More than 200 people gathered at Scott’s Seafood Bar & Grill on Aug. 2 to honor Nichole Starr Jordan, a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA), Xi Gamma Omega (XGO) Chapter, as she became the first of their number to lead the Far Western Region. Attendees representing the region’s nine states, leaders from the Divine 9, and local dignitaries were present.

Regional Director Jordan sits on the Board of Directors (Directorate) composed of international officers and nine other regional directors who oversee the management of the sorority’s more than 1,074 chapters throughout the United States and 11 other nations.

The international president and CEO of the directorate provides leadership to 360,000 sorority initiates.

Initiated in Mu Kappa Chapter, UC Davis, Jordan has served the sorority at the chapter, regional, and international levels including as XGO president and Twenty Pearls Foundation president and most recently as International Technology Committee chairman.

Awards for her AKA work include the Mildred L. Robinson Outstanding Chapter President Award and the Charlene D. Carodine Unique Professional Achievement Award. With a Civil Engineering B.S., UC Davis, an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, Jordan was the first African American female to matriculate in the Wharton West Executive MBA program.

Jordan is the chief operating officer at Indr, Inc. As a leader in private industry and community advocacy, she is involved with several non-profit entities including as Bay Area board director of the American Red Cross, president of the board of directors for the San Francisco African American Art and Culture Complex, and a member of Black Women on Boards as the associate producer for “OnBoard the Film,” an award-winning documentary highlighting the contributions of Black women in corporate America.

Joining the celebration from AKA were: Carrie J. Clark, international regional director, Lambda Pi Omega Chapter; Shawn E. Simmons, South Central Regional director, Xi Alpha Omega Chapter; Carol R. Dixon, past Far Western Region director, Rho Delta Omega Chapter; Kimberly Mayfield, deputy mayor, Oakland, CA, XGO; Ka’Dijah Brown, president of the board of directors Berkeley Unified School District, XGO and Cheryl Cotton, California deputy superintendent of Public Instruction, Alpha Nu Omega Chapter.

In attendance also were members of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.: Ryan McCreary, Northern California District director, Gamma Phi Lambda, Berkeley and Jonathan Bouligny, president of Gamma Phi Lambda Chapter.

Kappa Alpha Psi attendees included: Frederic Roots II, Sr., Province Vice Polemarch, Seattle Alumni Chapter and John Norman Sr., Polemarch, Berkeley Alumni Chapter.

Omega Psi Phi member Byron Deadwiler, president of the Xi Nu Chapter was also present.

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