Valerie Hardy, Felicia Williams, Rachele Thomas, Kathy Jones, Dorinda Sizemore (Charter Member), Dr. Belinda Carberry, Harriet B. Welfare, 
Saundra Stephenson, Gail Staggers, Sibyl Brooks, Nancy Hill, Monica Blackman-Smith
Kimberly Phillips, Jody G. Kelly
Paulett Moore-Rogers, Ricquel Pratt, Raynetta Ford-Thames
Tiffany Ladson-Lang, Jackel Robinson, Rosey Rawle-Pitter, Danielle Williams
Not pictured: Cheryl Shoulders (Charter Member), Eleanor Turner (Charter Member), Eleanor Boyd (Charter Member), Amanda Bittle, Leslie DePriest,    Betty Waiters-Fludd, Dr. Chaka Felder McEntire, Vanessa Hutchins, Dr. Tanika Velluci, Melissa Thomas, Robin Pitts, Lashell Rountree, Dr. Melissa Jenkins, Dyrene Newton, Fleda Brown, Myrtle Jones, Shirley Love Joyner, Denise Coles, Virgiree Moore, Brenda Thomas, Lilli Bagley, Carolyn Kinder, Mary Moore, Lillie Bagley, Arie Leaphart, Ida Hickerson, Olivia Green, Lorraine Dotts, Delores Marshall, Louise Currie, Sheena Carpenter, Rosalind Garcia, Delores Garcia-Blocker, Jamie Baker, Cleondra Fulcher, Yolanda Jones Generette, Selah Nobles, Nicole Sanders, Val-Jean Belton, Angela Brunson, Annette Madlock Gatison, Monica Joyner, Ashley Hayes, RajaStaggers-Hakim, Najla Staggers, Stefanie Nicholas, Kathryn Jones, Gloria Rogers, Patsy Mayo, Carolyn Rogers, Arlene F. Hall-Alleyne, Lillian Reason, Janice Wooten, Peggy Moore, Carol Maddox, Royce, Hatfield, Linda Fuller-Houston 

                               Delta Phi Chapter History
     On October 17, 1982, ten active female African-American Educators convened at the home of Jessie Sizemore in Bethany, CT to discuss the possibility of establishing a Chapter of the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Incorporated (NSPDK) in the Greater New Haven area. In attendance were seven educators: Ivory Eckerd, Jean Harris, Frances Judson, Margaret Jarvis, Josephene Parker, Melissa Lowry, Jessie Sizemore. Also in attendance were Ruby Couche - National President, and Catherine Williams and Ruth Gilman, members of NSPDK, Inc.
     On March 12, 1983, at the home of Jessie Sizemore, eighteen (18) Pledgees were inducted into the first Krinon Club of Delta Phi Chapter. The Pledgees were:
             Eleanor Boyd, Jean Harris, Frances Judson, Jessie Sizemore, Carolyn Dickens, Carol Moore, Regina Lilly-Warner, Thelma LaVern Solomon, Barbara Coles-Trader, Dorothy Forbes, Josephene Parker, Georgi Smith-Jennings, Ivory A. Eckerd, Margaret Jarvis, Cheryl Shoulders, Dorinda Sizemore, Verdell Taylor-Roberts, Eleanor Turner
     Delta Phi Chapter received its official charter on Saturday, April 9, 1083 and became the 104th Chapter of NSPDK, Inc. with 18 Charter Members. Delta Phi became and still is the only New England Chapter. Jessie Sizemore, Founder Charter Member, was elected President. The Chartering Ceremony took place at Howard Johnson's Coach Inn in Milford, CT.

     The National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc. (NSPDK) is a nonprofit, educational sorority founded by eight educators desiring to establish a sisterhood among teachers and promote the highest ideals of the teaching profession. NSPDK was the idea of Gladys Merritt Ross, who, on Good Friday, March 30, 1923, convened a group of young teach­ers from Jersey City Normal School in Jersey City, New Jersey to discuss the idea of forming a sorority.
     Eight members of those present concurred, and Newark attorney, J. Mercer Burrell, incorporated the new organization on May 23, 1923 - which is now recognized as the official Founders Day.  Because the original members were all minors, their parents or guardians, Dr. G.E. Cannon, Mr. J.L. Merritt, Mrs. Lottie Cooper and Mrs. Estelle Morris became trustees.
     The eight founders are Gladys Merritt Ross (Mother Founder), Julia Asbury Barnes, Ella Wells Butler, Marguerite Gross, Florence Steele Hunt, Edna McConnell, Gladys Cannon Nunery and Mildred Morris Williams.

Delta Phi Chapter Officers 

Felicia Williams
Chapter President
Mathematics Teacher
H.C. Wilcox Technical High School / CTECS
University of New Haven, Sacred Heart University
"In all your getting, get understanding!" ~ Bishop Herman A. Epps

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Dr. Melissa Jenkins
​1st Vice President
Chief Turnaround Officer
CT State Department of Education
University of Bridgeport, University of Connecticut, Southern Connecticut State University, Western Connecticut State University, Sacred Heart University
"Once you learn to read, you are forever free." - Federick Douglas
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Dr. Tanika Velluci
​2nd Vice President
​Instructional Lead for Humanities
Norwalk Public Schools
Manhattanville College - Bridgeport University - Walden University
​"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Lao Tzu

Dyrene Newton
Recording Secretary
Principal
Brisdgeport Public Schools
Iona College, University of Bridgeport, Concordia Chicago
"Do the right thing, because it's the right thing to do."

Betty Waiters-Fludd
Corresponding Secretary
Principal (Retired)
District 8 Middle School 308 Bronx - New York
City College - New York
​"Let Go and Let GOD!!!!"

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Tiffany Ladson-Lang
Dean of Pledges,
Executive Advisor
Principal
Beardsley School - BPT PS
College of Charleston, Armstrong Atlanta State University,
University of Bridgeport, 
​Sacred Heart University
"May God's purpose lead you through your day. May His counsel guide you in every situation. May His wonderful love bless you wherever He leads."

Leslie DePriest
Treasurer
Assistant Principal 
East Rock Community Magnet - NHPS
UCONN, Quinnipiac University, SCSU
"You are your best thing." 
​~ Toni Morrison
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Jody G. Kelly
Parliamentarian
Speech/ Language Pathologist (Retired)
East Rock Magnet School - NHPS
SCSU, SUNY Geneseo

​"Everything happens for a reason."

Vanessa Hutchinson
​Financial Secretary
Dean of Students (Retired)
​Eli Whitney Technical High School / CTECS
University of New Haven
"It's better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one, then to have an opportunity present itself and not be prepared."