Alpha Phi Omega - Section C3
Section Staff
Section Chair
Erin Klepper
section.c3.chair@apo.org
Dr. Brother Erin Klepper pledged the Alpha Delta Sigma Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega in the Spring of 2007. As an active brother, she served of offices, her favorite being Vice President of Fellowship. In 2008, she was named a Railroader. As an alumnus, Erin has served the fraternity in a variety of ways. She started as an advisor for the Sigma Alpha Chapter, which is located at the University of Missouri--St. Louis. It was not long before she served as the Advisory Chair of the Sigma Alpha Chapter of APO. She served as the Advisory Chair for over five years before requesting to serve as their community advisor once again. In 2014, she was awarded a Chapter Distinguished Service Key from the Sigma Alpha Chapter, and in 2016, the Sigma Alpha Chapter of APO dedicated Brother Klepper as the namesake to a chapter-specific special award representing the pillar of service. In 2018 at Sectional Conference, Erin was awarded the John K. Ottenad Fellowship Award. Currently, Erin serves as an APO LEADS presenter as well as the Section C3 Chair.
Service and Leadership Development Chair
Chancelor Thomas
He pledged the Sigma Alpha Chapter in Spring of 2009. After a short period abroad in Japan, I returned to the chapter to serve as their Treasurer, President, Membership chair, and VP of Fellowship consecutively. Eventually, he took a step back during my last semester to prepare to become a chapter advisor. After which I became a Sigma Alpha faculty advisor due to my role at the university and then a community advisor/advisory chair which I currently hold to this date. During my active years, I lead the rebuilding of the chapter, expansion of interchapter relations, improving and updating the bylaws, and hosting the chapter’s tenth anniversary celebration. I currently work for Wells Fargo and try to stay active in the community. I like one cat specifically. Only one. His name is Jean."
Fellowship Chair and BOAT Senior Advisor
David Amelloti
"Brother David Amelotti is the current National Service Program Chair for our fraternity. He shares enthusiasm, passion, and a sense of humor with those he meets. Previously he served as chair of our fraternity's "APO Serves 90 with The Jared Box" Project. The native St. Louisan is also the Section 49 Fellowship Chair where he works with active brothers to create section-wide fellowship opportunities known as “Bros of APO Takeover” events. David enjoys music, embraces running, loves food, has an intense addiction to Star Wars and comics. Brother Amelotti pledged to the Beta Psi Chapter at Southeast Missouri State University in the fall of 2010. He transferred to Lindenwood University where he became a brother of the Alpha Delta Sigma chapter while pursuing a major in broadcast journalism. Professionally he is the lead male evening anchor and reporter for KHQA-TV CBS and ABC."
Historian and Alumni Relations Co-Chair
Stephanie Taylor
"Stefanie Taylor is the Graphics Department Manager for Krey Distributing, an Anheuser-Busch distributor. She received her Bachelor’s in Fine Arts from Southeast Missouri State University (Cape Girardeau, MO). She pledged the Beta Psi Chapter in Fall 2003 where she served in multiple positions during her time as an active including; VP of Service and Historian. As an alumni, Stefanie has served on Section 49 Staff for multiple Section Chairs and continues to do a lot of the behind scenes work. Stefanie is a Life Member of Alpha Phi Omega. Sheresides in St. Peters, MO with husband, Brother and Life Member John, daughter Hailey and son Chase."
Historian and Alumni Relations Co-Chair
Annie Holzen
Annie Holzen is an alumnus of Beta Psi.
Interchapter Relations Chair and BOAT Advisor
Liz Connors
Brother Liz Connors pledged APO in fall 2007 with the Sigma Alpha chapter at UM-St. Louis. Following a successful pledge semester in which she developed and coordinated the pledge class service event, Liz served the next 2 semesters as Pledgemaster and participated in APO’s first-ever Membership Academy. In spring 2009 Liz served as President of her chapter and was named a Railroader, awarded the EJ Mackey Leadership Award, and named the Greek Student Leader of the Year Award through her university. As an alumni brother, Liz served on Section Staff from 2009-2015, during which time she served as Membership Coordinator and Communications Liaison. Liz was awarded a chapter DSK from Sigma Alpha in 2013 and worked closely with Section and Region Staff on APO chapter expansion. After a 3 year sabbatical, Liz is honored to be serving on Section Staff again.
Conference and Youth Service Program Advisor
J. David Gilbert Jr.
David is an alumnus of Beta Psi chapter at Southeast Missouri State University. He supports Section 49 chapters with their scouting programs and highlight the achievements of ongoing work in the section. Check out the scouting page to learn how to further enhance your scouting program."
Webmaster
Trista Joy Sullivan
section.49.webmaster@gmail.com
Trista is an alumna of the Epsilon chapter at Truman State University. As an active she served on the executive board as Public Relations, VP of Membership, Interchapter Relations, Pledge Trainer, Conference Fundraising, and Advisor Liaison. From 2014-2016 she served on the Regionals 2016 Bid Committee and then conference committee as the Fellowship Chair. In addition to her service at the chapter level, she also served as a Region VIIII Representative on the National Student Advisory Committee from 2015-2017. As an alumni volunteer, Trista chaired the Region VIII Boundaries Task Force which to re-evaluate the section boundaries of our region. She currently serve as Section 49 Webmaster and as the National Fraternity's Spring Youth Service Day Chair and Youth Serve America Liaison. Trista is currently serving in AmeriCorps State as a College and Career Adviser at St. Clair High School while attending UMSL in pursuit of her Masters in Education: Secondary Counseling.
