Opportunities abound to support our 48th National Convention!
Sponsors will be recognized in our Convention programs and
with Convention signage, where possible. This year’s focus on leadership is sure to light the fire of our collegiate and alumnae attendees. Show your support today by being a National Convention Sponsor. Click here to go to Delta Zeta's Sponsor page.
General Sponsorship
Program listing and special ribbon on nametag for individual or chapter representative with sponsorships of the following amounts: $250
$500 $1,000 Specific Sponsorships
Program listing, signage or announcement (depending on venue), and special ribbon on nametag for individual or chapter representative. Workshops (throughout Convention): $2,500 each Opening Night Speaker: Mari Ann Callais - $3,000 Opening Night Dessert Reception: $8,000 Audio-Visual Services: $20,000 per day Leadership Achievement Luncheon: $35,000 Two guest speakers will be featured at the 2008 National Convention thanks to funding from The Harper Endowed Lecture Fund. You can support excellent speakers with a sponsorship gift of $7,000 to this fund. GUEST SPEAKERS Dr. Mari Ann Callais
Using music and storytelling, Dr. Mari Ann Callais offers a truly unique program about values, ritual and the responsibilities of being a lifetime fraternity or sorority member.
She served as an Assistant Professor and the Student Affairs Program Coordinator at Mississippi State University for three years. For nearly a decade, she has built a legion of admirers with her fun, upbeat programs on fraternity and sorority values.
Fraternity/sorority communities have asked her to campuses to discuss the importance of community service and ritual with new members. She is among the most popular retreat facilitators in the country. As the National President for Theta Phi Alpha Fraternity, Mari Ann offers a unique blend of local and national perspective on sorority issues and has helped numerous Panhellenics deal with the issue of sorority hazing.
In addition to her keynote program, Mari Ann is available to facilitate recruitment counselor, new member, student government, and fraternity/sorority leadership and planning retreats.
Mari Ann holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership & Research from Louisiana State University. She is currently the Fraternity/Sorority Housing Advisor for Capstone Development Corporation. She has experience in various areas of higher education, including fraternity/sorority life, student affairs, graduate programs/faculty, and leadership development, and has served in various leadership roles for both professional and volunteer organizations.
In the past year, Mari Ann was the keynote speaker for the 2007 Norma Minch Andrisek Leadership Conference held at Purdue University in June. We are pleased that she will help us celebrate the start of our National Convention! Lori Hart Ebert
Dr. Lori Hart Ebert is the Carolyn Barnes Gullatt Symposium speaker. Her presentation of “Making Greek Great” challenges Greeks to raise their own expectations of Greek Life by recruiting the best students on campus and becoming role models of leadership.
Lori has an undergraduate degree in Education from Auburn University, a masters in Education from the University of Montevallo, and a doctorate in Higher Education from Georgia State University.
She currently serves as a speaker for CAMPUSPEAK, Inc. and as the Director of Alcohol Education for Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. As an active volunteer, she also serves on the National Panhellenic Conference delegation for Alpha Omicron Pi.
For more information on Mari Ann and Lori,
visit the CAMPUSPEAK Web sites:
http://www.campuspeak.com/speakers/callais/
http://www.campuspeak.com/speakers/hart-ebert | 
