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The list of Chi Omega members includes initiated and honorary members of Chi Omega.

Notable members

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Business

Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Safra A. Catz Beta Alpha President and Chief Financial Officer of Oracle Corporation
Mignon Faget Rho New Orleans–based jewelry designer
Nancy Walton Laurie Psi Namesake of the Leadership Institute of Chi Omega; niece of Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart
Alice Marriot ]}} Entrepreneur and philanthropist, wife of J. Willard Marriott

Entertainment

Angela Kinsey
Lucy Liu
Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Natalie Allen Epsilon Delta CNN anchor
Rhonda Bates Chi Epsilon Actress; The Roller Girls
Ashton Campbell Psi Miss Arkansas 2014 and Miss America runner up 2014
Sarah Swift Iota Alpha Miss Colorado 2023
Caroline Carothers Theta Kappa Miss Texas 2016
Tamira A. Cole Sigma Kappa Miss Black Kentucky USA, author, USA Today All-USA Academic All American and one of Glamour Magazine's Top 22 College Women
Kathryn Crosby Iota Actress
Cece DeCorte Lambda Alpha
Joyce DeWitt Phi Epsilon Actress; Three's Company
Hope Driskill Rho Alpha Miss Missouri 2011 and Top 16 Miss USA, Survivor: Caramoan
Melissa Claire Egan Epsilon Beta Actress; All My Children
Ruth Ford Tau Actress
Taryn Foshee Phi Delta Miss Mississippi, 3rd runner up to Miss America
Sarah Hider Tau Alpha Miss Ohio 2015
Sylvia Hitchcock Nu Beta 1967 Miss USA and Miss Universe
Liza Huber Epsilon Beta Actress
Angela Kinsey Theta Kappa Actress; The Office
Lynne Koplitz Iota Kappa Stand-up comedian
Toby Lightman Nu Singer/songwriter
Lucy Liu Eta Actress known for her work on Charlie's Angels and Kill Bill, and her role as Ling Woo on Ally McBeal
Lynda Lee Mead Tau 1960 Miss America, owner and president of Shea Design & French Country Imports
Linda Miller Rho Actress; All My Children
Mary Ann Mobley Tau Former Miss America (1959) and television actress
Beth Moore Alpha Zeta American evangelist, author, and bible teacher
Annie Mumolo Mu Actress, writer, and producer; Bridesmaids
Sloane Roberts Psi Miss Arkansas 2012
Catt Sadler Theta Beta E! News, E!'s Daily Ten
Shannon Sanderford Epsilon Alpha Miss Texas 2015
Mikaela Shaw Psi Delta Miss Wyoming 2015
Jessica Michelle Singleton Theta Theta Stand-up comedian
Heather Thomas Gamma Beta Actress; The Fall Guy
Ann-Blair Thornton Chi Theta Miss Kentucky 2011
Adair Tishler Rho Mu Child actress
Bethany Trahan Phi Zeta Miss Louisiana 2018
Sela Ward Nu Beta Actress; Sisters, The Fugitive, Once and Again, Dirty Dancing Havana Nights, House
Joanne Woodward Phi Gamma Academy Award Actress; Philadelphia, The Three Faces of Eve

Government

Blanche Lincoln
Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Marsha Blackburn Phi Delta United States Senator representating Tennessee; former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing Tennessee
Martha Layne Collins Lambda Alpha Former Governor of Kentucky
Alison Lundergan Grimes Kappa Beta Former Secretary of State of Kentucky
Shirley Hufstedler Pi Gamma First United States Secretary of Education
Blanche Lincoln Psi Former United States Senator from Arkansas
Molly Beth Malcolm Sigma Zeta First woman chairperson of the Texas Democratic Party
Stephanie Murphy Omicron Beta Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing Florida's 7th Congressional District
Jen Psaki Omicron Beta White House Press Secretary, Democratic Party
Patricia Schroeder Pi Beta Former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing Colorado, first female Congresswoman from Colorado
Joanna Shields Nu Gamma Baroness and British Parliamentarian
Virginia Smith Kappa Former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing Nebraska
Carole Keeton Strayhorn Iota Former Texas Comptroller, made an unsuccessful run for Texas Governor in 2006 as an independent
Mary Ann Tobin Lambda Alpha Former Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts

Literature

Harper Lee
Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Ellen Gilchrist Sigma Epsilon Author of Victory Over Japan, winner of the 1984 National Book Award for Fiction
Harper Lee Nu Beta Author of To Kill a Mockingbird, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient in 2007
Frances Mayes Sigma Author of the novel Under the Tuscan Sun
Anita Shreve Chi Alpha Author of The Pilot's Wife, The Weight of Water, and Sea Glass; O. Henry Award recipient in 1976
Genevieve Taggard Mu 1931 Guggenheim Fellow and poet
Karen White Rho New York Times bestselling romantic fiction author

Philanthropy

Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Cynthia Germanotta Theta Philanthropist, President of Born This Way Foundation, mother of Lady Gaga and Natali Germanotta

Science and education

Susan J. Helms
Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Susan Athey Mu Kappa Professor of Economics at Harvard University, won the John Bates Clark Medal in 2007
Susan J. Helms Pi Gamma NASA astronaut and the first woman to live on the International Space Station
Dawn Clark Netsch Xi Law professor at Northwestern University, Illinois Comptroller
Janet Morgan Riggs Tau Delta President of Gettysburg College
Kathleen Rubins Kappa Lambda Selected as a member of the 20th NASA astronaut class
Martha Dunagin Saunders Epsilon Delta President of the University of Southern Mississippi

Sports

Lin Dunn
Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Christine Brennan Xi USA Today sports columnist, author, and sports commentator for ABC News, CNN, National Public Radio and Fox Sports Radio
Lin Dunn Xi Zeta Head basketball coach for WNBA teams Seattle Storm (2000–2002) and Indiana Fever (2008–present)
Melissa McNamara Epsilon Gamma Head coach of the Arizona State University Sun Devils women's golf team (2009 NCAA champions) and former pro golfer on the LPGA tour
Pat Summitt Xi Zeta Head coach of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, Basketball Hall of Fame and Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee

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