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[email protected] PHI KAPPA TAU FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RESIGNS TYLER WASH’S TENURE WILL END IN FEBRUARY January 17, 2017: Oxford, Ohio—Phi Kappa Tau announced today that Tyler Wash, Georgetown ’06, will resign as the executive director of the Phi Kappa Tau Foundation effective February 1. Wash will become the executive vice president of the Delta Sigma Pi Leadership Foundation. Delta Sigma Pi is that nation’s leading co-ed professional business fraternity with nearly 300 chapters and over 265,000 initiates and is headquartered in Oxford, Ohio. Wash enjoyed a nine-year tenure on Phi Kappa Tau’s professional staff, with four years as the Foundation’s executive director. Wash's leadership as the executive director has seen transformational advancements throughout many aspects of the Foundation. The key achievement was the creation and execution of the Foundation’s first comprehensive strategic plan. The Foundation’s Brotherhood Fund (annual giving) grew steadily year after year and is now at an all-time high under Wash’s leadership. During this time, the Foundation also launched intentional major gift and planned giving programs, which created a dedicated focus on transformational giving. In addition to his service as the executive director, Wash served as the 20th editor-in-chief of the Laurel, Phi Kappa Tau’s magazine. During his tenure as editor-in-chief, Wash oversaw a complete redesign of the magazine, including the visual appearance and content direction. “His presence will be missed, but the foundation he has laid will find the organization light-years down the road from the day he began.” remarked CEO Tim Hudson, Truman State ’97.