List of Kappa Kappa Gamma members

Following is a list of Kappa Kappa Gamma members (commonly referred to as Kappas). It includes initiated and honorary members of Kappa Kappa Gamma.

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Business

Name	Chapter	Notability
Ruth Leach Amonette	Pi	First woman Vice President at IBM
Dixie Carter	Delta Rho	President of TNA Entertainment
Elizabeth McKay	Beta Beta	Founder, creative director, and namesake of the designer brand, Elizabeth McKay
Virginia Rometty	Upsilon	Chairwoman, President, and CEO of IBM Corporation
Kate Spade	Omega	Co-founder, designer, and namesake of the designer brand, Kate Spade New York
Amber Venz Box	Gamma Phi	President & Co-Founder of rewardStyle and LIKEtoKNOW.it. and part of 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30
Whitney Wolfe Herd	Gamma Phi	Founder and CEO of Bumble, and a co-founder of the dating app Tinder

Entertainment

Name	Chapter	Notability	Ref(s)
Jean Bartel	Gamma Xi	Miss America 1943
Julie Marie Berman	Delta Tau	Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress on General Hospital
Meera Bhonslé	Epsilon Kappa	Miss South Carolina USA 2022	u
Lo Bosworth	Gamma Xi	Reality show contestant in The Hills and Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County
Sophia Bush	Delta Tau	Actress, played Brooke Davis on One Tree Hill
Gretchen Carlson	Beta Eta	Miss America 1989, former Fox News anchor, former The Early Show anchor
Nancy Christy	Beta Theta	First female winner of $1,000,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Jamie Chung	Epsilon Pi	Actress and reality show contestant, known for her participation in The Real World: San Diego and the films Sucker Punch and Sorority Row
Gretchen Cryer	Iota	Stage actress and writer, known for her work on I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road
Alexandra Curtis	Beta Tau	Miss Rhode Island 2015
Ann Elder	Iota	Emmy Award-winning screenwriter for The Lily Tomlin Special
Barbara Feldon	Delta Xi	Actress, Get Smart
Jane Froman	Theta	Singer, subject of the film With a Song in My Heart
Elisabeth (Lis) Giolito	Zeta Nu	International Model, known for her work with Forever 21
Annabeth Gish	Delta Beta	Actress, played Monica Reyes on The X-Files
Greer Grammer	Delta Tau	Actress, Awkward.
Alexa Havins	Epsilon Delta	Actress, played Babe Carey on All My Children
Kirstin Maldonado	Beta Theta	Singer, vocal group Pentatonix
Kelley Menighan Hensley	Gamma Phi	Actress, plays Emily Stewart on As the World Turns
Margaret Hillis	Delta	Grammy Award-winning conductor with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, founder of the Chicago Symphony Chorus
Kate Jackson	Delta Rho	Actress, known for her work in Scarecrow and Mrs. King as well as playing Sabrina Duncan on Charlie's Angels
Ashley Judd	Beta Chi	Actress, known for her roles in A Time to Kill, Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy
Madelyn Pugh	Delta	Television writer, known for her work on The Steve Allen Show and I Love Lucy
Illianna levenson	lambda	singer songwriter
Maggie Rose	Epsilon Mu	Country music singer
Meghan Markle	Upsilon	Actress, played Rachel Zane on Suits, and Duchess of Sussex
Nancy Morgan	Gamma Omega	Actress, Grand Theft Auto
Sarah Jane Morris	Gamma Phi	Actress, known for her work on Felicity and Brothers and Sisters
Nancy Olson	Eta	Stage and screen actress, known for her work on Sunset Boulevard
Jo Ann Pflug	Delta Kappa	Actress, MASH
Rachel Platten	Zeta Theta	Singer-songwriter
Casey Reinhardt	Eta Beta	Model and reality show contestant in Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County
Gena Rowlands	Eta	Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actress
Maria Sansone	Beta Tau	Correspondent and co-host of LX New York
Savvy Shields	Gamma Nu	Miss Arkansas 2016 and Miss America 2017
Nikki Glaser	Omega	Last Comic Standing 2007, FBoy Island on Max, formerly and still known in some regions as HBO Max
Kim Stanley	Gamma Beta	Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress, known for her work in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Sydnee Stottlemyre	Theta	Miss Missouri USA 2016
Lailee Taghdisi	Epsilon Nu	Cast Member, Big Brother Season 17
Helen Wagner	Alpha	Actress, played Nancy Hughes on As the World Turns
Florence Woods	Delta	Miss Indiana 1933

Literature

Name	Chapter	Notability
Ann Bannon	Beta Lambda	Lesbian pulp fiction author
Dorothy Canfield Fisher	Beta Nu	Author of Understood Betsy and philanthropist
Neta Lohnes Frazier	Gamma Gamma	Children's author
Valerie Joan Haig-Brown	Kappa Kappa Gamma	Author, Editor, Conservationist
Julia Ward Howe	Phi (Honorary)	Poet of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", abolitionist, and social activist
Phyllis McGinley	Delta Eta	Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
Alice Duer Miller	Beta Epsilon	Author and poet, wrote for the New York Tribune, suffragette
Betty Jane Wylie	Gamma Sigma	Canadian writer and playwright, member of the Order of Canada

Politics and public service

Name	Chapter	Notability
Carol Bagley Amon	Gamma Kappa	Judge, sits on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Cindy Axne	Beta Zeta	U.House Representative from Iowa (2019–present)
Kay Barnes	Omega	Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri (1999–2007)
Susan H. Black	Epsilon Zeta	Judge, sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Mary Brooks	Beta Kappa	Director of the United States Mint (1969–1977)
Diane Denish	Gamma Beta	Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico (2003–2011)
Kirsten Gillibrand	Epsilon Chi	U.S. Senator from New York (2009–present)
Emily Gorman	Beta Kappa	Director of the Women's Army Corps (1962–1966)
Mary Rumsey	Beta Epsilon	Founder of the Junior League for the Promotion of Settlement Movements
Lucy Webb Hayes	Rho (Honorary)	20th First Lady of the United States and wife of Rutherford B. Hayes
Lou Henry Hoover	Beta Eta	33rd First Lady of the United States and wife of Herbert Hoover
Mary Hickcox Kotker	Gamma Lambda	Author, founder of The Well Spouse Foundation
Barbara McDougall	Beta Psi	Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1984–1993)
Frances McGovern	Lambda	Member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1954–1959)
M. Margaret McKeown	Gamma Omicron	Judge, sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Shelley Moore Capito	Delta Beta	Republican member of the United States Senate representing West Virginia
Nancy Paterson	Delta Lambda	International war crimes prosecutor
Maryon Pearson	Beta Psi	Wife of Lester B. Pearson the 14th Prime Minister of Canada
Beverly Perdue	Beta Chi	First female governor of North Carolina
Kate Shelley	Omicron	Heroine; saved many lives from near train disaster in 1881
Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch	Phi	Social worker, member of the Committee of Fourteen
Jane M. Swift	Zeta Theta	First female governor of Massachusetts
Juliet Poyntz	Beta Epsilon	Co-founder of the Communist Party USA
Jean Casselman Wadds	Beta Psi	Canadian politician, represented Grenville—Dundas (1958–1968)
Amelia Himes Walker	Beta Iota	American suffragist and women's rights activist.
Helen Robson Walton	Beta Theta	Philanthropist and wife of Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart
Elaine C. Wagner	Mu	United States Navy Rear Admiral (retired) and former Chief, United States Navy Dental Corps
Mary Carlin Yates	Gamma Mu	U.S. Ambassador to Burundi (1999–2002) and Ghana (2002–2005)

Science and education

Name	Chapter	Notability
Emily Barringer	Psi	First woman resident at New York City's Gouverneur Hospital
Sarah Gibson Blanding	Beta Chi	President of Vassar College (1946–1964)
Edith Clarke	Eta	First woman to earn an electrical engineering degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S., 1919), first woman elected fellow of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Kathy Cox	Epsilon Epsilon	Georgia superintendent of public schools
Mary Maxwell Gates	Beta Pi	Served on the board of regents University of Washington (1975–1993), mother of Bill Gates
Virginia Gildersleeve	Beta Epsilon	Dean of Barnard College (1911–1947), delegate at the 1945 United Nations Conference on International Organization
Sarah Lee Lippincott	Beta Alpha	Astronomer, professor emerita at Swarthmore College
Louise Pound	Sigma	Folklorist and professor at the University of Nebraska
Gertrude Van Wagenen	Beta Zeta	biologist and professor at Yale University, pioneering primate research on reproduction and contraception
Mareta West	Beta Theta	First female astrogeologist, chose the site for the first human Moon landing

Sports

Name	Chapter	Notability
Roberta Alison	Gamma Pi	Professional tennis player, runner-up at the 1965 Cincinnati Masters
Kristin Armstrong	Beta Kappa	Cyclist, two-time Olympic gold medalist in the individual time trial in 2008 and 2012.
Peggy Kirk Bell	Delta Epsilon	Professional golfer, won the 1949 Titleholders Championship
Patty Berg	Chi	Professional golfer and a founding member of Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame
Jane Blalock	Delta Epsilon	Professional golfer, member of the LPGA
Doris Hart	Delta Kappa	Professional tennis player, won the U.S. Women's Open in 1954 and 1955, inductee of the International Tennis Hall of Fame
Eleanor (Elle) Logan	Beta Eta Deuteron	Rower, first American rower to win a gold medal in three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012, 2016)
Kelley O'Hara	Beta Eta Deuteron	Professional soccer player, Sky Blue FC. Olympic gold medalist with the U.S. Women's National Team at the London games in 2012. 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Champion.
Helen Wills Roarke	Pi	Professional tennis player, won the French Championships four times, the U.S. Championships seven times, and Wimbledon eight times
Betty Robinson Schwartz	Upsilon	Received the gold for the 100 m at the 1928 Olympics, and again at the 1936 Olympics for the 4 × 100 m relay
Hollis Stacy	Delta Epsilon	Professional golfer, won the U.S. Women's Open in 1977, 1978, and 1984
Genevra (Gevvie) Stone	Zeta Phi	Rower, Single Sculls, competed in London 2012, earned Silver medal in Rio 2016
Isabella Tobias	Gamma Phi	Professional ice dancer, represented Lithuania at Sochi 2014, won bronze at 2011 Skate America, and placed in top ten at two European Championships
Donna de Varona	Gamma Xi	Swimmer, received two golds at the 1964 Olympics, and again at the 1963 Pan American Games
Sharon Weber	Beta Nu	Gymnast, judge at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Beth Whittall	Gamma Delta	Canadian swimmer, won the Lou Marsh Trophy
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman	Pi	Professional tennis player, won the U.S. Championships in 1909, 1910, 1911, and 1919

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