Contribution:
First African American female Assistant to the City Manager of Aurora, Colorado (1973). First African American female Equal Employment Opportunity Officer for Longmont, Colorado (1982). First African American woman Director for the Office for Equal Employment Opportunity and Civil Rights for the United States Department of State (1989). First African American staff member on the Welfare Reform Task Force with the Republican member of the Ways and Means committee while working for the United States House of Representatives (1996).