner Up 2014 [3]
Sarah Hider
Tau Alpha
 Miss Ohio 2015 [3]
Shannon Sanderford
Epsilon Alpha
 Miss Texas 2015 [3]
Mikaela Shaw
Psi Delta
 Miss Wyoming 2015 [3]
Bethany Trahan
Phi Zeta
 Miss Louisiana 2018 [3]

Government
Blanche Lincoln
Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Marsha Blackburn
Phi Delta
 Former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing Tennessee [11]
Martha Layne Collins
Lambda Alpha
 Former Governor of Kentucky [3]
Shirley Hufstedler
Pi Gamma
 First United States Secretary of Education [3]
Blanche Lincoln
Psi
 Former United States Senator from Arkansas [11]
Molly Beth Malcolm
Sigma Zeta
 First woman chairperson of the Texas Democratic Party
Jen Psaki
Omicron Beta
 White House Press Secretary Democratic Party [16]
Patricia Schroeder
Pi Beta
 Former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing Colorado, first female Congresswoman from Colorado [3]
Virginia Smith
Kappa
 Former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing Nebraska [3]
Joanna Shields
Nu Gamma
 Baroness and British Parliamentarian [3]
Carole Keeton Strayhorn
Iota
 Former Texas Comptroller, made an unsuccessful run for Texas Governor in 2006 as an independent [3]
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Kappa Beta
 Current Secretary of State of Kentucky [3]
Mary Ann Tobin
Lambda Alpha
 Former Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts [17]

Literature
Harper Lee
Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Ellen Gilchrist
Sigma Epsilon
 Author of Victory Over Japan, winner of the 1984 National Book Award for Fiction [3]
Harper Lee
Nu Beta
 Author of To Kill a Mockingbird, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient in 2007 [11]
Frances Mayes
Sigma
 Author of the novel Under the Tuscan Sun [11]
Anita Shreve
Chi Alpha
 Author of The Pilot's Wife, The Weight of Water, and Sea Glass; O. Henry Award recipient in 1976
Genevieve Taggard
Mu
 1931 Guggenheim Fellow and poet [18]
Karen White
Rho
 New York Times bestselling romantic fiction author

Science and education
Susan J. Helms
Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Susan Athey
Mu Kappa
 Professor of Economics at Harvard University, won the John Bates Clark Medal in 2007 [3]
Susan J. Helms
Pi Gamma
 NASA astronaut and the first woman to live on the International Space Station [11]
Dawn Clark Netsch
Xi
 Law professor at Northwestern University, Illinois Comptroller
Sherri Whitt
Delta Kappa
 Data Abstraction Welstar Health
Kathleen Rubins
Kappa Lambda
 Selected as a member of the 20th NASA astronaut class [19]
Janet Morgan Riggs
Tau Delta
 President of Gettysburg College
Martha Dunagin Saunders
Epsilon Delta
 President of the University of Southern Mississippi

Sports
Lin Dunn
Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Christine Brennan
Xi
 USA Today sports columnist, author, and sports commentator for ABC News, CNN, National Public Radio and Fox Sports Radio [11]
Lin Dunn
Xi Zeta
 Head basketball coach for WNBA teams Seattle Storm (2000–2002) and Indiana Fever (2008–present) [20]
Pat Summitt
Xi Zeta
 Head coach of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, Basketball Hall of Fame and Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee [11]
Melissa McNamara
Epsilon Gamma
 Head coach of the Arizona State University Sun Devils women's golf team (2009 NCAA champions) and former pro golfer on the LPGA tour

References
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  2. "Foundation Leadership". Chi Omega. Archived from the original on 2007-09-18. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
  3. "Prominent Chi Omegas" (PDF). Chi Omega. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
  4. Archived March 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Glamour girl an inspiration". The Eleusis. 2006. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  6. "About Melissa". Melissa Egan Official Site. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  7. "Biography". TarynFoshee.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
  8. Abel, Fred. "Whatever Happened To...?". Pageantry Mag. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
  9. Limmer, Melissa (February 15, 2007). "From a Baylor Classroom to the hit The Office". The Baylor Lariat. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  10. Cohen, Jamie (April 13, 2004). "Toby Lightman goes pop!". BadgerHerald. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
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  12. "People, Sep. 21, 1959". Time. September 21, 1959. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
  13. "Home - French Country Imports". frenchcountry-imports.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
  14. "Hello, Hollywood! Check out this... - Chi Omega Fraternity". 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2014-08-20 – via Facebook.
  15. "University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)". e-yearbook.com.
  16. Feuerherd, Ben (20 January 2021). "Who Is Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary?". NY Post. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  17. Kentuckian Yearbook. University of Kentucky. 1963. p. 202. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  18. "Women To Sell For Fund". The New York Times. March 22, 1931.
  19. "Astronaut Candidate Bio: Kathleen Rubins". NASA. September 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  20. Montieth, Mark (December 13, 2007). "Dunn wants Fever to be dynamic". Indianapolis Star.
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