Bren second to serve as DGM

 

Brother Wesley C. Bren IC '85 was appointed District Grand Master for Southern-Ohio District by the Kappa Sigma Fraternity Supreme Executive Committee on June 1, 2022. 

Bren becomes the second alumnus from Theta-Upsilon Chapter to serve in this role. Brother Michael L. Hayes IC '72 was the first of the chapter's alumni to serve as DGM in Ohio from 1980-1982. 

He also becomes the second Bren to serve as DGM in Ohio, as his father, Brother Donald J. Bren, an alumnus from Gamma-Xi '49 Denison University served as DGM from 1970-1971.

Brother Bren served Theta-Upsilon Chapter as Grand Master and Alumni Relations Chairman as an undergraduate member where he organized the 20th anniversary celebration and published several Kappa Signals.

He served as Assistant District Grand Master, Volunteer Development for Southern Ohio since 2015 helping to plan and deliver training to all volunteers in Ohio and also Great Lakes District Conclaves. He was recognized as Kappa Sigma ADGM of the Year in 2021.  

Bren also served as Alumnus Advisor for the Theta-Upsilon Chapter (2013-2016 & 2020-2022) where he was the driving catalyst for Theta-Upsilon's reinstallation. He also served as the Alumnus Advisor for the Nu-Psi Chapter at the University of Cincinnati (2017-2018) where his his son Andrew was a 2017 founding father at the chapter and served as Grand Procurator. Kappa Sigma runs deep in his family!

Bren is a Jackson Man and a financial donor to the Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund through SAJ Weekends in March.

He was recognized by the Chapter as the "Brother of the Year" in 1992 for his efforts restarting the an Alumni Association and organizing the 25th Anniversary Celebration.  

In 2011 he became a founding board member of the newly establish KSTUAA (Kappa Sigma, Theta-Upsilon Alumni Association) and has served as its president until 2018. He has served on the Communication and Events Committee as the main author of the Fricker Report, Fricker Flash and other communications, helped with the planning of the 45th, 50th and 55th Anniversary Celebrations and was the co-creator with his little brother, Brad Flinders IC '86 in creating and organizing the annual Fricker Cup golf tournaments. He is currently serving as the Chair of the Chapter Advisory Council, the second standing committee within KSTUAA. He was inducted into the Theta-Upsilon Chapter’s Hall of Fame in 2017.

Bren follows Brother Matthew Charnas, Alpha-Sigma '04 who has served as DGM for 9 years and turns over the Alumnus Advisor responsibilities to Brother Garett Reinhart, Nu-Psi, University of Cincinnati, '17 who served as Grand Master and Grand Treasurer as an undergraduate and served last year as the Assistant Alumnus Advisor - Grand Treasurer for Theta-Upsilon. 

As District Grand Master of Southern-Ohio, Brother Bren will be working with the volunteers and Executive Committees of five chapters: Gamma-Xi (Denison University); Theta-Omicron (Muskingum University); Theta-Upsilon (Miami University); Nu-Psi (University of Cincinnati) and Tau-Mu (Capital University). He is also working with the Alumni of Alpha-Sigma (The Ohio State University) with a dormant chapter.   

Brother Bren graduated from Miami University with a B.F.A. in 1988 and from the University of Cincinnati with an M.B.A. in 1997. Professionally, he works at Oracle as a pre-sales consultant for customer experience and cloud applications. He has lived in Cincinnati with his wife Charlene since 1988 and in addition to Andrew has two married daughters and a redtick coonhound that occasionally accompanies him on Kappa Sigma related calls!