About Omicron Delta Zeta Chapter
We are a COMMUNITY-CONSCIOUS, ACTION-ORIENTED organization!
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated Omicron Delta Zeta Chapter is a non-profit 501(c)(7) organization serving the communities of Boca Raton, Delray Beach, and Boynton Beach in South Palm Beach County, Florida, since 1990. Our purpose is to foster the ideals of service, charity, scholarship, civil and cultural endeavors, sisterhood, and finer womanhood. We accomplish this through our programs, initiatives, and committees, and in partnership with local organizations.
Since its inception, Omicron Delta Zeta Chapter has worked with several local organizations to implement a variety of community programs. Our Eldercare program has worked with Lakeview Nursing Home and currently works with Terrace of Delray Beach, the Pompey Park Seniors and St. Matthew's Episcopal Church. We also collect and donate nonperishable items for filling the food pantry at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church and assist with feeding and providing supplies for the homeless.
In conjunction with Spady Museum and Sankofa Study Group, we participate annually in the Kwanzaa event. Our Thanksgiving outreach projects typically include serving the needy at Straghn and Son Thanksgiving Outreach or other local organizations. We have also donated Thanksgiving baskets to foster families in Palm Beach County with Friends of Foster Children. Our chapter's Adopt-A-School program has benefited students at Carver Middle (Delray Beach), Pine Grove Elementary (Delray Beach) and Galaxy Elementary (Boynton Beach).
Omicron Delta Zeta Chapter also provides youth enrichment, scholarship, and leadership development programs for local students in conjunction with our charitable arm, the Zeta Pearl Foundation.
Zeta Pearl Foundation, Incorporated
Zeta Pearl Foundation, Incorporated is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization serving Boca Raton, Delray Beach, and Boynton Beach since 2003 by promoting youth enrichment, scholarship, personal, professional and leadership development.
Our Zeta Pearl programs are designed to partner with local organizations to meet the needs of the community in a consistent manner. Each year, we provide academic scholarships to high school seniors in our service area. Scholarship applications typically open in January of each calendar year and can be found here.
Zeta Pearl's mission is to "strive to make a difference in our local area by identifying challenges and providing the momentum that produces a positive change".
To learn more about Zeta Pearl or to make a tax-deductible contribution to our scholarship fund and service programs, click here.
Charter Members of Omicron Delta Zeta
On December 19, 1990, sixteen women came together to charter the graduate chapter Omicron Delta Zeta Chapter in Delray Beach, FL. A need for a chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. to service Delray Beach, Boca Raton and Boynton Beach was the catalyst for change. The charter ceremony was held at Community Primitive Baptist Church. The first President Omicron Delta Zeta chapter Gwen
Weatherspoon.
Renee Anise
Florence Barnes (T)
Leola Brooks (T)
Shirley Bush-Willis
Charlotte Durante
Doris Delores Greene
Marilyn Harden
Jounice Hill-Parker
Esther Howard (T)
Diane McGriff-Jones (T)
Margaret Newton
Regina Pullum
Gwen Staten
Valerie Swoope
Gwenevere Weatherspoon-President
Elizabeth Wesley (T)
(T) Triumphant: Sorors that we have lost, but not forgotten.
Presidents of Omicron Delta Zeta Chapter
Valencia Spells Anderson
Valencia Spells Anderson
Valencia Spells Anderson
2023-Present
Charlene Farrington
Valencia Spells Anderson
Valencia Spells Anderson
2019-2023
Marilyn Harden
Valencia Spells Anderson
Marilyn Harden
2015-2019
Clovis Moodie
Valencia Spells Anderson
Marilyn Harden
2011-2015
Margaret Newton
Earnestine Cooper
Earnestine Cooper
2008-2011
Earnestine Cooper
Earnestine Cooper
Earnestine Cooper
2005-2008
Margaret Newton
Earnestine Cooper
Margaret Newton
2001-2005
Marilyn Harden
Earnestine Cooper
Margaret Newton
1997-2001
Jounice Hill-Parker
Jounice Hill-Parker
Jounice Hill-Parker
1993-1997
Gwen Weatherspoon
Jounice Hill-Parker
Jounice Hill-Parker
1990-1993
Chapter Officers/Executive Board 2023-2025
Valencia Spells Anderson
Valencia Spells Anderson
Valencia Spells Anderson
Chapter President
Marilyn Harden
Valencia Spells Anderson
Valencia Spells Anderson
First Vice President
Coretta Olieberg
Valencia Spells Anderson
Wanda Pompey-Jackson
Second Vice President
Wanda Pompey-Jackson
Valencia Spells Anderson
Wanda Pompey-Jackson
Secretary
Charlene Farrington*
Chandra McKinney Clarke
Charlene Farrington*
Treasurer
*Immediate Past President
Gloria McAfee
Chandra McKinney Clarke
Charlene Farrington*
Financial Secretary
Chandra McKinney Clarke
Chandra McKinney Clarke
Chandra McKinney Clarke
Parliamentarian
Courtney Davis
Chandra McKinney Clarke
Chandra McKinney Clarke
Historian
Rhonda Gainwell
Rhonda Gainwell
Rhonda Gainwell
Omicron Delta Zeta Chapter would like to thank Soror Rhonda Gainwell for her service as our Parliamentarian during the 2023-2024 chapter year.
We truly appreciate all that you are and all that you continue to do to serve the community and to improve ODZ.
Current Members 2024-2025 Chapter Year
Sheila Acevedo Limontas
Latoryia Barr
Safiya Bernard
Courtney Davis
Charlene Farrington
Rhonda Gainwell
Marilyn Harden
Jounice Hill
Caryla Ivery
Josephine Lewis-Lane
Gloria McAfee
Chandra McKinney-Clarke
Margaret Newton
Marlene Brennen
Martie Lovely
Coretta E. Olieberg
Wanda Pompey-Jackson
Rebecca Ann Pryor
Regina Pullum
Valencia Spells Anderson
Valeria Winston
Deborah Wright
Princess Wyche-Oguntade
Sisterhood in Action
