Member, Texas State Board of Education, District 12, 1984-2010, 2012-2018

Chair, Texas State Board of Education, 2003-2007

Vice Chair, Texas State Board of Education, 1999-2001

Former Member, Instruction Committee, Texas State Board of Education

Former Member, Permanent School Fund Subcommittee

Former Reading Specialist, Reading Laboratory, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital

Member, The Arts Community Alliance (TACA)

Member, The Dallas Symphony Orchestra League

Member, Board, Dallas Historical Foundation

Member, Board, Sixth Floor Museum, Foundation for the Callier Center for Hearing

Member, Celebrating Women, Baylor Cancer Research

Member, Crystal Charity Ball

Member, Dallas Opera

Chair, Fundraising Events, United Cerebral Palsy Association

Member, Meadows at the Meyerson, Southern Methodist University

Awards:

100 Women Award, Young Womens' Christian Association (YWCA)

Distinguished Alumni Award, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, Commerce

Distinguished Service Award, Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA)

Simmons Luminary Award School of Education, Southern Methodist University

Number of Grandchildren:

8