Andrew DeRussy, Georgia Tech ‘03, became the second Delta Sig in late 2008 to be elected IFC President on his campus, being named to the post at Georgia Tech on November 10, 2008. We recently mentioned that Patrick Sebastian, East Carolina ’06, was named IFC President on his campus as well.
For DeRussy, the first graduate student to ever be elected to serve as IFC President at Georgia Tech, running for the position was to make the IFC run more efficiently from within and to change the perception that the IFC is only in place to police and make rules. He leads a group of seven executive board members, who are responsible for managing the IFC made up of 31 national/international fraternities on campus.
“I am focusing on communication,” DeRussy said. “We are hosting President's Dinners twice a month where one IFC executive member has dinner with 3-4 chapter presidents. The 3-4 presidents are chosen based on proximity, dumpster sharing, chapter size, and cultural similarities. Through the dinners and frequent programming at our general assembly meetings, I hope to impress to the presidents that their IFC is a resource that is here to help and to promote safety.”
Prior to serving as the IFC President, DeRussy served as the president and treasurer of the Alpha Gamma Chapter of Delta Sigma Phi, as the Vice President of Administration on Georgia Tech’s IFC, and is a graduate of the Delta Sig Leadership Institute.
About his election, he said, “I am honored that other chapter presidents felt that I was the most qualified to lead them. I will be happy if and only if some positive change is made in the policies and in the perception of what IFC does for its chapters.”
In addition to serving as IFC President, DeRussy is working toward a Ph.D. in Geochemistry, which he expects to complete in 2014. He graduated from Georgia Tech with his undergraduate degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2008.
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