Leadership of Phi Gamma Delta

This list includes all paid, professional positions held by brothers in the Headquarters office.

The first paid officers were the Archon Secretary and the Editor of The Phi Gamma Delta magazine, although these were only part-time positions. Occasionally other brothers might "clerk" for short-term projects like catalog compilation.

The full-time professional staff began in 1913 with the first Field Secretary, who worked out of the Archon Secretary's office when not traveling. Next came the Executive Secretary. The first, James A. Farrell, occupied the position for one year. Following his resignation, the 1921 Birmingham Ekklesia abolished the office.

The following year, the Archon Secretary brought Editor Cecil J. Wilkinson to Washington as headquarters office manager. The Colorado Springs Ekklesia in June, 1926 revived the office of Executive Secretary. Wilkinson served in that capacity for over thirty years.

In 1948, J. Earle Dunford, Jr. (Richmond 1947) was hired as Assistant Executive Secretary. His successor was James F. Hudson (Missouri 1946). Hudson later became Editor, a position previously occupied by the Executive Secretary. The Executive Director resumed the Editor role starting in 1968.

In 1976 the Assistant Executive role spun off the Director of Chapter Services. The following year the Assistant Executive disappeared, replaced by a Director of Programs. Then came the Director of Business Affairs (known as the "DOBA") from 1987 to 1996, when it evolved into a new Assistant Executive Director until 2006 when it was replaced by the Chief Financial Officer. 

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, directors became more specialized and short-lived to respond to needs, budgetary limits, and field of qualified candidates. Examples include Graduate Services (eventually transferred to the Educational Foundation then back to the Fraternity), Redevelopment, Recruitment, Expansion, Alcohol Education, and Communications (also the Editor). Note: Directors of Redevelopment are listed on the Field Secretary list, as they were usually second-year field men.

Letters following the names indicate other offices held:
President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Councilor, General Appointed Officer, NIC Officer, Editor, Headquarters Staff, Field Secretary.

Durrance Award, Coulter Cup, Haynes Award and Wilkinson Award recipients are also noted.

Executive Secretary/Director

1920-1921 - James A. Farrell (City College 1907) - FS
1922-1959 - Cecil J. Wilkinson (Ohio Wesleyan 1917) - Ed., NIC
1959-1986 - William S. Zerman (Michigan 1949) - Ed., G, FS
1986-1999 - William A. Martin III (Mississippi State 1975) - Ed., HS, FS
1999-2003 - Robert E. Baney (Pennsylvania State 1984) - Ed., HS, FS
2003-2019 - William A. Martin III (Mississippi State 1975) - Ed., HS, FS
2019-____ - Robert B. Caudill (Akron 2004) - Ed., HS, FS

Assistant Executive Secretary/Director

1948-1950 - J. Earle Dunford, Jr. (Richmond 1947)
1951-1959 - James F. Hudson (Missouri 1946) - Ed.
1965-1966 - J. Phillip Morrow (Knox 1963) - FS
1966-1970 - Stephen H. Edwards (Idaho 1964) - S, C, Ed.
1969-1973 - Timothy W. Kilduff (Kent State 1968)
1973-1977 - Charles R. DeWitt (Cincinnati 1972) - FS
1995-2006 - Nicholas M. Altwies (Arizona State 1990) - FS
2020-____ - Todd R. Rotgers (Minnesota 2011) - Senior Director of Undergraduate Services

Chief Financial Officer; Director of Business Affairs (DOBA)

1987-1988 - Kelly B. Powers (Colorado College 1984)
1988-1991 - Robert P. Anderegg (Southern California 1971)
1991-1995 - Glenn D. Moor (Texas Tech 1984)
2006-____ - William T. Shier (DePauw 1988)

Senior Directors

2017-2019 - Robert B. Caudill (Akron 2004), Graduate Development & Operations - GD, Ed, HS, FS
2017-2020 - Todd R. Rotgers (Minnesota (2011), Undergraduate Services - Ed
2021-____ - Dionysis Protopapadakis (Appalachian State 2017) - GE, FS

Director of Chapter Services - East/West (DOCS)

1976-1978 - Marvin J. Carver, III (North Carolina 1975) - T, S, P
1978-1979 - Kenneth L. Telzrow (Ohio State 1978)
1979-1983 - William A. Martin (Mississippi State 1975) - E, Ed., FS
1983-1985 - Eugene D. Coté (Maine 1981) - C, FS, S, P
1986-1995 - Robert E. Baney (Pennsylvania State 1984) - E, Ed., FS
1995-1997 - R. Keith Henley (North Alabama 1989)
1997-2002 - Charles E. Gabe (Hanover 1990) - Ed., FS, G
2002-2015 - James B. Goll (Nebraska 2001) - FS
2015-2018 - Eric L. Lied (Wisconsin 2014) - FS
2018-2021 - Bryan J. Hartzell (Western Kentucky 2014), West - FS, Chapter Development
2020-2021 - Joseph W. Roth (Akron 2019), East - FS, Chapter Development
2021-2022 - Logan McLendon (Alabama Birmingham 2020), East - FS
2022-____    Ben Blacklock (Sam Houston 2015), East

Director of Education (Ed)

2000-2002 - Michael J. Johnson (Nebraska 1996), Alcohol Education
2003-2006 - Joshua R. Goldman (Indiana State 2001)
2006-2012 - Robert B. Caudill (Akron 2004)- Ed., HS, FS
2013-2016 - Todd R. Rotgers (Minnesota 2011)

Director of Graduate Services (GS)/Development (GD)/Involvement (GI)/Engagement (GE); Graduate Secretary

1963-1964 - William R. Hauser (Denison 1950) - P, G
1964-1969 - Dale J. Bruce (Ohio Wesleyan 1952)
1969-1970 - Robert A. Lobel (Kent State 1965)
1986-1986 - Mark R. Wilkison (Vermont 1983), Graduate Services/Development - FS
1990-1991 - Benjamin E. Robinson (Hampden-Sydney 1986), Graduate Services - FS
1992-1996 - Benjamin E. Robinson (Hampden-Sydney 1986), Graduate Services**
2008-2012 - Robert E. Baney (Pennsylvania State 1984) - Ed., HS, FS
2013-2017 - Robert B. Caudill (Akron 2004), Director of Graduate Development - GD, Ed., HS, FS
2017-2019 - Jack O'Neill (Missouri 2012), (Assistant) Graduate Development - FS
2018-2020 - Thomas B. Lovejoy (Oregon State 2014), Graduate Involvement
2019-2021 - Dionysis Protopapadakis (Appalachian State 2017), Graduate Engagement - FS
2022-____   Johnathon Allen (Indiana State 2007)

Director of Programs (P)

1977-1978 - Gary H. Ross (Wisconsin 1974)
1978-1979 - William K. Johnson (WPI 1976) - FS
1979-1983 - Ronald C. Nelson (Richmond 1977)
1983-1986 - William A. Martin (Mississippi State 1975) - E, Ed., FS
1986-1987 - Kelly B. Powers (Colorado College 1984)
1987-1988 - Marshall P. Gould (Syracuse 1984) - FS
1988-1990 - Benjamin E. Robinson (Hampden-Sydney 1986) - FS
1990-1992 - Thomas A. Desjardin (Florida State 1986)
1992-1995 - Nicholas M. Altwies (Arizona State 1990) - FS
1995-1996 - Glenn D. Moor (Texas Tech 1984)
1996-1998 - David J. Willmer (Akron 1992) - FS
1999-2000 - Will C. Kinzel (Gettysburg 1996) - FS
2000-2001 - Gerard M. "Jerry" Golden (Richmond 1999) - FS

Other Director Positions

1997-1999 - R. Keith Henley (North Alabama 1989), Recruitment
1999-2000 - Joseph M. Falk (Case Western Reserve 1996), Recruitment - FS
2000-2002 - Joseph M. Falk (Case Western Reserve 1996), Expansion - FS
2002-2004 - Charles E. Gabe (Hanover 1990), Communications - Ed., FS, G
2002-2004 - Joshua S. Morita (British Columbia 2001), Expansion - FS
2005-2007 - Kurt M. Niebuhr (Kansas State 2003), Expansion - FS
2007-2008 - Marcus Hitt (Wittenberg 2005), Expansion - FS
2008-2010 - Justin M. Burns (Ohio State 2007), Expansion, Chapter Development - FS
2008-2011 - R. Jesse Hitt (Wittenberg 2007), Expansion - FS
2009-2014 - Josh Laufenberg (Illinois 2008), Expansion, Chapter Development - FS
2010-2012 - Wesley J. Martin (Missouri State 2009), Expansion- FS
2011-2013 - Brett W. Pytel (Toledo 2009), Expansion - FS
2013-2015 - Joshua M. Moore (Illinois 2011), Expansion - FS
2014-2017 - Derek J. Murphy (Coastal Carolina 2011), Expansion - FS
2014-2015 - Joshua T. Wiseman (Western Kentucky), (Assistant) Expansion - FS
2015-2017 - Matthew C. Farrell (Connecticut 2013), Expansion - FS
2015-2018 - Colin R. Treanor (Connecticut 2014), Growth - FS
2017-2018 - Bryan Hartzell (Western Kentucky 2014) - Development - FS
2018-2019 - Nicholas L. Hawley (Kettering 2017), Growth - FS
2018-2020 - Alejandro V. Cruz (Northern Arizona 2017), Chapter Development - FS
2018-2021 - Jake B. Lueck (Kansas 2017), Expansion - FS
2020-____ - Andrew Depew (Kentucky 2010), (Assistant) Education
2021-2023 - Tyler Fisk (Wayne State 2020), Fraternal Growth
2023- ____ - Graham Hess (Akron 2021), Fraternity Growth - FS

Other Coordinator Positions

2015-2017 - Luke Francis (Kentucky 2015), Communications
2017-2018 - Michael McDonald (Western Michigan 2014), Communications - FS
2018-2020 - Andrew Depew (Kentucky 2010), Educational Programs & Online Learning

* Mark became Director of Development for the Educational Foundation in 1986
** Ben's position was transferred to the Educational Foundation