Welcome to the We Live for Each Other Podcast presented by Alpha Delta Pi Sorority in celebration of our 175th anniversary. Each episode highlights ADPi members as they share stories and insights from their experiences. Your hosts are Chris Stecher Dickey, Gamma Epsilon, Purdue University and Emily Erkel, Zeta Chi, Baylor University.
Join Christy Arney, Zeta Theta - Illinois State and Maureen Calloway Carnevale, Alpha Zeta - Southern Methodist as they share their journey, experience, and stories as Alpha Delta Pi badge collectors. Learn how they got started, how they locate badges, how they share their personal collections with others, and what their favorite badges are. If you ever designed the jewels for an Alpha Delta Pi badge, what would you create? Find out what Christy and Maureen would do as they also share how wearing your badge is part of living our ritual.
21 Sept 2026
The Power of the ADPi Brand
Join Dan Shaver, Sigma Chi and CEO of Affinity Licensing, and Victoria Mescall, Theta Rho and Alpha Delta Pi Director of Marketing and Communications, as they discuss sorority trademarks, ownership of Alpha Delta Pi's words and images, and protecting our brand. Their professional expertise helps us learn about the power of the ADPi brand and how it is ours to protect and use!
8 Sept 2026
Caralee Strock Stanard, Author of the ADPi Creed
Join Chris Stecher Dickey, Gamma Epsilon - Purdue and Emily Erkel, Zeta Chi - Baylor as they get to know Caralee through her life as a journalist, Grand President, Adelphean Editor, and author of the Alpha Delta Pi Creed. Learn why Caralee chose to start the creed with "I believe."
25 Aug 2026
The Joy of Reestablishing Alpha Xi Chapter at The Ohio State University
Join Extension Coordinators Paige Pryor and Taylor Bettes, both Epsilon Xi, Northern Arizona, as they tell the story of re-establishing Alpha Delta Pi's Alpha Xi chapter at The Ohio State University this past year after being dormant since 2002. Hear about the joy of bid day and initiation and how they taught 35 officers how to do their brand new leadership roles with no predecessor in the chapter. With this episode, we join many others in welcoming Alpha Xi chapter back to the Alpha Delta Pi active chapter roll!
10 Aug 2026
The CSC Role - Chapter Support Coordinator Extraordinaire
Join Vic Cascio, Epsilon Chi - Longwood, and Jessa Loges, Epsilon Mu - Northern Iowa as they share stories from their years working as a Chapter Support Coordinator (CSC), what they learned about themselves, and how this role enriched their Alpha Delta Pi membership. Have you heard of The Depot? Listen to learn about this special spot.
27 Jul 2026
Mrs Van Akin and Awesome Alpha Delta Pi Advisors
Mary Esther Hedley Van Akin, Alpha Mu - Wisconsin, was known as Mrs. VA and served Alpha Delta Pi for decades with a focus on the importance of advisors for the success of chapters. Join long-time advisor Judie Hain Reemsnyder, Gamma Kappa - West Virginia Wesleyan, and dedicated alumna Charlotte Taylor, Delta Delta - Arkansas, as they share stories of Mrs. VA and the critical role advisors serve as mentors and role models.
13 Jul 2026
Putting on a BIG Alpha Delta Pi Event
Join event and education planning specialists Allyse Ketter, Zeta Theta – Illinois State and Shannon Hicks Bowsher, Epsilon Omicron – Murray State as they share the process of planning and delivering a big Alpha Delta Pi event like ADPi Academy and Grand Convention. Learn how long it takes to plan an event, selecting the meals, ordering the swag, and what they want each attendee to take with them.
22 Jun 2026
Capturing Alpha Delta Pi’s History
Join Adelphean Editor and 175 Years of Sisters author Beth Lewis Wright, Gamma Phi – East Tennessee and Adelphean Features Editor Ellen Long Liston, Alpha Kappa – Tennessee as they share the history of the magazine that started in 1907, the most impactful features they’ve written, and how they capture the stories that make our sisterhood uniquely Alpha Delta Pi.
8 Jun 2026
Meet the M&M Sisters
Do you know Alpha Delta Pi's M&M Sisters? In this podcast episode hear stories of sisterhood, leadership, and friendship from past Grand Presidents Jane Fiedler Madio, Gamma Omicron - Susquehanna and Beth Gentry Mannle, Beta Beta, Tennessee - Chattanooga. Get ready to laugh and learn as they share stories from their six decades as Alpha Delta Pi members.
26 May 2026
Alpha Delta Pi Convention Traditions
Join Barb Kinter Kunkel, Delta Kappa - Penn State, as she regales us with the history of Alpha Delta Pi's beloved and unique Grand Convention traditions. In addition to traditions, she shares stories about roses from Queen Elizabeth, a goat roaming the dining room, and why the schedule always had a break before the final banquet.
11 May 2026
Journey from Central Office to Executive Office
Join Executive Director Amanda Sloan, Alpha Beta - Iowa, and Past International Vice President of Finance Pat Johnson Evans, Beta Omega - Auburn as they talk about the journey of establishing Alpha Delta Pi's first Central Office in Ames, Iowa to our current Executive Office in Atlanta, Georgia. Learn about the decisions that went into constructing our current office along with how they feel each time they enter the building.
27 Apr 2026
Archives and the Archivist
Join Alpha Delta Pi Archivist Jen Davis Rockett, Zeta Omicron - Georgia Tech as she shares what it is like to find and hold treasured archives, the sisters she would like to meet, and the question she is most asked.
13 Apr 2026
Experience a Mega Chapter
Join Makayla Bihlmeyer, Delta Sigma - Mississippi, Panhellenic President and previous Vice President of Operations and Mackenzie Wood, Delta Delta - Arkansas, Chapter President and previous Vice President of Panhellenic Relations as they share their membership and leadership experience in two of Alpha Delta Pi's largest chapters. How many chapter members and Panhellenic sisters do they have? Listen to learn the answer!
23 Mar 2026
Partnership with Ronald McDonald House
Join retired Ronald McDonald House Executive Director Ruth Ann Moore Allen, Delta Sigma - Mississippi and Alpha Delta Pi Foundation Vice President of Philanthropy Jessica White Tom, Eta Zeta - Southern Mississippi as they share the story of Alpha Delta Pi's partnership with Ronald McDonald House. Learn how the vision of a national service project led to Ronald McDonald House, how collegiate officers got to run Ronald McDonald House for a day, and how much Alpha Delta Pi chapter's raise to directly help families at Ronald McDonald House.
9 Mar 2026
Journey from the 150th to the 175th Anniversary Convention
Join Renee Bailey Iacona, Delta Upsilon - University of Tennessee, Martin and Nicole Opas, Alpha Chi - UCLA as they reflect on attending Alpha Delta Pi's 150th Anniversary Convention in 2001 as young alumnae, how their alumnae experiences have benefitted their careers, and what they are looking forward to at the 175th Anniversary Convention.
23 Feb 2026
Sisters Supporting Sisters - The ADPi Foundation
Join Alpha Delta Pi Foundation Executive Director Jen Polley Webb, Epsilon Nu - Ashland University and original Foundation board member Vicki Matthews Lilly, Tau- University of Kansas as they share the vision of starting the Foundation in 1983, how it has grown, and the sisters it has impacted.
10 Feb 2026
Establishing a New ADPi Chapter
Join extension experts Jen Smith Dickinson, Delta Alpha - Emory and Meg Hoffay Pittman, Theta Theta - Quinnipiac as they share their roles in establishing 25 new chapters and what that experience has meant to them as collegiate and alumnae members.
23 Jan 2026
Introducing We Live For Each Other
Introducing the We Live For Each Other podcast by your hosts Emily Erkel and Chris Stecher Dickey in celebration of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority's 175th anniversary.
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