Alfredo A. Cruz (Alf) is a Sigma Pi alumnus from Troy University’s Delta Psi chapter (1992) in Alabama where he majored in English.  He served his chapter as Herald, pledge educator and scholarship chairman.  His experience in Sigma Pi translated into his immediate professional career.  He has worked as the program officer for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, a national funder based in Miami (Fla.) and with regional offices throughout the country.  There he worked in the arts and culture program for five years before being promoted to program officer for various Knight cities including Grand Forks, (ND), Tallahassee and Bradenton (Fla.), Columbia and Myrtle Beach (S.C.), and Biloxi (Miss.).   During his ten-year career in philanthropy, he also served on the board of affinity groups such as Hispanics in Philanthropy and Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy.  In 2003, he moved to Tallahassee to better understand this and other communities in which he worked.  He has served on the Tallahassee Performing Arts Committee and is a steering committee member of the Whole Child Leon Project, a board member of Capital Area Healthy Start Coalition and a new member of the United Way of the Big Bend’s For Young Leaders Only (FYLO), a group to nurture philanthropy among young professionals under 40.

Alfredo enjoys volunteering his time in the community and being a full-time student at Florida State University where he is pursuing a degree in Public Administration and Urban Planning.

Faculty Advisor: Mark Akerson- alumni from Eta Epsilon- physician in Marianna, Florida and Associate professor of the School of Medicine at FSU.

Housing Advisor:  Rob Kasper- alumni from Eta Epsilon- currently in real estate in Tallahassee with fellow alumni Adam and Josh Kasper.

Member Education Advisor: Ernie Ladkani, (Eta-Epsilon Chapter; Alpha class) graduated from FSU in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Anthropology/Archaeology and a minor in Geology.  Ernie completed graduate studies at the University of Houston in 2002.  Ernie is currently a supervisor and senior environmental planner with PBS&J.  Ernie recently relocated back to Tallahassee with his wife, Brenda, and 15-month old son, William.