Education

• President, Forest Edge PTA
• Secretary, Forest Edge PTA
• Co-chair, Citizens for School Bonds (Hunter Mill)
• President, Reston Council of PTA’s and PTO’s
• Vice President, Langston Hughes PTA
• Board Member, South Lakes PTA
• Board Member, Herndon Intermediate PTA
• South Lakes Pyramid Coordinator
• Human Relations Advisory Committee
• Board Member, County Council of PTAs
• Board Member, Jobs for Virginia Graduates

Transportation and Land Use

• Co-Chair Reston Transportation Committee
• Vice-Chair, Citizens Committee for Land Use and Transportation Planning
• Chair, Land Use Committee, Fairfax County Federation of Citizens Associations
• Board Member, TYTRAN

Civic

• President, Reston Community Association

• Secretary, Reston Community Association

• Co-Chair, Hunter Mill Council

• League of Women Voters

• American Association of University Women

• Program Co-Chair, Fairfax County Committee of 100

Other

• Board Member, GRACE (Greater Reston Arts Center)

• Membership Chair, GRACE

• Steering Committee, Reston Hospital Center

• Board Member, Boy Scouts of the National Metropolitan Area

• Den Mother (twice)

• Board Member, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy

   

Civic Awards

• Citizen of the Year, The Reston Times

• Woman of the Year, Network of Entrepreneurial Women
• Restonian of the Year, Reston Community Association
• Friend of Trees Award, Fairfax County Tree Comission

• Public Citizen of the Year, Virginia Chapter National Association of Social Workers

• Friend of Police, Fairfax County Coalition of Police
• Friend of Business, Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce

• Outstanding Service Award, VALOR and the Northern Virginia Victim/Witness Coalition

• The Women’s Center
• Virginians Aligned Against Sexual Assault
• American Diabetes Association
• Virginia Association of Social Work Practitioners
• Virginia Association of Community Rehabilitation Programs
• Virginia Dietetic Association
• Virginia Coalition for the Homeless
• Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce
• Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance
• Virginians Against Domestic Violence

Legislative Awards

• Legislator of the Year, Victims and Witnesses of Crime (four times)
• Senator of the Year, VA Sheriff's Association
• Legislator of the Year, Human Services Coalition
• Legislator of the Year, Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance
• Legislator of the Year, Northern Virginia Association for the Education of Young Children
• Senator of the Year, Association of Retarded Citizens (ARC)
• Senator of the Year, Virginia State Fraternal Order of Police
• Champion of Health Issues, American Cancer Association
• Northern Virginia Community College Foundation

Technology Awards

• TechTen, Northern Virginia Technology Council (three times)
• TechTenure Lifetime Achievement Award, Northern Virginia Technology Council