National Executive Board
2025-2027
Charlotte D. Berry, M.Ed.
24th National President
Wendy Jacques
National President Elect
Donna Mitchell
National Recording Secretary
Vonetta Martin
National Financial Secretary
Nicole George
National Treasurer
Cynthia Harris
National Journalist
CR Director
Gina Blanks Barry
Dr. Audrey Douglas-Cooke
ER Director
Gloria Waddles Perry
FWR Director
Didi S. Boynton
SR Director
Dr. Valencia D. Hall
SWR Director
Karen Arey
Executive Director
President's Message
Welcome to the 2026–2027 Sorority Year
Dear Sorors and Auxiliary Members:
With grateful hearts and renewed enthusiasm, we welcome the 2026–2027 sorority year for Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Incorporated. This new year arrives with great expectations, bold opportunities, and a shared commitment to move upward and onward in efficient service. As we prepare for what lies ahead, we do so with confidence in our collective strength, faith in our mission, and excitement for the growth that awaits every chapter, region, and Soror.
This is a season of new beginnings with intentional purpose. We are called to lead with clarity, serve with excellence, and embrace every assignment as an opportunity to uplift our sisterhood and the communities we serve. Through Soror ingenuity, we will continue to transform ideas into action, challenges into possibilities, and planning into meaningful progress.
We also pause to celebrate the successful completion of each region’s planning meetings. These gatherings reflected dedication, collaboration, vision, and sisterly purpose. The work accomplished in every region has positioned us to enter the year prepared, aligned, and ready to advance the programs, partnerships, and priorities that define the impact of Iota Phi Lambda.
As we look forward to July 2027, we do so with anticipation and pride as we prepare to celebrate the 98th National Anniversary Convention. This milestone will be more than a gathering; it will be a celebration of legacy, leadership, sisterhood, and the enduring vision that has carried our beloved sorority forward since 1929. May our preparations reflect the excellence of our past, the promise of our present, and the brilliance of our future.
Let us enter this sorority year united in spirit, strengthened by sisterhood, and committed to purposeful growth. May we encourage one another, celebrate one another’s successes, and continue to build bridges of service, leadership, and opportunity wherever Iota’s light shines.
With great expectations and intentional purpose, let us begin this new year together—focused, faithful, innovative, and inspired.
In Sisterly Service,
Charlotte D. Berry, M.Ed.
24th National President
About Us
Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc., founded in 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, is a national business and professional women’s organization which strives to:
Unite in sisterhood qualified business and professional women in order to enhance and improve the status of women in our highly complex, competitive business and professional world;
Promote increased interest in the broad field of business education among high school and college young women through planned programs and scholarships;
Encourage the development of personal goals and leadership potential; and
Establish and promote civic and social service activities for youth and adults.
The Sorority’s national theme: Professional Business Women Propelled by Ingenuity: Intentional Purpose #Designed1929 #Driven2023-2027 #Distinction2029
The Lola M. Parker Foundation for Economic Empowerment of Business and Professional Women further supports the mission of Iota.
Business Month, celebrated in April each year, is dedicated to fostering and promoting business awareness, education, and economic empowerment within the community. This annual observance aligns with our mission to enhance the business acumen and entrepreneurial spirit of its members and the community at large.
Our national youth auxiliary, Future Iota Leaders (FIL), consists of pre-teen and teenage young women and men aged 10-20 who benefit from the guidance and inspiration of positive role models- Iota women, the Men of Iota and Pelatis auxiliaries, and the broader community. The FIL program is designed to develop potential, character, and personal development. Our signature program, TOYS U CAN’T RETURN™, helps local communities learn more about teenage pregnancy and develop effective action agendas for preventing children from having children.
The Iota Mothers Assistance Program is an outreach program to meet the needs of teen and disadvantaged mothers by providing resources and referrals for health, employment, scholarships, and leadership development. Iota Phi Lambda Sorority proudly awards scholarships of more than $75,000 annually to deserving youth at the national, regional and local levels.
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