• Santa Clara University Board oof Fellows, Mar. 1998-present: Fellow
• KTEH Public Television, Apr. 2000-present: Board of Directors
• OPUS 21 Arts Foundation, Inc., Nov. 1995 - present: Founder and President
• Santa Clara Unified School District, Nov. 1995 - present
• SCUSD Bond Oversight Committee, member, 1997 - present
• Friends of SCUSD, chair of school bond measure, Jan. - Mar. 1997
• Facilities Needs Task Force, committee member, Nov. 1995 - 1996
• Santa Clara Downtown Revitalization Committee, Oct. 1997 - present: Chair
• Silicon Valley Commonwealth Club of California, Apr. 1997 - present: Program Board
• San Jose Symphony, July 1995-present: Board of Directors
• Citizens Police Academy, June - Sept. 1996: Graduate
• City of Santa Clara Library Board of Trustees, July 1995 - Nov. 1996: Trustee
• Junior Chamber of Commerce, Mar. 1995 - Mar. 1996: VP of Individual Development
• Friends of the Santa Clara Soccer Park, Corp., Dec. 1994 - July 1996: Vice President
• Santa Clara County, San Tomas Aquino/Saratoga Creek Streamside Trail Commission, July 1993 - Dec. 1996: Chair (1996), Vice Chair (1993 - 1995)

Awards and Honors

• City of San Jose and San Jose Exchange Club Distinguished Citizen Award, 1998
• Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group Commendation, 1998
• Bauer Award for Outstanding Activism, 1997
• Junior Chamber of Commerce Regional All-Star Award, 1996
• Junior Chamber of Commerce Presidential Appreciation Award, 1996
• 3Com Certificate of Excellence, 1995

Affiliations

• Democratic Activists for Women Now
• National Women's Political Caucus
• Downtown San Jose Rotary Club
• Planned Parenthood
• Italian American Heritage Foundation
• Sierra Club, Life Member
• La Raza Roundtable
• Santa Clara Sporting Club
• Westwood Elementary School PTA