Commissioner, Sacramento County Blue Ribbon Commission on the Establishment of A Sacramento County Women's Commission, 2019 to present. 
 

Vice President, California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians; appointed by California Governor Brown, 2015 to 2020.
 

Member, CSUS Foundation Board, 2014 to present.
 

Member, Greater Sacramento Martin Luther King Dinner Planning Committee, 2014 to present.
 

Committee Member, Elk Grove, CA Multicultural Committee, 2012 to 2019.
 

Vice President, CSU Foreign Language Council; elected 2012 to 2019; represented the CSU System as part of legislative response to SB 1440 (disciple: Spanish), 2011 to 2012.

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Member, William V.S. Tubman University (Harper, Liberia) Foundation Board, 2008 to present.

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Founding Chair, William V.S. Tubman University (Harper, Liberia) Foundation Board, 2008 to 2015.
 

Member, Education Policy Committee, National Foundation for Women Legislators, 2005 to 2011.
 

Executive Advisory Board Member for US, Euro-American Women’s Council, 2004 to 2009.
 

Member, Board of Directors, Leadership America, 2000 to 2008; Board Chair, 2006 to 2008.
 

Board Director Emeritus, National Network of Women Leaders Executive Board of Directors, Office of Women in Higher Education, American Council on Education, 1999 to 2004; Liaison to States of Hawaii, Nevada, and New Mexico; State Coordinator, Indiana Network of Women Leaders in Higher Education, 1999 to 2000; Co-coordinator for Northern California American Council on Education/National Identification Program, 1994 to 1996.
 

Member, Graduate Record Examination Services Committee, Educational Testing Services, 1998 to 2001.
 

Board Member, Wabash Valley Community Foundation, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1997 to 2000; Chair, Distribution Committee, 1998 to 1999; Member, Administrative Affairs Committee, 1998 to 2000; Member, Scholarship Committee, 1998.
 

Member, Metro Newark, NJ Chamber of Commerce Business-School Partnership Committee, 1991 to 1993.
 

Member, Board of Directors, National Association for Multicultural Education; Chair, Nominations Committee, 1990 to 1998; Member, Publications Committee for Multicultural Education: the Magazine of the National Association for Multicultural Education (Caddo Gap Press), 1991 to 1998.
 

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of the Association of Mexican American Educators; California, 1989 to 1993.
 

Board Member, Center for Applied Cultural Studies and Educational Achievement (Collaborative between California State University System and California Department of Education), located at San Francisco State University, 1989 to 1996.

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