Professional Staff

Ry Beck joins Pi Lambda Phi as the new Chief Executive Officer for both the Fraternity and Foundation. In this capacity, Ry will align both organizations under a unified vision, strengthen organizational impact, and elevate the value of both Pi Lambda Phi membership and partnership.

Bringing two decades of association leadership to the role, Ry most recently concluded a distinguished tenure as the Assistant Executive Director for Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity. His non-profit background also includes roles with Uncommon Schools and Princeton AlumniCorps, and he currently lends his expertise to the industry as a member of the Board of Directors for the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors.

Ry holds an MBA from Butler University, a master’s degree in Adult and Community Education from Ball State University, and a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of North Texas.

A Texas native who has also called New Jersey and Indiana home, Ry and his wife, Liz, recently relocated to Knoxville, Tennessee. In his free time, Ry enjoys live music and festivals, so stories about your favorite concert are always a welcome conversation starter.

Calvin Carie is a 2008 graduate from Vincennes University and a 2011 graduate of Purdue University.  With a degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management, he has held roles with Disney, Marriott, NCAA, and Copper Moon Coffee.  He has served as an advisor for the IN Epsilon Gamma chapter at Vincennes University and the IN Alpha Theta chapter at Indiana University, along with serving as a volunteer staff member overseeing convention operations for the past six years.

Brian joined the HQ staff in June of 2020. Brian attended Eastern Washington University for a degree in political science with a pre-law focus. While at EWU, Brian served two years on the Interfraternity Council as the Vice-President for Interfraternal Relations and the IFC President, two years within the EWU student government as both Director of Elections and Chief Justice, as well as a year as the Vice President for Communications within the WA Epsilon Alpha chapter of Pi Lambda Phi. His passion for the fraternity’s values inspire Brian to want to help grow and expand the mission of Pi Lambda Phi through work with the fraternity headquarters.

Kris is a third-generation and double alumnus of Baldwin Wallace University (2005, 2015), where he was a member of the Ohio Beta Tau chapter. In Ohio Beta Tau he was a refounding father of the chapter, Archon, Chapter Coach, and Vice President of OBT’s Alumni Association. Kris served as a Councilman on the International Executive Council between 2019 and 2022. He began working for the HQ staff as Director of Alumni Relations in September 2022. He then joined our Educational Foundation in September of 2024. Prior to working for the Fraternity and the Foundation, he spent six years working in alumni relations at a university in Ohio. His continued engagement with Pilam stems from the support he received from alumni during OH Beta Tau’s refounding, and, just as those alumni did, living out our motto of “Not Four Years, But a Lifetime.”

In his personal life, Kris is always trying to learn something new, currently exploring longboarding, discovering generative AI and LLM uses, and learning American Sign Language with his kids. Kris shares his passion for travel and of course his love of the Cincinnati Bengals with his wife and two children.