Fall 2024 Volunteer Spotlight: Dave Willmer (Akron 1992)
Dave Willmer (Akron 1992)
Dave Willmer has been an active volunteer for the Fraternity for over 25 years. He has served twice as Section Leader in central Ohio for Ohio, Ohio State and Ohio Wesleyan chapters, and has also served his Alpha Omicron Chapter on the Board of Chapter Advisors and House Corporation. One of his main goals as Section Leader is to help re-establish the Sigma Chapter at Wittenberg University and help his chapters reach a GPA above the all-men’s average on their respective campus. Dave was presented with the Fraternity’s Haynes Award in 2024 as its most outstanding Section Leader.
Dave has also volunteered for the Fraternity in other ways, including as an at-large member of the Executive Director Selection Committee in 2018-2019, Chairman of the Expansion Committee at the 2024 Ekklesia, and as a member of the Nominations Committee at past Ekklesiai (2000 and 2002). Prior to his volunteer work, he served the Fraternity as a Field Secretary and as Director of Programs on the Headquarters staff.
Outside of his volunteer work for Phi Gamma Delta, Dave also volunteers his time in and around the New Albany, Ohio area. He is actively involved with the New Albany Special Olympics, New Albany Buddy Up, and the Church of Resurrection 2023-2028 Capital Campaign. Professionally, Dave works for Robert Half, a global consulting and staffing firm, a company he has been with for 26 years. He serves as the Senior District President of their National Technology Accounts.
When asked why he continues to volunteer for the Fraternity, Dave said, “Since the day I was initiated, the Fraternity has given me so much; my time and effort as a volunteer is my attempt to pay back this enormous debt I owe to Phi Gamma Delta.”
Dave and his wife, Kelly, live in New Albany, Ohio, and they have a daughter, Tori (22), and son, Brady (21). He also has a Phi Gam brother, Dan (Akron 1993), who resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
