Educational Foundation

The Educational Foundation fundraises and stewards the generous donations of alumni and Friends of Pilam in order to award scholarships and helps fund other educational initiatives for our undergraduate members.  

Gary Sanders

President

Gary is an alumnus of the PA Sigma Upsilon chapter at Shippensburg University. He is Client Manager for Equus Software offering corporate solutions for moving employees internationally. Equus simplifies the complex world relocating people globally encapsulating shipments, immigration, and tax.

Gary is a former Executive Director of the Fraternity, chapter advisor, and has served on the International Executive Council and numerous committees. He currently lives in Denver with his wife Lisa.

Travis Collings

Vice President

Travis attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, graduating in 2009 with degrees in Economics and Personal Finance. He later obtained an MBA in Management also from the University of Wisconsin-Madison graduating in 2014. As a member of the Omega Chapter of Pi Lambda Phi, he was KOE for two years then after graduating served as a Chapter Advisor for five years. Travis has worked in a variety of professional finance roles over 15 years spanning financial services, corporate, and operational finance, currently overseeing financial performance for a large North American logistics network. He holds a Certified Financial Planner TM designation and is passionate about youth financial literacy. Travis currently resides in Boston, MA with his wife.

Jim Morris, H.B.

Treasurer

Jim attended Drexel University, graduating in 1982 with a BS in Business
Administration with a concentration in Accounting. He successfully
completed the requirements for licensure as a Certified Public Accountant
in 1984 and has maintained an active license to practice ever since. Jim
also obtained an MBA in Finance from Loyola University Maryland,
graduating in 1992. As a member of the Pennsylvania Delta Iota Chapter
of Pi Lambda Phi, he served as Social Chairman and KOE.

Since his graduation, Jim has served the Fraternity as a Chapter Advisor,
Regional Governor and member of the International Executive Council,
serving as the Treasurer between 2002 and 2008. In recognition of his
service to the Fraternity, Jim was awarded a Council Key in 2003, the
Edward Goldman Alumnus Achievement Award in 2014 and a Diamond
Chip Council Key in 2022.

Professionally, Jim worked in a variety of roles in the banking and
insurance industries, specializing in audit, operations, internal controls
(including SOX and Model Audit Rule implementation and compliance) and
regulatory financial solvency. Jim retired as a Director at Baker Tilly’s
insurance regulatory practice in December 2024.
Jim currently resides in Lutherville, MD, with his wife Mari, a retired
elementary school educator and administrator.

Roger Orloff, Big Pi, H.B.

Secretary

Roger Orloff joined New York Kappa Tau Chapter at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1957. He served as Rushing Chairman, Marshal, and Scribe. He has been Chapter Advisor to Ohio Beta Tau Chapter at Baldwin Wallace University, editor of the national periodical the Tripod, delegate to two national conventions, chapter representative to the National Executive Council and was awarded both the Council Key and the Diamond Chip Council Key with a by the International Executive Council.

Recipient of a Bachelor of Management Engineering from Rensselaer and a Master of Business Administration with Distinction from Harvard Business School, he is President of the Acquisition Search Corporation, which advises and assists owners and chief executive officers on strategic acquisitions and on the sale of entrepreneurial businesses to strategic buyers and whose TASCforce Consulting division empowers entrepreneurs to recognize and remove roadblocks to accelerating growth, increasing profitability, building shareholder value, and creating great companies.

Roger lives in Atlanta. He is Vice Chairman of the Rensselaer Lally School of Management Dean’s Advisory Council, Trustee of the Rensselaer Annual Fund Advisory Council and Chairman of its Patroon Society, and has been Vice President of the Rensselaer and Trustee of the Harvard Business School Alumni Associations. The Rensselaer Alumni Association awarded him its highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award.

Bob Klausner

Trustee

Bob is a graduate of the University of Florida (1974) and the University of Florida College of Law(1977).  He pledged the Florida Delta Chapter of Pi Lam as a freshman in 1970 and was initiated in 1971, following in his family legacy of Pi Lam membership dating back to the1950s.

While at the University of Florida, Bob served as president of the Interfraternity Council. He was awarded the Rafer Johnson award in 1974.  Since graduating law school, Bob has practiced law representing retirement plans for state and local governments throughout the United States.

Bob married Kathy Koplin, a member of AEPhi at Florida in 1976. They have four daughters, four sons in law and seven grandchildren.

Bob has remained a regular donor to the Pi Lambda Phi Educational Foundation and joined the Foundation board in 2024.

Dan Scott, H.B.

Trustee

Dan graduated the University of Illinois in Urbana in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting. Dan is a member of the Illinois Tau Delta Chapter of Pi Lambda Phi. While an active undergraduate brother, Dan held the offices of Recruitment Chairman and New Member Educator. He also participated in most intramural sports which included a football championship team his senior year. Dan currently resides in Northbrook, Illinois with his wife and three daughters. He currently practices real estate and personal injury law in his own practice: Chepov & Scott, LLC. Dan served as the President of the Fraternity from 2006 through 2010. Dan was awarded a Council Key in 2008 and the Edward Goldman Alumnus Achievement Award in 2011.

Daniel Webster posing for a picture while smiling

Daniel Webster

Trustee

After graduating from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley, Daniel began his career in banking at US Bank. He ascended the corporate ranks, earning a promotion to Vice President at 27. During this time, Daniel also continued to pursue his passion for Academics. He invested his free time into helping students of all ages elevate their academics, leadership, college essays and career paths to the next level. All of these students were accepted to Top Universities and went on to continued success in their professional careers. These results inspired the creation of Driven Academics Inc. As President of the Company, Webster’s goal is to inspire, educate, and elevate as many Students as possible. Daniel is also the first non-doctor to serve on the Santa Clara County Dental Foundation Board of Directors. Most recently, Webster joined the Pi Lambda Phi International Executive Council, where he will utilize his leadership experience to increase fundraising and alumni engagement for the fraternity.

Shawn Mahoney

Author

Shawn was initiated via the Temple University Chapter (PA Alpha Delta) and graduated in 1992. He has more than 25 years of professional experience in marketing, design, copywriting, and digital communications. He served Pi Lambda Phi and the PA Alpha Delta Chapter in numerous roles including Chapter Advisor, Secretary of the PA Alpha Delta Alumni Association, and Pledge Representative to the Social Committee.