House Corporation - Beta Rho Chapter of Kappa Delta
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What is House Corporation?

The House Corporation Board of Directors is composed of a group of alumnae volunteers, as well as the Chapter President, Treasurer, and House Manager.  The House Corp is responsible for all matters involving the structure, maintenance and running of the Chapter House, including housing contracts.  The current House Corp Board is made up of all Beta Rho alumnae volunteers. 
 
This Board is the fiduciary backbone of the organization, and conducts it's self under a 501C non-profit business.  They employ the House Director, the Cook, and the Hashers (bus boys).  They are the responsible party for collecting Room & Board, overseeing and paying all vendors (ie: the house keeper, landscape maintenace, handyman, utilities, etc.), and are the property "managers" on behalf of all Kappa Delta Alumnae of Beta Rho.

Our Staff:

Cathy Johnson

House Director

(aka: House Mom)

Red Rose, Spinning

Cathy Johnson is our House Director. She lives onsite.  Cathy’s responsibilities for Kappa Delta include supervision of the chef, the housekeeper, bus boys (hashers) and maintenance personnel.  She assists the chef with menu planning and food ordering within a budget; serves as a mentor to chapter members; maintains an open-door policy; helps to hosts meals and special events; records expenses and submits invoices to the House Corporation.  Cathy maintains an excellent relationship with chapter members, her staff and the House Corporation Board.
 
Cathy has an entrepreneurial spirit and has owned a catering and children’s party and wedding planning business, taught cake-decorating classes, managed a restaurant, worked as a professional seamstress for a bridal salon.  She has  been a retail distributor for Hallmark Cards, and as a school cafeteria manager.  Cathy enjoys the company of her 4-pound dog named Ms. Peabody.

Gaetano Spinelli

Food Manager

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He worked with Cathy in Stockton.
 


Recent House Improvements

Summer 2008 - IN PROGRESS!
  • Gut and renovate entire kitchen and back hall area
  • Update all kitchen appliances
  • New couch in Rec Room
  • Electrical Panel Upgrade (fire safety)
  • Plumbing repairs for laundry machine drainage
  • All old windows ungraded to new vinyl ones
  • Blinds in all new windows
  • Painting bedroom walls
  • Installing A/C throughout the house

December 2007
  • Completed wall & floor repair from extensive water damage in Rec Room and laundry/bath area
  • Replaced carpet in Rec Room
  • Replace flooring in laundry/bath area

Summer 2007
  • Removed popcorn ceiling in dinning room
  • Installed "can" lights in dinning room on 2 separate switches
  • Installed 2 new ceiling fans in dinning room
  • Painted House Director's room
  • Hire new House Director (after 9 years!)
  • Hired new Cook (stole him from a Country Club!)
  • Hired new House Keeping staff
  • New flat screen TV in Rec Room
  • Hired Fix-it guy Ron to wiggle all knobs and doors!

Summer 2006
  • Installed french doors in formal living room
  • Installed concrete landing and brick lined walkway in front yard
  • Timmed all trees
  • Installed all new irrigation and landscape in front yard
  • Installed night time landscape lighting in front yard
  • Painted exterior of house using 3 tones
  • Painted formal living room, foyer, front stairs and dinning room
  • Removed window bars
  • Replaced windows with new vinyl windows
  • Replace old shutters with new window blinds
  • Update all silk flower arrangement (via a KD alum!)
  • Misc general handyman work
  • Replaced old dishwasher with new rental

Summer 2005
  • Gutted and renovated all bathrooms (6)
  • Painted entire interior of house

Summer 2004
  • Redecorated TV Rec Room and Formal Living Room