A Word from our Founder
When Beta Delta Phi was founded in 2022, the vision was deeply personal. I wanted to help create the kind of space I knew women deserved—a place where we could show up as our whole selves, find genuine sisterhood, serve with purpose, be challenged to grow, and know that who we are is enough.
That vision has not changed. But we have grown.
We have experienced beautiful moments, difficult lessons, unexpected changes, and seasons that required us to remember what matters most. Through each one, Beta Delta Phi has continued to do exactly what the Phoenix represents:
We Rise.
To the woman reading this ...
Not because every season is easy or because we always get everything right. We rise because we are willing to learn, hold ourselves accountable, and evolve without abandoning the values upon which this organization was built. Today, my vision for Beta Delta Phi extends far beyond the letters we wear. I see an organization whose presence is felt—through meaningful service, community partnerships, mentorship, and opportunities that empower women to discover new dimensions of themselves. Some may become our sisters. Others may simply encounter Beta through the work we do. Both matter.
Sisterhood creates room to learn, lead, heal, laugh, serve, make mistakes, accept accountability, and discover strengths we didn't know we possessed. But it also asks something of us: to show up, protect what has been entrusted to us, lead with integrity even when no one is watching, extend grace without abandoning accountability, and understand that trust is earned.
That is the Beta Delta Phi I am committed to building—not an organization measured solely by how many women wear our letters, but by how intentionally we live the values behind them and how many people are better because Beta was there.
There is so much more ahead of us.
We will continue building. We will continue serving. We will continue reaching beyond ourselves. And when life challenges us to become something greater than we were before—
we will rise.
Because that is what Phoenixes do.
With love, purpose, and great expectation,
Calina Kimbrough
Founder & National Phoenix President
We are warm, but we are intentional. We are sisters, but we are also stewards. Our letters mean something. Our commitments mean something.
And the work we put into the world must mean something.