Chief Executive Officer

Responsibilities
As the Chief Executive Officer, I am responsible for the overall management of Tau Kappa Epsilon. The Fraternity has a full-time paid staff, a multi-million dollar operating budget, and chapters and colonies across North America. I serve as the primary interface between the Fraternity and the media, key constituencies, and various boards and committees. I am the lead staff member on all legal disputes related to the Fraternity, and coordinate the programs and services offered by the Offices of the Grand Chapter to our membership.

About Me

Frater Shawn was initiated in the Lambda-Delta Chapter at the University of Southern Maine in 1985, where he served as Grammateus, Epiprytanis, and 2-terms as Prytanis. Shawn complimented his undergraduate stewardship with interfraternity leadership as the President of the Interfraternity Council and was the first Teke elected to the Northeast Interfraternity Council Conference in 1991 as Secretary; now called the Northeast Greek Leadership Council.

TKE has helped shape Shawn’s commitment to public service. He has served on many local, state and national boards including his alma mater’s Alumni Association Board of Directors, President of the Portland Lions Club, Board Member with Volunteers of America Northern New England Council, Camp Fire for Boys and Girls, The National League of Cities Council on Youth, Education and Families, and the National League of Cities Community & Economic Development Advisory Council. For nearly 25 years, Shawn has served the American Legion Department of Maine, as a member of the Maine Dirigo Boys State staff and had served as the Deputy Director for the 8 years.

Shawn was TKE’s 2009 Volunteer of the Year Award recipient. As a TKE Volunteer, he has held numerous alumni leadership roles which included - Chapter, Province and Grand Province Advisor. He was elected to our International Board of Directors as Grand Hegemon at the 2009 New Orleans Conclave. During the 2007-2009 Biennium, Frater Shawn served as a member of the Grand Council’s Education Committee’s Sub-Committee on Province Educational Conferences and was the first Chairman of the TEF’s Foundation Ambassadors Program. He is a founding member and Past President for the Northeast Ironmen Alumni Association.

In his home state of Maine, Shawn is a busy public servant. In 2008, Frater Babine won re-election to his third three-year term as an At-Large Town Council member that will expire in 2011. The Frater is a life long learner and is a 2012 doctoral candidate at Northeastern University (Boston, MA). Prior to accepting the Interim Chief Executive Officer appointment, Shawn was a Senior Vice President for the U.S. Small Business Division of TD Bank, N.A. Shawn serves on several industry boards and advisory groups that focus on small business and entrepreneurial services.

He is a proud donor to the TKE Educational Foundation at the life time giving level of the Leaders Society and a pledge towards the Commitment to Excellence Campaign. Frater Shawn is a Life Loyal Teke member, and was admitted into the Order of the North. He, his wife Terry and daughter Olivia reside in Scarborough, ME.

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