Please tell us about your career or profession.

I graduated from Wabash College (IN Gamma) in May of 2024 with no real direction on what I wanted to do. I decided to take up a fellowship opportunity through the North American Language and Culture Assistant Program (NALCAP) to teach English language and USA culture in Spain for a school year (8 months).

During this time, I also took up an intern opportunity with Bridge Builder Strategies, a strategic advising firm located in Indianapolis that supports non-profits, governments, faith based organizations, education institutions, etc. I quickly earned an opportunity to take on this role full-time when I moved back from Spain at the end of May 2025.

Throughout the last year, I have grown my skills in project management where I have been able to support projects as a lead project manager (City of Westfield, Shepherd Community Center, 16 Tech Innovation District, and many more internal programs/products that include workbased learning/immersive experiences, AI, and human capital).

How has volunteering helped you live your values?

Overall, I think my work closely aligns with our motto, The Great Joy of Serving Others. Through my professional work and my volunteer engagements, I feel like I most accurately depict what this motto truly means. This isn’t just a throwaway statement that we make throughout the year, it is something that we are to live. I carry this statement close to my heart and mind.

I have never been the one who enjoys the spotlight, recognition, or whatever comes with success. That’s not me and that’s not why I do the work that I do. It is the relationships that I am able to build and the people I am able to support.

I have grown a lot over the past 3.5 years since I was elected President of the Chapter back in 2022, and there is so much more I am able and want to do with the knowledge that I have gained.

Through my Advisor position, I have the opportunity to continue helping the undergraduate brothers. It is very easy to lose knowledge as seniors graduate, and I have noticed a lot of complacency within my chapter. Sure, it is easy to cruise through life when everything is going well, but that should not allow us to pause our efforts of growth and risk management/mitigation. Through my existing relationships with school administration, alumni of my chapter and National, and the undergrads in IN Gamma, I am able to achieve my life’s mission in serving others.

What inspires you to volunteer for Phi Kappa Psi and support our members?

I fit into this role uniquely. I am still connected to the current JR and SR brothers in the house, the wiser (older) alumni members of housing corps, and all the young alumni who have disconnected from the organization and brothers. I get to play this liason between the undergraduates and the alumni. I am so new to both that I am able to understand both perspectives during times of competing motives.

The inspiration that I have comes from the undergraduates. I grew so much as a person during my time in house that I want to be able to help mentor and grow the current and future undergraduates.

I have found great enjoyment in being an active young-alumnus, and I am happy I am able to give my time, talents, and treasures to the organization at all levels.

Throughout your time volunteering, please share a moment that has reminded you why fraternities matter.

That is an interesting question… I don’t think I could give a clear moment, but it would be my reflection of my time as an undergraduate as a whole. When I was still in school, I was lost and falling into bad habits that not only hurt me, but it hurt the brotherhood and fraternity as a whole. It was through conversations with alumni that really opened my eyes to what matters most: brotherhood and mentorship.

Through my commitment to the chapter, I am a source of support for all things associated with personal, fraternal, and professional growth for the undergraduate members. At times, things go sideways and you can get this feeling of being stuck. This has happened a few times to our exec team throughout the past few months since they were elected in November of 25.

I have been there to support the team through the ups and downs, just as the alumni did for me when I was in their position. Life throws some mean curveballs that really get to us, but we do not have to swing alone. We do not have all the answers, so it is key to offer support and be supported.

Through my engagement and the current leadership’s thankfulness, I understand why fraternity matters, I understand why brotherhood matters, I understand why being the person I am in this position is so important: to be there for each other.

Why is it important for you, personally, to stay involved with Phi Kappa Psi as an alumnus?

Phi Kappa Psi, along with Wabash College, changed my life for the better. I look back to the time when I accepted my bid to the IN Gamma chapter and cannot believe how much I have grown. Not only has the IN Gamma brothers and alumni given me opportunities professionally that I would not get anywhere else (intern at former Sen. Braun’s Indianapolis office and my current full-time role at Bridge Builder Strategies), I have also had the opportunity to continuosly network and meet brothers from across the county. These people are why I stay connected to the system and organization.

More specifically, I have noticed that a majority, if not all, recent graduates do not take up responsibility to join housing corps, attend alumni events, and stay connected to the National organization. It is a lot easier to say, “I did my time,” than it is to take time from your busy life as a recent graduate navigating young-adulthood to be an active alumnus.