Ryan Temby, RUTGERS 1990, served as Consul of the Theta Sigma Chi colony for 2 years, and was later named a founder of the Iota Psi chapter. As an undergraduate, he founded and incorporated the Rutgers house corporation. Continuing his support of Sigma Chi as an alumnus, he was a chapter risk manager for five years and a chapter advisor, as well as is a facilitator for the Balfour Leadership Training Workshop, Mission 365 recruitment training workshop, Crossroads drug and alcohol program, and Journey chapter development program. He serves on the New Chapter Development Committee and the Derby Days Committee, and is the Grand Praetor of the Southern Ohio province.

Temby began working for Hewlett Packard in 1998 and held many positions in the company. He is currently a vice president of PCMS Datafit. He married his wife, Heather, in 1996, and has two children, Matt and Eryn. He also serves on the Zoning Appeals Board Committee in Powell, Ohio, and enjoys hunting, fishing, and playing video games in his spare time.

Shaver has served as the CEO and president of Affinity Consultants in Carlsbad, Calif., since 1997. With Affinity, Dan leads a team that provides proven licensing and marketing solutions for North America’s leading fraternities, sororities, honorary societies and affinity-rich organizations. He worked as director of marketing for Sigma Chi Headquarters for seven years as well.

Within Sigma Chi, Dan has chaired the Horizons Huntsman Leadership Summit Operating Board and served as a volunteer committee member. He also has served as chairman of the Philanthropy Committee for the Sigma Chi Fraternity. Dan helped establish the Cal. State-San Marcos undergraduate chapter in 2015, and he currently is working with the San Diego State undergraduate chapter and its installation. In 2008, he received the Fraternity’s Mark V. Anderson Character-in-Action™ Leadership Award. He was inducted to the Order of Constantine in 2016. He was elected Grand Quaestor on June 23, 2023, during the 84th Grand Chapter in Toronto.

Dan also loves teaching, serving as session coordinator and guide at Sigma Chi’s annual Horizons Huntsman Leadership Summit in Snowbird, Utah.

Chris Walters is a distinguished alumnus of the Tau Chapter of Sigma Chi, initiated in the Spring of 1997 at Roanoke College, where he earned his undergraduate degree. He furthered his education with a Juris Doctor (JD) from the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond.

Professionally, Walters leads Walters Wealth Management of Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC, where he specializes in delivering endowment management investment strategies to high net worth individuals, families, corporate, and non-profit entities. His expertise in wealth management has established him as a trusted advisor in his field.

A dedicated leader within Sigma Chi, Walters has served the fraternity in numerous capacities. Most recently, he held the position of Chairman of the Enduring Leadership Committee and served on the Horizons Huntsman Leadership Summit Operating Board for the past decade.  Additionally, he is a past Executive Committee Member of the Sigma Chi Foundation’s Board of Governors and was the final chairman of the fraternity’s Educational Leadership Board (ELB). Walters has been a long-time guide and session coordinator at the Horizons Huntsman Leadership Summit and has facilitated a number of leadership programs through Sigma Chi’s many leadership workshops. He remains committed to fostering leadership and brotherhood that leaves a lasting impact on Sigma Chi and beyond.

Actively engaged in his community, Walters currently serves on the Life Ring Committee, working to secure funding to prioritize best-in-class pediatric cancer treatment in the region. An avid golfer, he looks forward to enjoying more rounds on the course in the future.

Seventy-third Grand Consul Wilson, FORT HAYS 1981, was initiated into the Fraternity on May 6, 1978. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in political science and a bachelor of science degree in economics, as well as a master’s degree in international economics from the University of Denver.

Wilson has served the General Fraternity in a variety of capacities at both the international and province levels. While at the University of Denver, he served as chapter advisor and was the secretary-treasurer with the Denver Alumni Chapter. He first became a Grand Praetor for the Rocky Mountain province in 1997 and held that role for 10 years. While as Grand Praetor, Wilson helped reactivate the Pikes Peak Region Alumni Chapter.

He has served on numerous committees, including as chairman of the Peterson Award Review Committee, International Balfour Award Selection Committee, New Chapter Development Committee, Mission 365 Committee and Alumni Engagement Committee, as well as being a member of the Significant Sig Awards Committee, Ritual Peers Committee and the Membership Review Team.

Wilson has served as a summer workshop facilitator in the Quaestor, Magister and Recruitment faculty teams, and he earned the William H. Carlisle Jr. Outstanding Workshop Faculty Award in 1998. He has served as an Officer Training Academy faculty member and being an executive committee member for the Adaptive Leadership and Authentic Leadership courses within the Transformational Leader program. Wilson also became a Horizons Huntsman Leadership Summit program facilitator in its inaugural year.

Wilson was inducted into the Order of Constantine in 2003.

Professionally, Wilson started his commodity trading career while in graduate school and is a founding partner in hedgersedge.com, a consulting firm for the agri-business industry.

Brother Heffner was initiated into the Fraternity on November 21, 2009, at the Iota Eta Chapter at Western Connecticut State University. He holds a dual Bachelor of Arts degree in English and political science, a Master of Education from Post University, and a Doctorate in Education and Organizational Leadership Studies from Northeastern University.

During his time as an undergraduate, he served the Iota Eta Chapter’s Consul for two non-consecutive terms, Quaestor, and Recruitment Chairman. Heffner was also a 2010 graduate of the Huntsman Horizons Leadership Summit and served as an intern and on the Horizons Operating Board from 2011-2012, and attended the Balfour Leadership Training Workshops from 2010-2012 as an undergraduate participant.

Since his graduation, Heffner served as President of the Fairfield County Alumni Chapter from 2014-2019, and as faculty for the Consul and Magister divisions for Workshop and Officer Training Academy from 2013-2022, as well as a facilitator for Mission365. He joined the Sigma Chi Leadership Institute’s Board of Directors in 2021, where he also served as Treasurer. As an active member of the Krach Transformational Leaders Workshop, he facilitated the Values-Based Leadership Certificate and has been the Team Lead for the True North Leadership Certificate Track since 2022. In addition to his service through our leadership programs, Heffner also served on the Mission365 Operating Board, Alumni Services Committee, the Scobey Spirit Initiative, Chapter Advisor Training Committee, Membership Review Boards, and launched the SigTalksWebinar Series through the New York City Alumni Chapter.

Heffner was elected Grand Praetor at the Grand Chapter in Salt Lake City in 2019, overseeing the Hudson Valley Province. During his time as Grand Praetor, he organized the largest virtual gathering and Province Conference for more than 2,000+ participants during the COVID-19 pandemic, and was elected to serve as Dean of the Praetorial College in 2022, where he was responsible for supporting all Grand Praetors across North America, coordinating the annual Grand Officer Summits, and coordinating monthly calls to keep Grand Praetors informed to support their undergraduate brothers. His proudest moment as Grand Praetor was supporting the rechartering and reinstallation of the Iota Psi Chapter at Rutgers University.

Professionally, Heffner serves as the Director of Culture, Organizational Development, and Learning at Post University and as an adjunct professor in Human Resource Management, Business, and Leadership courses. Locally, he supports the American Legion Family, Rotary Club, and young professional organizations focused on personal and professional development.

Walter J. Cooner, Beta Chi `74, was initiated into the Fraternity in January 1971. A retired Air Force colonel, professor, diplomat and aviator, this Semi-Century Sig holds degrees in Asian History from Emory University, in Military History from The Ohio State University, and a professional military degree from the Air War College.

At Emory, Walt was the recruitment chair, consul twice, and president of the IFC. As an alum, he has served Sigma Chi in various international, province and local roles. He filled alumni executive positions with Colorado Springs, Dayton, and Northern Virginia alumni chapters, served on housing boards at Colorado College and the George Washington University, helped recharter five undergraduate chapters, and founded a sixth one at Georgetown. Most recently serving as the Assistant Dean of the Praetorian College, he has been theEastern Province Grand Praetor since 2015.

A member of the New Chapter Development Committee for the last two biennia, Walt also led or served on a dozen CAMAC Membership Review Teams, performed Consul Faculty duties at BLTW and KTLW, and still collaborates with our Officer Training Academy.

Walt is a Life Loyal Sig, a Military Sig, a Foundational Leadership Mentor, a Ritual Peer 2.0, a recipient of the Seven Lights Award, a Significant Sig, and a member of the Order of Constantine. He still flies on occasion, enjoys scuba diving, and dabbles in historical research. He and his wife Sara make their home in Northern Virginia.

Crossan was elected as alumnus member-at-large to the Executive Committee on June 23, 2023, during the 84th Grand Chapter in Toronto. He previously served as Grand Trustee of the Rocky Mountain region from 2021 to 2023. Crossan has been a member of the Fraternity’s alumni services committee, a member of the former Balfour Leadership Training Workshop Operating Board and a facilitator for the Krach Transformational Leaders Workshop. He also was a member of the 2015 Grand Chapter planning committee where he designed and built the event’s website. Crossan has been a member of the Fraternity’s San Diego Alumni Chapter since 2002, serving as president, information technology officer, historian, membership chairman, and activities chairman at various times. He additionally was president of the house corporation at his alma mater, Western Illinois University, from 1997 to 2000 and at San Diego State University from 2013 to 2014 and 2019 to 2021. Crossan was inducted to the Order of Constantine in 2016.

Crossan owns and operates CreativeSights, a web design/development agency and business consulting company based in San Diego.

Park was initiated Dec. 6, 1983, at the Zeta Pi chapter at Texas A&M-Kingsville. During his undergraduate days he served as recruitment chairman, Magister, Pro Consul and Consul. He was honored to serve as Pro Consul for the installation of the Theta Tau chapter at Texas State University in 1987. After graduation, he joined the Zeta Pi house corporation as its treasurer and has held that role since 1996. He was vice chairman of the 75th Anniversary Houston Alumni Chapter Wild Game Dinner and chairman of the Zeta Pi chapter’s 50th anniversary committee. He was a Mission 365 recruitment training program board member from 2009 until 2018. He additionally has served as a facilitator for the Krach Transformational Leaders Workshop and former Balfour Leadership Training Workshop. Presently, he is chairman of the Fraternity’s audit committee and Grand Trustee for the state of Texas. In 2017, he was inducted in the Order of Constantine.

Professionally, Brother Park is Regional President of South Texas of Prosperity Bank and has been in banking for over 35 years. In addition to volunteering for Sigma Chi, Park has chaired numerous non-profit boards such as the Community Food Bank of the Golden Crescent, YMCA of the Golden Crescent, the Victoria 100 Club, United Way of the Crossroads, Perpetual Help Home, Associated Builders and Contractors and has served appointments to special committees in the South Texas area.

He has been married for 30 years to his wife, Patsy, and they are blessed with a daughter, Morgan. In his spare time, Kelly enjoys hunting, fishing and travel.

Cathey graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in biology and a minor in chemistry and general business and will return to Texas Tech for the university’s medical school program. Drawn to helping others, Cathey’s volunteer and work efforts were concentrated in the medical field. He helped administer COVID-19 tests and vaccinations, taught EMT and EKG courses and worked in various clinics, among others. On campus, Cathey served as the vice president of judicial affairs for the Interfraternity Council at his college and participated in a published research paper to study the biological mechanisms underlying fertility and conception. In his chapter, Cathey served as Pro Consul and risk manager, and attended the Horizons Huntsman Leadership Summit.

Brown graduated from DePaul University in Chicago with a degree in political science and minors in history and Russian language. He WAS a member of the Army ROTC and, upon graduation, plans to commission into the Army as an active-duty military intelligence officer=. While in the Army ROTC, he served as the program’s battalion commander and is the first DePaul cadet to be appointed to this position in a large battalion of cadets from five different Chicago-area schools. Brown also  held several leadership positions on campus. He was elected Consul of his chapter his junior year and has held various student government positions, including serving as chief of staff, where he led multiple critical student initiatives.

Rhett Crain, BALL STATE 2026, was initiated into the fraternity’s Epsilon Omega Chapter on October 15, 2022. He is a native to Tulsa, Oklahoma, but his hometown is Noblesville, Indiana. He finds himself entering his senior year at Ball State University studying Operations and Logistics Management. Since joining the fraternity, Rhett has held several executive positions such as Risk Manager, Consul, and currently holds the office of Tribune. Along with his involvement in his chapter, Rhett is an active member on Ball State’s campus as he holds the role of President of the Interfraternity Council, Senator of Ball State’s Student Government Association, Undergraduate Delegate to the Strategic Planning Committee, Vice-President of the Order of Omega, and more. Rhett has also taken advantage of Sigma Chi’s Internship Program and works for our International Headquarters as the Chapter Support and Accountability Intern. Through all of his work, Rhett has recently been awarded the Undergraduate Award of Distinction by the North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC). Through all of this, and more, Rhett is a strong advocate for the next generation of Greek Life and uplifting those around him. He stands to represent what a True North leader looks like and understands there is far more work to be done in the field.