Chaired the Fire Station Study Committee (2008-10) and the DPW/Fire Station Advisory Committee (2016-present)
Helped negotiate the Zero Energy Bylaw
Amherst Survival Center (2008-present)
President of the community-based board overseeing ASC’s program of food, clothing, healthcare, wellness and community
Served on the Finance Committee, and chaired the capital campaign for our new building
Girl Scouts of Western Massachusetts (1996-present)
Member of the Board and then chair of the Audit Committee
UMass Donahue Institute (1988–2018)
Started as a program manager to organize services for dislocated workers; moved up to Deputy Director and Associate Vice President for Economic Development; appointed Executive Director in 1999
Led a statewide program of public service and public policy analysis, including workforce development, economic analysis (with the Federal Reserve in Boston), national leadership for Head Start training, and the biennial Academy for New Legislators in Massachusetts
Led UMass efforts in organizing annual statewide STEM Summit
UMass Donahue Institute (1988–2018)