Parkland School District
- Current Vice President, Parkland School District Board of Directors
- School Board Director – elected to five consecutive terms, 1995–present
- President of School Board – 1998, 2001, 2003
- Education and Athletics Committee – past Chair
- Personnel and Finance Committee – current Chair
- Strategic Planning Committee
- Community Advisory Council
Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA)
- President – 2010
- Elected President-Elect – 2009
- Elected First Vice President – 2008
- Elected Second Vice President – 2007
- Master School Board Member Accreditation – 2008
- Insurance Trust – Chair 2010
- Lehigh County Legislative Coordinator
- Commission on Effective School Governance – Governing Member
- Legislative Platform Committee – Governing Member
- Appeared before the Pennsylvania General Assembly
- Speaker and seminar presenter at the annual PASA-PSBA School Leadership Conference
National School Boards Association (NSBA)
- Federal Relations Network Representative – 15th Congressional District
- Pre-K Committee
- Annual Conference Delegate Assembly – Voting Delegate
Community Activities
- Keystone State Education Coalition – Co-Chair
- Education Policy and Leadership Center Arts and Education Initiative Study Group
- Children’s Coalition of the Lehigh Valley
- Renew Lehigh Valley Leadership Council
- Leadership Lehigh Valley – Panelist
- League of Women Voters – Speaker
- Lehigh University, Moravian College, Pennsylvania State University Lehigh Valley – Guest Lecturer
- Parkland Community Library Steering Committee and Capital Campaign
Education
Queens College of the City University of New York – Bachelor of Arts, cum laude
Continuing Education
- Annual PASA-PSBA School Leadership Conference
- Multiple PSBA Statewide Conference Events on Advocacy and Education Issues
- PSBA Regional and Legislative Meetings
- PSBA Board President Training Workshops
- NSBA Annual Conferences
- NSBA Executive Leadership Conferences
- NSBA Federal Relations Conferences
Honors
- 2nd Recipient of the Timothy A. Allwein Advocacy Award
- Gubernatorial nominee for the Pennsylvania State Charter School Appeal Board
- U.S. House of Representatives Congressional Recognition for “Spirit of Volunteerism”
- National School Board Association Distinguished Service Award
- Pennsylvania House Citation and Senate Resolution for service to the Parkland Community Library
Board of Directors:
- Jim Buckheit
- Ronald R. Cowell
- David J. Sallack
- Stinson Stroup
- Sheila Dow Ford
- Colonel (retired) Charles D. Allen
- Michael Churchill
- Dr. Morton Coleman
- Edward Donley, Emeritus
- Dr. Judith S. Eaton
- Arnold F. Fege
- Karl Girton
- William H. Isler
- Clyde Mills McGeary
- Dr. Peggy Siegel
- Dr. Harris Sokoloff
- Dr. Betsey Useem
- Dr. Robert Wilburn
- Dr. Gerald L. Zahorchak
- Roberta M. Marcus










